Chapter 11: Complications Time, First Period

"I'm sorry for the intrusion, young Shuri," the shorter, yet somehow still imposing figure of one Lovro Brovski had stopped by. This wasn't an uncommon occurrence, as once he saw how settled Ame was here, he did take me up on the offer to 'rent out my rooms for some local business and travel.' "Ah the blue-haired boy is here as well, I wouldn't have assumed you were close as friends."

"H-Hello M-Mr. Lovro sir!" Nagisa stood up and gave the unexpected guest a bow.

Lovro leaned in unexpectedly as I caught a glimpse of a black-haired woman behind him with just as an imposing stature as Lovro if not more so. "And where exactly is the Hannya at this moment?"

"Greetings Mr. Lovro, Ame is in the Kitchen making lunch!" I greeted him with a worrisome, false smile as I leaned in to talk with him. "Sir, usually you follow the protocol we discussed before we-"

"Lovro, I don't like to be kept waiting…" The woman behind him spoke with a menacing air, the way she spoke alone was enough to have me flinch… and surprisingly Lovro as well…

"Young Shuri, this is-"

"San Shuri, correct?" The woman walked up. "Lovro has informed me that you've looked after a number of people here… However there's one in particular- Lovro… I don't see her…" She paused.

"She's in the kitchen Izana…"

"So it's true… You've grown soft when it comes to this child and the blue-haired one sitting over there."

"Good afternoon, Ma'am, welcome to my apartment complex. Are you perhaps looking for temporary board due to needing to be closer to unforeseen business?" I felt a cold shiver down my spine as she looked at me with contempt.
"I'm afraid I've come to discuss other matters… Where is your kitchen?" Lovro moved out of her way as she strode past me and into my foyer.

"Perhaps we got off on the wrong foot, again, my name is San Shuri. Welcome to my place of residence. Is there some way of which I can be of assistance?"

"It appears you were correct, Lovro…" The woman continued to completely ignore my pleasantries, "these children are either fearless or clueless to the dangers they face… I give this one credit. He has some level of caution, considering the cast on his arm," She eyed me up and down, "yet he doesn't waiver in his resolve.

I flared my nostrils, "Madam!" I was beginning to lose my patience as the woman stepped around me. Her white form-fitting dress was flowing gently behind her.

"I've traveled quite a distance, young man… Lovro never explained with whom she'd be staying when I gave my permission for this mission… When he then mentioned it to be a boy, I had to make my way to visit this person to see what kind of brat he was…"
"Brat? Also 'she'?"
"Hmph…" She raised her nose to me, and walked right into range. "Keep taking that tone with me brat, and I could very well end you where you stand and not feel any remorse."
"Izana, please, let's not be so hasty."
"He was the one that stopped my daughter-"
"Daughter?!" I froze.
"San-Nii, Tomo, Nagisa, lunch is almost- Oh hi Lovro, sir, here to check up on- MOM?!" Ame's face went paler than her naturally white hair.

