Go Out With A Smile
Ansatsu Kyoushitsu
Assassination Classroom
Original Character
Summary: Oichi Chika is a part of Class 3E, the so called End class. Isolated from the rest of the school, Class 3E spend their days learning both academic and assassination. The target of their assassination? Koro-sensei, an octopus like creature who will destroy the Earth in the period of one year. That is if they fail to kill him before then. Everyday Chika write the daily events of class 3E into her diary...
Warnings: Contain OCs, typos, grammar errors (English is not my first language, I'm so sorry)
Note: Title may change
Disclaimers: I do not own Ansatsu Kyoushitsu
Chapter 38
Morning sunlight peeked through the curtains, creating a thin line of illumination across their room. Chika zipped close her duffel bag. She glanced at her sister. Toshiko-nee is still sleeping in her futon. Let her sleep in. Yesterday was intense. Muramatsu and his family have been so kind to let them spend the night at their home. It was fun while it lasts. A new day have arrived. It is time to return to reality. Karasuma-sensei have sent her an email. He found the two other men- her stalkers- and have them brought into custody. Department of Defence's custody, not law enforcement. Karasuma-sensei interrogated them himself. He learnt something. Something that cannot be told over email. It have to be important.
Chika quietly close the door behind her. Right at the same time as Muramatsu stepped out from the bathroom at the end of the hallway. He is drying his hair with a towel.
"Hey," He greets her. "Were you able to sleep?"
"Good morning," Chika greets him back. "I managed to."
Muramatsu walk up to her. "I'll go get dressed. We can go together."
Chika shakes her head. "I will go to Wakaba Nursery later but I have to go see Karasuma-sensei now."
Her classmate stares at her. "Is it about... The Thing?"
About her stalkers. Chika have told Muramatsu everything last night. With her permission, Muramatsu contacted Sugaya-san and Mimura-san to give them the update about the situation.
"Yes," Chika nodded. "This have gone long enough. The three of you can go tell the others if you want. If Koro-sensei haven't told them that is. No point in hiding it anymore." She is so tired of this. Her classmates will definitely want answers. Chika will give it to them later, after she go see Karasuma-sensei. He have the answers. "Once the Thing is resolved, everyone can focus again on the mission. And exams." She need to catch up with the loss of study time. All thanks to... To that awful man.
Muramatsu cringed. "Damn, I almost forgot about the exams." They have been so busy taking care of the children and building the nursery.
"We brought this to ourselves," Chika said.
He cringed again. "Yeah... And now we are making up for our mistake...," He looked at her. "Are you all right?"
"I am," Toshiko-nee is all right. As long as her sister is okay, Chika will be okay too. "I'll see you later, Muramatsu."
Muramatsu looks like he want to say something but stopped himself. "Okay, see you later."
Chika nodded at him before making her way downstairs.
Not far from Muramatsu's street, a car have been waiting for her. It is a black car, just like Karasuma-sensei's car. Chika wonder if all government agents are issued the same model. It is Sonokawa-san who pick her up. Chika bowed slightly at her when the female agent greets her. Chika is getting settled on the backseat when Sonokawa-san hand her a plastic bag.
"I got you hot tea and onigiris. My treat," She smiled at her.
Chika accept it. "Thank you," She said gratefully. Chika haven't eat breakfast yet. The car ride is spent in silence. It didn't take very long before they finally arrived in front of their destination. The Ministry of Defence consist of three light brown buildings with green rooftops. You can definitely sense the aura of authority these buildings imposed. So this is where Karasuma-sensei originally worked... Before her, Akabane-san and Takebayashi-kun have been here. Sonokawa-san lead her in. Every worker she've seen so far wear suits. Chika muses how much people here know about Koro-sensei. He have to be in the top secret clearance material. Chika wonder if the government have contacted Agent J and Agent K to deal with Koro-sensei. Maybe she should consult to Lovecraftian works. Even Koro-sensei would be weak against Cthulhu.
