"I'm home."
Nagisa eagerly greeted into his house. Normally it was a guess on if his mother was in... yet this time he could smell the potent cooking from outside the house. She was definitely here. Nagisa didn't seem worried for once though... having his best friend return and actually grabbing burgers together.. it made his ecstatic!
"You're home late, dear. What kept you?"
A curious voice called from the kitchen. Yet there was no malice behind it. Good. She doesn't know. Nagisa definitely couldn't recall the bad things his mom had said about Karma on both hands. It'd be better if she didn't know, so a lie left him as smooth as always.
"E-Class' new teacher, Mr Karasuma, wanted to see me after class. He offered some support in my Japanese."
It was hard to tell what his mom was thinking, and that was the part that scared him. Hurting or killing his mother was never an option either... while someone may have tried already, she knows her way around court and the law. It would not end well for Nagisa.
"I see... I'll have to call him then to thank him for trying to help you out of that dreaded place."
The phone was picked up as she let the venom in her voice sink into Nagisa.
She knows... she knows Karma came back today and doesn't trust me... I'm done for.
No god was looking out for Nagisa since the phone was picked up by said teacher. . .
Another day, another attempt at assassination. Most of the class had grown quite accustomed to their growing routine. Get up in the morning, travel up a mountain, greet the teachers, get into class.
Said class were currently in their seats - Minus their resident troublemaker, Karma - as Koro-Sensei was flying through the skies to arrive to the class at Mach 20. Being able to hide his presence well, Nagisa didn't let his solemn nature drag down the class mood. Though it was hard to conceal oneself to the girl right next to them.
Kayano kept side glancing Nagisa, noticing how less observant he was today. Did something happen with him and Karma yesterday? Not possible... he seemed so happy when they were out. The tentacles reminded her of that fact. Whether she wanted to or not, they were in control... and they took great interest in Nagisa, plus Karma to an extent. Even though if she was caught she'd look like a stalker, she had no choice yesterday but to follow them.
If not Karma... something must of happened at home.
Kayano studied Nagisa's face for a moment while he was busy staring into the wooden desk, focused on nothing. Then she noticed it, the same makeup as the day after Terasaka's little forced suicide bomber attempt. Not visible to the usual eye, but for a pro actress who had used it daily for years, it was unmistakable.
It can't be a preference thing... he doesnt wear it every day.
SNAP
The door to the classroom slid open to reveal the redhead student who took everyones attention. It had snapped Kayano out of her thoughts as her gaze - And also Nagisa's - went to the delinquent.
The class was silent as he walked to the back. No one dared to say anything due to how much pure bloodlust was waving off of him. Screw anything from yesterday, this topped it by a mile. Karma wasnt trying to intimidate anyone...
He's simply furious...
Both Kayano and Nagisa came to the same thought. Soon, Karma reached the back where he stayed to the side of Terasaka for a moment, then... he spoke clear as day.
"Oi, stand up a moment wontcha?"
Karma's voice was stoic, void of emotion. Yet it was sort of unsettling. After a moment of debating, Terasaka pushed himself up as he started to talk.
"Huh? What's your pro-"
CRASH
Within a blink of an eye, Karma's fist had turned into a hook that crashed into Terasaka's face without remorse, sending him into the wooden wall behind him. Karma wasted zero time as he grabbed Terasaka's face and started brutally slamming the back of it into the wooden wall over and over, louder banging being heard each time. Being the only one to muster up courage, Yoshida stood up.
"Karma! What the fu--"
Karma's spare fist was flung into Yoshida's nose, sending him back into his desk as he let go of Terasaka's face for a moment, figuring he'd be too dazed to move. With his bloodlust aimed at Yoshida, he spoke in a commanding voice not to be questioned.
"Sit down or I'll kill you as well."
Everyone shuddered, even Nagisa and Kayano. The duo had never seen raw bloodlust this high... ever. Being distracted for a moment though, Terasaka leapt forwards towards Karma and headbutted him.
"WHAT'S YOUR FUCKING PROBLEM!!"
