To Tame a Demon

by SilverTreeandGoldLeaf

In a world that has been split in three, Nagisa Shiota is training to become a Demon Hunter. However, instead of hunting them down, he wants to befriend a one - but first, he has to tame it. Can he and his classmates tame the demons they have summoned and become Hunters? Especially Nagisa, when the demon he summoned is a red-haired boy, who ran away from Hell.

8. Chapter 8

Ansatsu Kyoushitsu: To Tame a Demon

D/C: I don't own anything from Ansatsu Kyoushitsu, I only own my own OC's.

**Ansatsu Kyoushitsu**The arc of Hunters**

Chapter 8

Nagisa's pov:

It was finally time for the new transfer student to arrive, and all we knew about her, was that she was a girl who came from Norway (why from so far away?). I was now walking towards school, Karma tailing right behind me. He was in his human-form, but he was still pretty amazed by the nature of Middle World, and he stopped probably every five meters to look at the blue sky and say: 'Why isn't the sky red?'. I didn't know was the sky in Hell red or what, but Karma honestly seemed to wonder why our sky was so blue. No one really knew anything about Hell except demons and monsters, since no Hunter wanted to enter Satan's home. Well, exception being Terasaka-kun.

"So, do you think the new transfer student will be nice?" I asked from Karma, once we stepped inside the E-class building and started to walk towards our classroom.

"I don't know", the red head answered, shrugging his shoulders. "You humans are so different - maybe she likes killing or maybe she's a happy-go-lucky kind of person."

"Yeah, right", I chuckled, sweat dropping. "Let's hope she doesn't like killing." The red head shrugged his shoulders again and I opened the classroom door. We both scanned the area, looking for someone new, but we only found a strange looking TV standing at the end of the desk-row. Sugino came soon after us, looking excited, until he saw what both I and Karma had already seen. Suddenly the TV-thingy's screen lighted up and a girl's face appeared on it.

"Good morning", she said with a computer-like tone. "My name is Autonomous Intelligence Fixed Artillery. I am the new transfer student. Nice to meet all of you."

Now, that's a real surprise.

Slowly, the class was filled with students - each of us giving nervous looks to the TV-thingy. I couldn't even remember its name, or maybe I should say her name. When Koro-sensei and the other teachers came in, I could see Karasuma-sensei's disapproval, while Koro-sensei just laughed. Bitch-sensei didn't seem to know what to think of the new student.

"Okay, class", Karasuma-sensei said, getting everyone's attention. "I should probably explain why we have something like… I mean someone like her in our class." The raven haired man walked to the TV-thingy. "As you all know, your homeroom-teacher is a exceptional Hunter… for certain reasons. He was the first one to survive after crossing paths with a Fire Demon, things are little different now since we have a Fire Demon in our class…" Karasuma-sensei glanced nervously at Karma, who was sitting on his own place not looking the bit interested. "But the fact is, that the whole Hunter community knows about his -" the raven haired man pointed his right hand at Koro-sensei "- mach 20 speed, it's a perfect chance for us to create new weapons and spells. Simply to put it, your homeroom-teacher is a test-subject right now. We know that demons are quick and deathly, so a Hunter who is on our side and agrees on being a test-subject is a good thing." I think Karasuma-sensei forgot to say: a supposedly good thing.

"Oh, so the transfer student is actually a weapon, and she was developed in Norway. Now, you're trying can a weapon like her actually do damage on demon-kings - and the octopus happens to be a perfect target to try that with", Karma said, his glimmering golden eyes narrowing at Karasuma-sensei - yet he had a smile plastered on his face. Even though, our sensei was talking about killing demons and possibly his father. "Since Koro-sensei can dodge almost any attack with his super-speed, this really must feel like Christmas to the ones who created her." The red head eyed the TV-thingy with interested. "This class got a whole lot more interesting."

It was obvious that Karasuma-sensei didn't like the warning tone in Karma's voice, but he made no comments. "I hope you'll get along with your new classmate from now on", the raven haired man said. "Now let the class begin."

And so, our first class with the new transfer student started.

At first it was quite… um, awkward. For the first ten minutes, nothing happened. Koro-sensei kept teaching like usually, but because each of us kept thinking of ways for the new transfer student to suddenly attack, we didn't really concentrate. It was kinda nerve-wracking. Everyone could sense how uneasy the new transfer student made our demons feel, since she had been created to kill them. The only demon not showing any kind of discomfort was Karma, who just seemed to be excited to see how the TV-thingy would fight.