"Daughter."
"Mom?!" Hito and Nagisa exclaimed in disbelief.
"Daughter?!" I found myself repeating.
"So San Shuri, you've already got another girl in your living room…" She looked at Nagisa, who immediately slumped in his spot. "Are you the type of philanderer that you need additional women in your life? Is that why you stopped my precious Ame from returning to me?"
"Mom! Nagisa is a boy!"
"But you don't deny that you find this one…" Her mother once again looked up at me, "attractive." She put a hand to my chest, as Ame blushed.
"Ye- Yes, but I'm dating Rio!"
"Ryo? There's another boy?!" Her mother began squeezing my arm… "AND JUST HOW MANY BOYS ARE YOU SEEING DEAR DAUGHTER?!" Her grip grew tighter. "What has this brat done to my precious daughter?"
"Mom! Let go of him!" Ame glared at her mother.
"Such defiance, such arrogance! Lovro I do not app-"
"Hey Ame…" The door to Sis' room opened as a drowsy Rio, popped her head out. "Lunch ready yet?" Her eyes widened as she saw the grip of the dark-haired woman on my shoulder. "Hey Bitch, get off of him!"
"Another girl? So you are a philanderer!" She glared at me.
"Now isn't a good time, Rio!" Ame said through gritted teeth.
"Ryo? So you're also a boy?"
"Ams, who is this bitch? I'm not about to let someone talk to me so callously while hurting San!"
"What's with all the yelling?" Hina came out of the kitchen. "SAN!" She exclaimed as the woman had now taken grip around my neck.
"Is this one a boy or girl?" Ame's mother asked.
"Izana enough! Release your hand from around our host's neck if you'd please." Lovro finally spoke up as the woman released her grip on my neck, she and I both collapsed to the ground.
"Ms. Izana…" I said through grated rasps… "I think we got off on the wrong foot… and for this I apologize. My name is San Shuri, this is my place of residence… From the time your daughter has been living with me, I swear it has been completely platonic… from my end… and I see her as my little sister. I apologize for any confusion… Nagisa is a boy and Rio and Hina are girls. Now I can ask my actual girlfriend Hina or our friend Yuki to prepare us some tea and discuss this like civil people if you allow me." I stood up and offered my hand to her as she weakly took it.
"Well, aren't you a smooth talker," she said as I walked her to a seat at my dining table. "Daughter… Ms. Rio… Ms. Hina, Mr. Nagisa, and Lovro, please join us at the table, would you?"
Rio bit her lip… "Daughter?! Did I just call Ame's mom a 'bitch'? Twice. Didn't Ame say that she was a world class assassin?"
"Hito, can you ask Yuki to prepare some tea?" I turned to him.
"Yeah, I gotcha San… No sweat…" He replied, a very visible sweat bead running down from his temple.

"Thank you my friend, and please apologize to her for sticking her with this unexpected task at the last minute."
"R-Right!" He replied with a nervous blush before cautiously scuttling into the kitchen.
"Ame's mother?!" The table could hear Yuki exclaim from the kitchen.
There was a rather pregnant pause. Rio's eyes were darting between Ame, her mother and myself as if she was asking me what to do. Hina had a worried look on her face as she looked cautiously at me. Sis was glaring at her mother. Lovro and Nagisa shared gazes at each other. Ms. Izana's gaze was set fixed on Rio. I swallowed the mass of saliva that had gathered in my throat. "Maybe we should all properly introduce ourselves now, while we have this calm moment. I am San Shuri, I'm the owner of this apartment complex, I see Ame Sasu as my little sister, I'm dating Hinano Kurahashi," I looked over to Hina who blushed in response, "and I'm very gracious to Lovro-Sensei and Ms. Izana for allowing Ame to stay here with me for the entirety of completing this mission."
"Before we spoke prior to today, Lovro explained to me that the mission had been deemed a failure, and then he said that some boy had convinced him otherwise…"
"Please, I know I'm speaking out of turn Ms. Izana, but I ask you to allow the others at this table you asked for to be able to introduce themselves, with all respect." She nodded as I nodded to Hina.
"M-My name is Hinano Kurahashi! I'm also a member of Kunugigaoka's Assassination Classroom, along with San, Rio, Nagisa, and your daughter. Your daughter is also like a sister to me, and I'd dread it if she were to leave just as we were growing closer." Ms. Izana nodded as Hina slinked back in her chair.
"I'm Nagisa Shiota!" Nagisa stood up and bowed. "I've been taken in by Lovro-Sensei as a student much the same as Ame and San. I assure you Ms. Izana, we have your daughter's best interests in mind and we enjoy having her in class with us." Nagisa sat down and looked to Rio.
"Why are you looking at me…" Rio whimpered. "I-I'm Rio Nakamura…" It was the most frazzled we all had seen her in a while. "I'm one of the top three students in my class behind some jerk and the guy you see sitting at the head of the table." Ame's mother scowled, it was obvious to see that she was not the biggest fan of Rio skirting the main issue. Rio and she locked eyes for the longest air.
"Mr. Shuri…" Ms. Izana turned to me. "I'm beginning to think my initial suspicions about my daughter's time here are founded, if this is the company you keep." She directed a sideways glance at Rio.
"Ms. Iza-"
"I'm dating your daughter, okay? Is that what you wanted to hear?! I have feelings for her." The whole table was tense… even Lovro-Sensei seemed unsure of how Ms. Izana would take Rio's outburst.
"Lovro, Ame, it's time to leave!" Ms. Izana stood up from her chair.
"Wait, no, you can't take Ame!" Rio stood up defiantly.
"Mom, I-!" Ame tried to protest as her mother grabbed her wrist.
"This whole farce, and that damned yellow creature. You've known these people for three and a half months… and this one's prattling on about how she has feelings for-"
"I have feelings for her too, mom!" Ame cut her mother off beside the furious face that she had returned in response.

