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.

11. Chapter 11

Ansatsu Kyoushitsu: To Tame a Demon

A/N: I finally found the time and the motivation to continue this story…! I'm so sorry it took me so long - though, I did say in the announcement that it might take even longer. You can say that I started to feel really bad for not updating for so long. But now I'm back here, at least for now. As I already mentioned in my other stories, I have no idea when I'll be able to update again, but I do promise not to be away for this long again, not until Christmas at least. But about that I'll inform you guys later on.

Let's start the chapter now, and just thank you for supporting this story and thank you for your patience!

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

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

Chapter 11

Nagisa's pov:

"Is there something wrong, Karma?" I asked from my demon, while we were eating breakfast. My mother had already left for work and would be back around seven pm, so basically, the house was in our use for the day. Of course, we still had school, but at least Karma could be in his human-form for now. The red head was sitting opposite of me, playing with his hair, eyes staring into nothingness. He didn't eat anything, but that wasn't unusual with him, since he hated human food. But what concerned me was the fact that he was quiet and seemed so empty.

The golden eyes turned to look at me when he seemed to comprehend my question. "Nothing's wrong", he said bluntly. Nothing. It wasn't like I had been expecting some other answer, Karma always answered the same. He never revealed too much of himself, and to me… well, I still didn't know him very well - while Karma knew every little thing about me, exception probably being my emotions, that he couldn't understand.

"If you say so", I nodded, standing up and quickly washing the dishes. I decided not to push it any further, if he didn't want to talk, it wasn't really my business to interfere. Karma seemed to have lot of these moments, when he'd be fighting about something internally. I had come to a conclusion, that his life was really fucked up (sorry for my harsh language). Or that was the way he made me see things. "Today, like I told you before, we're starting to train for real - which means you have to concentrate and even be nice to others. Koro-sensei is going to teach us how to control our demons' powers, and we'll be training in small groups… so maybe you could behave?"

"Okay."

"Okay?" I was little surprised to hear Karma answer like that. To me, it sounded like what I had said completely passed him. Did he even realize what I was talking about? I walked to the red head and leaned a little closer, earning a questioning look from Karma, who again leaned away from me. Our eyes met, his golden eyes glimmering in the sunlight. You know, you have really pale skin.

"Huh?" the red head mumbled. Obviously he had heard my thoughts. "It just seems pale in the sun light, nothing more."

"Really? You're not sick?" I asked.

"It absurd for a demon to get sick so easily", Karma snorted, turning his gaze away from me. "Especially for a Fire Demon. And what made you even think that I was sick in the first place?"

"You're just acting weird", I answered, straightening. The red head turned to look at me again, but this time I was the one to look away. I walked away from the kitchen, silent footsteps following me. I knew Karma could walk without sound and that he was stepping little heavier in purpose so I could hear him. At first, he had always scared me with his soundless movements, and almost without me noticing, he had started to make little noises, just for me to hear him. It was funny, but I felt little happy that he had even considered to do that. Maybe you couldn't call it caring, but at least Karma had accepted the fact that humans and demons were different - humans didn't have senses as strong as demons, while demons didn't have feelings as strong as humans.

Maybe Karma was slowly starting to get used to living with me and being tied to me.

Or maybe it was just wishful thinking from me.

Together, we stepped out of my house, and I closed the door after me. The sun was already up and high in the sky, lighting up the world. The clock was half eight, half an hour before school would start. The streets were already full of busy people running after buses and trains in hurry, parents taking their kids to kindergartens and just… people everywhere around us. Loud noises. Lots of different kind of smells in the air.

Yep, a normal morning in Japan.

We didn't talk at all as we walked to the train-station and stepped into the almost full train. Karma sat right next to me, and I was trying my very best not to look at him as the train started to move. I didn't know where it came from, but there was definitely tension between the two of us and it was making me feel very uncomfortable. When we finally arrived to our stop and stepped out of the train, I was able to breathe a little easier. At least when we were walking, I could concentrate on something else than the red head walking few steps behind me.

