A.N.: I am not lazy or anything, I actually watched the episode all the way through and typed it all out in detail. It is a pain in the butt to do this but I am not skipping out on the series itself. I will do my best to stick with the anime and not interfere too much with it, I think two chapters of just pure Anne and no anime episodes is enough for now, so I shall return to the assassination classroom side of the world for a few episodes. Don't worry, there are plenty of fluff chapters in mind! I'm trying to pace myself so I don't rush through the entire series too quickly, so expect some chapters to wander off from time to time. Please comment if you have any thoughts or ideas regarding Anne and Korosensei's relationship! I am currently looking for a beta reader for this story so if you want to jump in and help pm me on here. Now, onto the fun scenes! I will be time-skipping with this episode though so yea, fluffy will occur just in moderation.
School came all too soon for me, and I found myself sitting in the back of the classroom in my usual seat, though my bandaged covered body didn't seem to faze the class too much today. I was guessing they were used to it for the time being.
"Hey Nagisa, you figure out who all is in your group?" Kataoka asked Nagisa.
"My what?" Nagisa looked at her, confused.
"It's mine and Isogai's job to keep track of who's with who, so let one of us know." Kataoka walked away.
"You look confused! She's talking about next week's trip." Kaede giggled, sidling up beside Nagisa. I frowned, disliking the girl. She was too cute for her own good, not to mention she had something off about her appearance. I couldn't quite place it. My thoughts were drawn away from pondering the green haired girl as Korosensei appeared dressed in an adorable kimono, making me blush lightly. 'WHY IS HE DRESSED LIKE A GEISHA?!'
"Of all the...who in their right minds schedules a class trip this early in the year?! Unbelievable! I cannot say that I approve~" He said the last part rather adorably, making me giggle. Several other students, all male, made their complaints known.
"Then why are you dressed like that?!"
"Geisha really?!"
"It's actually kinda hot!"
I could almost hear the record scratch as the whole class, Korosensei included, turned to stare at the person who had , of course. What else did I expect? He was the class pervert after all.
"Guilty as charged. Yes, alright, I'll admit it. I'm as excited about this excursion as you." Korosensei blushed as he nervously fidgeted, rubbing his cheek with one of his weird fingers.
During P.E. class later that day Mr. Karasuma had us all sitting in front of him on the field. "Everyone's aware next week is our big overnight field trip to Kyoto, yeah? Well, not to put a damper on the fun but, you're still on the clock."
"So, our we supposed to try and kill him there?"
"That is the idea. Kyoto is a very large city, a lot more cosmopolitan than this area. For your safety, you will be touring in designated groups. Korosensei will divide his time between you. There are a lot of good sniper nests in this big city. We plan to have sharp shooters posted just about everywhere. Lead your target into the crosshairs and the reward money will be parched out between you and the lucky marksman. So stick to the sniper-friendly routes and keep those eyes peeled." Mr. Karasuma was dead serious.
"Yes sir," The class replied at once, though a bit downcast.
Later that week everyone was pairing off into their groups for the field trip. I was sitting in my usual seat in the back of the classroom, ignoring it all for the most part in favor of a drawing I had been working on since last night. The familiar contours of the man's face and the worn, tired look were constantly in my mind, a memory I couldn't get out of my head. I was startled out of my work when Nagisa suddenly appeared out of thin air beside me. "Hey, Anne, would you like to join our group?"
"Ack! Where'd you come from!?" I spazzed for a second, hiding the picture quickly in my notebook.
"Eheh, sorry, I didn't mean to startle you. So..would you like to join our group? I kinda noticed you hadn't been picked by any of the others." He blushed lightly, a care free adorable smile on his face as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Oh, uh, sure. I'll join your group. I hope you guys can take it easy on me, I'm still recovering after all." I blush lightly in embarrassment.
"It's alright, if you need our help at any time during the trip, or need a break, just let us know ok?" He smiled warmly, patting me on the shoulder comfortingly.
"Thanks, Na-" I was cut off mid-sentence by the arrival of Korosensei. He came into the classroom carrying several stacks of large books the size of dictionaries.
"One for each of you!" He announced.