"Fixed Artillery? But I don't see any guns or other weapons", Kayano whispered next to me.

Maybe she has the guns inside of her… now, that sounds just wrong, I though and in my mind Karma laughed. Yeah, I sometimes forgot that the red head could read my mind whenever he wanted. But I could never tell what he was thinking. I was an open book, while Karma was hidden behind hundreds of walls.

Suddenly, the TV-thingy started to make strange noises and we all turned to look around. And on the moment we turned, the machine pulled out four shotguns and two machineguns and started to shoot Koro-sensei with incredible speed. All we other students could do, was to bow down and hope no bullets hit us. Karasuma-sensei had quickly mentioned that the bullet weren't real, they could only harm Koro-sensei but, even I knew plastic bullets could hurt when they hit you with enough speed. Still, Koro-sensei was able to dodge each bullet with a smile on his face and still talk normally.

"Wow… and impressive barrage, I have to give you that", the yellow octopus said. "But this is nothing new to me. Sometimes we practice shooting and I play as the target to my students, since I don't want to summon a demon every time we practice weaponry and fighting skills. Though, no one has been able to hit me ever."

And you wonder why, I thought, feeling slightly irritated.

"But, there's one rule you should follow", Koro-sensei continued after a small pause. "We're having a science lesson right now, and I'd like to teach without being disturbed. So, no shooting during class. You can continue after class or when we're having a demonic-lesson."

The new transfer student stopped and pulled her guns back, but I was quite sure she wasn't going to follow the rules. But this gave us, normal students a chance to breath more freely.

"I'll be careful", her monotone voice said. "Preparing for the next attack." The TV-thingy lighted up, and we all could hear how the new transfer students started to analyze Koro-sensei's movements.

"Cool…", Karma's voice said in my head. "She can actually evolve and adapt her programs! You humans really do create interesting stuff." I looked at the red head, who was looking at the TV-thingy, a strange smile on his face. "But this weapon has just one big flaw in it…"

What do you mean? I telepathically asked from my demon, who turned his golden eyes at me. He gave me a secretive smile but said nothing.

It took about five minutes, before Fixed Artillery started her next attack. We again lowered our heads, and followed the identical seeming attack… until one of the bullets was able to hit Koro-sensei, one of his tentacle-fingers exploding because of the hit. Now I understood why Karasuma-sensei had said that these bullets would only be able to hurt Koro-sensei - they weren't just normal plastic! Should I call them the anti-sensei bullets?

Fixed Artillery stopped her attack to analyze sensei again, her voice echoing in the quiet classroom. At the end of her analyze, she said that her probability to kill Koro-sensei, and a Fire Demon before our graduation time - which meant that she had a lot of time to evolve and practice killing - was ninety percent.

Does this really mean that humanity has finally created a weapon strong enough to kill a Fire Demon?! I thought, amazed by this.

"Of course not", Karma chuckled in my head. "You're not even close." The confidence in his voice and eyes told me that he was not lying. But I still didn't get what Karma had meant with the one big flaw.

**Ansatsu Kyoushitsu**The arc of Hunters**

For the rest of the day, the new transfer student kept going with her attack, non-stop. Okay, there was always a ten minute break, before she was at it again. But still, it was slowly starting to annoy everyone, even Karma. And at the end of the day, we were the ones cleaning up all the bullets from the floor.

So, when the next day came, I wasn't surprised to find out, that someone had gone and taped the mechanical student up, so she couldn't shoot at Koro-sensei anymore. Some of us were afraid that she'd actually kill Koro-sensei, and we'd lose our amazing new teacher - and some of us just were pissed of, because we couldn't study anymore. Anyway, there was nothing the new transfer student could do. No one helped her - until her second day was over, and I saw Koro-sensei go to her. I didn't stay and see what the octopus had in mind, but I really hoped he had come up with a conclusion. Despite the fact that the new transfer student was a machine, I still felt bad for her.

"You're too kind, Nagisa", Karma said suddenly. We had just stepped out of the E-class building and were making our way back to home. "She has no feelings. You know, she's starting to remind me of a monster now. All she knows is how to kill - she doesn't even know how to put up a good act. It's kinda sad, how you humans are slowly losing your humanity. To create such a thing!" And then he laughed cheerfully. "I wonder what the octopus is planning to do now~."

