Chapter 10: Baseball Time
AN: Its time for a special! Fair warning, this will be longer then normal, but that would be because its a special, and its epic! Now, play it!
A very specific musical theme starts to play in the backgrou...
"Hold it!" a robotic cop announced as he burst through the door. "This is an Assassination Classroom Fic, and what you were about to use is a Detective Conan musical number!"
"But its a Koshien Stadium!"
"So why not use a baseball anime music at least?!"
"Because it fits better! Just, let me continue and you will see!"
And so, the intro resumed...
"The E Class, having won the baseball game, is now going to get their prize: A visit to Koshien Stadium during a major baseball playoff between two teams! But, will everything go the way they want it to? Or are they just that unlucky, that something bad is happening in the background? Will they be able to stop it in time? I guess there is only one way to find out...on Assassination Classroom: New Year!"
(Insert various action and epic scenes, and show all the various characters, here)
"Baseball Baseball! We are going to see baseball!"
"Koshien Koshien! We are watching at Koshien!"
This was the chanting done by the various baseball fans, led by one Leo Smith, who was the biggest baseball fan of the class. Yes, the entire class was now walking towards the Koshien stadium, though several of them were embarrassed by what was going on.
"Leo...can you stop this? Its embarrassing, you are drawing attention" Haruyo mentioned as she looked around.
"What do you mean? Everyone is doing this" Leo mentioned, as he pointed out various other people chanting identical words.
The group of them were all wearing jerseys of their favorite team that was there, the Starshooters. And their name was not for show either...
"Maan! This will be great! Kyosuke Ichida has one of the best arms in baseball! He is going to strike them all down!"
"But dont forget their shortstop! Ryoken Toshiro is a brilliantly fast shortstop with his reaction times and ability to jump up and catch a ball!"
"Well, lets not forget the arms on their third baseman, Raiken Oshima!"
Many of the girls sighed when those arms were brought up".
"I wish I could hold them..."
"Maybe, if I kill Koro-sensei and get the prize, I can buy him..."
"They are going into slavery already?!"
"Come on guys, we dont have time to wait!" Koro-sensei pointed out in his human disguise...
"Please dont embarrass us" Toko requested. "I dont want people giving us weird looks, it will distract from the game".
And thus, mental damage was inflicted onto Koro-sensei with that remark.
Either way, as it was the beginning of the game, others were also moving in the shadows...
"Dont you think this is a bit overkill?" one man said as they placed a box under some stairs.
"Hey, this is what the boss wanted. Not really sure what his motives is, but I gotta say this is pretty heavy gear for an assassination".
"Well, it cant be helped...he is the one paying us".
The two of them said that, as they considered everything.
"Still, this was one hell of a leap".
"Lets see...who wanted what snacks again?" Leo asked Hiroki and Akira as they were by the consessions stand.
"Here, just...read from this list" Hiroki mentioned. He did like baseball, although given his lack of arm sports was not really his favorite topic. Though he was happy that rather then taking a car or bus, Koro-sensei brought him here personally at Mach 20 speed.
"I personally recommend the hot dog myself. Its a baseball classic snack food after all" a boy mentioned to the three boys. They turned to look, and it appeared to be a brown haired boy of about thirteen years old of average height, and silver eyes. "Ah, sorry if I was butting in. My name is Zero, nice to meet you!"
"Zero?" Leo questioned, knowing the English word and what it meant.
"Yeah...it means I am unstoppable, that I can defeat anything! And that I will never be divided!"
At that remark, Leo gave him a questioning look, but Hiroki actually ended up laughing a little.
"Hahaha...I guess they were into math jokes".
"Math jokes?"
"As a number, Zero cannot be divided into anything, and anything divided by zero is basically destroyed outright. Its math humor".
"Ahhh, I get it now".
"...I still am a bit questioning on the name choice given what it could also mean, but whatever".
"Oh, are all you here together? Is it a class trip or something?"
"Ah yeah. We won the big baseball game agaisnt the baseball club for our school, and this was the prize".
"Ehhh, that sounds cool. Wait, do you have any insider info then? Like why there are so many big muscular people around with earpieces?"
At those words, Leo looked around on instinct as an Assassin. He had been in baseball relaxation mode, so he had loosened up a bit, but then he started looking around...and he spotted three right away. However, his concentration was brought away when they were given the food they ordered.
"Ah, well. Maybe I will see you later!" Zero mentioned, as people behind pushed up to the counter. Leo just nodded, and the three headed off as an older man walked up behind Zero once they were out of eyesight.
"Now now, what was that all for? Were you worried about them, wanted to give them a chance to save themselves? I am hurt, Zero..."
"Shut up, father..." Zero mentioned. "Its just, things could get far more complicated for us and our goals if they get wiped out, or if the chaos exposes Koro-sensei, right?"
"Well, I suppose that is true. We should find our own seats, a spot good for observing the game, and for observing Koro-sensei".
"Besides, you want the man in his spot to be favorable, not for the next one to be distrustful".