"What are those sir?" Isogai asked curiously.
"They're field trip guidebooks!" Korosensei stated, then he flitted around and dropped one book into every students hands, one dropping on my desk with a heavy thud. I stared at the monstrosity before me in confusion, frowning. 'Does he really expect us all to lug this giant thing around? And when did he even make them?!'
"Just a little something I threw together last night, included are illustrations of every major tourist attraction, the top 100 local souvenirs and where to find them, travel self-defense techniques from basic to advanced, oh! And best of all, the first edition comes with a model of kengikugi" He said this so fast I had to run it through my mind twice to catch everything he said.
"He must have done this after I fell asleep last night, cause the last thing I remember was him grading papers…." I muttered, frowning. Luckily, no one heard my little comment, except Korosensei, who acted like he didn't.
The rest of the week flew by, and field trip day came all too quickly. I was none too pleased with it, but I had booked my own room at the place the class was staying so that I would have some peace and quiet to myself for the night we were staying there.
At the train station, we got a good view of the other classes getting onto the train's first class section, and I frowned, disliking the obvious lack of care for my own class. Honestly, those jerks couldn't tell their front from their back even if their lives depended on it.
I ignored everyone's comments regarding it as I spotted a very provocatively dressed Irina heading towards us. The other classes jerks shut up their snide comments upon seeing her. "Pardon me boys." She said as she walked past the brats, heading towards our class. "Everyone having a glamorous day so far?"
"Um, Professor Bitch? Why are you dressed like the paparazzi should care who you are?"
"Honestly, she shouldn't be wearing something so sleazy, it does compliment her figure, yes, but it is going against covert operations distinct low profile dress code," I mutter, turning to look at Mr. Karasuma who seemed to agree with my comment.
"You stick out like a sore thumb. Go change. You're a chaperone, not a runway model." He chastised, irritated.
"Oh come on! Lighten up, what's wrong with a little style? These kids are going to the city!"
"Shut up, get changed, now!" He was pissed off at her antics.
She was downcast as she did as told, changing into something more appropriate looking. Everyone boarded the train and took their seats, Irina looking childish as she pouted sitting across from Mr. Karasuma. I sighed, shaking my head as I sat behind my group, working on another drawing. I was just working on the eyes when I noticed a certain yellow friendly octopus was missing from the train car. 'Now how the hell did we lose that big old goofball of a teacher?' I wondered idly.
I spazzed when Nagisa and my group freaked out upon spotting Korosensei attached to the window on the outside of the train. Tuning out the others I just glared at the yellow octopus, though it didn't do too much good considering I wasn't looking at his face, but at the tail end of his tentacles in my window. 'Seriously, why do I have to put up with his childlike behavior?' I silently wondered as I sighed, turning my attention back to the drawing at hand. The scene that played out in the background of my drawing was an old one, a castle draped in fine decor, handsome men strolled around in delicately made armor. The room was a throne room, and sitting on the throne, was a man as old as I can remember, sitting beside the old man on the left was a young man that had scraggly black hair tied back into a ponytail, his jeweled armor denoting him as the prince, and the old man as the current king. Then there was a gorgeous woman sitting to the old kings immediate right, dressed in a beautiful long white dress, she was his wife, the Queen. She had silvery white hair with a hint of gold lines through it. Then, beside the Queen sat a young woman with silvery white hair, wearing delicate yet scarred armor, was a face I had only seen in the mirror. A single tear slipped down my cheek, the memory leaving my mind and onto the page for the first time in over 500 years. I set the page aside into a special album I had brought along with me, hiding it away for the time being so others wouldn't see it. I didn't want anyone aware of what it meant.
I then noticed that Korosensei was somehow inside the train now, along with his stuff. He was panting heavily now, exhausted from holding onto the train for so long. I was amused by his obviously flustered state of mind.
"Hey guys, I'm going to run to the front car to get some drinks, anybody else feeling parched?" Kanzaki asked politely.
"Uh, can I come with you please?" Okuda asked nervously.
"Me too!" Kaede exclaimed happily.
"Anne want to join us?" Kanzaki asked.
"Sure, I could use a refreshing drink right about now." I grinned, giggling softly.