"You're sheltered! You don't know what feelings are!"
"And who's fault is th-"
"Hold it!" I slammed my hand on the table. "Please, I ask that we take a moment and not do anything rash that we will regret later." Yuki, Kaede, and Hito had all scrambled out of the kitchen to see what was the cause of all the shouting.
"So there were more-"
"I am not a philanderer!" I cut off Ame's mother. "Yuki and Kaede are friends and closer with Hito and Nagisa respectively, they like to come over to hang out as friends because we're kids we hang out. At the moment there is nothing more than friendship between any of the girls or guys in this house, save the relationship between Hina and myself as well as the relationship between Ame and Rio. I am also sorry for adding to the shouting, however things were getting majorly out of hand and I had to put my foot down."
"Mother…" Ame pulled her hand from her mother's grip. "I was sheltered because of you…" She looked down at the floor. "You're my family… but to me, and not because I'm sheltered, mind you; San is also family, Hina is family, Rio is family, Ritsu is-" She paused, "Hmmm… usually by this point Ritsu makes herself kn-"
"Hi I'm Ritsu!" Ritsu-chan chirped from Ame's phone. "I'm Onii-sama and Ame-Aneki's little sister!"
"Onii-sama? Ame… Aneki?" Ms. Izana looked between Ame and myself.
"Mom, can we please sit back down and talk?" Ame sighed as she returned to her seat. The rest of the table except for her mother returned to the table as well, even Lovro-Sensei. The three that were in the kitchen even joined us. "Mom, please…" Eventually Ms. Izana relented and joined us all at the table.
"First off…" Hina took charge… "Rio, please apologize to your girlfriend's mother, or the arrangement is off." I raised an eyebrow as Ritsu-chan and Ame both protested.