I didn't know how obvious it was, that things between me and Karma had suddenly gone very tense, but as we arrived to school, Kayano gave me a worried glance. Karma went to his seat, without saying a word, still in his own world. After I had sat down, the green haired girl next to me leaned closer, eyes wandering from me to Karma.

"Did something happen between the two of you? You seem little tense", she whispered, so Karma wouldn't hear. But I knew he did, yet he didn't even lift up his gaze from the desk he was looking at.

I let out a sigh. "I don't know. Maybe he had a bad night, he has been like that from the moment he woke up."

"Hmmn…? I don't think he's mad at you or anything… it's more like he'd be down. Sad. Uh, tense, as you can see", Kayano said. She gave me a small smile. "Sometimes Ren gets like that too, and I always talk it out with him." The squirrel-like demon lying on her desk let out an approving squeak and Kayano patted him on the head gently. It made me feel little envious, to see how close these two were, while me and Karma… it seemed like there was a huge crack between the two of us, and it was only getting bigger as we got to know each other. Maybe the interest was only one sided? "Usually the reason Ren feels down is because he misses his home, Hell. Karma is a Fire Demon, so he must feel homesick. Aren't Fire Demons like the most tied to Hell?"

I turned around to look at Karma, who was still staring into nothingness. I couldn't feel anything from him, but maybe Kayano was right.

Maybe my demon was just feeling little homesick.

"You might be right", I mumbled and Kayano chuckled quietly. "I should probably talk to him, because Karma wont come to me. He isn't the person to admit that he feels home sick." And just like he would've heard me, the red head turned to give me an annoyed look. I let out a chuckle - at least he seemed to be waking up from his slumber.

"You should talk to him before we start training", Kayano advised. "It might get on your way, if your demon wont cooperate with you."

"Yeah, I'll talk with him after this lesson", I nodded slowly, and Kayano patted me on the shoulder. It was a small and reassuring act from her, and it really did give me little courage. Despite the fact that I did trust in Karma a little, and that I did enjoy being around him, he was still a Fire Demon. His emotions were really unpredictable and I had yet to learn how to deal with his sudden mood changes. But I would learn, and that was a promise I had made a long time ago. I would tame Karma and show him that it wasn't so bad to live with humans. But as we all know, learning some things may take quite long.

Well, after the first class, as we were preparing to start the training outside at the backyard, I pulled Karma away from everyone else. We moved closer to the trees that were casting shadows, giving us some privacy. I noticed that Kayano and Koro-sensei both gave me understanding looks, while no one else really noticed. Karma again, he just let himself be dragged, probably knowing very well where this was going.

"Please tell me what's wrong", I started to conversation, cutting straight to the point. "And don't say it's nothing, I know something's wrong. Just tell me what it is, maybe I can help -"

"You're a human, what could you do?" Karma cut me off with his cold words, and he gave me a bored look before continuing. "Humans and demons don't help each other - not at least from their own free will."

"There are people who do", I pointed out. "And you're connected to me, I don't want you to feel sad or anything like that… even though, they're your own feelings. It just -" It makes me feel so helpless.

"Why does it make you feel that way?" Karma asked, narrowing his eyes at me, like he would've been accusing me for something. For caring.

I turned to look at the ground. This conversation was getting us nowhere, we were supposed to talk about Karma, not me. "You know; we're supposed to get along. We're supposed to -"

"Incorrect", Karma again cut me off, letting out a sigh. "Remember that Koro-sensei told you, that this wont be easy and I especially told you, that I wont make this easy for you. You chose this yourself, live with it. Or get rid of me, but either way, you have to deal with the consequences. We are not supposed to just get along from the very beginning, we are not supposed to be just happy-go-lucky buddies. It doesn't work like that."

"I know that, but why can't you at least try a little more? I don't think living with me and coming to this school is that bad, is it?" I retorted, now getting little annoyed. This was not going well between us. The conversation was just making the crack between us bigger, not smaller. I could basically feel how Karma drifted further away. "Why does everyone else get so well along with their demons, but then you wont even try?"