Sonokawa-san led her into a room. It is spacious, with two couches and a coffee table in-between. A meeting room perhaps? "Please wait here, Oichi-san. Karasuma-san will be seeing you shortly," Sonokawa-san said to her kindly. "Would you like some refreshment?"
Chika shakes her head. "You don't have to get me anything more than this, Sonokawa-san. Thank you." She already gave her something to eat earlier.
She don't have to wait long. A few minutes later, Karasuma-sensei show up. As usual, he looked sharp. Chika wonder if she ever see him wear anything without a collar.
"Oichi-san. Thank you for coming here," Karasuma-sensei said as he take a seat in front of her. "We are going to talk about... Your situation." Chika nodded. He continues, "I have interrogated all three of your stalkers. The one who assaulted you and your sister, Kobayashi Hiroshi, have been charged by assault, stalking, harassment and kidnapping attempt. He will be gone for a long time. It appears he have been a fan to your older sister for quite some time. He only start acting up after he moved to Tokyo to get closer to her. We are also going to have a psychiatrist to evaluate him," Chika nodded again. It is plain for everyone to see that Hiroshi is delusional. Honestly, she don't want to waste her time even thinking about him. That man have no place whatsoever in Toshiko-nee's and her lives. Not after this.
"As for the other two men... It appears they start stalking you near the end of summer vacation. They started roughly at the same time. The one who followed you at the mall is Ito Junpei. The one who got caught in your trap back in the mountain is Hasegawa Touma. We have confiscated all pictures, data and equipments they have. It appears it was Hasegawa who was taking pictures at Wakaba Nursery."
Rage surge in her chest upon hearing that. This Hasegawa is the one taking pictures at the children? That pervert! And then the rage turn to guilt when she realised that their target was her. She was the one who brought them to Class E. She was the one who brought Hasegawa to the nursery, putting the children at risk. She is the reason everyone got into this mess in the first place. She did this. Then Chika realised something.
"...Why me?"
Karasuma-sensei didn't immediately answer her question. He studies her for a moment before opening his mouth. "Both Ito and Hasegawa work as private investigators."
Private investigators? Why anyone want to investigate her? She's just... Chika.
"The two of them were separately hired by your parents, Oichi Masao and Oichi Rie."
Chika stares blankly at her teacher. No emotion visible from her expression. She didn't say anything back. It make Karasuma-sensei uncomfortable.
"...Both of them have no idea that there is another PI hired to follow you around. The two men confessed that each of your parent hired them to prove that your older sister is not fit to be your guardian. After some time, they eventually took notice of each other. Both of them write the other as another stalker. Junpei and Hasegawa were aware of Kobayashi Hiroshi's stalking but did nothing until he tried to grab you. They jumped out from their hiding spots and we have a three way scuffle going on. Kobayashi got away first. The other two got into a stalemate. They went separate ways when they realised that it won't get them anywhere. Each tried to track down Kobayashi. The two PIs have the same idea to stake out your apartment in case Kobayashi show up again. He got to your apartment before them. You know the rest," Karasuma-sensei paused to see her reaction. Nothing. He continues, "The police at the scene recognise their faces and plate numbers. A notification have been given in regards to those two. We brought them in fairly fast. I have questioned them both. They are under instruction to report to your parents weekly. Your parents is still not aware that their spouse hired a PI to follow you. Nor do they know that their hired PI have been apprehended."
She still give him the blank stare.
"Hasegawa and Ito have noticed something a missed about Class E during their investigation."
That got a reaction. Chika's head lifted up slightly.
"They each have noticed suspicious characters hanging around the mountain. Assassins. They've seen enough to identify the same figure who keep approaching the assassins. Our target," Karasuma-sensei is still unable to say Koro-sensei it seems. "Hasegawa Touma decided to investigate the mountain when he fell into one of your traps. Ito Junpei saw the students practising free running stunts. These incidents clued them in that something is off. Thankfully they have yet to discover the target's true identity. Every intel and evidences they have gathered during their investigation will be destroyed. To prevent further mess. We still don't know the extent of their reports but we have to assume that your parents have been made aware of the target."