And so, the beginning of the game had started, with everyone in their seats. The Starshooters vs the Acers. A critical match between two of the best teams in Japan, happening at Koshien stadium. And everyone was in full swing with energy as the match was underway. The first inning, their favorite pitcher had managed to strike the first two people out, but the third was having some...difficulty. He had two strikes, but he had bat at least six times.
"This batter is good...his balls are slowly getting closer to not being fouls".
"Still, the Starshooters got this for sure".
"Yeah, they should. My concern is that the Acers kept their heavy hitters on the backline though. It seems like they might be testing the waters, learning and observing the pitch".
"Indeed" Koro-sensei said, in his human disguise. "The Acers are doing research, right here, right now, on their enemy. Like assassins, they are examining the scenarios to find the one best for them. If I had to guess, right now that one batter is testing his angling against the throws, to ensure he can manipulate it as he pleases".
"But so are the Starshooters. They seem to be watching how they bat, where the batter is looking, the look of his arms to understand where the ball will go".
"You know, after spending time in an Assassination Classroom, I feel like we are already seeing things different".
"Yeah".
At any rate, everyone was in full on game enjoying mode. Finally, the pitcher managed to do a curveball and strike out the batter, causing the teams to switch it up and for it to go to the bottom of the first inning.
As the switch was going on, the cameras started to pan around, showing various audiance members. Most of them were benign, or just a flash on the screen, but as one angle came up for a moment...
"What the..." Leo mentioned in shock.
"What is it?"
"That guy, that showed up in that last camera just now...I know him".
"You know him?"
"He...he worked for the Prime Minister of Japan. Basically his right hand. I talked to him before I was officially transfered".
"Hold on...what are you getting at..."
"Hey, wait...so you think the Prime Minister is here?" Faye asked.
"He is" Toko confirmed, sipping his soda. "He is using an alias, but he is".
The entire class looked at Toko with a whole 'How the hell do you know this' look.
"What? I noticed the big guys with earbuds, so I followed them around at one point, and saw them talk to the Prime Minister who was in disguise in a baseball cap and casual clothes. Ill be honest, I almost didn't recognize him either".
Suddenly, Leo got up for a bit.
"Hey, ima go take a walk real quick. I will be right back".
Toko then looked at Koro-sensei.
"Should we do something as well?"
"I would try, but...there are too many cameras around here, and people" Koro-sensei mentioned. "And we don't know anything bad will happen".
Still, Leo was not the only one who had a bad feeling shifting around his stomach. Hiroki and and Akira had their own worries. Mainly, they could not help but think of that one boy they had met, Zero. He had noticed the people as well, as if they were worried, or on guard.
"It might be nothing, but...maybe we should see, just to be safe".
"Yeah. Why would the Prime Minister be sneaking around after all? He should have been able to come here publicly".
Aria looked around, and then nodded. "I will go and see what is up".
"Same with me" Elliot mentioned. "This could prove interesting".
And so, Aria and Elliot got up and made their way after Leo.
Meanwhile, Leo was reviewing everything he had seen so far, constructing a mental blueprint of the stadium in his head as he walked towards the less populated areas.
Think, think. There is something here. Something that was said. Zero, Zero noticed, which means others could have too. The only reason the Prime Minister would visit Koshien...could it be, a son? He has no children on record though, but maybe there is some unknown connection between him and a player on that field? From what I remember, he spoke with distinction, formality, strong. Ex-Military probably. Wait...what is this smell...
That was when Leo caught wiff of a peculiar smell. Or rather, one he was familiar with, he could pick it up a lot easier then others. The smell of gunpowder. He ended up turning around the corner, and that was when he saw a man putting a box under one of the main stairways while another one was checking their cart. They had uniforms that indicated they worked for the stadium, but...
This is not a place where one would normally unload packages, especially ones smelling like that.
"Hey, what are you two doing over here?" Leo asked innocently. "You are not allowed to leave packages under stairways you know?"
"Eh...waht...how do..."
"I am a big baseball fan, so I made sure to learn all the rules and regulations so I would never be kicked out!" he said with a smile. It wasn't even a lie, he had honestly done that.
"Well, you see..."
"Oh, should I call some other staff over here, let them know about this?"
"Crap...quick, grab the kid!"
The man immediately lept at Leo, but Leo saw how he would move and stepped to the side and grabbed what he wanted, the gun that was stuffed into the back of his uniform, out of sight. Standard model Glock, but with a silencer attachment. As Leo suspected, a hit man. That said, he might get in trouble with the teachers and the class if he just killed him...so he shot the man in the knee. But as he turned around, the other man had already pulled out a gun...when someone seemed to step out of the shadows from behind him, grabbed him, and flipped him over his shoulder onto the concrete.
It was Elliot, who was backed up by Aria who was pouting. "I didn't get to do anything".
"It couldn't be helped, there are only two of them. Also, nice shot Leo-kun".
"Thanks. I think there might be a bomb in that box though".
Hearing those words, the three of them went over to the box, and looked inside. Surely enough, there was a bomb there, with both a timer, a detonator, and sealed in a glass case, probably a tamper proof seal. And it was armed already.