Terasaka yelled, assuming he had the upper hand... but Karma didn't stagger as much as the boy with blood dripping from his nose would of hoped. Before Terasaka could do anything, Karma headbutted him with twice the force back into the wall.
"My problem?!"
A devastating right hook bashed Terasaka's head against the wall, busting up his lip and covering part of Karma's right hand with blood.
"What is your problem!?!?"
His punches were becoming erratic as his knuckles were starting to bruise. But clearly his anger was taking over. Trying to at least get to the bottom of the situation, Isogai stood up and spoke as the class rep.
"Karma...! Whatever Terasaka did certainly wouldn't of been this bad..."
That rilled Karma up even more. He let Terasaka fall to the ground in a sitting position against the wall due to nearly passing out. Both his eyes were black at this point and several cuts littered his face. Not to mention his swollen and busted up lip, and his likely broken nose.
"Wouldn't of been this bad... this is the LEAST of what he deserves and the fact that you're pretending it never happened makes it worse!"
"What're you talking ab-"
Kayano pieced it together... standing from her seat, she glared at Isogai and shouted for the first time.
"HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE TIME WHERE TERASAKA SENT NAGISA IN AS A SUICIDE BOMBER!!"
The tears that fell from her face made everyone stop, including Karma. Was... was she genuinely remorseful? No. This was hatred. Seeing her sniffle, he spoke for her.
"You let Terasaka and his squad of clowns peer pressure Nagsia into being a god damn suicide bomber so they could go and take the reward! Hell, this isnt even about the reward... Nagisa got hurt because Koro-Sensei wasnt fucking fast enough! Not even that, the uniform was ruined and he would of had to replace it!"
That last point didn't exist for most people... but Nagisa caught the meaning. He had told Karma it was one of two major meltdowns his mom had gone through.
He knows that I got hurt even more for it... that's why he's so pissed.
"Do ANY of you have ANYTHING to say?! Did you even fucking check on Nagisa himself!?!?"
The class fell silent as Karma stomped his foot into Terasaka's stomach, making him want to hurl. No one had any sort of defense.
"... Koro-Sensei did. He and Kayano were pissed at the attempt."
Everyone turned to Nagisa now... they remembered how furious Kayano had been when she thought Nagisa had died. And Koro-Sensei... that was the only time he let his bloodlust flow out like that. Picking up Terasaka by the collar, Karma readied to hit him again.
"Exactly. So unless everyone else wants to join Terasaka. Stay in your seats and let me kill him."
As the fist was thrown, a sonic boom was heard as the fist landed into Koro-Sensei's squishy self. His face displayed the purple X that it took whenever someone was wrong.
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Karma. You already went too far as it is."
Blocking the way between him and Terasaka, Karma scoffed and was going to clench his fist... only to realize his fingers and knuckles were so bruised he couldn't without pain.
"Yeh? And how long have you been eavesdropping."
"Only since Kayano spoke. This comes back onto me as my negligence as a teacher. Had I been quicker during lunch that day, the whole situation wouldn't have happened."
Karma stepped back into his seat as he let Koro-Sensei pick up Terasaka. The class fell eerily silent as Koro-Sensei filled it.
"Karma... your anger is justified, because everyone has grudges. It's a perfectly reasonable reaction. But next time, don't take it out on your peers, take it out on me instead. By the way... Kayano, Nagisa, can you both stay behind after school ends?"
Too emotionally tired to talk back, both of them just nodded their heads in agreement. Within a blink of an eye, Koro-Sensei was gone, then appeared again with bandages and started to wrap them around Karma's hands.
This class... They're more fractured then I thought.
The next period, no one really talked to each other unless necessary. Though... every few minutes at break, Nagisa found people apologizing to him heavily. Of course he just accepted each apology and moved on...
"I'm really sorry, Nagisa!!"
Nakamura apologized as she bowed in front of him as he looked down at the steps. Currently he was outside on one of the steps leading into the building.
"It's fine... really."
"But it isn't!"
This was new... he certainly didn't expect it from the energetic, pompous class diva. He looked up to match her gaze and saw anger filling her eyes... not towards him, but herself.
"I should of checked on you sooner... but I was too scared so i just assumed you were fine. But what Karma said... he's right. We weren't there for you when you clearly could have used it."