I followed them up to the front car, though in the hallway between cars a group of thug-like teens bumped into us, the other three girls going silent. "Watch where you're going. In case you hadn't noticed, I am injured. You could have busted my stitches!" I growled at the man who had bumped me.
"Yeah, whatever…" He grumbled begrudgingly, obviously pissed off but not willing to start a fight here. I marked him and his friends in my mental list of people to avoid. As soon as we went up to the cart for drinks, I immediately picked out an old favorite of cream soda, grinning happily as I paid for the drink.
I hung onto the glass bottle for later as we arrived at the station in Kyoto, everyone heading inside. Once we arrived at our hotel that we would be staying at, I found Korosensei practically melted on the couch, apparently experiencing severe motion sickness. Some of the students were taking this opportunity to take stabs at him with their knives. "Honestly, motion sickness? You do realize there are pills for that." I grumbled, looking at the huge bag of stuff he had brought with him.
"You'll probably feel better if you laid down in our room for a while."
"Perhaps later, I need to pop back over to Tokyo for a moment first. Korosensei forgot his favorite pillow." He said, dodging the three students attempts at stabbing him, only sliding slightly to the left or right on the couch to avoid the stabs while still resting. I sighed, shaking my head.
"Any luck? It's got to be in there, you worked so hard on it too!" I turned and looked at Kaede who was sitting beside Kanzaki. Kanzaki had made a special itinerary for our trip, and it was apparently missing from her bag.
"I admire you going through the trouble of putting together an itinerary Kanzaki, but if you can't locate it, don't fret, I have just the solution! These handy dandy guide books contain anything you could possibly need." Korosensei held up one of said books. I sighed, shaking my head. Honestly, I may love the guy, but sometimes he was just too much to handle.
'Honestly, he acts like a hatchling sometimes. Way too energetic and chaotic for me to handle on the best of days, let alone try to keep up with. I should probably head to my room now so I can tend to my bandages and leave everyone be. Maybe have a nice glass of whiskey or something to help unwind for the night…' I started walking out of the room and towards my own, separate room, some of the other girls surprised. "You got your own room? But, how?!"
"I called it in ahead of schedule, it's actually rather and small, and its right beside the other rooms so there isn't much difference. I just have a bit of a pet peeve regarding sharing rooms with anyone." I blushed lightly. It was actually the truth, I had never shared my room with anyone before, always sleeping in a cell or alone even before I was held a captive by the governmental systems.
"Oh I see, you lucky dog, wish I had a room to myself!" One of the other girls said, grinning.
I giggled, heading to my room for the night to rest. 'We have a long day ahead of us tomorrow. I hope everything goes well!'
I was leaning against the rail of the walkway our group was taking a break at, relaxing as we talked about our plans. I had brought a high tech camera with me to take pictures and was taking this chance for some great shots of Kyoto. Even though I appeared busy, I was listening to the rest of my group chattering to each other about our plans.
"Nice spot. For assassination I mean. Don't you think Nagisa?"
"If the snipers can see it, sure!" Nagisa didn't seem too enthusiastic.
"What a bizarre field trip, right?" Kaede seemed amused.
"Maybe, but you gotta admit, it's fun," Nagisa commented.
"Ahh, whatever we do we have to get green tea with rabimogi dumplings!" Kaede said excitedly. I had no clue what the dumplings thing was, but the green tea sounded nice right about now. I hadn't had a decent cup of tea in a long time now.
"That's a great idea! We could put poison in them!" Kanzaki said, and I looked at her amusedly. Kaede was shocked with the idea.
"That's twisted!" Kaede exclaimed.
"Not for us, silly! For Korosensei!" Kanzaki corrected.
"Not too shabby, we could take advantage of his sweet tooth," Karma commented, smiling a bit.
"That'd be a waste of a perfectly good local treat!" Kaede seemed upset with the suggestion. I agreed with her somewhat, though only a little considering I had no taste for Japanese foods all that much. However...I did want to attempt to find an old favorite treat I had heard rumors were around...my mind wandered to the thoughts of the sweet succulent fruit from my childhood that I missed.