"Hina…" Rio whined.
"Now!"
"R-Right…" Rio slumped in her seat, before shifting to a more formal matter of seating. "Ms. Izana, I need to apologize for referring to you with crass language and while I cannot expect your blessing for dating your daughter I hope you can at least take a moment to consider her feelings towards us, her family here, and her overall well being."
"Ms. Izana," before Ame's mother could speak Hina continued where Rio had left off, "while it may seem short that we've grown so close to each other in such a short time as three or so months. Circumstances have led us towards an overall bond that is family like in nature. Koro-Sensei, our teacher, has had that effect on us all. We're all closer than the average students our age because we're aware of our predicament."
"Yes, the end of the world will do that to even those such as myself…" Ms. Izana turned her attention back to Rio. "Have you two slept together?"
"Straight to the point…" Rio said, her face as red as Hina's hair.
"Mother!" Ame growled. "Just what are you implying about my girlfriend?"
"Should there be something to imply?" Her mother countered. "I know how Irina can be!"
"Jelavic-Sensei?" I raised an eyebrow, though I already knew what she was implying.
"Don't try to distract from the point, boy!" She barked at me.
"We've slept in the same bed together, though nothing beyond that," Rio answered honestly. "Hina can attest to that!"
"Ms. Kurahashi was there too?" Ame's mother now had her gaze on Hina. Meanwhile, I was looking between Lovro-Sensei, Nagisa, and sis.
"Not like that mom! Sometimes before we were official Rio and I would offer Hina my bed during our sleepovers. Normally, San would offer his bed but with him being on the road to recovery, and after he had a room made for me… I started to host the girls in my room by my own volition!"
"You…" Her mother looked to me and Ms. Izana's eyes softened. "You built my daughter a room…"
"I did m'am… I nodded my head. "Since she came here under the guise of 'my little sister' while it started out that we didn't like each other it gradually became true… From calling her 'sis' to actually calling her 'sis' it became real. I truly do see her as my sister."
"Me too, right Onii-sama?" Ritsu asked expectantly.
"Yes, you as well Ritsu-chan," I replied with a soft smile.
"And you, dear daughter?" Ms. Izana asked.
"I personally see San as someone more than family, Hina, Ritsu, Rio… Everyone in this room, and that's not just because I was sheltered, mother… but it all started with San, Hina, and Rio. They were the first three to accept me… for me. Ritsu too but by the time she was here my secret was already out… Don't worry I didn't forget about you." Ame winked to Ritsu on my phone who was starry-eyed in response.
"Izana…" Surprisingly Lovro-Sensei was the next person to speak. "The Target has a way with these children that I fail to fully comprehend. The young man," He said with his gaze on me, "despite his injury has helped both your daughter and Irina in the direst of circumstances. It was his faith in the both of them that swayed me to allow both of them to stay. He mirrors his teacher very much in this regard, as well as his mentor from the ministry."
I bowed my head, "I know you must be feeling extremely stressed, both between your line of work, and information we are all privy to, with the doomsday clock that our teacher has placed on the world. I can understand why you'd want your daughter home during these uncertain times. My argument to Lovro-Sensei was very similar in this regard. I'd prefer Ame… no… my sister… to remain here with us, and other than one student who struggles to get along with the rest of the class, I think this speaks for most of Kunugigaoka Junior High Class 3-E."
"Seconded!" Hina stood up.
"Thirded!" A surprising blurt from Kaede erupted. "YOU ARE NOT STEALING MY SNACK MAKER!"
"Your daughter, for what little time she's been here, has had an impact on us all already, and San is a rather brilliant strategist. He wants Ame to be here so we can defeat our teacher together as a class," Nagisa said.
"Please, Ms. Izana, in spite of what you think of me specifically… Don't take Ame away from us… because I agree with San and her being here is for her own benefit," Rio looked into Ame's eyes.

There was another long pause as we all awaited Ms. Izana's response with baited breath. "Mr. Shuri…"
"Y-Yes ma'am?"
"Lovro speaks very highly of you… He even mentioned that the way you received your injury was in defense of my daughter."
"That is correct…" I left out the part where it was because I had froze up and the red-haired devil got the better of me.
"Lovro… while I do miss my daughter frequently you said that Mr. Shuri allows us to use his domicile as a safehouse?"
"Yes, this is indeed the case, granted we are willing to pay him and the Ministry of Defense a sum for its use," Lovro-sensei confirmed the arrangement he, Karasuma-Sensei, and I had worked out.
"Yes, I've had several of the rooms renovated on the upper floor, specifically for this purpose," I said, which led her to shoot me a worried look.
"I'm not too keen on some of my associates being within close quarters of my daughter, Mr. Shuri…" She paused, "However, I offer you all a deal, since you all seem to care a great deal for Ame." I stood at full attention and nodded to hear her out, Ame gripped Rio's hand. "I am willing to allow my daughter to stay here, under the condition that you are held directly responsible for her safety, San Shuri, Hinano Kurahashi, and Rio Nakamura, as you are her 'other family'."
"Mom, really!" Ame's face lit up.
"Allow your mother to finish, Ame!"
"Yes Mom!" Ame gave me a nervous look.
"I will hold you the most responsible San Shuri… Considering you're the owner of this place, and the young man that convinced Lovro to talk to me to allow my daughter to stay."
"These terms are acceptable Ms. Izana, I will even make sure that you will have a personalized suite that no other guest save Lovro may enter without your permission," I nodded my head.
"Well are you quite shrewd…" Ms. Izana smirked. "I must say though… I find it unusual that a young one such as yourself lives at his own place… Have you not any fa-"
"Mom, that isn't a comfor-" I put my hand up to Ame.
"My mother died in childbirth of my sister, 12 years my junior. My father fell into a state of alcoholism as a byproduct and due to arguments over finances brought on by one of my inventions being picked up at an early age, he disowned me and removed me from his house. I then bought this place upon getting into Kunugigaoka." Ame's mother's eyes lit up upon hearing that.
"While I am sorry for the loss of your mother… This does bring up an excellent opportunity," Ms. Izana smiled coyly. "Lovro, during visits can you have it arranged with our Ministry contact that I will be acting under the name 'Nami Shuri'."
"Mom! That's completely insensitive to San!" Ame protested.
"Oh… I guess that's fair… I apologize, San." She bowed to me.
"Please Ms. Izana don't lower your head," I said with a smile, though I was a little disheartened given the circumstances. "If it is a requirement, I will adhere to it, as it will allow Ms. Izana to visit with her daughter frequently and keep Sis' cover in full effect."
"San-Nii!" Ame's eyes teared up.
A wave of relief seem to wash over Ms. Izana… "Lovro! This boy is so formal! Tall, muscular, quite business savvy… Are you sure I cannot talk you into marrying my daughter, San Shuri?" Her entire personality had shifted.
"MOOOOOM!" Ame's face went red to match her eyes. "Again I'm dating Rio! And yes while I like San-Nii, he's Hina's right now!"
"Oh so you like him too! And 'right now' means there could be a chance for you in the future!"
"Are you even listening?!"
"And with me being by the school I can check in on my junior… It's been awhile since I've seen Irina… And what of this Karasuma, our JDF contact? Is he handsome? Married?" Her mother continued on like this throughout most of the evening… and while Rio and Sis had Ms. Izana's attention, Lovro-Sensei gave Nagisa and I a lesson that would soon come in quite handy… if I ever get out of the cast, that is…