"... Nakamura..."
He watched her with genuine surprise. Sure, some of the closer ones like Isogai and Sugino had been more apologetic then the others. Though he hadnt expected Nakamura of all people to start being serious.
"You didn't even get angry at us... or Terasaka! Please... this guilt wont go away. You could have died! And none of us tried to stop it. I didnt try to stop it. So please... Do something... ANYTHING to get your own back."
Tears were threatening to fall down her face now as she tried to wipe them up before they did. He didnt know his life meant so much to someone who only really teased him and not much else. Nagisa stood up and gently patted her on the head.
"Then... once I'm done with Koro-Sensei after school, wanna grab a bite to eat? Your treat if you're insistent. I... have things I need to apologize for as well if it made you feel this way."
Nakamura looked at him in disbelief for a moment... though she soon just giggled and flicked his forehead resulting in a small 'gah' from the blue haired boy.
"You idiot... I'll wait for you after school then."
As soon as she said that, Okajima ran out and spoke at the top of his perverted lungs.
"COME INSIDE!! KORO-SENSEI BOUGHT A SMOKING HOT ONE!!"
Nagisa lightly flushed pink as Nakamura laughed... though it had caught their interest.
"Now allow me to introduce your brand new temporary foreign language teacher."
Well this was certainly a sight. At the front of the class was Karasuma and Koro-Sensei... but clinging onto the tentacled menace was...
"I'm Irina Jelavic. Nice to meet you all!"
Anyone with a hint of self recognition knew this was an act. Though while most wondered why, Nagisa was busy theorizing.
A female teacher... in this assassination classroom. Is her speciality seduction? Well with so many wanted targets in this world being men, it definitely works. Though... with seduction being such a top tier skill, could I learn it?
Always one with assassination on the mind, Nagisa was viewing this through the lens of a professional. Carefully studying the light back and forth between Irina and their target.
"This school intends to give you authentic experience in foreign languages. I trust there are no complaints about her taking over half your English lessons?"
"If we must..."
Mistaking Nagisa's gaze for one of attraction, Kayano very rapidly tried to get Nagisa's mind away from it.
"We've got us one heck of a teacher! Not only that, does she have a thing for Koro-Sensei?"
Pulling out his notepad, he hummed to himself.
"Definitely... I might get some weak points out of this. The octopoid Koro-Sensei seems flummoxed, having a human woman hanging all over him. His face has so many unique colors-- so what color is him being hot and bothered?"
He questioned out loud, only really to the students near him, being Kayano and Nakamura. They watched their teachers face stare straight into Irina's cleavage and then turn bright pink.
"Theres no mistaking that face."
"How human of him."
Koro-Sensei's Weak Points #5: Boobs
As the class watched Irina fawn over Koro-Sensei infinitely more, they were rapidly starting to see through her.
The class isnt that dense. Any teacher coming yo this class at this time has a fairly high probability of being no ordinary teacher.
Physical Education was the current period. The teenagers were currently out with Koro-Sensei, leaving Irina and Karasuma inside.
"I had all kinds of close-range methods prepared... I just never thought my seduction tactics would work."
Irina lit up a cigarette while Karasuma watched... she had been recruited for the job for set reasons. Such as her top tier assassination techniques... but also her multiple languages she had under her belt. She still had to play the role of teacher after all.
"But we can't just hire an assassin to work at a school. We'll have you do some teaching to keep up appearances."
Though Irina hadn't been humbled yet like Karasuma and the rest of the class. Letting her ego get to her head, she opened the door and left her closing remarks.
"I'm a pro. My job will be done before I need to resort to teaching."
And then she left the building.
In the meantime, the students were still trying to merge assassination and physical education. Kicking up the ball, Karma fired a discreet shot at Koro-Sensei which was barely dodged. Before much more could be done, a voice cut them off.
"Oh, Koro-Sensei!"
Irina yelled as she rushed down the steps to the area they were all at. Arriving right in front of her target, she let her seduction play it's course.
"Mr. Karasuma tells me you're oh so very fast! Is that true?"