"Now if only we could find a poison that didn't give him special powers." Kanzaki commented, drifting off into her own thoughts. I sighed, pushing the thoughts of fruit aside for the moment to focus on the task at hand. Honestly? I loved Korosensei too much to try to kill him anymore, he was way too much fun and he was kind-hearted and caring towards me. Though, that didn't change the fact the government still held my life in their hands...that was something I would have to take care of. I was surprised no representatives had come to bother me since the incident last week. I had a feeling that Korosensei had spoken to them, but my suspicions had yet to be confirmed, said teacher refusing to answer my questions regarding it.
"Not to be that guy, but I got to tell ya, I was sorta hoping we could put the whole assassination thing on hold while we were here. We're in Kyoto people! What do any of these sights have to do with assassination?" Sugino commented, obviously unaware of any local history. I sighed, shaking my head. This boy was obviously clueless.
"You'd be surprised," Nagisa commented, obviously knowing more than I had expected.
I followed our group around Kyoto, staying back a bit behind to take pictures as we eventually stopped at a memorial shrine. Kanzaki started up a conversation about it and the group had a discussion relating to an assassination in Kyoto. I ignored it, knowing the stories all too well from my family. It's why I had never visited Japan, too much risk towards my kind came about visiting this place of death.
As we headed around Kyoto to our next spot, we started heading down an alleyway. I frowned, senses immediately on high alert. I didn't like the looks of this place, and could sense something was wrong. "Talk about off the beaten path. Kyoto is a ghost town this far in." Kaede commented, seeming unaware of the danger.
"Yea, places like this put a cap on the number of visitors they allow, so you don't catch many people just wandering around." Kanzaki commented. I huffed in irritation, my senses having a hard time detecting the source of what was bugging me. "Secluded, lots of good hiding places. That's why I made sure to put it on the itinerary. It's ideal for assassination." Kanzaki said proudly.
"Good job Kanzaki! You really do your homework. I vote this is where we do the deed." Kaede said excitedly.
"Ideal is right! Its also a great spot for kidnappers to plan their trade." A male voice said from out of nowhere. I growled under my breath as I looked up, spying a group of older teens, most likely high schoolers. I recognized their uniforms as that of those idiots who bumped into us on the train when we arrived here, signaling they were students. 'Bloody hell, these guys just didn't know who they were dealing with do they? I better not draw too much attention to myself and stay down. I'm not in any condition to fight back. If I do, I could easily bust my stitches and bleed out, then where would I be?'
"Damn it…." I mutter, frustrated a bit now.
"I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but something tells me you gentleman aren't tourists." Karma commented, oddly cool and collected in this situation. However, I had a feeling he had been in many fights before this, so he was used to this by now. I took a deep breath and calmed myself, letting it out. I wasn't about to let myself get caught and messed with by these week human bastards.
"Don't try to be a hero carrot top. Hand over your lady friends and we'll-!" The man was cut off as Karma slammed his hand into the guy's face, knocking him to the ground. I blinked owlishly in surprise, startled by Karma's swift action.
"Ya see that? What did I tell ya? To hell with them, without any witnesses, it's basically a free for all, so go nuts!" Karma was being a smug idiot, as usual.
"Hey!" Nagisa exclaimed, pointing at one of the other guys who had pulled out a knife now.
"I'm gonna cut you like a pig!" The guy yelled angrily. Karma grabbed a sheet off of the back of a nearby bike, tossing it on the man's face, temporarily blinding him, then slammed the guy in the face with his open hand. The guy went reeling back onto the ground.
"Strong words for a guy kissing the sidewalk," Karma commented drily. I yelped as a guy grabbed me from behind.
"OW THAT HURTS YOU BASTARD! I AM INJURED LET ME GO!" I screeched, biting the guy's arm and ripping out a chunk of flesh. The guy screamed in pain, holding his now bleeding arm. I spat out the piece of flesh, disliking the rancid taste.
"AHHH THIS LITTLE BITCH TORE A PIECE OF MY ARM OFF!" The guy freaked out. I spotted Karma getting knocked out, and Kaede was currently captured along with Kanzaki, I was about to fight back and free them when someone slugged me hard in the back of the head with a baseball bat, knocking me unconscious. I was unaware of what happened after that.