Well, the next day we found out. You could see the change in the new transfer student when we stepped inside the classroom - she had gained little… weight, as Sugino put it. And suddenly, the screen lighted up the whole way down, showing her whole body not just the head. Oh, I had probably forgot to tell you. She was a pretty girl with pink hair and a kind smile - or now her smile was kind.

"Good morning, Nagisa-kun, Sugino-kun~", she said cheerfully, and our jaws dropped to the floor. Karma just let out an amused snort. "Good morning to you too, Karma-kun."

"Ohayo", the red head said casually, a smile on his face. The mechanical student smiled even wider.

"It's a beautiful morning, isn't it? I can't wait to share it with all of you~!" she continued.

Koro-sensei entered the classroom, chuckling smugly. "I reprogrammed her! This is the new transfer student, everyone! I hope you'll get along with her!" And then the teacher started the lesson, like nothing had changed.

Truly, the new transfer student had changed a lot in just one night. As Sugino put it again, she had become awfully cute and cheerful. Not that it was a bad thing, now she wasn't at least trying to shoot Koro-sensei all the time. We even got through the first lesson without anything weird happening. I think we even slowly started to get used to her.

"Don't let it fool you", Terasaka-kun said when the lunch-hour started. "It's still just a machine without any real feelings. The octopus just reprogrammed her - in reality, she's still the same. It will start the blasting anytime now."

The newly programmed transfer student turned (yep, turned) around to look at Terasaka-kun, who was sitting at his own desk lazily, annoyed look in his eyes.

"I can totally understand how you feel", she said, tears running down her beautiful face as she looked heartbroken. "I was nothing more than a machine yesterday… but not now." The few students in the class, who had already befriended the newly programmed transfer student were there to defend her right away.

"Good job, Terasaka-kun", Kataoka said, disapproval in her voice. "You made her cry."

"You actually managed to make a 2D-girl cry!" Hara continued, shaking her head slightly.

"She's not even real!" yelled Terasaka-kun angrily, before exciting the classroom with his close companions, slamming the door shut with a loud 'bam'.

The newly programmed transfer student stared at the closed door for a moment, before turning to look at the front desk again, wiping away the tears. "Don't worry everyone…", she said. "Because of Koro-sensei, I've learned the importance of co-operating with others. I'll make sure to let all of you study in peace." She then smiled again. "I'm looking forward to working with all of you together! Let's hope I can kill Koro-sensei before graduation!"

Yeah, let's not hope that, was what I and probably the rest of the class thought at that. We honestly needed Koro-sensei as our teacher, but we couldn't forget, that the whole point of the new transfer student was for her to test new weapons against our teacher - even if it meant killing him.

But, for the rest of the day, our class was back to normal. It was pretty peaceful - well, exception being the demonic-lesson we had in the afternoon, when the newly programmed transfer student started her attacks again, but now she at least made sure not to hurt any of us. She had a long way to go, but it was a good start! I had to admit, Koro-sensei really knew how to comprehend and find solutions to any kind of situations. At the end of her third day, almost everyone gathered up and started to ask her all kind of things. Few of the girls asked if the Artillery could make flowers for them, since she had just made a miniature statute - while Chiba-kun was playing chess with her (and Artillery won too).

"It seems like she could do anything!" Kayano said, her eyes wide in amazement.

"Yeah, I never thought that she'd become so popular", Sugino agreed. "But it's a good thing. Now she fits into the class and we can study in peace. But I still do hope that she wont be able to kill Koro-sensei before graduation…"

The yellow octopus chuckled and I gave Sugino a nervous smile. We all knew how self-confident Koro-sensei was - maybe even a little bit too much. Usually when he showed off, things ended badly for him. Karma who was standing right next to me as usually, turned to the teacher, a mysterious smile on his face.

"Tell me, Koro-sensei, if there's no possible way of her defeating an actual Fire Demon as she is now - would her developers get her back, leave her in this class or make some new programs…?"

"Are you saying that she can't kill a demon as strong as you?" the yellow octopus asked and Karma answered it with a chuckle.

"I think the both of us know her big weakness", the red head said. "As she is now, there's no way she would ever defeat a demon-king. Especially on her own." Koro-sensei let out a thoughtful hum, but I didn't get it. I still didn't! It seemed that the new transfer student was honestly flawless - but still both Karma and Koro-sensei obviously found a flaw in her. A big one too.