"This looks bad. We should..."
"Wait, we cant move it" Leo warned. "Its already been activated, and it has a mercury trigger. We try to move it, we risk setting it off, which means it detonates. And it looks like it has a mechanism for sending signals as well as recieving, which means that if one goes off, all of them do. And it has a reciever, which means if we try to evacuate, they can detonate remotely".
"Woooo...this is quite the setup. But...we have Koro-sensei".
"Even Koro-sensei cant do much here" Leo mentioned. "He might be fast, but the bombs are syncronized, and who knows how many are out there. Twenty? Thirty? If we miss even one, that is huge damage. If we try to remove them one at a time, the rest blow up. If we try to evacuate, we all get blown up. And if we move them, we all get blown up".
"So to clarify, we cant do anything?"
"Thats not quite true" Leo said. "the reciever, it has two different outputs. One would be for detonating, which means the other..."
"Is for disarming the bombs? So we find the mastermind, we can disarm the bombs".
"Exactly. The good news is that they appear to be activated in the first place by these two, probably...yeah, a button on the side. Which means, those boxes in the cart are unactivated bombs. At the very least, that means we should still have plenty of time. That said, I doubt they left the bomb placement to only two people. Also, this is rather extreme for a simple assassination".
"Its effective though".
"No, its too complicated, too much work. Too many things could have gone wrong. Whatever this is, I dont think its their primary plan...and given who is here..."
"Its a contingency...for in case the assassins going after the Prime Minister fail".
Leo nodded.
"We have until the timer goes off, the game ends, or until they notice someone is onto them, before they detonate the bombs".
At those words, Elliot laughed a little.
"So in other words, someone is trying to pull of an advanced, complicated assassination attempt around us, but didn't bother to invite or consult us? Well now, I think we should show these jerks the error of their hubris".
"Sounds like its time for a little Assassin on Assassin action" Aria mentioned.
Leo nodded with a smile.
"Indeed. No punches should be pulled for this mission".
"So, we cant even visit Koshien Stadium without getting pulled into something crazy huh?" Faye asked as they walked down the hall.
"Looks like it" Toko replied.
"All in a days work" Shota added.
"Well never fear, for I am here to help!" a female voice said from their phones. The owner of such voice was Ritsu, who had downloaded herself onto their phones when she heard about hte issue. "The two that Elliot, Aria, and Leo duct taped and locked up in a storage closet are part of a hitman squad known as Fourth Comet. They are well known for disguising assassination attempts as acts of terror, and have accumulated a lot of collatoral damage with every hit they do. Dozens of innocents caught up while going after their target".
"Do we have any data on the assassins after the Prime Minister?"
"I did a deep search of the Dark Web, but ultimately could not get much info. There was very low chatter for this attack. However, I have identified three assassins that could have been in the area and would take the job. Real names unknown, but their codenames are Deathwind, Fumes, and Commander".
"...well, those dont sound ominous at all".
"Deathwind is very much like a mix of ninja and samurai from what I understand, using stealth tactics as well as brilliant swordplay. He also has a variety of tricks at his disposal for gaining the advantage. Fumes is a master at poison and chemistry, and should be considered someone to be wary of. And Commander is believed to be an elite Ex-Soldier who is so skilled in combat, no one who has gone against him has lived".
"Is there any good news?"
"Yes. Leo knows what Deathwind and Fumes look like, because he crossed paths with them while on a job. Commander though, he never encountered. That said, there are rumors of others in the area as well, including a new assassin called Scythe".
"Scythe huh? So it sounds like we might have our work cut out for us".
As that was said, they heard the announcement that the second inning was over, with the Starshooters having scored two runs, making it two to zero.
Meanwhile, Susumu and Ryosuke were heading down into the tunnels with Junko.
"Ritsu?" Ryosuke asked, concerned. "Where is the security?"
"There should be security people stationed here, but they all seem to be missing! However, I am detecting heat sources up ahead, behind the double door!"
"Fine then...lets kick it open then!" Susumu said as he was annoyed and angry, kicking it open. Inside, they saw multiple security people on the ground unconscious, and multiple people wearing masks and tactical gear holding guns. "Shit!"
"Guila-chan! Live ammo mode! Fuck those fuckers!"
"Wait what?!"
"When did you?!"
Susumu and Ryosuke looked shocked as she said that, as her teddy bear Guila suddenly had multiple weapons pop out of it and open fire on them. However...the "live ammo" apparently did not mean real bullets, but rather...
"Ow! What is this...oh my..."
Rather, live ammo might have been a mercy as they started to puke their guts out. What she was firing at them was concentrated skunk stink, with a few other smells mixed in, to be the most putrid smell ever come across by a nose. And its effects...after puking, they pretty much passed out from the smell.
"...that is...truly terrible..."
"I can smell it from here...how dishonorable".
"Still, it looks like they have already taken down some of the...!"
As the trio was analyzing the situation, Ryosuke quickly grabbed both Susumu and Junko and pulled them back, as a man seemed to jump out from behind the doors and slash at them with a sword. He was wearing all black, and did not make a single sound as he attacked them. And he also left a major cut on Ryosuke, though it seemed it was just avoided at being too life threatening. It was bleeding though.
