Chapter 5: Students
LONG A/N AHEAD! You have been warned!
I'll be answering reviews up here for this chapter, because I know the OCs were… yeah.
First of all, I have my reasons, the most notable listed here:
First (Defensive reason): I know that there are a lot of them. I know that you guys aren't going to remember the names of most of them. The reason why they are orphans and have no last name is so that you all don't get confused by different terms of address. After this chapter, there are six that stand out, the rest of the orphans all have a purpose too… but heck, I don't remember their names.
Second (Practical reason): My biggest reason for this: Don't you think it's a little suspicious for a luxury cruise ship to have twenty-seven passengers? All the same age? A super creature would definitely get suspicious at the very least. That's why the children vary in age.
Ok, the reason I said that they were all important… well, I think you'll understand it later. I planned this reason, but it may or may not help out with the plot, depending on how this story goes. It's more of symbolism. Not even, I, the author, know exactly where this is going.
Now… this chapter is a bit boring and introduction but please keep at it, everyone, I apologize if it is not the best, but I hope as action and teaching settles in it gets better.
Also there was a fake update a couple of days ago, sorry. I deleted my first hiatus note.
So, I'll answer reviews here, because I think the rest of you might need to know the answer too:
TheRoseShadow21: Yep, I'll keep the A/N thing in mind. Thank you for notifying me on the honorifics. Also, for Bitch-sensei, she is meant to warm up to the orphans over time, but she's supposed to be normal to Class 3-E. Uh… I tried to make her less harsh this chapter, but I don't think I did a great job…
Guest: I agree completely.
Anisademongirl: Oh good, I'm not moving too fast. And yep, I'm planning to wait quite a couple of chapters. Hmm… judging by the state the story is in now, I'm hoping to have close to 20 chapters. Also, yes the OCs are a lot, reasons are up there. And thanks for supporting me as always~ :)
hachinonana: I'm planning on that and the teaching fluff XD.
I12BFree: *stares at you*...adoption? *starts scribbling in notebook* Probably not, but we'll see… And yes, poor Kayano. He's so dense...
CVLTheDragonSlayer: Um… yeah?
Frwt: :)
Guest: Thank you! Don't worry, I don't log in when I review a lot. It's so much work…
Lenallen-maeryn: Thank you~
skrewUps: I'm glad you like my writing style~
NoGameNoLyfe: They have to earn the fluff (aka, Nagisa stops being dense)! And I haven't thought out all the kids' weapons yet, so sniping sounds good :). I do hope that I don't drop this...
Mika: Sorry, fake update. I deleted a note and it updated. I didn't publish a new chapter, but here it is.
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Recap:
"Irina-sensei!" Another young boy interrupted, racing to Jun's side. "Never mind about that!" Anyone could sense that she was about to enter "Pissed off Bitch" mode. "More importantly, if these are going to be our teachers, would you mind telling us who they are? And…" His electric blue eyes flashed to meet Nagisa's duller shade. "...if they are capable of teaching us?"
That moment, Nagisa could pick out the potential this child had - No. The potential they all had.
Oh, this was going to be fun.
…
Karma… liked this kid.
Hey, there weren't exactly many kids who would dare stand up against thirty adults, half of them famous and most of them wealthy, and questioned their ability.
Especially their teaching ability. Nagisa's teaching ability.
The chairman of one of the most prodigious schools in the world's teaching ability… was being questioned.
Simply hilarious.
"Are we capable of teaching you?" Karma repeated, a smirk of amusement etched on his face, his mercury eyes shimmering with mirth as all attention was directed to him. "Kid, judging by your state, you've been taken in by the government for… what? A couple years now?" Surprised by his accurate guess, the child nodded slowly. "You haven't seen any of us on the news?"
After staring at him for a while, the boy eventually shook his head. "No…" He replied cautiously, his electric eyes analytical, "You all look kind of familiar, but…"
"Aha!" A girl about fourteen snapped her fingers in realization, her deep violet eyes insightful. "I've seen you all before! You're in Irina-sensei's album for her past assassin students!"
"An album?" Karma snickered, his smirk growing wider as many of his class did the same. A little pink dusted Bitch-sensei's cheeks. "Aww, Bitch-sensei, you kept an album of us~?"
"S-shut up! It's the one Korosensei made! Of course I'd keep it!" The blonde retorted, glancing away to hide her flustered expression. "Anyway, kids, these are my first students. They trained as a group, unlike my individual apprentices later on. Meet your new teachers: the Assassination Classroom." She announced the last part in English.
"So, who are they?" Another girl piped up impatiently. She seemed to be around the same age as the one with violet eyes, and though her eyes were a deep chocolate shade, her hair was a light green, like mint, but not as blue.
"Patience, Midori." Bitch-sensei rolled her eyes in exasperation before turning to the said class. "So, you guys, want to introduce yourselves? Nagisa, why don't you go first?"