"Oh, by the way!" Kataoka suddenly said, raising her voice a little. "We can't keep calling her 'Fixed Artillery' or transfer student forever, now can we? So, how about we give her a real Japanese name!"

"Good idea, Megu!" Hara nodded, a big smile on her face.

Fuwa-san was good with names, so everyone basically left it for her to come up with a good name. It took about a minute, but then we saw how her eyes widened and mouth opened into a happy and determined smile. "I got it! How about we call her Ritsu!" Fuwa suggested. "I came up with the name when I thought about her real name and the kanji-letters. Jiritsu mean 'autonomous' and Ritsu is a common name in Japan."

"That's true", Maehara nodded.

"Perfect!" Isogai said, happily smiling. The students turned to look at Artillery. "You okay with that?"

It took a moment, but when the pink haired girl finally comprehended what had happened, that she had actually been named - her face lighted up and she had a huge smile on her lips. "Ritsu! I love it!" she said happily. "Please call me Ritsu from now on!"

"She really is fitting in nicely", I said, when we left school. Most of the students had stayed behind to talk to Ritsu-san a little more longer, including Koro-sensei.

Karma hummed to himself. "I don't know about that", he said, his eyes getting colder and for a moment, he seemed to be surrounded by darkness. "In the end, it's just like Terasaka-kun said. She's just a machine, she doesn't have her own will. It's just a program made by Koro-sensei. It's not like a machine would have a will of its own. What ever she does… it's all in the hands of her developers."

I hated to admit, but Karma was right about that.

In the end, Ritsu was a machine, programmed by Koro-sensei. She didn't have a will of her own.

And that made me feel bad for her.

**Ansatsu Kyoushitsu**The arc of Hunters**

Karma's pov:

When we went to school the next day, Ritsu was back to normal. I noticed right away the smell of ten different men in the room and guessed that Ritsu's developers had come to check on her - only to find out that Koro-sensei had upgraded her. And everything seemed to be exactly like I said.

Ritsu didn't have her own will, it was all up to the ones who created her.

It was pretty much the same with me.

I would always be lower than my father, I would always follow him. He could control me so easily that even I thought that it was unfair. That's why Ritsu reminded me of a demon so much - in the end she would always follow the one who created her, because she had no will of her own. Weren't demon the same? We'd always follow Satan, because he created us. He gave us life. My father knew this very well, he knew that I'd never truly betray him. I had gone against him many times, but the outcome was always the same. He'd just make me submit to him. Leaving Hell had been the best and the worst decision I had ever made - for a moment I was free from my father's grip, but for how long? I did not know. Kazuo was already on my tail, I knew for sure that he had followed us from Kyoto to here. Who knows, maybe he was watching me right now.

"Her creators complained that your upgrades were harmful", Karasuma-sensei said to Koro-sensei just before the first lesson. "And Terasaka-kun, taping her is not allowed anymore. If you tape her, you'll be sued for damaging their belongings. I'm sorry to say this, but my hands are tied." The raven haired man let out a sigh and left the classroom. It seemed that the new transfer student was getting on his nerves really badly. I again found this situation quite hilarious, because I had the strange feeling that something was still wrong with Ritsu. She was hiding something big.

"Alright", Koro-sensei said, a nervous smile on his face. "Let's start the first lesson, students!" He glanced at Ritsu, who was smiling coldly at him. Koro-sensei let out a sad sigh. "I'm here for the students, not for the parents. This isn't really my style…"

After ten minutes of the first lesson, which was math, Ritsu started to talk. "Proceeding to attack phase", she said. She started to glow like on the first day, ready to release her weapons. I sensed how the air got more tenser and the demons around me duck under their masters desks. Everyone kept giving nervous glances to Ritsu's direction, except me. Now I knew for sure that the pink haired girl had something in her mind.

And I was right.

Instead of guns, she pulled out flowers, few petals flying in the air. I heard how almost everyone gasped in surprise and how the atmosphere got lighter right away. Ritsu again continued talking.

"I promised I'd make flowers for you", she said. "Yesterday when my parents came to check on me, they deleted almost every upgrade Koro-sensei made, because they were considered unnecessary. My only job here is to try out new ways to kill demons, sensei as my practice-target." She was quiet for a moment. "But I cannot do that, if I can't cooperate with class E. So, I hid all those programs I felt needed…"

Koro-sensei let out a chuckle. "In other words, Ritsu you…"

"Yes!" the pink haired girl said, the cheerful smile back on her face. "I disobeyed my parents!"