"Shit! It must be one of those guys!"
"Now now, how strange. Why are middle schoolers here, of all places, with that kind of firepower?"
"Damnit...Ryosuke, are you okay?"
"Yeah...it was just a graze, so I might need a bandage".
"Just a graze...you must have good reflexes to get away with just that. But lets see how long that will last".
"Guys, Ryosuke's group just encountered Deathwind in the lower tunnels!"
"Ritsu, make sure you tell them not to let him make contact with anyone!"
"Rodger!"
Nagisa was rather worried himself. Why did this have to happen to them, now of all times? For a moment, he thought they might just be able to relax and have a bit of normalcy. And so, he kept running, hoping to find or see something that would help. Meanwhile...
"Koro-sensei? Have you got eyes on the Prime Minister still?"
"Indeed. Using my binocular vision, I can see him from our prime seats to his...unfortunately, his prime seats are all the way on the other side of the stadium. I wont be able to interfere without exposing myself".
"Yeah, I figured. Anything you have to say about advice though?"
"We might have luck on our side, but dont rely on it".
"We have luck on our side?"
"Well yeah. If that boy had not talked to Leo, we would have never figured it out".
"I guess that is lucky..." Nagisa said over his phone.
"Hey Elliot, your dad is a part of the political world" Leo mentioned as they looked around. "You have any idea who would put a hit out on him?"
"Actually, I do" Elliot mentioned. "You know my dad is planning to run for Prime Minister soon right? Well, he is already looking popular in the polls, but...technically speaking if the current Prime Minister dies, he wouldn't be able to run yet. Which means, someone else could steal the spot from him using this time. I mean, we dont know for sure, but...its possible they want to try and pull some emergency election or such".
"So its political?"
"I have no idea for certain. Its just a theory" Elliot pointed out. "There could be other reasons. Maybe he just wants to cause chaos. Maybe its personal. Maybe its political. Maybe its from another nation who want to try and manipualte our government. Maybe its actual terrorism. And we just got unlucky enough to be involved".
"Whatever it is, we need to find the issue and stop it" Aria mentioned. "Now, do we have any idea who the mastermind might be?"
"For all we know, he is not even here" Elliot responded.
"No, those transmiters will only work at short range. Someone has the remote. The question is who..."
"Elliot-kun, Aria-chan, Leo-kun! One level above your position, I have spotted a sniper! He is hiding behind a consession stand!"
Hearing those words from Koro-sensei, they began to run up the stairs, hoping to make it there in time. The stairs were big, and massive, and took awhile, but as they did, Leo spotted the man. It looked like he was just adusting something behind a closed out stand, but Leo saw the small disguised hole for the scope, and the barrel that the gun barrel was put through. Leo quickly took out his own gun, and fired up. The bullet rickochetted, and then hit the stock of the rifle, causing it to recoil, hit him in the head, and knock him on his butt as Elliot and Aria jumped over and kicked his head into the ground. Leo then came around, and secured his secondary weapon, a pistol, as well as his extra ammo. He had quite a bit of it.
"That one is down! Do we know where any others are?"
"I noticed some security guards going into a hallway near you, and its on the way towards the Prime Minister".
"Right, we are on it" Leo mentioned, as they began running over. Some of the crowds were coming in for food as the third inning ended and the fourth was being prepared, but it seemed that no one had noticed any irregularities yet, and the hallway in question was a maintence one so it was isolated and out of the way.
However, the moment they turned the hallway, Leo rushed in front of them while pulling out his pistols, and fired twice. In that instant, they collided with two other bullets in mid air, and they all fell to the ground smashed up.
"Well now, so the rumors were true...the infamous Crimson Kid was in Japan after all" a female voice called out. Despite what someone might expect though of what a female assassin would look like, she had no exceptional features, or nothing exceptional at all. She looked plain and ordinary, someone who would easily blend into the background. But in that instance, that made her an exceptional assassin. "So it really is true, the rumors about your perfect vision and ability to plot paths in an instant".
She then fired two more bullets, but not at him. Rather, she aimed at Elliot and Aria. He fired another two rounds as well, and stopped them both.
"Elliot, Aria, go on ahead" Leo mentioned. "She is my enemy".
"What? But if we work together..."
"No...I can tell. She is just testing us right now..."
"That is right. Your ability is rare, Kid-kun, but not outside of human possibility. You did not think you were the only one capable of it, did you?"
At this point, she then fired at the walls. Leo fired at the floor, and as the bullets bounced off and headed for Elliot and Aria, his bullets came up and deflected them.
"Get going. I will handle her".
"Un. We will take the long way around".
"Alright!"
Aria and Elliot agreed, and ran off in another direction.
"You really think you can take me on, brat?"
"You really think you can beat me, old hag?"
And so, the ultimate shootout began between two assassins.