Different shades of eyes all fixed themselves on a man with sky blue hair and a cool, yet professional expression. His smile was gentle, kind. "Hello, everyone." His gaze raked the children meaningfully, with experience clear in his gaze. "My name is Shiota Nagisa. I am actually the chairman of the school whose property we are currently standing on, Kunugigaoka Junior High-"
"Oh!" The tallest kid's head snapped up in realization, his brilliant blond hair sticking out like a sore thumb, but his sparkling blue eyes radiated intelligence. "I've heard of you! Interviews say that you are one of the best teachers ever to walk the planet!"
Nagisa, being the humble person he is, blushed slightly in embarrassment. "I'm nowhere near that good." He denied quickly, taking the chance to step back into the crowd.
"Well, I'll go next!" The kids' expressions were priceless as Kaede Kayano herself stepped forward to introduce herself. "I'm Kayano Kaede, whom I'm guessing you all know. I'm not giving my real name though, and if you slip anything about me to the media," She winked prettily, though there was an evident threat beneath the facade. "You won't live to see the light of day."
The introductions went on, leaving many of the kids astonished that all of these celebrities were truly assassins. Slime Sugino, the baseball ace, Akabane Manami, though more formally known as Okuda, the breakthrough scientist, Sugaya Sousuke, a famous painter… the list went on.
"What about you?" The boy with electric blue eyes spoke up as Rio finished her introduction. The crowd parted to glance at who he was looking at as the boy pointed a finger at Karma. "Who are you?"
"I'm Akabane Karma." He replied with a smirk, not at all fazed at being called out. His golden eyes reflected the emotions of a genius... "The Vice Head of the Ministry of Defense. Nice to meet all of you. This mission seems to be becoming interesting."
"Eh? If you're the Vice Head, then why weren't you told about the mission details beforehand?"
Ok… now that caught Karma off guard.
"B-because the Head didn't want any of us to escape and hide ourselves from the mission." Karma replied slowly, keeping his tone calm and desperately fighting the pink tinge of embarrassment threatening to rise to his cheeks.
"Or do your subordinates not like you?" The boy that Bitch-sensei threatened before piped up with interest.
Never mind what he said before. Karma did not like these kids.
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"Now, kids. Why don't you introduce yourselves?" Bitch-sensei broke Karma out of his humiliating situation. Akari tilted her head in anticipation, eager to know the identities of these young assassins.
"They do not use their real names." Bitch-sensei explained to her older students, now slight genuine pity within her voice. "Their names have either been long forgotten or brings back bad memories. They use exclusive government names given to them." The violet eyed girl nodded in confirmation as she stepped forward with a polite bow.
"My name is Ume. Pleased to meet you." She introduced formally, her movements graceful. Her long, immaculate straight violet hair reached her waist, a redder shade than Manami's. Though her current attire was ragged from training, her face was perfectly clean, radiating a proper aura. "I am thirteen years old. I grew up in a wealthy, though corrupted family who were all murdered four years ago." Her eyes bore sadness, despite the degrading way she spoke of her family, and also maturity, despite her young age.
Akari thought she saw Nagisa flinch slightly.
"Midori here!" The young greenette waved cheerfully. Her eyes sparkled with joy with no matter to her position as an orphaned assassin. "I'm fourteen and I've been an orphan all my life. And yes, my hair is naturally green. Don't ask me why." Akari felt a smile tug at her lips as she remembered her middle school days with green hair dye as her best friend. Natural would've been much worse…
"I am Ayame." Another girl stepped forward, younger than the both. Her features at first seemed quite normal, with long wavy dark hair covering one eye, while the other was a bright emerald. A gust of wind blew past suddenly, not uncommon on the top of the mountain, but it revealed that in her previously covered eye, there were markings a deep shade of purple, akin to roots, spread across it, the ends gathering in the pupil. But her thick hair returned to cover it just as quickly, and no one was sure if they had seen clearly. "I was an orphan all my life, b-being abandoned by my family soon after I was born. I'm twelve years old… a-and it's a pleasure to meet all of you." She bowed quickly, retreating back to the other orphans.
"I'm Jun!" The childish boy that Bitch-sensei threatened. He had a mop of brown hair and matching eyes. "I'm ten and my family used to be famous athletes before they were killed in a planned car crash!" He was a spindly little kid, not very much alike his family, it seemed.
"Isamu." The boy with electric blue eyes spoke, his gaze a little less tense after obtaining the identities of his soon to be teachers. "I'm thirteen and was in more or less the same situation as Ume."
"He's not that talkative, but they were childhood friends." The blond boy stepped forward with an amiable grin, though mischievous. "I'm the oldest here and I'm fifteen. My name is Haruto and I am the veteran of foster families. They never liked me and all kicked me out."
"Name, appearance, history... all looks like Naruto…" Fuwa muttered suspiciously, eyeing the boy. Everyone sweatdropped.