*
"You've gotten faster Shuri…" I had just finished my laps around the school as the rest of Class 3-E was gathering around another person that had found his way on campus, Karasuma-Sensei was eyeing him up.
"Something wrong sir…?"
"An old colleague…" He said, a hint of concern in his voice. "Akira Takaoka, he's got a record as a trainer for our soldiers."
"A record in what way, sir…" I squinted my eyes.
"Nothing comes to mind…" Everyone including Koro-Sensei and girls were gathered around him as he offered sweets and other confectionaries to them all.
"Sir… Could you perhaps have a few moments after school for some combat training?" I asked him.
"I'm afraid that's part of the reason why Takaoka-san is here… I've apparently fallen behind on my work for the Ministry, so I must focus on that. I apologize, Shuri." He said as he began to head inside.
"No… It's quite alright sir, I can appreciate the busy lifestyle you lead, and I'm just not a priority at the moment."
"Please don't say it like that… I truly do respect our time together, however, at the moment my responsibilities as an adult have to come first." He stepped inside and closed the door behind him.
"SAAAAN!" Not even a second later, the all too familiar call from my sister reached my ears. "You gotta meet this guy! He's so cool! Look, he brought sweets with him!" Her sweet tooth was getting the better of her.
"Oh hey there, bucko! Tall one ain't ya? You must be that Shuri guy that the Ministry has a deal with. Pleased to meet ya! Name's Takaoka… Or I guess I should say Takaoka-Sensei in this sense, huh?" He gave a hearty laugh. "Oh you know what… Forget all that! You all are like my family! Why don't you just call me 'dad?'"
Hearing this tripped a negative response in me as I began to back away. "Oh did I hit a nerve, sorry about that!" He laughed again.