And with that, she was again part of the class, like nothing had ever happened.

Disobeyed, huh? I wonder… a small smile formed on my lips as I thought about it. I hadn't thought that she'd be able to do something like that, with only Koro-sensei's programs, but I guessed that the sensei really knew what he was doing. He had managed to make a machine turn into a student in just few days. I really kept finding more interesting sides of humans - how could they except a machine so easily? Especially when that machine happened to be the exact same with us demons. It was kinda hilarious but also sad at the same time.

I knew there weren't many people who actually even believed into the good of demons, I honestly didn't believe into it all that much either. The only demon who had ever showed any kind of real emotions - if we don't include anger right now - had been Mayu and look where it got her. She's dead and so is her master. What did we learn from that? Oh - being good gets you killed, nice. And no thanks.

But why did humans accept a killing machine so easily, but not a demon? Was there any difference? Maybe Ritsu was on the side of the humans, but what if not? What if a human would get his hands on her and use her against humans?

Why are you humans in such a hurry to lose every bit of what makes you human? Why do you create things that are no longer human? I questioned in my mind. You've survived just fine with demons until now - why would you want to change things? If you break the balance between the two worlds, do you know what will happen? Will you even be able to face the consequences?

Humans had the power to stand up when needed, but they also had the power to run away and leave everything behind. Unlike we demons, humans didn't necessarily even try to face challenges head on. Demons didn't feel fear like humans. Of course, we knew when the back away when needed, but usually, we fought until the end.

"Karma-kun", Ritsu suddenly said, and everyone went quiet. It was the end of the last lesson and I was already preparing to leave with my master, but Ritsu's serious voice stopped the both of us. I turned to look at her and saw that she had no smile on her face, she was completely serious. "I heard you say, that I have no chance of beating a Fire Demon as I am now. Can I ask, what makes you say such things? I do know that you're a Fire Demon yourself, so you probably know your own weaknesses… but I think I have a pretty good chance of killing -"

"No, you don't", I cut her off. "You don't have a chance." Ritsu's face was blank for a moment, before a shadow appeared, making her look darker and meaner than she was. That of course made me feel little excited, because as a demon, I fed on humans despair and darkness. The more anger people in our class showed, the more power they gave me. You could say that I was at my strongest when Nagisa was pissed off, but we both knew that there was a much higher power-level, we could reach if he'd one day tame me… but that was never going to happen, so nah.

Just nah.

"I thought you humans knew this already…", I said. "But guess I was wrong. Listen now, Ritsu-san. I'll give you a important lesson. You. Are. Too. Slow." My face lighted up into a cheerful smile. "It's so simple! You're not fast enough to kill a Fire Demon, I believe that you wouldn't even be able to kill a demon-king. Such a shame too, because you have potential."

"Then what if I evolve -?!" Ritsu suggested, but again cut her off.

"But what if, what if? What if isn't enough, Ritsu-san. A Fire Demon does not need to see its pray to kill it, we don't need to find our pray to kill it", I said - maybe a little too coldly, but I wasn't really used to playing the nice role. "If we'd just stand in front of you and if we wouldn't dodge, maybe, maybe then you'd be able to kill a Fire Demon. If it was a battle to the death, all it would need would be a snap of fingers and you'd be nothing more than a pile of ash on the ground. Evolve all you want - but in the end, a machine cannot kill a Fire Demon. I'm not saying you're useless, just find a weaker pray. In this world we live in, you can't forget that only the strong ones can reach the top." The pink haired girl didn't answer me, and I also noticed that almost everyone from my class just stood there, staring at the ground, looking defeated. I let out a sigh.

"You humans… are you idiots or what?" I asked and that made my classmates give me annoyed glances, including Nagisa who stood next to me. "If you seriously can't take little teasing like this, you wont have a chance of becoming a Hunter. C'mon, you know every demon has a sharp tongue, we mock you humans all the time. Have you ever seen a real Hunter get pissed off because of that? Have you ever seen a Hunter give up because of little mocking?"

"No…", was the answer I got.