Waking up was painful, and I found myself tied up in a very uncomfortable position, stitches threatening to bust with the tension pulled on them. I groaned, and Kanzaki and Kaede both looked at me as I woke up, worried. "Your alive! We were worried that you wouldn't wake up. They hit you pretty hard." Kanzaki looked me over as best she could.
"Aside from a headache, I'm fine. Though my stitches are threatening to rupture in this position…" I muttered the last part under my breath. The guys that had kidnapped us circled around us like hawks, and I snickered as I spotted the guy I had bitten was bandaged now and was acting cowardly now that I was awake. "Come near me when I'm fully recovered and I'll rip you to shreds next time! I'll send you home in a body bag, what's left of you anyways." I threatened angrily, pissed off to high hell.
"Shut up bitch!" One of the guys slugged me in the face, though I went with the punch so it didn't really hurt. I spat on him, pissing him off even more.
"Taking out your aggressions on a woman who is tied up, already severely injured, and on top of that unarmed and defenseless? You guys are truly pathetic." I growled, and at least one or two of them looked slightly guilty about it, most likely peer pressured into this. The rest just ignored my comments as I fell silent, trying to figure out how to escape my bonds without revealing what I really am. My options were slim, I could only hope that Korosensei and the others rescued us before it came down to that.
"I gave our buddies a call and they're in. We're gonna have ourselves a little commemorative photo shoot with you gals. Feel free to scream, no one will hear you except us." One of the guys said, apparently taking charge of this operation.
"Oh is that so? I don't do photos, sorry boys, go hire some local whores if your that hot and bothered, or are you not old enough?" I replied, and several of them tensed up, obviously disliking my suggestion. I grinned in amusement, finding it funny how easily I could dig underneath their skin with just words. These human kids were so weak compared to my new friends in E-Class. However, my little jibe went ignored as their focus turned on Kanzaki and Kaede.
"You. I've seen you somewhere before right? Yeah, sure I have, last summer in Tokyo. Got a pic of you in that arcade! Don't deny it." He pulled up a pic of Kanzaki dressed in a cute rebellious teen outfit holding a drink, and showed it to us. I stiffened, disliking where this guy was going with this. "My boys spotted you first, told me to be on the lookout for a party girl. We was gonna kidnap you then but, guess you lucked out and gave us the slip. Who'd have thought that you were going to that school for geniuses, or whatever. No judgement though, I get it. It's the pressure. The higher you are on the ladder, the more you want to take a swan dive." The guy with the phone got up close to Kanzaki, his face mere inches away from her. "Don't you worry bout a thing sweety, Professor Ruin is gonna take all night teaching how to dive like a pro." The man said, and I gagged in disgust at the implications.
"You plan to rape us don't you? It's men like you, the pigs and swines of humanity, that disgust me more than anything else I've seen. If you think I'm gonna sit here and play nice, or let you touch either of these girls with your grubby, filthy hands, you have another thing coming to you-you sick and twisted bastards." I growled, amber eyes flashing molten with anger. I was rewarded by being slugged in the side of the head, though this time I took a chunk out said person's fist, tearing a bleeding whole out of their hand. "As I said, touch me and I tear you to pieces." I growled threateningly as the person fell back in fear, his friends ganging around me angrily.
"Anne, no! Your gonna get hurt!" Kaede and Kanzaki were worried about me now.
"Shut up. I may be injured but I will never back down to lifeless scum like them." I growled.
"Your getting to be one big hassle. You've injured two of my men now pretty badly. I should teach you a lesson in manners." The leader said, obviously irritated. "You, gag her and drag her over to the other room. Give her a good beating for me will ya?"
"Don't worry about me you two, I'll be fine. Worry about yourselves first understood?" I hurriedly whispered to Kanzaki and Kaede, who nodded. I was gagged and dragged away quickly, taken to another room. I immediately felt one of the guys attempt to slide a hand under my shirt, and I growled angrily bashing my head into his face, breaking his nose so that he was bleeding profusely.