"I-it's no big deal…" I said through a weak smile. He had his arms around Rio and Mimura and I could tell there was some level of discomfort between them.
"San-Nii?" Ame saw the worried look on my face… "Is everything alright… I know the word 'dad' is an issue for you…"
"I'm good sis… Something just feels off, y'know?" I said while once again looking the new teacher up and down.
"What's up with San, Ams?" Rio joined the two of us. "Did something happen with Karasuma-Sensei? I mean besides Takaoka-Sensei taking over for him…"
"Ritsu-chan… Run a data search on 'Akira Takaoka'," I spoke quietly to her.
"Right Onii-Sama!"
"Ritsu, cancel request!" Sis stopped her. "What do you think you're doing?" She glared at me. "Just because someone is giving you an off feeling doesn't mean you exploit our personalized advance researching little sister for your own benefit!"
"Weren't you just asking for new yellow cake recipes a week ago?" Rio gave her a sly look. "Then she went and pulled up some results on 'Yellow Cake Uranium'..." I shot sis a look.
"What I did wasn't intentional and I talked to Ritsu about it afterward," Sis puffed out her cheeks.
"What's with all the dark faces over here?" Hina joined us. "San… Ame and Rio are their own people. Just because you don't like to eat sweets, like the three of us, doesn't mean we should be shunned."
"That isn't the issue Hina…" Sis replied to her, "San was using Ritsu to find out more information on our new teacher. He seems to already dislike him."
"Daddy issues…" Rio coined, I immediately turned to her with a harsh look, as did Hina, Sis, and Ritsu. "Right!" Rio froze immediately, remembering to whom she was speaking. "Sorry San!" She bowed to me.
"What's going on over here?" The new teacher walked over to us. "This nice group of ladies, offering you sympathies for your cast? You're a lucky guy Shuri! Especially to have such a well known killer in the Hannya fawning over you…" He gave Sis and I an ominous smile. "Anyway kids, its time to line up for P.E. Shuri with your injury, why don't you do what you've been doing for ol' Tadaomi and run laps around the school, give me 300 laps before class ends… The rest of these guys will be doing stuff that's much harder, so no slowing down got me, soldier?" He looked up at me. "Let's go ladies!" 300 laps?! Is he insane? "Oh perhaps you should at least join us for the rest of orientation."