Dropping the footballs, Koro-Sensei seemed to be growing ever more flustered.
"Well, not that fast..."
Seeing something completely different to the students, he was allowing his libido to cloud his mind.
"Could you do me a favor? I'd love to try some real Vietnamese coffee. Won't you bring me some while I'm teaching English?"
And he's flustered again... if that's all she has, I really don't want to be outclassed by her.
Nagisa found himself thinking, his pride over assassination truly hating how easily she was tying Koro-Sensei around her fingers.
"Why, of course, I happen to know a great café in Vietnam."
Flying up from the ground, a sonic boom could be heard as he rushed off towards his destination leaving a cloud of dust from the speed for a moment. Hearing the bell ring, Isogai, as the class rep, was first to speak to the new teacher.
"Er... Miss Irina? Class is starting. Shouldn't we go back in?"
Another cigarette was put into her mouth as the act was immediately dropped, proving the entire class correct.
"Class? Oh, right. Just make it a study hall or something."
Lighting up the cigarette and taking a deep breath in, she then removed it from her mouth and made eye contact with the students as she exhaled the cloud of smoke.
"And... can you not call me by my first name? I won't be playing teacher unless that octopus is around, so you are to call me Miss Jelavic."
As the silence filled the air, the resident delinquent spoke from behind her.
"So what are you going to do, Miss Bitch?"
"No nicknames!"
"You're an assassin, right? The entire class working together can't kill this monster, and you're going to kill him all by yourself?"
Karma's thinking the same as me... the way his chin is positioned so he can look down on her... we both know we won't be outperformed by her. Neither of us want her to outdo us.
"Brat. Grown-ups have their own grown-up ways of doing things."
Then she turned over to Nagisa, her gaze captured on her new victim she'd try to seduce for more information. Some of the class immediately felt it. Nagisa, Karma and Kayano mainly.
"You must be Nagisa Shiota."
She remembered her target talking about how Nagisa had been keeping tabs on his weaknesses, along with how he was already starting to make use of them occasionally.
Whatever she does... don't let her win.
Nagisa told himself as she started to approach him. He was ready to fight... yet, he found her cupping both his cheeks and then locking lips with him. Many reactions took over the class. Karma, Okajima and some of the guys with an amused expression, Kaede with a mix of shock, anger and embarrassment, Nakamura with a slightly toned down version... and the rest of the class falling in between.
What?! She... she wants to use me doesn't she...?
The hit counter was rapid, already hitting ten before the initial shock fell over. Though much to Irina's surprise, this boy wasn't immediately falling for her charm.
Can I... beat her at her own game? Seduction is her assassination and yet, assassination is all I'm good at...
More shocking to the class, he put an arm behind her head and started to try and control the kiss. His eyes sharpening as he made contact with hers. Irina felt and mixture of pride and bloodlust radiate off of him. And now... it was a competition on who could outdo the other. For a brat, he certainly was gifted.
20, 25, 30, 35
If I lose at the one thing I'm good at, what worth do I have?
The class watched as Nagisa's stubbornness and petty pride over himself was rapidly contesting Irina. Not to say that it wasnt working at all... he was definitely flustered, but his unwillingness to lose to an assassination technique kept him going.
40, 45, 50, 55
Seeing some of the classmates getting flustered and some looking like they were gonna murder her, Karma walked forwards and forcefully separated the two much to the pleasure of some of the watchers. Karma felt their thanks. Irina was panting, but so was Nagisa.
"Nagisa, I, and the class, would appreciate if you didn't try to outsnog Miss Bitch while we're present~"
He teased, electing a small whine from Nagisa as his blush started to fade.
"But I c-could of won!"
"Maybe, but you wouldn't of lived it down if you didn't."
A small huff escaped Nagisa as Karma then turned to the assailant of this incident.
"By the way, Miss Bitch, we could probably get you locked up for that... that wouldn't be good, would it?~"
Letting out a groan, Irina turned away, not being able to look either boy in the face currently. She hadnt expected someone to have the balls to step up to her, let alone two of them.
"Ugh! Whatever... anyone who has k-key intel, meet me in the staff room later! Interfere even slightly and I'll kill you.