"Damn bitch! I'll teach you how to behave!" He slammed his fist into my side, and I coughed up blood as he almost ruptured the stitches. I bit down into the gag hard to bite back a groan of pain as I felt their punches rain down on my already injured body, doing my best to dodge them if they came too close to my wounds. That however, turned against me as strong arms wrapped around me from behind, holding me still. I immediately regretted having said anything earlier as I was pinned and helpless. I didn't have the strength to fight back.
Thankfully, I head the sounds of a scuffle in the other room, several faint voices of our group echoed to me, and I smirked, knowing that if they were here, our teacher wasn't too far behind them. Though, the goons holding me down seemed to ignore that threat. "Sounds like trouble, you, go check it out. We'll stay here and take care of this damned bitch." The goon behind me ordered the third guy, who immediately left to see what was going on. I screeched as the guy in front of me grabbed one of my breasts through my top, and I flailed hard, slamming my knee into his face, only to be surprised when he caught it and held it against his side to prevent any further struggles. "Oh no you don't we ain't that stupid ya little whore."
I was about to scream when a yellow tentacle came out of nowhere and grabbed the two men by the throat, nearly choking them to death. I fell to the ground, though was immediately wrapped in tentacles that pulled me against a familiar warm body, where I curled up immediately. "She is not yours to play with in such a manner! I should kill you for touching her as you have, but I don't want to mar the image my students have of me." A black-faced Korosensei growled out, furious beyond anything I have ever seen as he threw both of the teens against the wall, where the slid to the ground with a thud, unconscious. I stared in mild shock at the two, before my eyes were drawn up to a very concerned and worried Korosensei. "Are you alright Anne? I smell blood, where did they hurt you?" He pulled up my shirt and immediately saw it was just one of my wounds seeping a bit, and I quickly found it wrapped up in gauze and medical tape. "Did they touch you anywhere else?" He was fighting back his urge to kill the two boys.
"I'm fine love. We should leave now, I don't want to be anywhere near this place." I cringed, nuzzling against his robes. He sighed, lifting me up and carrying me out of there to the other students. I wasn't about to protest to the handling, seeing as I was pretty tired and worn out at this point. When we met up with the other students from my group outside, I saw that it was already late evening, almost dark outside. The sunset was rather beautiful to me. I looked over at Kaede and Kanzaki, grinning as I waved at them.
"You're alright! We were worried about you." Kaede said happily, giving me a pat on the shoulder.
"Yep, thanks to Korosensei of course. I only managed to give them some hell and buy time for everyone else to get here." I admitted a bit sheepishly.
I missed out on the conversation from Sugino and Karma, though I did note that they had commented about the situation. "Ahh, I'm just glad we're ok. How you holding up Kanzaki? You good?" Kaede asked Kanzaki, a smile on her face. I was surprised that the two were taking this all so well.
"Sure. All things considered." Kanzaki said though she seemed a bit more tired with that comment.
"I must say, you're handling this quite well. Most folks would have been traumatized by what you just experienced. Yet you've shaken it off without batting an eye! In fact, I dare say the whole ordeal has empowered you." Korosensei commented to Kanzaki, a light-hearted tone in his voice now.
"Well, what do ya know, I guess it has. Thanks for coming to the rescue." Kanzaki said a smile on her face now.
"Don't mention it." Korosensei chuckled, which I found quite adorable. "Why don't we carry on with our field trip boys and girls?" Korosensei turned and started walking with our group, carrying me in his tentacles. I blushed at this, though didn't complain as it was a rather nice feeling, being held by this odd person. Though that didn't stop Karma from attempting to assassinate Korosensei with his knife. Korosensei dodged the swipes of the weapon with ease, not even jostling me in his hold. I was surprised he hadn't reprimanded the boy yet, but considering what all had just happened, he was prolly gonna let it slide for the time being.
I missed what everyone else said as I started to drift off to sleep in Korosensei's arms, too tired from the day's ordeals to care anymore. 'I think we all deserve a good night's rest after this. We can save the assassination stuff for tomorrow.' With that thought drifting in my mind, I fell asleep, comfortable and relaxed knowing that Korosensei was here to keep me safe.