Elites meet Assassins in a Classroom

Chapter 8

After that failed assassination attempt, the 1-E students who were part of it went back to the building and went to have their lunch.

Nagisa joined Karma and Ayanokouji, and surprisingly Horikita at the cafeteria. The three nodded to him in greeting as he sat down with them.

As they ate together in awkward silence, a question popped up in Karma's head.

"Ayanokouji-kun," The brown haired boy turned to the red head, who was sitting beside him.

"Hmm?"

"I heard that you were called in to the faculty yesterday by Bitch-sensei no. 2-" Nagisa kicked him a bit hard under the table which made him yelp a little.

"Bitch-sensei no. 2?" Horikita and Ayanokouji asked while Karma apologized -he obviously isn't sorry- to Nagisa.

"I mean, Chabashira-sensei. Got yourself in trouble?" Karma asked Ayanokouji.

"No, not really. Just wanted to talk about something confidential." Ayanokouji replied. Karma hummed an 'okay', satisfied with the given answer.

You just had to remind me why I'm with Horikita in the cafeteria right now before you arrived, Karma.

Ayanokouji thought a little bitterly as he remembered what happened yesterday as clear as day.

|Flashback|

Yesterday some time between periods, Ayanokouji got called into the office by Chabashira-sensei.

He went and met with Hoshinomiya-sensei, who low-key tried to flirt with him at the office, before getting fetched by Chabashira-sensei.

(This is basically what happened in the LN or I think the anime as well..Idk it's been a long time since I've watched the anime so-)

They then went to the guidance office and Ayanokouji was threatened to be expelled if he moves from his spot in the kitchen, which is where Chabashira pushed him into.

Not too long, Horikita arrived and complained about her placement in Class D and Ayanokouji got involve a little later.

Ayanokouji was quite frustrated for being dragged into Horikita's Class A obsession, but it clearly didn't show much on his face.

Aside from that, Chabashira also revealed his perfect 50% unusual scores to Horikita, by which he stated that it was a mere 'coincidence'.

That is when Horikita basically forced him to help her reach Class A after the talk with Chabashira.

|Flashback Ended|

"Anyways, it's quite unusual to see you hanging out with us, Horikita-san." Nagisa said as he ate his bought lunch. Horikita quirked a brow at him.

"Is it wrong that I just suddenly decide to come along with you?" Her question caught him off-guard and he waved his hands.

"N-no, that's not what I meant. I'm just surprised is all." Nagisa said while scratching his nape while Horikita just nodded slowly.

Although Nagisa and Karma have been hanging out with Ayanokouji and Horikita for a while now, the two from Kunugigaoka were still getting used to Horikita's rather cold attitude and Ayanokouji's nearly emotionless character.

After finishing lunch, Nagisa and Karma went ahead to catch up with the others from Class K, leaving the Class D duo to each other.

Ayanokouji turned to her.

"Are you not going to include them in your plan?" Horikita shook her head and looked at him.

"One of the reasons is that, although Class K does share classes with us at least twice every week, we are not sure if they are truly a part of Class D or are just having classes with us. Second, I just don't want to." Ayanokouji inwardly sweatdropped at the second reason.

You could've just said that first.

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Ayanokouji was just walking down the halls as he tried thinking of ways to get the Three Idiots to come to Horikita's study group.

Just as he was about to turn the corner, he bumped into someone. The impact was quite strong, so he was pushed back a bit while the other was as well.

He turned to look at who he bumped into and it was no other than Kayano Kaede from Class K with Kushida Kikyou from Class D.

Over the month, the two somehow grew close and were found hanging out with each other from time to time. Despite Kayano's despise for girls who are more grown towards the chest, she became great friends with one of Class D's well-developed girls, and that is Kushida Kikyou herself.

Kushida helped Kayano who thank her as Ayanokouji bowed his head slightly in apology.

"Sorry, Kayano-san." The green haired girl just waved her hand nonchalantly, saying it was fine.

His eyes then went to Kushida, and a light bulb went on in his brilliant head.

"Kushida-san, can we talk for a bit?" Ayanokouji asked. Kushida agreed before turning to Kayano who said it was fine and walked away.

Ayanokouji spotted something on the ground and he hastily picked it up and stored it in his pockets. Whatever he picked up, he has a feeling that it was important and he will look at it later. Right now, he needs to negotiate with Kushida for Horikita's study group.

|Time Skip|

Ayanokouji was in his room, on the bed laying down as he looked at the ceiling right above him.

In his hand was a small ball, a pellet to be exact, and he was curious where it would come from.

He sat up and looked at the pellet once again closely.

It was an aqua colored pellet that was engraved with the letters S.A.A.U.S.O. with a round grinning face.

All he knew was that it might come from Kayano when they bumped into each other, and that the pellet was not like any other, not like he's seen other types to be frank.

He stared at the aqua pellet as he gets himself consumed with his thoughts.

S.A.A.U.S.O. what does that even mean? And if Kayano did drop this, why would she have something like this in the first place?

His head was slightly spinning as ideas and possibilities popped into his minds as he tried connecting the unknown dots together.

He then heard a ping and he turned to his phone where a notification from Kushida showed.

Kushida:
They all agreed! Sorry I wasn't able to inform you earlier.

Ayanokouji:
It's fine, Kushida-san. Thanks. I already tried contacting Horikita, she turned me down a lot.

Kushida:
That's a shame. I'll still go tomorrow anyways. See you, Ayanokouji-kun!

Ayanokouji sighed once again as he looked away from his phone. A little earlier, he tried telling Horikita through text and call about Kushida's favour in exchange for gathering the idiots to her study group, since he somehow forgot to at school because his mind was being a bit preoccupied with the pellet that time. Horikita being Horikita, refused of course.

He shook his head as he put away the pellet to a safe place so he won't lose it. He wants to know what that pellet means, why it was here, and who and where it came from. His curiosity was set aflame and he wants to die it down with the answers.

He went to take a shower and changed clothes before tucking in his bed. He stared directly above him as he prepared to sleep.

I'll unfold the mystery soon, whatever it is might interrupt my plans of a peaceful high school life, and I am not allowing that to happen.

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Word Count: 1221 Words

Hey, sorry for the late update, sort of encountered a writer's block so sorry if this chapter -or the story itself- sucks.

And sorry for the shorter chapters than usual. I'm running slightly running out of ideas to do for the chapters so oop-

Thanks for reading btw!