He had us line-up by our classroom designation. "Alright then, along with your new training regiment comes a new schedule!" He cheerfully said holding up a stack of papers and then proceeding to pass them down the line.
"No way!" Maehara protested.
"We have 10 periods now?" Okano exclaimed in disbelief.
"We train till 9PM?!" Nagisa questioned.
"That's the idea, little grasshoppers!" He replied. "Don't be glum, think of the payoff! This regiment will turn you into lean green killing machines. You're gonna love it!"
"Wait hold up! This is ridiculous!" Maehara stood up and stomped towards him in protest… I was about ready to do the same."First off, this is school we gotta think about grades too! I mean c'mon, we can't go by this! When are we supposed to stu-" Without even a second thought the jerk delivered a knee right in the middle of Maehara's solar plexus.
"Rule Number 1: We don't do 'can't'!" He informed us. We were all stunlocked, as Maehara took the fetal position at the new teacher's feet. "Rule Number 2: We're a family and I'm the dad!" I gritted my teeth. "Show me a family where dad ain't in charge, and I'll show you a family in crisis." He said with a malicious grin on his face.
"San…" Sis reached for my shaking hand. I was thinking about all the ways we could take this guy down, but due to him being new the variables would be hard to calculate without hard data.
"If this is too much for you, sit it out! I'll have replacements sent in for the whole class! I mean Shuri's already on the way out the door, along with that 'Too Cool for Class' brat Akabane. You're all replaceable at the end of the day… Unless you can prove your worth! And you do that by having a cando attitude no-questions asked… Capiche? That said, I'd much rather see you stick it out. A father loves each of his children unconditionally." He started to walk around us. At each mention of the words 'father' and 'dad' I could feel my blood pressure spike, Ame took my hand and squeezed it, though the squeeze was shaky at best. "The thought of losing even one of them breaks his heart…" He bent down and took Yuki and Mimura under his arm on the left-side of the class arrangement. They were both visibly shaken. "We're gonna save the world kids and we're gonna do it as a family." Yet another person exploiting that word… "Well… you're gonna do everything father tells you to do, right?" He directed the question to an unsure Yuki, Hito was watching from behind her looking unsure of his next move himself.
Yuki stood up… "I… Actually sir, to tell you the truth… I'm not much for P.E…" She replied with a half-hearted smile. He had begun to stand up as well.
"San don't lose your cool!" Ame gripped my hand even tighter.
"If I have to do it, I prefer Karasuma-Sensei's class." He licked his lips and delivered a devastating slap to her face.
"Yuki!" I growled.
"Oh no, Kiko!" Ame began to tear up.
"Kanzaki!" Sugino shouted as he, Nagisa, sis, and I ran over to check on her.
"Looks like we're having a little communications gap!" He said putting on his fake demeanor again, as we all turned to glare at him. "The only answer here is 'Yes!' If anyone else needs a helpful dose of nonverbal reinforcement. Daddy-Dearest will be happy to oblige!"
"Confident isn't he…" Sis growled.
"Stop it!" I was shocked as both my mentor and myself shouted in unison. He ran over to Yuki and picked her up. "Shuri, report… Any serious injuries?"
"From my immediate glance over, no extraneous neck twisting, Yuki please be careful and try your best to move your head from side to side," I instructed her as she weakly complied.
"I'll be okay…" She responded.
"What about you?" He looked over to Maehara who was surrounded by Isogai and Okano, who were helping him to sit up.
"I'll survive," The redhead laughed it off.
"See we're fine!" The 'father of the group' gleefully responded as he flexed his arm. "Don't go getting your boxers into a wad, I'm not gonna go full throttle on my beloved fam!"
"CORRECT!" Koro-Sensei, blood-red in coloration, placed a tentacle on the ruffian's arm. "EXCEPT THEY'RE NOT YOUR 'FAM', THEY'RE MY STUDENTS!" He was furious, we hadn't seen him this mad since when Horibe and his guardian visited and revealed that the former had tentacles like our teacher.
"Koro-Sensei!" We all exclaimed in unison.
"Whatever you've been filling their heads with while my back was turned, stops now!"
"Sorry big guy this isn't your class," the jerk brushed him off, "you teach your subjects, I'll teach mine. In Phys. Ed. I call the shots! Nothing I've done falls out of acceptable corporal punishment. I gotta train these kids to kill you. That doesn't give me a lot of time. I don't have the luxury of going easy on them. What? Are you gonna attack me?" His sinister side revealed itself yet again. "Over a dispute about educational philosophy? Cause if that's what this is, you just don't care for the way I teach."
He was working them to the bone… I had finished my laps within three hours of our now eight hours of P.E. "Ritsu-chan I need answers!" I barked at my phone. "If I can't find something on this guy the whole class is gonna be in a state too far gone to be worth it.
"I'm trying, Onii-sama! Please don't yell at me. I care about Hina-Nee, Ame-Aneki, and Rio too!"
I was walking back towards the door to the school building when I heard Koro-Sensei say something to Karasuma-sensei that piqued my interest. "That's why I'm counting on you. You're on par with this fellow are you not? I need you to shut him down." A spark went off in my mind.
"Karasuma, sir." I called out to him. He, Jelavic-Sensei, and Koro-Sensei all turned around to face me.
"Oh Shuri, done with your run I see," Koro-Sensei greeted me. I looked over at Takaoka-Sensei. I noticed that he had noticed me too.
"Where do you think you're going, bucko?" He called me out. "Did I say you could stop running? There's no way you could be finished with your run already. I told you no breaks!"
"I finished your demands!" I shouted back to him.
"Are you talking back to me, soldier?" He touted with a sinister grin. "Perhaps, I really have been too soft on you!"
"Karasuma-Sensei! Help us! Please!" Hina pleaded, as the brute stepped towards her, cracking his knuckles.
"Karasuma ain't part of our family dollface. Someone needs to be taught a lesson." He readied a punch. "Disrespecting daddy makes him very angry!" He threw it towards her.
"YOU STEP AWAY FROM HER!" I roared, running with all my might spinning my weight into a kick. My mentor and I delivered a combo attack as I drilled my foot into the oaf's solar plexus and he restrained his wrist. "Sir, I request a formal match between Takaoka-Sensei and myself!"
"Oh, does the invalid feel that he's capable enough to take down daddy-dearest now… You couldn't handle one problem child. You think you have any semblance of a chance against me."
"This is out of the quest-"
"Sir, I cannot improve if I do not take risks!" I turned to my mentor.
"Your injuries haven't fully recovered and Takaoka is not one to hold back, even against children."
"That much is obvious, sir." I growled.
"Then I'll look after my brother, Karasuma-Sensei!" Ame jumped in. "He's right! No one messes with my family! Without going through me!" She sprung into the air with her harpy form and quickly shifted to her ogre form as he blocked it and flung her off.
"You gonna stand there and let the brats speak for ya, Karasuma?"
"This isn't like before sir…" I told him. "If my life is forfeit at the end of year due to Koro-Sensei as he's told us multiple times, I'm willing to put it at risk for the people I care about."
"That goes double for me!" Ame agreed.
"Here's the deal Karasuma… Set about me your star pupils and if their knife even grazes my aura, I'll concede that the way you train is superior to mine." A tempting offer from the beast. "However, if you all want a turn before a deci-"
"He's scared to face us San-Nii…"
"Sis now isn't the time for taunts." I walked back towards Nagisa, and knelt down next to him. "You know that technique Lovro taught us. If Sis and I don't win, I need you to step up in our place. I have all the faith in you Nagisa." I put my hand on his shoulder, and turned to face my foe.
"Alright… So I'll let you both face me at the same time… However… We won't be using those dinky Anti-Koro-Sensei knives." He reached into his bag and stabbed the rubbery knife with a metal knife.
"I'm fine with this, but I won't be needing a weapon…" I shrugged at him unintimidated.
"Confident, are we?"
"I've already got mine…" Sis said alluding to her cudgel.
"Well Karasuma, shall we test your methods against mine?"