Hanako, Chikako, Fumiko, Kaoru, Nana, Ran, Shichiro, Daiki, Kyo, Masaru, Ayumu, Yoshio, Toshio, Ryuu. Their names all seemed to blend together for Akari, and she couldn't really place a name to a face (also much due to the fact that there was a pair of twins in the mix). Ugh, remembering their names would take awhile. She glanced over at Nagisa, who she made sure was on the other side of the crowd. He was nodding, his expression easygoing and perfectly calm. Why was he so good at memorizing names?!
Oh, wait. He's a teacher, silly me.
"Good, so now that you all know each other-" Bitch-sensei was cut off by her phone blaring a foreign pop ringtone. Rio gagged, muttering something about English pop songs and "lovesick puppies", which Bitch-sensei obviously heard and ignored. She dug through her expensive designer purse. "Yes, anata?"
Maehara and Okajima couldn't quite contain their snickers. Even Akari covered her mouth to hide her amusement from the overly sweet tone.
Their entertainment didn't last long. Bitch-sensei's expression soon morphed into seriousness. "Oh… Oh, I see…" She held the phone away from her for a moment, covering the speaker. "Takebayashi, where do you work?"
The doctor furrowed his brows. "At the hospital downtown."
"Oh…" She turned back to her phone. "Anata, that was the completely wrong hospital!"
Who would have thought that the day would come where Bitch-sensei was correcting Karasuma-sensei's mistakes?
She said a few more words before hanging up. "Ok. Mostly everyone's jobs have let up save a few. We've even convinced Kayano's manager to put her on hiatus for the first month! Sorry, Kayano, you'll have to return after that. Takebayashi's a needed surgeon, so he has to go. Sugino has to return for major games and practice. Nagisa, the government can't help with your job. You're chairman, so you could technically fire yourself or take leave, but you're not going to abandon those kids are you?"
Nagisa replied with a soft smile of confirmation.
"And, Okuda. Tadaomi couldn't ask your lab, because they were all out today. A note on the door said that they went on a research trip somewhere, and that you are expected to join them? The Head says that because you work for a completely different section and because you are only one person, he can't really interfere. So you're off on that trip, 'kay? Tadaomi will give you the details later."
Manami nodded with disappointment and acceptance, before turning around to return down the mountain. A gentle hand grabbed her wrist, and she glanced over her shoulder into her husband's golden eyes.
"Do you have to go?" He whispered softly, almost with a whining tone.
She tilted her head, her eyes full of love. "I'll be back as soon as I can, anata." Giving him a soft peck on the lips, the beautiful assassin dissipated into the shadows of the forest.
Akari felt a pang of envy in her heart. Honestly, why couldn't she have that? She tried to be inconspicuous as she snuck another glance at Nagisa. Why?
…
Nagisa caught the glance Kayano gave him as she turned away again. Was that… longing he saw in her amber gaze?
Or was he imagining it? Could she… actually feel the same way as him?
"That's it for today." Bitch-sensei announced. "You all have two months to practice before we let the Ansatsu Kyoshitsu scout the ship, and three until you invade. We'll give you more detailed information when the time comes. Meet here tomorrow morning at nine o'clock for your first meeting to teach the orphans." She glanced at Nagisa. "If you can make it."
However, within that glance was a warning as well. It seems she found out some other information while she was on the line with her husband. This glance was knowing… and it made his blood run cold.
The government is watching you.
It was impossible for him not to tense up slightly.
Turning his head away from her burning gaze, he caught Kayano's eyes again. Her eyes were reassuring, one of a friend's who knew him well enough to catch the anxiety in his eyes. Are you okay?
Yep. He was definitely imagining her feelings from before.
He replied with a slight nod. His acting was just as good as hers.
He could fool everyone...
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Vocab note: Anata means dear, for anyone who doesn't know, and apparently it also means you? Oh, and I also tend to use Japanese vocab when I'm writing anime from here to there, so please let me know if you don't understand a term. Not that I'm an expert myself.
Nagisa's part is so short. Was in a rush to finish, sorry.
I piled some Nagikae and Karmanami (squeal) here, but I don't think there'll be any more for a while, sorry. And I know I'm bad at fluff. Deal with it.
Also, please, please, give feedback on your thoughts of the occasional OC POV or just another character POV. I'm trying to make do without, but I want to jump into their thoughts sometimes.
I feel like I made a couple characters OOC (notably: my pairings). Ugh, but this is in the future and they don't really show much romance in the manga and anime so… I guess it's up to me.
Finally: School is starting in a few days… New school, I'm kinda nervous. I don't know how busy I'll be, but I'll try to update. There will probably be a hiatus if I'm much too busy. Anyway I'm writing this here so you guys'll know if I don't update next month, 'kay? I hope it'll be ok and I can update soon…
On a brighter note: HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND ANNIVERSARY TO ME! I nearly forgot it was my birthday, it's not very celebratory. XD. It's also my account's one year anniversary~
Anyways, please leave a review for my birthday? Or anniversary? *puppy dog eyes*
Jaa~
~Hana