"Damnit! I wish we knew exactly who took for" Haruyo complained as she, Cynthia, and Fumiko were running around, looking for signs of hte mastermind. Ritsu said she did not detect any detonators online, but figured it would be someone watching the Prime Minister. So they were checking the highest stands, figuring it might be someone at the top. However, everyone up there did not have their hand on the detonator, and they were told that this person would keep their hand on it, just in case, if they went through this much trouble.
Because of that, they had to keep moving, occasionally pumping into people as they ran. And as they ran down the stairs to head to the next section...
"Gotcha..."
Suddenly one of the people they were passing sprayed them with some sort of mystery gas. Cynthia's eyes widened as she realized what sort of gas this was too, based on the smell.
"Sorry kiddos, but word from the boss...it would be nice if you didn't get in our way".
They...know?
Toko's group was having a similar problem, when suddenly Toko's phone started to ring. He quickly picked up.
"Yes, what is it?"
"Toko Kiragime" a disguised voice said over the phone. "You and your classmates should stop trying to stop us, if you know what is good for you".
"How did...how did you find out?"
"It was pretty easy. Don't think I lack my information sources like others do, I know all about that blasted Koro-sensei, and about the secrets the Prime Minister of Japan has been keeping. Hell, I even know about your secret".
Those words got Toko to stop in place, and caused Shota and Faye to turn around and look at him with confused looks.
"What..what do..."
"Tell me, how does that heart of yours feel? Is it doing well? Is it truly such a miraculous recovery you had?"
Toko felt a pain in his chest. But, it was not actual true pain, but psychological, from memories he was forced to recall.
"I have no interest in killing any of your classmates, especially you, such a long term victim...but, there are things I need to do. And that includes eliminating the Prime Minister. So back off, or else".
"Hold on!" Toko said, still gasping for air. "At least...tell us why you are doing this! Tell us why you planted bombs throughout the stadium, as a failsafe!"
"Its very simple...its because this man simply has to die that much, after everything he did. After causing all of our current problems. And...I do apologize about what has to happen next, since its clear you wont give up. But don't worry, I wont tell anyone your secret. I am a crusader, not a villain".
And then, he hung up.
"Ritsu? You there?"
"Sorry...that call had several layers of a virus in it, im not sure what happened. What did he say? Did we get any clues?"
It seemed Ritsu heard nothing of that conversation, which actually made Toko feel a bit relieved. Until he remembered something, and he saw someone else.
"Shota, Faye, roll!"
Suddenly, the two rolled to their sides as two hands came out of a doorway and tried to grab their heads. A man stepped out into the isolated hallway they were in, with no one nearby as everyone had gone back to watch the game.
"I take it...you are Commander" Toko mentioned.
They watched as a large, muscular american man came out of hte shadows.
"Indeed. And I am here to crush you and smash you until you cannot fight anymore, or dead".
He then lunged out at almost inhumane speed, and went for Faye. Faye ducked down, went behind him, and kicked him in the back, but he was able to twist himself around and grab her leg, throwing her into the wall. Shota and Toko then went at him from either side, and took out some knives they had borrowed from Elliot, slashing his leg. However, his skin was thick, and the cuts were shallow.
He then picked up a trashcan, and threw it at them. Toko and Shota used their agility and reflexes from practicing parkour to dodge it, but he came at them afterwards with a charge. This was not going to be pleasant.
"Ahg" Susumu grunted as he was knocked back by Deathwind. He, Ryosuke, and Junko had all been knocked to the ground now, with a number of injuries.
"I will admit, you kids were trained well. You should have been sliced and diced by now. Not that it matters, because it has still ended the same. With you here, on the ground, and me killing you".
And so, he brought his sword down...when someone else did a sword stop using their bare hands!
"...sorry im late" Akira Yukijin mentioned as he then knocked the sword away as well. Deathwind tried to do a palm strike, but then Akira deflected it with his bare hands again. Deathwind however pulled out a hidden knife from his sleeve to slash at Akira, but Akira pulled out his own knife and deflected it.
Akira had been taught to fight by his father, and home schooled, for a long time now. Because of that, he was probably the only student who could truly challange Ryosuke to a fair on, straight fight.
And then, from behind, Deathwind instinctively felt a threat and rushed to the side, as Nagisa nearly got him from behind.
"The...the hell...how did you..."
"Of course I would know how to sneak. I am their teacher".
"YOU ARE A TEACHER, NOT A STUDENT!? A GIRL LIKE YOU!?"
"YES, I AM! AND I AM A BOY!"
"Eh?"
That was when Nagisa saw the state of his students, and his eyes turned almost dark as he looked at Deathwind.
"...and I will make you pay for what you did to them".
"...oh, fuck..."
"You know..." a voice said out from the poison gas, startling Fumes. "You should be ashamed, for using plants in such a manner".
The assassin turned around, and was shocked to see all three of them standing there, chewing on something.
"What...how are you...that should be a fast acting poison!"
"Yes, it was" Cynthia mentioned. "But, I recognized the smell that you made it from. Thankfully, I keep a large amount of herbs with me".
As she said that, she held up her bag, which was full of herbs and medicine.
"Tsk..."