"This won't be like last time, sir." I reassured him.
"Everyone clear the path." Karasuma-Sensei looked back at the two of us a final time.
The whole class were all standing by, apprehensively, as Sis and I took our positions across the way from the current Phys. Ed. teacher. "I have your permission to be as brutal as possible with you brats, right?" He taunted.
"Do your worst, scumbag!" Ame yelled back.

"Begin!" The sound rang in our ears as Ame took off like a speeding jet.
"Sis!"
"San, go low! I'll keep him preoccupied overhead." She was delivering a flurry of kicks above head as he batted them off with the side of his knife. I followed with a kick of my own right to his left sternum. He looked down at me with a malicious grin as he swung his knife at my leg. I quickly withdrew as sis used the opportunity to land an ogre powered kick straight across his face. He took it straight on and it didn't even seem to phase him as he grabbed her foot and slammed her into the ground.
"Sis!" I shouted. She had gotten the wind knocked out of her.
"Shouldn't you be worried about yourself, brat?" He said as his fist came barreling towards me and I barely blocked it with my good arm and left leg working in tandem… I was being pushed away with little effort. "My turn!" He said, sinisterly as he squeezed both hands together, knife pointing away from me and delivered a double-fisted punch into my good arm. I felt a serious amount of pain as the force felt familiar. My body, however, through Karasuma-sensei's training was able to stand more of a beatdown then it had at the time of facing Karma. I couldn't take a direct hit to one of my previously injured areas, but the rest of my body had toughened up since then. He followed up with a number of blows and stabs, very top heavy, I felt myself being backed into a corner.
That was it… a spark lit up in my eyes as I noticed a familiar fog starting to envelop the grounds. His attacks were top heavy… He could easily deliver several kicks if he didn't think his hands were enough… So…
"Waaah, ooof!" He toppled over as I grabbed his wrist with my good hand and swung out his legs from beneath him. He was on the ground as I quickly disarmed the knife from his grip.
"Sis, get him!" I yelled out into the fog.
I noticed a shadow overhead as I attempted to move away.
"San! Move!" She pleaded as she began to swing her cudgel with all her might.
"Child's play…" I felt a hand grasp around my throat, and as I gasped for life I felt myself being moved over him and then a shattering pain in my back as what felt like a massive weight was flung into my back. The fog began to clear as I looked up with weak-eyes, a devastated Ame was looking at me as the beast held me in his grip.
"San…" Ame was brought to tears as she realized what she had done.
"So arrogant… So foolhardy… And what did it get you?" He laughed, menacingly. Ame was mentally breaking. I was in his grasp… "And now to reap your rewards!" He said before throwing me to the ground and beginning to pummel my beaten body.
"San…" Ame stepped towards me. "San!" Her eyes began to glow red. "SAN!" She roared. "Step away from my brother!" I laid on the ground a broken bloody mess, more worse off than my fight with Karma had left me. Takaoka was flung back across the fighting ground as Ame in a monstrous form with glowing red eyes knocked him away with minimal effort. It was her turn to take the fight to him.