Female Nagisa, au
Disclaimer: I don't own Assassination Classroom and yeah this is just a fanfic
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Chapter 13: Voice of Hearts
The scene now moving on to the three take some bite in the café nearby. Nagisa sits next to Maehara, while Alice sits across them. The tension is weird. Nagisa could feel a pair of eyes stare at her with lots of bad emotion. It's different from bloodlust, but still unpleasant. She tries to shrug it off.
"So, how long have you two been dating?", said Alice in unpleasant tone.
"W-well, about a year or so.", answered Maehara.
"Have you guys kissed before?", asked the girl again.
Both Maehara and Nagisa stares each other awkwardly, they don't really know how to answer this.
"W-well… it's… We…", Nagisa stutters.
"It's a secret…", Maehara supports Nagisa statement.
"Have you or have you not?", said Alice in unpleasant tone.
"Watanabe-san… being a couple it's not always about kissing…" Nagisa takes a glance and sees that the waiter is bringing their food. "A-and anyway, the food is here. So, let's eat first."
Alice gives Nagisa a glare. "Don't change the subject, Shiota-san."
"A-alice… Nagisa and I haven't done something like that yet… We are waiting for the right moment…", said Maehara.
"You haven't? I saw you kissed someone before at the beginning of high school. It's really odd for you to haven't do something like this to your current girlfriend." Alice gives a dark smile. "Or perhaps, both of you just faking a relationship?"
Maehara looks at Nagisa for a second. "N-nagisa is different from the other girls… She is special."
Nagisa blushes a little. She knows that Maehara probably didn't mean it, but it's the first time she heard it from an opposite gender.
Alice hates seeing this reaction. "Do you love Shiota-san, Maehara?"
Maehara gives a nod, which makes alice irritation meter raise. "…Then kiss her to prove it!"
The two give another look at each other. Truthfully the blonde boy feels really bad. He feels guilty to drag Nagisa into this mess, but he got no other choice.
'Nagisa, I'm so sorry', Maehara then gives a peck on Nagisa's cheeks.
Alice gives of a really sneaky smirk. "What was that half ass kiss? I've seen you kissed someone in the lips before. I don't buy this! You guys not a couple, aren't you?"
Maehara doesn't know how to respond. Of course things like kissing it's not a big topic for them after Bitch-sensei lesson, but still they he feels bad to kiss Nagisa in the lips for a reasons like this. She is his friend and he doesn't want to do something that she won't like. But what Nagisa says next surprise him.
"So we just need to kiss to prove it right? Kay we'll do it."
This makes both Maehara and Alice in shocked. He knows that Nagisa is a girl full of surprise, but he did not imagine her to be this forward. As Maehara loses in his own thought, Nagisa put her hand in his cheeks. Her face is getting closer to his, and finally their lips touch each other. It is a short kiss, but it certainly makes Alice head boils with anger and jealousy. She decides to use the restroom for a second to appease her anger, leaving the two of them alone.
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Karma and Kayano decide to follow the three of them into the café. They pick the table that's near them. They pretend to look at the menu, but eventually order up something.
"So… what do you think they talk about?", said Kayano while slurping her iced tea.
"I'm not sure, but the girl seems to be very pissed at Nagisa.", said Karma laidbackly.
"Is that so…" Kayano rolls her eyes to the ceiling. "I wonder why she's obsesses with Maehara?"
"Who knows? Maybe it has to do with his womanizer attitude?"
"Yeah that might be it…"
A few moments later, the two of them witness Maehara giving Nagisa kiss on her cheek. Karma looks a little bit bothered by it and Kayano notices this and decides to tease the red haired for a moment.
Kayano smiles and tries to point out the obvious to him. "He kissed her!"
"… on the cheek.", said Karma feeling annoyed.
"Well… it's still a kiss."
"It doesn't count, Kayano. It's on the cheek."
Kayano giggles and finds this amusing. "Whatever you say, Karma."
Not long after that they both yet witness another kiss, but this time it's on the lips and the one who started it was Nagisa. This time Karma's face turns sour. He feels like some part of his heart hurts. Kayano also notices this reaction and tries to cheer him a little bit.
"I-it's probably nothing big. Don't think too much about it, Karma."
"…yeah.", said Karma downheartedly.
This is the first time Kayano sees the boy this gloomy. She starts to feel worry. "L-look, Nagisa kissed a lot of people before. Like Bitch-sensei, some of the guys for Bitch-sensei's lesson and also me. So it's not a big deal, kay?"
Karma takes a deep breath and says calmly, "It's okay Kayano… they probably have their own reason."
Kayano stares at him. She never thought that Karma has changed this much. She feels that her friend has gotten more mature than she remembered. She smiles and speaks softly, "You've change…"
"Did you say something?"
"Nothing~", said Kayano gleefully.
"I know you said something. What is it?"