"Then why are you guys such crybabies? Why do you look so down?" I asked, raising my brow at the questioningly. "Consider me as a test of your nerves. If you can't stand being around me and my mocking, you wont be able to become real Hunters." I smirked at the surprised faces. "Don't worry, I'll make sure to make this school year a remarkable one - one way or another. And it's not like you wouldn't have a chance, you're still newbies. No one expects you to actually be like real Hunters, you're just bunch of stupid kids."

"Nurufufufu", Koro-sensei chuckled. "I think you're quite good at giving motivation-speaks, if we wont include the mocking tone. But dear students, Karma-kun is right. You have a good chance at becoming a successful Hunter, but that means lot of work. No one expects you to become strong in one night, so don't worry about that. You have time to grow up, don't forget that you're still young."

"Young and stupid. You can't forget that, sensei", I casually pointed out.

"Indeed, nurufufufu", the yellow octopus nodded.

"GET OUT!" yelled the whole class for that.

**Ansatsu Kyoushitsu**The arc of Hunters**

Two weeks after Ritsu's arrival, we were told that we'd get a new transfer student. Again. Now, this surprised not only the students, but the teachers as well. It seemed that Karasuma-sensei just had been informed a day before the appointed arrival of the new student that we'd have a new Hunter apprentice coming. So, in today morning, the raven haired man stood at the teacher's desk and explained what was going to happen.

"I have no idea who the guy is", Karasuma-sensei said. "But the principal himself informed me about his arrival. So, we do know that the new transfer student is a boy and his name is… Horibe Itona…? Yeah, I think that was the right name. I also have no idea when he will come so… yeah, that's your problem." He patted Koro-sensei on the shoulder slightly and started to make his leave. "Oh, one more thing. Because it's raining today, we wont have PE. That's all, I hope you have a wonderful day."

A wonderful day? You must be joking! I was in a bad mood. And the reason was the fucking rain! I hated water, especially rain. It was cold! And the classroom was humid as Hell - okay, not as Hell, since Hell was not moist at all. But anyway, the moist in the air made me feel uneasy and my body radiated warmth more than usually. I needed to stay dry. Water wasn't going to kill me, but it certainly got me weaker. I could usually turn water into vapor, but of course I couldn't do it now that I was chained to Nagisa! Oh, now this got me pissed. Why didn't anyone tell me about this? What the hell was wrong with the sky? WHY WAS IT CRYING FUCKING WATER?!

"Dude, you're radiating way too much warmth right now", Terasaka-kun pointed out and I gave him a grumpy look. "I feel like I'd be in a sauna."

"Huh? Then how about I'd just make the temperature rise a little more so you would just burn to death?" I asked. "Wouldn't that be just wonderful?"

"No thanks", the brown haired students said, and turned to look forward, looking little pale.

"I forgot, you Fire Demons can't stand water", Koro-sensei said. "But don't worry, neither can I. My head just grows as it drinks up all the moisture from the air."

"So you're like a freaking sponge?" Maehara-kun questioned.

"Something like that", the octopus nodded. "But please don't call me a sponge."

"Is water your weakness?" Isogai-kun asked from me.

"I could vaporize the damn moisture in the air, if I wouldn't be chained to a human", I answered, giving Nagisa an annoyed glare. The bluenette just chuckled nervously. "I just don't like water at all. I can live with it. But the fact is, I don't want to live with it." At the end of my sentence, I smiled coldly. "It's wet. And cold."

"How old were you again?" snorted Terasaka - for that good I smacked him with my English book.

"Ten times older than you", I chuckled. "But for a demon, I'm a teenager. Just like you - but I'm lot more wiser. Like a whooooole lot more."

"I get it alright!" the brown haired student yelled angrily and I gave him a grin, while some of my classmates laughed happily. It was kinda strange that a demon like me was making humans laugh - not cry in despair, like demons usually did.

But the happy-go-lucky atmosphere disappeared quickly, when all of the demons suddenly got tense and showed nervousness, including me. There was a strange smell tickling my nose… something smoky, maybe? Whatever it was, it was certainly stronger than the smell of rain and for my liking, it was little too strong. Like it would try to hide something else. Some other scent. Well, whoever carried the smoky smell was coming closer to our classroom, judging from the heavy footsteps it was a male too. And for some reason, the closer he got, the more nervous every demon got, again, including me.

Something's not right… I thought, my every instinct telling me to get away now.