He started to take out another weapon, but his hand was hit with a BB and the force caused him to drop it, as Fumiko quickly ran up and kicked him in the face. It was a bit more aggressive then Fumiko liked, but this guy had just tried to poison her and her friends, so it was special circumstances.
"Nice response though, Cynthia!"
"Thanks! Its always good to be prepared!"
And meanwhile, with Toko's group...
Toko was the only one standing now, although he could barely do that. He was basically on his last leg, but he was determined to stay standing and fight.
"I gotta say, you got some spunk on you" Commander mentioned, when he looked at Shota. "Maybe I should crush that brat's legs. Make him a cripple. He seemed fond of them, so maybe that would..."
"Shut the fuck up right now" Toko said, as a shiver of fear was sent down his spine. It was so shocking, he thought he felt a crack form in the hallway. He turned back to Toko, who was practically excuding bloodlust in his look, an overpowering torrent. An expression no middle school kid should be capable of making. It was so powerful, even a seasoned ex-soldier like himself, a professional Assassin, felt fear and paused in that moment.
However, he was quickly able to overcome that.
"I gotta say kid, you seem really scary and interesting. BUt unfortunately for you, I am not a normal human" he told him, much to Toko's shock. "You see, twenty years ago, this supercreature appeared. Something that defied all logic, all reasoning, all understanding. Now, it was eventually brought down, but...it opened doors of realization. People realized, genetic enhancement was possible. And so, many people, before the supercreature died, did their own experiments to create beings that could challange it, and after it died, kept up with the research in case another appeared".
He then looked at his muscular arms, and then back down at Toko.
"Your stamina, strength, fortitude...and your ability to terrify people are all exceptional, fantastic. But, I was put through that program. Enhanced strength, speed, the ability to rapidly regenerate and heal, to shrug off injuries that would cripple others. I might not be considered some super creature, but I am a being that you could never hope to beat".
"We will see about that..." Toko said, as he took a step forward...and then lost consciousness as he fell to the ground.
"I guess this is the end for you" he said as he raised his boot above Toko's head. And then, as he came down...
"My turn!" another boy's voice sounded as a powerful kick was delivered to that leg, throwing him off balance. He hopped back a little as he got his balance back, and looked up to see another middle school aged boy there holding a sword, a katana, in one hand. It was Zero.
"You..."
"I must say, I do have to agree. Genetic enhancements are great" Zero mentioned, holding up his sword. "Shall we see who has the better ones?"
Elliot and Aria meanwhile made it to the Prime Minister, who was clearly watching the game with interest while holding a war medal. A few security people came to stop them though, but when the Prime Minister noticed them, he signaled them to be let through.
"Excuse me, Mr. Prime Minister?"
"Yes. I must say, I am a bit surprised that E-Class is here as well".
"Well, various things happened...anyways, we learned there are assassins here to kill you. You should evacuate, they might not detonate the bombs they have around the place if you are not here to die from them".
"Aria...they might do it if we try though. To be honest, we still dont know how they knew you were here. We only learned because Leo saw your assistant here..."
"Hold on, did you say my assistant? No, he shouldn't be here, or know I was here" he mentioned, shocked.
In that moment, Elliot quickly called the others.
"Its the assistant Leo-kun saw! He is the mastermind!"
Meanwhile, Aria looked worried.
"So, why are you here anyways, in secret?"
"You know how I was part of the military before, right? Well, I had a friend as well, who died during a conflict with pirates. He was killed...and that is his son out there, on the mound. So, I wanted to be here for him, watch his son play baseball. I dont want to miss a single second of it".
"I see..." Aria replied, and then looked at Elliot. "We need to find that assistant".
"Well, we were able to hav e Ritsu extract a photo of him from the footage before, and we sent it to everyone. But, why is your assistant trying to kill you".
"He might be angry...you see, up until Leo arrived, he was unaware of how we were handling the Assassination Classroom. He had...various disagreements about how we were handling it, including the part about us keeping it a secret, and about going with this madman's flow rather then doing our best to stop him, like we had any choice really. Maybe...he felt betrayed or something...but, we really do have no choice".
"I see. I am amazed he was able to do all this".
"Well, as he was read in, its possible he learned some secrets, some leverage about people, that let him do this" he replied. "Anyways, just know that at heart, we believe that you can do this".
"...thanks...well, we better go find your assistant. Also, we have been running around, how is the game going?"
"Bottom of the sixth, tied with four runs for each time".
"We dont have much time left then".
And so, Elliot and Aria ran off after meeting Japan's Prime Minister.
"So its the assistant? Where was he last spotted, Ritsu?"
"I have him heading towards a conferance area" Ritsu replied, as Nagisa looked at the unconscious body of Deathwind, and an Akira who looked like he was shocked.
"...you are way more badass then I realized".
"...I suppose thats a compliment. Anyways, we need to get going and find this guy".
"Also, I have lost contact with Toko's group".
"Akira, can you go check on them?"
"Sure".