Being too flustered to face the class, she rushed off as her squad walked through towards the shed. Seeing it die down, Nakamura gave a soft elbow to Nagisa's arm with a teasing grin.
"I think someone enjoyed that more then they'd like to admit~"
Having his cheeks turn red again, he faced away before walking to the class with the others.
Irina had never killed an unidentified creature like this octopus before... as she tapped away on her tablet trying to get things in motion once again, her anger was basically steaming off of her. Unfortunately for Irina though, Nagisa had refused to give his information, but she was a pro. She could show them how it was done... well... if she didn't fail in spectacular fashion that was. Now she was sat, sitting in her failure because the octopus had a nose?!?!
"Dammit! Why doesn't this backwoods school have Wi-Fi?!"
Karma - as devilish as always - decided to egg on Irina as he laid back, awfully relaxed in his chair.
"You're trying awfully hard, Miss Bitch. Your pride must be in tatters after that disgrace of an attempt. Hey... how's it feel that a student hurt him more then you, a supposed pro?~"
That struck her pride, the red head was rapidly becoming a pain in her side. Just as she was about to lash out, Isogai spoke.
"Miss? If you won't teach us anything, could you swap with Koro-Sensei? We've got entrance exams this year."
"Ha! You want that vicious creature to teach you? You think your exams compare at all to a planetary crisis? Must be nice being a clueless kid!"
Irina stood up from her desk, a hand on her hip, and stared the class of make belief assassins down.
"Besides, I understand you E-Class students are the school's loser misfits. There can't be any point to studying now. I know--how about this? If my attempt succeeds, I'll give you 5 million yen to share! That's far more then you'd gain from any pointless schoolwork! So shut up and do as I...--"
An eraser just about missed her head as it hit the wall. She gazed upon the class again and saw a red mist of an aura lighting it up. The entire class was pissed. - If only they knew the aura only came from three students -
"Get out."
"huh?"
Upon not leaving, most the students got up and started to lob different objects at her. Pencils, rulers, erasers, so on. Nagisa was sat down with his hands over his ears (Memories of home filling his head), Okuda and Yada were sat down trying to be respectful, Karma simply couldn't be bothered.. but the rest had snapped.
"Get out, you damn bitch!"
"Bring in Koro-Sensei!"
Trying to defend herself - Yet failing in spectacular fashion - Irina tried shouting out to them.
"Wh-Where'd all this come from?! I'll kill you all!"
"I'd like to see you try!
Kayano hoisted a sign in big red writing saying 'No Big Boobs!!'.
"Yeah, that's right! Down with big boobs!"
And Karasuma, outside the room has his head in his hand due to the utter headache that would likely ensue soon after.
A wake up call was what she required... that's what Karasuma had deduced. She of cause had an overinflated ego, but with someone basically born into the assassination business... who wouldn't? It was all she knew. Everyone at this school had to do two roles at a time. And if Irina couldn't, she swiftly realised she'd be out the door.
Irina stood outside the door of the class, nervous after what Karasuma had ran her through. Taking a deep breath, she slammed open the door to the class as every student went silent. The sounds of her heels filled the room as she picked up the chalk and started to write on the blackboard.
You are incredible in bed.
"You're incredible in bed. Repeat. Come on."
The students had just sat down in their seats now, all of them with a dreading sense of unease as if they were missing something.
"Y-you are incredible in bed...?"
"When I assassinated a certain VIP in America, I first turned on the charm to get close to his bodyguard. Those are the words he said to me."
Some of the students couldn't help but blush at the implicite story that was explained to them, while some couldn't help but want to hear more.
"It's often said that the fastest way to learn another language is to get yourself a lover who speaks it. You want to know what they're feeling, so you try your hardest to understand what they say. When necessary in the course of my work... I used that method to learn more then a few new languages. Therefore, my lessons will teach you how to sweet-talk foreigners. The basics of chummy chats, straight from a pro assassin: master them and they'll come in handy with a real live foreigner. Let that octopus teach you what you need for your exams. The only thing I can teach you is practical conversation skills. And if you still don't think of me as a teacher, I'll give up on my assassination and leave. Th-that ought to fly with you all. And... I'm sorry about all that stuff?"