Chika stay silent.
"In any case, the Ministry of Defence will ensure that Hasegawa and Ito won't leak any information to the public. We also need to find out how much your parents now. If it come to it, we will have to wipe their memories about the target as well. We have to check the stories first to not draw any suspicion."
"I understand," Chika said after a few moments of silence. "Thank you for informing me, Karasuma-sensei. I would like to apologise for how much trouble I have caused." She bows down to her. She move not her head, but her waist.
"Please rise, Oichi-san," Karasuma-sensei said. "It is not your fault. None of us see this coming. You are not responsible for your parents' actions."
"I am the reason we have this mess to begin with," She replied in monotone.
"And we will clean up this mess," Karasuma-sensei assures her.
Chika did not say anything for another moment before she straightened her back. "Karasuma-sensei, can I ask you for four things?"
The special agent blinked. "Four..?"
"One, can we wait until exams is over before we make any moves regarding to my parents? They will surely flip when we approach them. I hate that we have to drag this over but I don't think I can handle them at the moment. Besides, let them sweat a little. It'll make things easier if they slip up. We will exactly find out how much they know or don't know."
Karasuma-sensei blinked. "That can be arranged."
His student nodded. "Two and three, may I use both of the PIs' phones? Just one phone call each. I promise."
"What for?"
"To tell my parents to wait until we are good and ready. I don't want any more surprises coming from them after this."
He mulled over this. If he or other agent make the contact, the parents will realised that something is going on with their daughter. Unlike Munakata-san, they won't let go easily. Hearing it from their child first may be beneficial for them in the long run. Karasuma-sensei nodded. "And the fourth?"
"Will you teach us self defence after this?"
"Hello? What new information do you have for me, Ito-san?"
"Ito Junpei is not currently available right now. Nor he will be for the next few days. Don't bother calling this number again."
"Wha- Who is this? What are you doing with Ito-san's phone?"
"Don't you recognise your own daughter's voice?"
"Chika?!"
"Don't send anyone else to follow me after this. I will know. Don't send anyone after my sister either. You have done enough."
"Now listen here you-"
"No. It's your turn to listen. Leave us alone. We will be the one who will send word to you. When we are good and ready. Now sit down and be good. This time, I'm taking the reins."
CLICK
Chika stood in front of the gates. Sonokawa-san have been kind enough to drop her off. Now that everything is revealed, her classmates deserved to know the truth. She owe them that much after all those troubles.
The first to notice her is Chiba-san, who is in the middle of fixing the roof. He then alerted the rest of the repair team. Kanzaki-san, who is playing with the children outside, notices her as well. Soon enough, everyone is notified with her arrival.
"Oichi-san!" Hara-san run towards her. She throw her arms around her. "We've heard from Sugaya-kun and Mimura-kun. Are you okay?"
"Yes," Chika look up to see everyone have stop working and now gathering around her. Most of them have worried expressions on their faces. Akabane-san and Horibe-san are looking intently at her. "Everyone, there is something I need to tell you. At break time."
Her classmates reluctantly agreed and they returned to their tasks. Chika greets Maki-san and Hikari-san. The two women greet her back with a smile. As usual, Chika went to the nursery. Ta-chan is sleeping. She spend a good five minutes looking at the baby before moving on to her other task. Management. The clock strikes 12. As soon as the kids finished with their lunch and dirty dishes gathered, the whole class sit down. Chika told them everything. When she finished, everyone is either frowning or looking at her in disbelief.