"Did you ignore me when I said that I wouldn't make this easy?" Karma hissed, crossing his arms over his chest. His golden eyes were glowing a little, but they were missing the anger. Which was probably a good thing, because an angry Fire Demon wasn't fun to deal with. "And what makes you think I'm like them?" He turned to give the others a quick look.

"Like them?" I repeated. Here I had started to think that Karma was finally getting used to being in our class, and maybe even finding friends. But obviously no, obviously he didn't even consider himself as part of this class. "Of course, of course. You're a Fire Demon. You look down on others, I get it."

"So what if I do?" Karma asked, not even trying to decline what I had just said.

Great.

I let out a long sigh. "Can we get back to the topic we started with? What's wrong with you today? Did something happen?"

"Do you really think I'm going to give you a different answer than before?" Karma asked, instead of answering. His golden eyes were now dangerously sharp and cold, and just then I realized how close we were standing. Our faces were practically only few inches away from each other, Karma leaning down to look at me into the eyes. His body was radiating warmth, maybe a little more than usually, golden eyes staring straight into my soul. I took a step back, hoping that my face wasn't red from embarrassment - I honestly wasn't used to being that close to Karma, when he was in his human-form. Karma didn't seem to mind, but he wasn't exactly familiar with things like personal space.

"Well, will you?" I asked.

The red head straightened himself, still staring at me, maybe thinking that he'd get me to disappeared with that. "No", he bluntly said. "My problems are my problems, not yours."

"So you're admitting that you have problems?"

"Admitting that wont change a thing. I wont share them with you or anyone else, especially not with humans. Try to get used to that, Nagisa, if you want to tame me."

"Once I've tamed you, you wont be able to hide things from me so easily", I said, and Karma let out a bitter chuckle.

"Yeah, and that's exactly what you want, isn't it?"

"Explain what that's supposed to mean."

Karma snorted and turned to look away. "You humans are always the same. You want power and you will never have enough of it, not until there's nothing left. To get that power, you tame or like I would put it, you use demons. And to think a mere human boy was able to summon a Fire Demon, and who still thinks he can train a one, it gets humans so excited. Even though your teachers swore to keep my residence here as a secret, do you really think they will keep that promise? The only reason I'm still alive is because you humans think that I'll be some use if you'll be able to tame me." I noticed the sad look Karma gave to the other demons circling around the backyard, warming up with their masters.

"I pity them, I really do. Demons who were born to this world too weak, were all bound to be killed or tamed by humans. Demons who were born too strong for this world were bound to live forever in despair", Karma continued, his voice changing from angry one to sadder and maybe a little longing. "Ultimately, this bond of us… it's going to get me or the both of us killed - if you get lucky, you'll live. But most certainly, nothing will be the same." He turned to look at me again. "You could still turn and walk away. Choose a different path to continue."

"Are you telling me to give up?" I asked. "To break our contract?"

"I'm not telling you to do anything, Nagisa. I'm more like giving you an advice", Karma chuckled.

"Then I don't want that advice. I'm not going to give up now, not anymore. Even if you say it's still possible, I'll go through with this."

"Stupid choice", the red head said.

"Well, it's my stupid choice then."

"Yes, it is. But don't think things will get easier from now on. You want to learn to control my powers, then so be it", Karma said, his voice turning cold. He leaned towards me again, golden eyes very intimidating. "For a human to control such power, it's ridiculous. I wont make this easy for you Nagisa, and now, I want you to really understand this. It seems that earlier, my words just passed you without really sinking in."

We stood like that for a good moment, before I said something I hadn't meant to say. It just came out, before I had the chance to stop it.

"Do you really remember what happened five years ago?" I hated how my own voice sounded so much weaker than I wanted it to sound. My question seemed to surprise not only me, but Karma as well - who straightened himself, golden eyes wide in surprise for a moment, before he shook it off.