"Fu fu fu", she giggles. "That is not important now. Look they are moving to other place. Let's go!"
"Fine…"
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Meanwhile, Maehara face turns bright red. He never thought the girl got guts. It's like seeing a new side of her.
"Maehara-kun, I'm so sorry." The blue haired bows her head down.
"N-no, I should be the one to apologize, Nagisa." Maehara pauses a second. "But… I've never thought you will be so bold."
"Well… she started to suspect us and kissing is the only option."
"But I've never thought you'll be the type of girl that…" He looks at the girl one more time. "I mean you look innocent, at some point I thought that you will be uncomfortable with this kind of thing."
Nagisa gives a nervous smile. "After joining Class-E, this kind of stuff seems normal… besides I've kissed some people before. I even kissed a girl."
Hearing that, Maehara burst into a laughter. "You're quite a girl, you know?"
Not long after that Alice returns from the restroom with somewhat unpleasant smile. They finish their food with awkward tension. They then visit several places, but nobody enjoys it. What worse is Nagisa could feel Alice glare all the time. It's really uncomfortable. In addition, there are several times when Alice tries to trip Nagisa. However, Nagisa manages to deal with it. At some point, Alice even says some harsh word to Nagisa. Nagisa shrugs this off. There is a time when Maehara tries to stop Alice, but Nagisa stops him and says she's fine. He feels so guilty toward her. He never though that Alice will be this hard toward Nagisa. In the end they decide to take a break in the park. They sit on the bench together.
"Maehara-chi! Go buy us some drinks!", said Alice with flirty tone.
"But we just got here…"
"But, I'm so thirsty~"
Maehara tries to argue to stay in the seat. He scares that when he leaves, Alice will do something horrible to Nagisa. But as they argue,Alice's face suddenly turns dark.
"Hurry up and go."
Nagisa says in small voice, "I'll be fine…"
"Are you sure?", replies him with small tone. Nagisa gives a nod and calmly smiles. "Okay then… If something happens just call me."
Maehara then goes to buy the girls some soda. Right at that moment Alice face turns really scary. It's far worse than the face that her mom used to make when scolding her. Alice stands in front of Nagisa and stares at her coldly.
"Hey… what did you do to him, Shiota-san? How did you seduce him? Obviously you're not that pretty. You don't even have any sex appeal. Did you pay him? Did you blackmail him?"
"I didn't do anything", said Nagisa with calm voices.
Alice snaps at hearing that response. "YOU BITCH! DON'T LIE TO ME! JUST WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO?"
Everyone around the park starts to look at their direction and whispers.
"W-watanabe-san, calm down… please... let's talk about it somewhere el…"
"CALM DOWN? YOU STOLE MY BOYFRIEND FROM ME! MAEHARA IS MINE. SO BACK OFF!"
Alice then tries to slap Nagisa in the face, but her action is stopped by a group of tall and brute looking men.
"Hey ladies, let's find a quiet place to settle this argument of yours."
"HUH? WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?",said Alice.
"We're just came here to help." One of the men stand behinds Alice and hold a knife behind her back. He conceals this action neatly. The people on the park only notice them trying to stop Alice's tantrum.
"Now why don't both of you be good girls and let us help you.", said the knife holder.
Nagisa analizes the situation. She knows where this is going. She can see that Alice is terrified. If she does something unnecessary, those men would probably stab Alice. She then thinks the best solution calmly.
"Okay… we'll follow you, but first can you put the knife down, mister?", said Nagisa calmly.
"Aw, that's so nice of you, missy. But no can do. We will let go when we all arrive at the destination."
In the end both of the girls follow the men. They arrive at a Karaoke place. The situation looks quite dire for both of the girls. They push the girls in the sofa.
"Now girls, let's forget about your stupid boyfriend and have some fun."
From the guys' expression, Nagisa knows that they want to do something unpleasant to them.
"Now~, which girl should we pick first?" One of them take a glance on Nagisa and gives a pervy smile. "This one seems cute, let us play with her first."
One of them pulls Nagisa hand and get a glare that fills with bloodlust from the girl. Then man freaks out and accidentally lets her hand go. Nagisa takes this chance and do a clap stunner which paralyze him immediately. The other guys can feel something dangerous from this girl. One of them tries to land a punch on her. She manages to avoid it easily. However, the situation soon gets dire. It's quite hard for a small stature girl like her to defeat all of them. In the end one of them managed to grab her from behind. They attempt to touch her, but she defends herself by kicking them in the groin. This pissed them very much. Just as they try another attempt, the girl witnesses something that shocks her. It's a certain someone.
"What are you guys trying to do to my friend?~"
Nagisa widens her eyes, she can't believe the sight in front of her. "Karma!"
Karma then single-handedly defeat all of them.