NAgisa would have liked to call in Koro-sensei, but...this guy clearly knew about him all along. In other words, the only reason the bombs had not been used yet was simply a counter to Koro-sensei. If Koro-sensei moves, he will detonate. Koro-sensei is an unknown after all, there is no guarentee how he would deal with the explosion. But, at the same time, the Assistant was not sure what he could do either, and no one knew exactly how many casualties would be made.
Because of that, it was a stare off of who would blink first.
"By the way, where is Leo-kun?"
Dancing. That was what one person might describe what was going on between the assassin and Leo. Both of them were dancing with guns, each of them intercepting each others bullets, dodging their paths, shooting at each other. it was a poetic game, but also a lethal one.
"You cant keep this up forever brat".
"Neither can you, old hag. You have limited ammo".
"So do you!"
And so, the two had bullets clash against each other once more.
"You cant keep this up forever though, brat. I can tell, you are running low on ammo!"
"But you know what I am not low on? Friends" Leo mentioned with a smile, as suddenly she was hit from behind with a metal rod. The holder of such object being Hiroki. "Nice assist, Hiroki-kun!"
"Thanks. But you know, it would have been nice if Elliot had sent me a less cryptic text".
"Well, its not like we had time to spare".
"Right, well...we have our target. Its the assistant that is behind all this".
"Then, we better get moving!"
The assistant, Yawski, was in a bit of a frenzy right now, as it seemed his assassins were being taken out. He was just reaching a conferance room they maintained in the stadium right there, in hopes of being able to hide out of sight as he looked at the detonator and put his finger over a button.
Everyone else had all gotten busy, so it was just him, as he snuck into the room...he got a kick in the face as someone grabbed the remote from his hand.
"...was that good, Jiro-sempai?"
"Yes, that was very good, Rukio-kun. You could make a great soccer player someday".
It was Jiro and Rukio, who had not been anywhere else. One had not had much time to do things or organize things, despite or maybe because she was the class president, while Rukio just had a very small pressence. So small, no one realized he was playing Center Field in that last baseball game.
"How did...how did..."
"Well you see sir" Jiro mentioned, smiling. "I am the Class President for a classroom of Assassins. Because of that, I have to stay sharp, focused, and ahead of everyone else. Which means, I had to figure out where the big bad would head. And then I realized, it could only be here".
She started to sound like a detective from a manga.
"This is the only isolated place that someone could loiter. All those hallways might have people or staff eventually come through them, and the tunnels are there too, but those are obvious places people would check first. Everyone knows about them. BUt what people dont tend to know is this place, the fact there is a conference room in stadiums for business meetings, team meetings, and so on. And since clearly you had done your research, this would make the ideal hiding spot. Additionally, this room is surrounded by concrete, secured, and has a large supply of food and water. You would be safe from the blasts yourself, and would be rescued before any issue arose. A bomb shelter inside a stadium. And as it is a conferance room, you could say you came in to make some business calls, probably something menial and common, easy to understand and explain away...in short, the culprit would have to come here eventually!"
"Wh-what?! Just who are you?!"
"Yamato Jiro...Detective".
"...even though if this was a manga or anime, you would have had the least lines in the episode so far..."
"Hey! Come on Rukio! If I had said anything, then he and his hired goons would have spotted us easier because we would have been more noticable! This was very important for stealth reasons, and it explains why we were not seen anywhere else! We purposefully had people forget about us! The clue was to notice who was not around, just like this guy!"
"...I see".
"You cant do this! This has to stop! People need to know the truth about what is going on! People need to...gah?!"
Suddenly, the assistant seemed to cough up some blood, confusing the two of them.
"What is going on?"
"This sudden reaction...did someone set you up to this?! Hold on, who did you talk to?! What is going on! Tell us!"
"Damnit! He already has no pulse! But, what the hell just happened!"
"...I have no idea..."
"Grrr..." Commander said as Zero faced off against him with a Katana, that was actually causing lasting injuries to him.
"What, dont like my special Anti-Regeneration poison?"
"No...I jsut got a message from my boss. It appears...its game over for today" he said, as he started to back up.
"Oh come now, you dont think we will just let you leave, right?"
"I think you wont have much of a choice" Commander mentioned. The two were both covered in bruises, but the Commander still looked confident. "I have my own failsafe after all".
And as he said that, he backed off into the shadows, seemingly disappearing completely.
"Oh well..." Zero said, looking at Toko. In truth, Zero had been there the whole time, but decided to wait until the three were unconscious, or until it was absolutely neccessary, before he stepped in. However, he had been delayed after Toko fell unconscious because of that bloodlust he emitted.
He was able to intimidate...no, frighten, two genetically enhanced people...just, what sort of upbringing did he have to develop such a bloodlust? I...I think this is something I may want to look into...
And with that, Zero decided to walk off before they woke up completely.
"So...we should deactivate the bombs" Rukio mentioned.
"Yeah, probably" Jiro mentioned, going to press the Disarm button...when the remote was snatched out of her hand!
However, the culprit was Nagisa, who was panting.
"That...isn't...the...disarm button".
"Eh? But it says...it says disarm. Oh, damnit that was close. I got so caught up I didn't think of that".