"Of course I do; why do you question something like that?" he asked.

"That time… you seemed so different than now", I explained. "I was just wondering, was it possible that I meant some different demon back then…"

"No, that was me. I remember all of it, alright. But I was stupid back then", Karma sighed. "The world doesn't work how I used to think five years ago." There was a absent look in Karma's eyes, as he stared into nothingness.

"What was with the 'you don't seem so stuck up'-thing?"

"Huh?" Karma seemed little confused for a second, before he realized what I was talking about. "Oh, oh - that was… how should I put it?" Karma hesitated, obviously wondering what he should say. "Um, I thought, back then, that you weren't like everyone else. I mean, it was the first time I ever had met you, yet you seemed different. I don't know why, maybe it was because you were childish and you didn't recognize a demon - or maybe it was because you had a strange aura, which you still have, by the way."

"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked.

"Your aura is just weird… I don't know how to put it. But it's not like the aura of other humans I've met. Or, I have met a one human who used to have same kind of aura like you, but…" Karma didn't finish and I didn't ask more, because it was obvious how uncomfortable the subject made the red head.

But that didn't stop me from thinking about it as the lesson started. I couldn't keep my mind of Karma and whatever he had meant with his words or why he was acting the way he was… it was all just so complicated. What the hell had Karma meant when he had said that my aura was weird?

And who was the person he had been talking about?

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

Karma's pov:

Had I really given Nagisa a reason to be so damn worried and all of a suddenly also so damn interested in my life. I mean, yeah, I did know that he was a very curious person, but not this curious.

Okay, maybe I did behave a bit more coldly than I usually do, I though as we were split into groups once again, me and Nagisa being paired with Nakamura and Isogai, and their demons of course. As a demon, of course I behaved badly and of course I was distant - that was normal. Or it was supposed to be, but it seemed that I had been a bit too warm and nice to the humans in my class, because now they thought I was in a bad mood or something, just because I was slowly starting to act like myself.

Or not really.

But since my little talk with Kazuo last night, I did realize that I was making a mistake. A huge mistake. Despite the fact that I didn't want to admit this, Kazuo was right. Letting a human tame me, even though Nagisa was only trying… it was stupid. And really dangerous. I also realized how soft I had gotten, since I slapped Kazuo just because he was talking shit about my classmates and teacher. Just because he had been thinking of killing Koro-sensei. To humans, that kind of behavior was probably normal, of course you wouldn't want someone you care about to die, would you?

But the problem lies there, I bit my lower lip, frowning to myself as I thought about it. I shouldn't care.

Demons should not care.

Even though, I firmly listed myself above average demons, and even though I hated almost every other demon too, I knew how important it was not to bond with humans. I usually thought that the rules in Hell didn't apply to me, and usually they didn't - but this rule, the rule not to be tamed by a human was something that especially applied to me. I was a damn Fire Demon, I was supposed to be one of the pillars supporting the lives of other demons, keeping Hell as it was. I was supposed to stand on the top, far away from humans - I was supposed to be something no one else would ever be able to touch, someone who would be unreachable.

It wasn't that bad, seriously. I liked peace more than I should and to think that I'd get to live my life without the bothers of the world - for a person like me, it would be perfect. But at the same time, it was a bad choice and at the same time, the choice to let Nagisa try and tame me was the good one. Because at least then I'd be following the same path Mayu had taken and maybe then, I would be able to finally understand her. The choices she made… maybe I'd really be able to understand her, if I'd make the same choices.

And the same mistakes.

That's what Kazuo and probably my father were afraid would happen. They were afraid that I'd end up dead, just like Mayu. And honestly, I was a bit afraid of that too.

No, death wasn't what I feared, because that's exactly what I wanted. To die, to reach the same destination Mayu had. Even though her death had been a strange one, full of holes unfulfilled, I was ready to take the same path, even if it meant that I'd be left into the dark too.

And dammit, I had been there with Mayu when she died. If anything, I should know what happened - but I didn't. And that was what I wanted to find out.