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Karma and Kayano continue their stake out. The saw the way Alice treats Nagisa. Both of them are very irritated by this, but they know Nagisa can handle it. When they also arrive at the park, they hide themselves behind the bush. They soon see Maehara leave the girls alone.
Kayano takes a notice of how Alice expression change. "Ugh… I don't like where this is going…"
They then 0bserves more and see Alice shouting like crazy. She is badmouthing Nagisa in front of the park's visitors. There are several time when Kayano want to go there to defend her friend, but Karma tells her to believe in Nagisa. Not long after that, a group of 5 man come and approach the girls. Kayano knows something is fishy about them.
"I'm going there, Karma."
"Kayano, wait!". Karma grabs one of Kayano hand.
"What are you saying. Nagisa is in danger."
"I know. I want to go there too… but they have a knife. It will be dangerous if we jump in there without plan. Furthermore, if we approach it wrong, they may stab one of them."
"How did you know they have a knife?"
"Well… they've been watching them for a while now, so I took extra precaution and observe them."
"Wait, for a while? Since when?"
"Since three of them take a seat over there."
And Karma was right, the guy does indeed have a knife. He even points it out behind Alice and seems to threaten them. They also quite skillful at concealing their action. They then follow where the guys bring Nagisa and Alice, which is the Karaoka place nearby.
"Kayano, call Maehara to come here."
"Okay…"
They wait for Maehara a while and ambush the room together. The first thing they see is Nagisa kicks a male in the groin, which make Karma chuckle a little.
'Geez… you've made me worry for nothing', thought Karma.
Karma then directly land a punch on one of the guys. Both Maehara and Kayano want to help, but Karma makes them feel that he doesn't their help. So they just stand there and watch a macabre.
"Kayano… Karma is quite a brute, isn't he?"
"Yeah… now I kinda feel pity with those guys."
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"Karma! What are you doing here?", said Nagisa in surprise.
"Saving the day, of course~."
Nagisa notices that Kayano is also here. "You two have been following me, haven't you?"
"We've been found out~"
Nagisa gives a deadpan look. "You both don't need to do that."
Kayano walks to her and crosses her arms. "If we did not follow you, you might have been molested by those guys."
"Kayano is right. If our little Nagisa could take care of herself, we won't go to the trouble to follow you~", said Karma
Nagisa pouts. "I can take care of myself."
"Right, right~." Karma pats Nagisa.
Karma then proceeds to threaten the guys, saying that if they dared to do this again, he will make sure the photo that he previously took will be seen by police. They then all stay and finish some issue there. Maehara apologizes to both Nagisa and Alice. He tells Alice the truth about the whole fake date.
"Maehara-chi, do you hate me that much?"
"It's not like I hate you, Alice. It's just… it's kinda bothered me that you keep on insisting to date me, you even bullied some of girls that had crush on me. This obsession of yours need to be stopped… and I thought that this is the best way, but it doesn't look that way."
"I see…"
Surprisingly Alice takes it well. Maehara thought that the girl will definitely blasts into tantrum or something, but she she just accepts it. This is because Alice has realized something. She realizes how weak and childish she is. When the guys threatened them, Nagisa was calmly handled the situation. The sight of that makes her so ashamed of herself, who can only forcefully take something. She decides that she need to change.
"I'm sorry for causing both you and Shiota-san so much trouble today." Alice bows her head down.
"You don't need to apologize, Watanabe-san.". Nagisa smiles at the girl.
"Just because I'm apologizing, doesn't mean I like you, Shiota-san. I'll take my leave then." Alice then walks toward the room exit, just before stepping out she turns around one more time and looks at Nagisa. "Listen, I will only say this once… Thank you.". She then proceeds her exits.
"Well, that ended better than I expected." Maehara sighes in relief.
"Now that you mention it…" Kayano glances at Maehara curiously. "How did you get involved with such a crazy girl? Did you randomly seduce her?"
"OF COURSE NOT!". Maehara gives a sad look. "Seriously, I will not do something like that. The first time I met her, she was crying. I tried to comfort her and we've become friends."
"She doesn't sound that crazy. Did you do something to her?", asked Karma.
"I'm not sure. At first, I didn't notice her strange behavior. But then when a girl tried to approach me, she starts to act cynically and verbally abuses the girl. I defended the girl. At that time, I thought that the problem is over, but I was wrong. Two weeks later the girl got her leg sprained. She said someone pushed her. I didn't suspect Alice at first, but then the same bad things keep happening to girls that approach me. So, I tried to ask her about it and it was really her who did all of it."
"A girl jealousy sure is scary…", said Kayano.
"But… she is not entirely bad person, Akari. She even said sorry and thank you, right?",said Nagisa.
"Nagisa… you're just too nice." Kayano gives her friend a hug.
Not long after that conversation, a lady wearing suit comes through the door.