"Think of what? What is it, Nagisa?"
"He came prepared for a Mach 20 creature, and the bombs were already activated. Which means, all Koro-sensei had to do was hit the disarm button, right? To make sure they would be off. And grabbing a remote at Mach 20 speed is easy, but what if the labels on the buttons were switched?"
At that point, Nagisa hit the detonate button, and the screen on top then displayed the "Disarmed" message.
"Oh...wow, that was...unnervingly close..."
"Still, good job you two. And the best part is..."
"The game is not over yet?!"
"That is right! But we should hurry! We already missed a whole lot! I will try and talk to the Prime Minister about getting us to have another game we can watch here!"
"Woo hoo! Thank you, Nagisa-sensei!"
"Now, lets go get the others! We should probably get them medical aid too!"
And so, the game ended with a victory. The Starshooters had won in the end, all the Assassins were arrested, so all seemed well.
Toko still felt pain across his whole body, but he was able to move on his own more or less. At the moment, before they went back, he was going to the bathroom in the stadium, when someone else walked in to use the one next to him.
"So, I hear you had quite a day, Kiragime-kun".
"You can just call me Toko, Prime Minister-san".
"I heard you actually made contact with my assistant, though he used a voice disguiser at the time".
"Yeah, he seemed pretty mad about how you did things. Though...I heard he died mysteriously before he could be questioned".
"I see..." he said, as the two went to the bathroom at the same time. "...I suppose, I heard he mentioned something to you that effected you".
"Yeah, he did" Toko said, his voice going a little cold. "How long have you people known?"
"Awhile it seems. But the information, the evidence was collected illegally. Still..."
The Prime Minister looked at the band around Toko's ankle.
"Its not something that I can do often, but...we have a new, experimental jammer. Combined with the thickness of the walls, no signal can get through. Not even the one in that band".
"We thought about it, but...while it can be kept like this for awhile, if its too long it will detonate. And it has way too many failsafes to know for certain".
"I was not talking about the signals involving the anti-removal feature. I am talking about the listening devices built in. No doubt, the Link Detonation Feature isn't able to be jammed, but we can stop him from listening in for a short time in this condition".
When he said that, Toko vaguely understood.
"So, we can freely share ideas without the Director knowing?"
"Yes. Now, as for the Director, I believe we may have an idea of his goal, at least part of it. He wants to replicate the Assassination Classroom from twenty years ago".
"...but that cant just be it. The replication would never be perfect, he is smart enough to know that, given the changed conditions and such, not to mention the people are not identical or alike. Although, the fact so many descendents of the original E-Class are here is suspicious. No, I think he is looking for something else...an answer to a question maybe, or maybe he wants to prove a point".
"You have an idea yourself, Toko-kun?"
"Its like you said, he knows a lot he shouldn't. But, if he was going to replicate the Assassination Classroom perfectly, then its safe to say he does not know everything. After all, if he knew my secret, he wouldn't have let me anywhere near the place".
"But he does know about something else...your mother's abuse. Toko-kun, you share a large amount of similarities to the previous E Class student Nagisa Shiota, and I dont think thats a coincidence".
"You are saying I was singled out?"
"There are plenty of students that might have been random editions, but...its clear he has been planning this for some time. He knows things that he should not. I think that he is purposefully trying to recreate events to happen in specific ways, similar to the events that happened twenty years ago. But his true end goal? None of us know for certain. We have too many uncertainties, not enough facts. But...I think whoever The Director is, he has intimate knowledge of the original E-Class. But you...you and your secret might be the trump card we need".
As he said that, the two finished up and zipped up their zippers.
"That said, I just wanted to make sure along with that, you knew...that if we could move, we would. Just know, that however you decide to handle that situation, whatever you feel is totally justified. After all, parents are meant to be there for their children, never abuse them..."
He then took out the war medal.
"And all children should be able to have fond moments with their parents".
"You got heavily involved again, Zero-chan" the man said as Zero got into the side seat of the van.
"It couldn't be helped. Something interesting happened. And losing even a single student this soon would make progressing difficult".
"No matter...I suppose, you will soon be one of them anyways..."
Nagisa was standing outside, as he got a call himself. He quickly answered it.
"Karasuma-sensei?"
"Hello, Nagisa-sensei. I thought I would give you a heads up, but it seems that certain people within Special Projects are moving forward with additional transfer students".
"Additional? YOu mean, ones not handpicked by The Director".
"Indeed. It seems they are reviving programs started 20 years ago, or putting research from programs that formed at that time which are still active to use. That said, it seems that others are going to try their own methods...I just wanted to warn you ahead of time, to be careful".
"Wait...when they say programs..."
"Indeed. And with the progress technology has had, they might just be even more troublesome then ever".
Nagisa just sighed, as the call was ended.
"Guess its only going to get more exciting from here..."
He said that, as he began walking over to where the rest of hte class was gathering.
AN: Woot! Special! (Inserts Special Credits and such here, including epic outro with music).
Anyways, hope you enjoyed! A fun adventure, full of secrets, twists, and plots! Fufufufufufu!