How exactly did you die, Mayu?

And despite all that, despite the fact that Mayu had died, she had died with a peaceful smile on her face. I didn't get it - why? Why would someone be smiling when they die? A bitter smile was something I could comprehend, but a peaceful one? I wanted to understand why, why had she looked so in peace. If Mayu had ever been like me at all, she should've enjoyed life, because I sure did before… well, before she passed away. Before my life was flipped upside down I honestly did like living and I was really interested in humans too - I still was, but not so much anymore.

Mayu and I, we were demons, we didn't play family. Yet, she was a person I really thought as my sibling. She was the only person I ever had, the only person I really ever talked to. My mother… she had been a sweet one too, but not like Mayu. Our mother had been a person my father relied to, and that was a lot alright, because the king of Hell did not rely on others usually. And Kazuo was okay, the only brother I talked to. My other brothers were plain weird and I could not understand them a bit, so I stayed out of their way, and they did out of mine. I was okay with that; I had been okay with that.

Because Mayu had been there. She had taught me, she had watched after me and she had listened to my complains about the life of a demon. She had agreed, she had told me about how she saw the world.

But I hadn't understood, I still don't.

"Karma? We'll start practicing soon, are you ready?" Nagisa asked, bringing me back to reality. I blinked my eyes a few times, staring blankly at the ground before letting out a quiet sigh.

"Of course", I answered, giving Nagisa a quick glance. The bluenette was looking at me with his sky blue eyes, concern still in them - and I surely did hear his thoughts, but right now I was trying my best to ignore them, because damn it sounded annoying. Nakamura and Maehara were standing close by us, their demons lingering around their feet, seeming a bit nervous. But for a reason too, because I for once knew that I wasn't really sending out welcoming aura and I knew they could sense my uneasiness and that Kazuo was close by.

I was pretty sure that every demon could sense Kazuo - but that also meant, that most certainly, Koro-sensei knew about him too. But the yellow octopus stayed quiet and didn't even once look at me or otherwise show any signs of knowing. But he did know, I was sure of it. It was just his own decision to stay quiet about it. Whatever the reason was, I didn't complain, because that would draw too much attention. I was sure that Karasuma and Bitch-sensei were oblivious to Kazuo's presence, and that was good, but then there was also the principal of this school.

Who also happens to be the fifth strongest Hunter there is… Great, now I'm even worrying about that idiot of an older brother, I thought, glancing at the forest. Somewhere there Kazuo was, watching, waiting for an opening. Opening I should never give him, because he'll surely use it. And that's why I needed to get myself back to the game - I was a little too out of it, a little too shaken by Kazuo's words. And he knew this, he always knew what to say and what to do to make someone hesitate. I hated it, but his words affected me, a lot. And let's not even mention the way we behaved towards each other.

How is it even possible that we're brothers?

"Okay class!" Karasuma-sensei suddenly yelled out, earning our attention. "While this one takes a small break -" he pointed at Koro-sensei, who stood behind him (I wondered why he refused to call Koro-sensei by his name, but maybe that was a matter of pride) "- I'll be teaching you. Teamwork is what I teach the best, as well. But first, I have a small announcement, so listen well." He paused for a moment to give every student a small look.

"Tomorrow, a new teacher is going to join us, as your PE-teacher", Karasuma-sensei said, earning few groans and few excited mutters. "He is an old… friend of mine, I suppose. Well anyway, a person I know from the past. I haven't seen him in a while though, so I can't tell is he a good teacher or not. But he was put in this class by the principal, so neither I or the thing behind me had anything to say about it."

"Just call me Koro-sensei", said the thing behind Karasuma-sensei.

"One more thing: the new teacher does not know about Akabane-kun here, just like the principal. And I'd like us to keep that as a secret too, it might be a little too risky to have any more Hunters knowing we have a Fire Demon around here", the raven haired man says, his eyes meeting mine for a second. "And if I correctly remember, Akabane-kun warned us not to tell about him to anyone outside this class…"

"Naturally", I said to that. "After all, I don't want Hunters running after me every second, it could be rather annoying." I smiled at Karasuma-sensei, but the moment he turned to look away, my smile faded.