Suddenly, the classroom door opened, Koro-sensei let out a scream and the room was filled with smoke for a while. It actually was so strong, that I started to cough like I would be sick or something. I couldn't smell anything else and my eyes got watery because of the damn smoke. Luckily, it cleared quickly and we all saw the person standing in the doorway.

It was a tall man, dressed completely into a white… um, dress? Suit? I wasn't sure. But he was completely white and covered into the smoky scent. Even his face was covered into the white cloth. Except, he of course had eyeholes. I could sense nothing from him, nothing at all. It was strange to meet a human so neutral. He was like a doll… not living. I didn't hear a heartbeat, I didn't hear his breathing. I could only smell the smoke, which was almost suffocating me. But just by looking at him… I knew he was dangerous. My every instinct screamed danger.

And what also freaked me out, was the fact that something in my mind told me, that I knew this man. But at the same time, I knew it was impossible. I had never met him. I had never smelt anything like the smoky smell surrounding the man completely. I had never met a human so neutral.

It was unnatural. Not real. It couldn't be.

Yet, I knew for sure, that the man standing in the doorway was someone I had met before. Many times… But I just couldn't wrap my mind around it. He reminded me a little bit of Koro-sensei, who also seemed familiar but I just couldn't tell why.

"Hello everyone!" the man said with a strangely and creepily cheerful voice. "As you can probably see, I'm not the transfer student. I'm actually his guardian! I'm known as the white magician - but you may call me Shiro."

Shiro? And what kind of student needs a guardian? I asked in my mind. What the hell is going on?

No one seemed to know the answer. I could basically read Koro-sensei's face, and there was nothing on it. He had no thoughts about this. He had no idea who Shiro was and where the transfer student was. I also noticed Karasuma-sensei standing outside the classroom, eyeing us through the window. It didn't seem like he would've known anything about this either.

"Well, it's nice to meet you Shiro", Koro-sensei said nervously. "Now, where's the little darling student of mine?"

The man dressed in white chuckled slightly, and the gave me the creeps. His chuckle was very familiar and made me feel uneasy. He walked to the yellow octopus and gave him a little present, which I guessed was chocolate. "Nice to meet you too, Koro-sensei", he said. "I would like to introduce you to the new student myself, since he is little different… If you wont mind, I'll be helping him a little. He has some social problems too, but don't pay any mind to it."

"…Problems?" Koro-sensei muttered. "Right, um, the seat next to Karma-kun, the red head over there, is Itona-kun's seat."

"I see", Shiro nodded, his eyes turning to look at me. I tensed when he looked at me, and then I also felt something new - he showed little bit of hesitation. I could only feel it for a second, but it was there. So, you're a human after all, I thought, relaxing a little. "Okay. Now, Itona! You may come in!" the man dressed in white yelled out.

A second passed…

And then, a person, a freaking person, came through the back wall of the E-class building. Right through the fucking wall. It made not only mine, but obviously everyone's heart jump and I could practically hear how everyone yelled in their minds: 'Use the door!'

The new transfer student was a white haired young teenage boy, with strange yellow eyes. He reminded me a little bit of a cat, and now, I did not like that at all. He seemed pretty well build for someone quite… um, short. He wasn't as short as Nagisa, but not much taller either. Itona, as Shiro told, seemed rather weird. He sat down to his desk, and started to mumbled something about winning the wall. A wall. He came through the wall, and was now saying he won.

What's wrong with humans - !

Then his scent finally reached my nose and made me jump up from my seat. Because of the damn rain, I hadn't smelled his odor right away, but now I also realized that Itona wasn't even wet. His scent was overwhelming, just like his guardians smell. But this smell, this scent, I knew it. Little too well. You see, every demon carries the same kind of strange sweet scent with them. We were born with a sweet scent, so we could actually charm humans - but usually demons knew how to hide it. I for example hid my odor as well as I could, because otherwise some Hunter would've already been on my tail. But this kid, my new classmate, had obviously no idea what he was doing. He wasn't trying to hide at all! Did he even know what he was?

"Karma… what's wrong?" Nagisa asked, looking at me worriedly, as were almost everyone else in the classroom. Slowly, even Itona turned his yellow eyes at me and I saw how they got wider when he probably realized what I was. Which also meant that he knew what he himself was too.

"…You", I mumbled, gritting my teeth together. "You're not a human - you're a Lightning Demon!"

And I swore I heard Shiro chuckle quietly.

End of chapter 8

**Ansatsu Kyoushitsu**The arc of Hunters**