"Wait, wait, wait." Maehara-san hold up a hand. "Let me get this straight. Both of your parents each hired a PI to follow you around. They have no idea that there is another PI doing the same job. Then there's your sister's crazy stalker. When the pervert attacked you, the PIs come out from their hiding places to save you. But they mistake each other as the another stalker at the same time. So we have a three way scuffle. The crazy stalker somehow managed to escape. He followed you all the way to your apartment, with the intention to kidnap both of you and your sister. Did I get it right so far?" Chika nodded. Maehara-san continues. "The pervert then tasered your sister. You knocked him out. That's when the neighbours finally showed up, followed by Karasuma-sensei and Koro-sensei. Both have been alerted by Ritsu. The pervert is now locked up. That's good. But your parents hired those PIs in the first place to prove your sister is not fit to be your guardian. That's just… Messed up." Maehara summed up the entire fiasco in two words.
"That is an accurate summary of the situation." Chika admitted.
"Does your sister know about this?" Takebayashi-kun asked.
"No. I intend to tell her after we go home," To be honest, Chika still have no idea how to tell this to Toshiko-nee. Dealing with Hiroshi aftermath and this? Chika is surprised her hair haven't turn grey yet.
"How are you feeling?" Shiota-san asked in concern.
He just have to ask that question.
"Like my gut have been stabbed a thousand time over by hot white knives," Chika answered without any emotion.
The others look at her in alarm.
"I want to apologise for causing you all so much trouble," Chika bow her head down.
"Oichi-san, you don't have to apologise," Takebayashi-kun stand up from his seat. "None of this is your fault. No one could have known that your parents will be this... Extreme."
She keep silent at that.
Muramatsu pats her on the head. "Don't hesitate to tell us anything if something else does happen."
"Yes."
October 1st 20XX
Dear Diary,
Chika literally have no energy to write down everything so here's the highlights of the day:
1. Karasuma-sensei told Chika about the stalkers
2. Chika relayed the information to everyone else.
3. Chika relayed the information to Toshiko-nee.
4. Toshiko-nee is shocked.
5. We returned to our apartment.
6. Chika managed to study a little.
That's all for today. Good night, Diary.
October 2nd 20XX
Dear Diary,
We have a pretty good progress with the construction work today.
The safety mats and ropes have been delivered. Chika helped laying out the mats and tie the safety ropes at the playground. We still need more time to finish the indoor climbing wall. Chiba-san, Horibe-san and Yoshida are still in the middle of installing the merry go round. It will act as the charger for Munakata-san's upgraded bike. They still need to run tests to make sure everything works perfectly. Yada-san and Kurahashi-san went around the neighbourhood to ask for old books.
The girls is playing imaginary cafe/restaurant today. Chika and Ta-chan got invited, along with Shiota-san and Sakura. You can see Takebayashi-kun itching to say something maid related in the background. Things turn messy when they decided to serve a literal mud pie (with grass toppings). Chika took off with Ta-chan. Chika don't want to risk Ta-chan getting sick.
After getting scolded by Hara-san and Kataoka-san, the girls decide to play house instead. The drama have gotten even wilder. Maehara-san is a shameless flirt who seems to target lonely married women. Which is a recipe for disaster. Chika is supposedly his next target (Maehara-san was just passing through the nursery and greeted Chika). At least he can be written off from the 'Possible Candidates of Ta-chan's Biological Father'. Shiota-san got dubbed as a college student who is tutoring high schooler Sakura. Things are getting heated between them as they got involved in teacher-student whirlwind romance. Now that's Sakura fanning the flames. Her crush on Shiota-san is obvious. The younger boys got into a scuffle, fighting over Kanzaki-san. Sugino-san is annoyed. Akabane-san the knight is caught in a love triangle with Princess Kayano-san and Mage Okuda-san as his love interests. Oh my!
Muramatsu walked Chika to the bus station. Chika thanked him and we did another bro fist.
Toshiko-nee is recovering. Chika saw her looking over a list of attorneys. No contact from them, as far as Chika knows.
Chika is going to study now. Good night, Diary.