I was hundred percent sure he had already told someone, since he was working closely with the heads of the Hunter community. I did not trust him, Bitch-sensei or Koro-sensei - nor did I trust Nagisa or my other classmates, but that was nothing new, since I didn't trust anyone fully. Kazuo was the only person I could rely in a fight, if needed and I firmly believed that he would rely on me as well.

"Alright, we'll start the training now. As you can see, you've been split into smaller groups for this little mission I'm going to give you", the raven haired man continued after the new information had seemed to sink into everyone's heads. Karasuma-sensei pulled out a small, about fist-sized orange ball. "Does anyone know what this is?" he asked. It took a moment, but then Okuda lifted her hand and Karasuma-sensei gave her the permission to answer.

"It's a magic-ball", Okuda said quietly, but loud enough for everyone to hear. "To be exact, this ball is a barrier one – which means that when a Hunter needs a barrier to protect himself from a demon or a monster, he can release the spell put into the ball, and then he'll get an immediate barrier."

"Yes, exactly. Thank you Okuda-san", Karasuma-sensei nodded. "To put it shortly, this ball is a magical-tool used by Hunters. I believe this was taught to you in your second or first year. There are thousands of different kind of magical-balls, but this one is a barrier-ball, like Okuda-san told us. It's not hard to identify the most common magical-balls nor is it hard to make them. These balls are very handy in combat – usually you only need to say a one word to release the spell and these are easy to carry around. If you'd need to chant a whole spell, which can take long especially if you are a newbie, the monster or the demon you're facing could easily finish you off while your concentration is elsewhere." The raven head stopped for a moment again, clearing his throat before continuing.

"I believe we'll try to make these some other day and we'll learn more about them too, but the point why I now showed you this one is because it has something to do with the mission I'm going to give you", Karasuma-sensei said, his tone serious as always. This wasn't the first time I saw or heard about these magical-balls, but it was interesting enough, so I paid attention to the raven head. Who knew, maybe the information he was giving me would be useful later on… "In those team of yours, you'll need to find three different kind of magical-balls from the forest surrounding this area. The balls have been hidden this morning – you'll need to find a one barrier-ball, one curse-ball and one healing-ball. In other words, look for orange, purple and green balls. Now, there are not enough balls every team, so you'll have to compete with each other. You can steal balls from other teams, but students, keep it under control. The reason behind a practice like this is for you to learn how to move together with your demons and other hunters. It might not be as easy as it sounds now." There was a warning look in Karasuma-sensei's eyes as he said those words.

"You have an hour and half before you'll have to come back here. We'll keep an eye on all of you", the raven haired man told. "Fighting is allowed as long as you keep your demons under control. You'll be disqualified if we catch you letting your demons out of control. Now, we'll give you five minutes to prepare, pick a team leader and the leader has to take a calling-ball, it's a ball used for calling help – you could probably already guess that anyway. Your five minutes starts now, use it well."

Nakamura and Isogai turned right away to look at me and Nagisa. "So, what to do? Who wants to be the leader?" Nakamura asked. "I personally don't want to do it, so it's going be either Nagisa-kun or Isogai-kun", the blonde girl quickly added, when Isogai opened his mouth to speak. The brown haired student opened and closed his mouth like a fish on dry land, before finally speaking up.

"Well, I don't mind if Nagisa-kun is the team leader… but what do you think, Nagisa? And what about you, Karma?" the brown haired boy asked.

"Does it matter what I answer?" I asked instead of giving an answer. Nagisa send me a worried - and definitely a bit annoyed - look, before turning to give an answer to Isogai.

"If you wont mind, I think you should be the leader", the bluenette said, smiling at Isogai who smiles back. "I think you're better at it than I am."