Irina noticeably became more flustered as the explanation went on. Starting to stutter and then gaining a small blush. The students watched on in awe... before they laughed at her.
"Why so nervous? You were just threatening to kill us!"
"She's totally a teacher now."
"We won't call you Miss Bitch anymore."
"It was a pretty rude thing to call someone."
"How about professor bitch?"
Of course Karma suggested it and ruined the sweet moment. Irina tried to play it off as she sweated slightly.
"Er... how about we move away from the whole 'bitch' thing? Just call me by my first name. I don't mi--"
"But that 'bitch' thing really isn't going away."
"Yeah. 'Professor Bitch' fits her way better then 'Miss Irina.'"
"Well, there you have it. Welcome, Professor Bitch!"
And then the explosion of anger like she hadnt even tried to be nice just moment before. Shouting loud enough for the whole building to hear her.
"I HATE YOU ALL SO MUCH!"
As the students and newfound teacher had some banter back and forth, Koro-Sensei and Karasuma were watching from behind the door to the classroom to make sure things didn't get out of hand.
"She's fitting right in."
"More or less."
"Thank you, Mr Karasuma. I want my students to be able to converse with an actual foreigner, and really, who better then a globe-trotting assassin?"
He saw this all coming? He stubbornly refuses to say why he started teaching the E Class. Bur for as much as he's made it the perfect place for an assassination, he's also turning it into the perfect place to learn.
Just as Karasuma was about to leave with Koro-Sensei, his eyes widened slightly as he remembered something. The door was opened as Irina was trying to convince them to let her have 'Miss Bitch' as her title instead of 'Professor Bitch'.
"Nagisa, can I borrow you for a moment?"
The class grew silent for a moment as Nagisa nodded and slowly stood up.
"Huh...? Sure."
What could he want...? Is it about mom calling yesterday?
Nagisa took a seat opposite of Karasuma in the facility lounge as the older man closed his laptop and sat up straight.
"Apologies for getting you on such short notice, Miss Yelavitch's transfer took a large amount of work so I didn't have time until now. I'm aware the target wants to meet with you and Kayano after classes so I'll try to be quick."
"I-it's fine honestly! Though... what's this about?"
"A few matters, but we'll start with the most recent. Were you aware that your mom called yesterday and thanked about me helping with your Japanese?"
Nagisa stayed silent for a moment... both answers would likely send him down the same path, because either way, Nagisa had still lied about Mr Karasuma which would definitely be the next question.
"I... was aware yes."
He was also very aware of his moms reaction when she found out he had lied. Apparently 'she hadn't raised a liar.' in her own words.
"Right. So as you can imagine, it was a bit confusing getting a call about something that didn't happen. My next question, is why did you say that? It doesn't come with any consequence for me so you won't be in trouble."
He reassured towards the end of his sentence, letting Nagisa answer almost immediately.
Mr Karasuma is sharp... I have to be careful.
"Mom... doesn't like Karma, because of his troublesome and lazy nature. We were and still are friends, but mom doesn't know about that last part. When I went home with Karma yesterday, we stopped somewhere and I knew she wouldn't be happy to hear that. U-unfortunately she saw through my lie..."
Karasuma scanned Nagisa's features as he spoke. He was very well versed with people and their expressions and feelings... yet Nagisa was easily the hardest person to get a read on.
"So you lied to avoid getting in trouble with hanging out with Karma... speaking of... what caused him to lash out at Terasaka? Since you are friends, I thought you may know."
"Right... you're better talking to Karma about that.. cause admittedly, I don't understand what the big deal about it was. Sometimes even his actions are beyond me."
A lie of course, but Nagisa didn't know how much information Karma wanted public... so it would be better for him to explain it instead. Looking a bit unsatisfied with the answer but knowing it was reasonable, Karasuma nodded before speaking.
"Finally, I never got the chance to ask about the assassination attempt that injured the target. No matter how small, please provide any details you can."
"Thank you for dropping by."