October 3rd 20XX
Dear Diary,
The playground is more or less complete now. The boys tried everything to make sure nothing is wrong. After everything is deemed safe, we clean up. A few others have brought along their old books to be added to the collection. Chika and Ritsu did another search for energy saving lightbulbs. Horibe-san found Munakata-san's old dentures and turn it to the bicycle's bells. Chika is not touching that.
The kids found a large spider. Emphasis on LARGE. There, Chika used capital letters. The spider is that big, Diary. Kurahashi-san scoop it up with no hint of fear whatsoever. In fact, she and Hazama-san got into a discussion of arachnids. Chika feels uneasy hearing them.
Speaking of uneasy, the imaginary drama is getting out of hand. Sugino-san got dubbed as a struggling semi pro baseball athlete. The competition for Kanzaki-san's hand got even more intense as Sugino-san got involved. Yada-san is jealous with all these women paying attention to her husband, Kataoka-san. Their marriage is being tested now. Okano-san is a woman from Maehara-san's past who is now hellbent to get her revenge on him. The kids saw her kicked him earlier. Apparently Maehara-san said something insensitive to her. Kurahashi-san told the girls that she like an older man. They spin the story to Kurahashi-san having feelings for a MUCH older man. Who is either an old virgin or divorced. Or gay.
Karasuma-sensei is not even here and he still get dragged in.
Ta-chan is getting faster at crawling. Chika feel very happy when he crawled towards Chika. Ritsu enjoyed playing peekaboo with Ta-chan from Chiba-san's notepad. It's so cute!
Toshiko-nee is back to work. She bounced back so fast. Everyone at work is surprised she said. That's Toshiko-nee. Chika won't say that she recover fast, but she don't let herself dwell in it for too long.
It's time for Chika to study. See you tomorrow, Diary.
October 5th 20XX
Dear Diary,
It's raining all day today, so the children stayed indoors. Chiba-san use this opportunity to check if there is any leakages. There is none. It should be safe to let the children use the extended building tomorrow. We made teru teru bozu together. Sugaya-san show off his artistic skills to draw funny faces on the teru teru bozu. Kurahashi-san showed the children through the windows how slugs would come out during rainfall. Akabane-san and Hazama-san teamed up to tell scary stories. The thunder start to crash around the same time, adding the suspense. Hazama-san is really good at it. She left the room with the children all trembling underneath their blankets. Suffice to say, they don't make any troubles for the rest of the day.
Ta-chan don't like thunders, so Chika have him wear protective ear muffs.
Toshiko-nee was soaked when she came home today. She went to take a bath while Chika cook dinner. We had hot chocolate afterwards.
Chika have to study now. Good night, Diary.
October 6th 20XX
Dear Diary,
The children LOVES the new Wakaba Nursery.
The indoor playground is a hit. Enough said.
Seeing everyone's face smiling like that... Our job here is done. Well, almost done. Shiota-san's student, Sakura, will have a test today. This is her first time returning to school in a while. She will show up just for the math test. The results will be handed out tomorrow. Tomorrow is also the day when Munakata-san get discharged. Koro-sensei will pick him up from the hospital and take him here.
Chika will be honest, Diary. Chika is very nervous.
Chika don't want to be separated from Ta-chan just yet.
October 7th 20XX
Dear Diary,
We did it.
Munakata-san told us that we did an excellent job and he have nothing to complain. (Although we did everything so perfectly it grossed him out a little). Sakura scored 95 in her test, placing second in her class. Shiota-san promised her that he will return to tutor her again. Maybe Chika should come with him so Chika can see Ta-chan again...
It breaks Chika's heart to leave Wakaba Nursery but good things don't last forever. Besides, we have to focus on something else now.
The second midterm exams starts tomorrow.
Wish us luck, Diary.
This chapter takes place from Ch. 97 in the manga.
Kudos to everyone who suspect Chika's parents as the ones who hired the PIs. Have a high five *high fives you*
And happy new year everyone! I hope 2017 treat you well so far.
Thank you for reading!
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