"So, it's decided!" Nakamura said, clapping her hands together, a grin spreading on her lips. "Isogai-kun shall be the leader! Now, go and get that calling-ball for us." With that, the brown haired student went to Karasuma-sensei and quickly took a white ball from the man, and returned to us.

"So for the plan, what should we do?" he asked as he got back.

"Let's just start with looking for the balls", Nagisa suggested. "We have to keep an eye out for the other teams. Terasaka-kun's team looks like they'd just go for stealing right away."

"True", Nakamura nodded, glancing at the said boy, who was talking with his team, a sly smile on his face. "So, let's look for the balls and make sure they stay with us. And if some other team finds a ball missing from our team, shall we steal it?"

"Ha, I think that's obvious", Isogai answered, smiling like an angel. "Of course we'll take it."

"But that also means that we might have to use our demons…", Nagisa mumbled uncertainly and this made my stomach make a back flip. It seemed that my words to Nagisa had affected him - he was certainly having doubts about taming me.

Ha, and just when he said that he'll go though with this, I thought, shaking my head unnoticeably. Funny how quickly humans started to doubt their own decisions, but it's not like I minded. I would have a better chance of keeping away from Hell on my own than with Nagisa, that was for sure. And I seriously believed that me being tied to Nagisa would only get the both of us killed. It would only be a matter of time before Nagisa would give up and break, and that, that moment would be my chance to escape. But I would also need to make sure Kazuo would be nowhere close to me at that time, because he'd also use it as the moment to drag me back home.

And seriously, no thank you.

"Well, that's obvious as well - of course we'll need to use our demons. Isn't that the whole point of this practice?" Nakamura asked, sounding a bit confused. "What? Can't you and Karma work together? I thought you got along well."

"What made you think that?" I asked before Nagisa had the chance to say anything.

Nakamura gave me a surprised look. "I don't know… you two just didn't seem to have some kind of internal fight going on, unlike we others. And it was weird alright, because everyone said that taming a demon-king should be hard. But it seems that I was wrong - maybe it is hard, but you haven't just showed it to anyone."

Nagisa let out a hum and I gave him a small glance, but the bluenette made sure not to look into my eyes. I was pretty sure that if this would go on, we'd be totally fucked. The other teams would certainly win the practice, and Kazuo would find a way to break my contract with Nagisa. I couldn't see any other ending at the moment as I turned away from Nagisa, to stare at nothing. It was mostly my fault that we ended having our ´good relationship´ broken down, but someone needed to wake the bluenette up.

It wasn't going to be that easy - and it had been obvious from the very beginning.

"It's stupid how humans try to understand demons, even though it's futile. The moment me hit back or even show a glance of our true self, we're the ones wrong."

Funny how I came to think about Itona's word just then. The white haired kid hadn't been joking when he had said those words, but that time, I hadn't listened as well as I maybe should've. Maybe Itona had tried to warn me, just like Kazuo.

Humans were unfair, but so were demons. We would never get along fully, and that's the end of it. I was sure Nagisa had been taught about this before he summoned me. Yet, he had ignored it complete and thought that the world was going to play by his rules. By the rules humans had set. And the thing was, that I - or any other demon to begin with - didn't have any intensions of playing by those rules. Because I hated it. I really hated if someone wanted to control me, I hated to give someone so much power of me.

Because despite all, and even though I didn't want to admit it, I had feelings too.

"Okay!" Karasuma-sensei suddenly yelled, earning everyone's attention. "You're five minutes are up! Prepare to leave!"

"Lets stay calm", Isogai turned to advice us. "And lets stick together, alright?"

Everyone except me nodded, and Isogai seemed to be satisfied with the answer he got.

A high-pitched whistle rang around the yard. "Your hour and half starts now - use it well, students! And good luck, because that's what you'll be needing!"

And with that, our first real practice started.

End of chapter 11

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

A/N: Who do you think will be the new teacher…? And I hope you liked this chapter, please review and tell me what you think! Anyway, until next time (whenever that is)!