Koro-Sensei, Kayano and Nagisa currently stood in the forest due to Karasuma and Karma using the facility lounge. Giving her usual smile, Kayano took control of her body and spoke.
"Of course! So... what is this about?"
Not wanting the silence to linger, Nagisa spoke up.
"Is it... about Karma?"
"Right... always observant aren't you, Nagisa? As we're all aware, Karma lashed out at Terasaka today due to him forcing Nagisa into his attempt at my life."
The silence lingered heavily as Kayano lost her cheery attitude and the air grew a bit heavy. Seeing neither had nothing to contribute yet, Koro-Sensei continued to speak.
"I realised that I didn't actually check how it affected you, Nagisa. Of course I was angry at Terasaka for the stunt... but I didn't actually check on you. So, although time has passed since then, can you tell me how you are feeling?"
Now that the attention was on Nagisa, he closed their eyes so he didn't have to look at them. Though he could still feel the gazes lingering on his form. It made him almost feel uncomfortable. Opening his eyes and taking a look at Koro-Sensei and then Kayano, he spoke.
"Honest thoughts?"
Koro-Sensei would be the first to reaffirm his want.
"Of course. I would never judge a student."
"It stays between us if you really want it to, Nagisa...! Promise."
Hearing Kayano's uplifting tone and Koro-Sensei's mature one, Nagisa felt a bit more at ease as he let his true self do the talking to some of those that he trusted most.
"Honestly...? It was... gratifying to see Karma care so much. Maybe he was a bit over the top... but is it bad to say that it made me happy? Of course I didn't want Terasaka to die, but I was happy to see him get his own delivered."
A faint smile was present on Nagisa's lips as he said so, nearly eerily so. Yet neither person on front of him wavered. They promised to hear his honest thoughts so they would. Planting a tentacle on Nagisa's head, Koro-Sensei spoke.
"Of course it's not a bad thing. If you had said you wanted him dead, maybe we'd have a problem. But it's common human emotion. However, we cannot endorse having a student be sent to hospital. Mr Karasuma is having to work overtime to give a valid explanation to Terasaka's family without revealing the truth of this class to them. Of course, Karma will have to face punishment too."
"I... I understand."
Drifting her feet across the ground, Kayano spoke up.
"Not to distract from Nagisa... but why am I here? Wouldn't it be better to have this private discussion with just Nagisa?"
"Ah! Right...! You got quite emotional during Karma's scuffle... are you alright? You seem to have a lot of feelings leftover."
The tentacle wielder hadn't expected that... genuine concern for her? She was stunned, her tentacles rage was malfunctioning for a moment.
"I do. I get a lot of the class has apologised to Nagisa now. But it took prompting to do something with human decency! I wouldn't say I hate them, but as the latest recruit... I'm worried that the class only care about themselves."
Like she was doing anything different... but it made her annoyed and upset that the rest of the class genuinely didn't care.
"Umm... about that. Nakamura started crying w-while apologising... I think a lot of them genuinely didn't know how to bring it up."
A faint smile was on Koro-Sensei's face as another tentacle was put onto Kayano's head as well, her expression softening up.
"Every person in E Class has their own troubles... whether it be anxiety... anger... trauma... and I think I realised that today. You each have individual traits, so please don't judge the others, we may not know the whole story. Like with miss Nakamura. You're a social butterfly Kayano, so try to bridge the gaps with the others and discover their stories and troubles. In Nagisa's case, he draws people in with his mystery. We have to use these individualities to connect as a class, otherwise we'll never perform at the pinnacle of what we could be.
With a sigh, Kayano crossed her arms, trying to stay tough. Then she nervously scratched the back of her head with a soft giggle.
"Fine... you're always making things an opportunity to teach huh?"
"That he is... but, he isnt wrong. I'll see if I can branch out to the others."
Earning a smile from both of them, Nagisa gasped as he remembered.
"I promised Nakamura I'd grab a bite to eat with her! Sorry sir, but I have to go if thats okay?"
"Of course it is. Have a safe journey home, Nagisa."
"Cya, Nagisa!"
And so Nagisa swiftly left back to the school building, heading towards his few hours out with Nakamura.