"Miss Mase Haruna, How dare you skip your rehearsal!" She glares at Kayano deadly.
Kayano looks shocked and scared at the same time. "Manager! How did you find me?"
"Someone just posted on twitter that they've saw you. Do you think cheap glasses could conceal your identity? Honestly, do you know how much trouble you've caused?"
Kayano laughs nervously. "Sorry about that."
In the end Kayano's manager grabs her arm and takes her back to the movie set. The other can only watch in confusion as the girl being taken by her manager.
"Well… I think we should go too.", said Nagisa.
"W-wait, before that…" Maehara holds one of Nagisa's hand. "Nagisa, thank you so much. I'm sorry for all the trouble."
Nagisa shakes her head. "It's the other way around, Maehara-kun. Thank you. If you guys didn't come, I will be in a pinch spot. So, thank you for saving me."
After that, the three of them leave the Karaoke place. Maehara then separates himself on the intersection. He tells them that he wants to drop by the café where Isogai works, which now leave Nagisa alone with Karma. Nagisa is walking behind Karma. She notices that her friend has grown taller.
"Karma… you're getting taller, huh?"
"You just noticed?"
Nagisa nods. Karma laughs a little. "Seriously Nagisa, how did you not notice? Nagisa, sometimes you can be so dense."
"Well… you know that I can be oblivious sometimes…"
"Yeah… I know and sometimes your obliviousness leads to something danger. You make us really worry today." Karma looks at the girl with earnest eyes. "Furthermore, you are not really good at taking care yourself."
"Eh?"
"Sometime I feel like you think a little about yourself… Like you don't really care what happen to you. That's probably why you can face danger with such a calm attitude."
Nagisa can only listen in silent. She wonders since when her friend realizes it. It's not that she minds, but she never thought that Karma would notice. Karma then continues talking.
"Nagisa… You should be more careful."
Nagisa lets out small chuckle. The words that came out from Karma's mouth is somehow funny to her. "It's kinda funny to hear that from someone who willingly jumped off a cliff."
"I only did that once. You on the other hand did lots of dangerous stuff. Do you want me to list it for you?"
Nagisa laugh nervously. "N-no thanks…". Nagisa looks at her friend's back again wondering something. "Say, Karma… why do you care so much?"
Karma raises his eyebrow. "Are you an idiot? Isn't it obvious. You are important to me."
'Important, huh', The thought of that make the girl feels warm and happy. She doesn't know since when, but every time Karma says something similar to this, Nagisa feels so happy. At first it feels like being seen by the person she admires, but that is more to that. It's been a while since Nagisa realize something. She has a feeling for Karma.
"Nagisa! Nagisa!"
Nagisa jumps a little. "Y-yes?"
"I've called your name several time and you didn't response. Are you tired or something?"
"N-no. I just lost in my thought."
"Eh~ don't tell me you are thinking about me."
Nagisa faces turns red. "Of course not!"
Karma laughs at Nagisa's reaction. "I was just joking, Nagisa. You don't need to get so work up about it."
"Geez… I know."
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Bonus chapter:
Maehara arrives at the detined café. The first thing he can see is his best friend greets him while holding a tray or two.
"Maehara! How is your date?"
"Well…". Maehara goes to his usual table. "It ended up better than I thought."
"Really?" Isogai pours some coffee in Maehara's cup.
"Yeah… Alice took it better than I thought." Maehara then looks at his coffee and stirs it. "I guess it's because of Nagisa, but I'm not so sure."
"Is that so? So did you make a move on Nagisa?"
"W-WHAT?", said Maehara shockingly.
"I mean you have a crush on her, right?"
"We've been friends for too long…"
"Well… it's kinda obvious from my point of view, especially after that Takaoka's incident."
"So you did notice... Well she is kinda different from the other girl, it's not really a crush... it's more like i'm interested in her, but then again maybe it's a crush. Who knows..." Maehara then shows a bitter smile. "But it's impossible for her to fall for me…"
"Why? It's rare for you to give up on a girl."
"Well… That girl only has eyes for Karma. Even back then…"
Isogai notices that his friend's heart is breaking. "Today's coffee will be my treat."
"Thank you." Maehara then takes a sip. "So, how is it with Kataoka?"
Isogai laughs sheepishly. "it's the same like usual…"
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Author's note
Here is the new chapter. I feel like there's a lot of thing happening in this chapter. I tried to make Alice as crazy as possible, but I'm not sure if this considered as crazy? I'm not even sure if this chapter climactic or anti-climactic. I hope you guys like the plot twist that Maehara did indeed has a crush on Nagisa. Oh and the title is voice of hearts because this chapter is trying to reveal the characters feeling that we are yet to see previously, but i'm not sure if i wrote it good enough. Well, I hope you guys enjoy it as usual. Please read and review lol. Thank you like always. See you next chapter.
-creamycinamont.