Akari's Time (Assassination Classroom fanfic)

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Karma

Karma can't comprehend what is going on. When the boys chattered about Isogai's crush on Akari, he thought it is weird. The girl is clumsy, indelicate, dense and a complete airhead who doesn't watch her way when she walks. How come someone like Isogai would have a crush on her?

Karma knows Akari isn't the very pretty kind like Kanzaki. Nor she has the bust like Yada. Or the delicacy like Kayano. Akari has plain dark brown hair that does not glimmer under the sun. Her hair is tied in a ponytail on the right side of her head. Her eyes are as blue as the sky. She is nothing but a typical brunette.

However, Akari emanates a personal charisma that only belongs to her. Throughout his training with her, he always sees a completely different person. She became a person with sheer determination and confidence. Her movements are fluid and swift, like fish swimming in the water. Her punches and kicks hurt when they land on him. He is trying his best to catch up with her improvement too. He knows that when she improves, he too makes some progress in training. When Akari gets faster and swifter in her attacks, he has to dodge even quicker to avoid getting hurt. He become much agile than he used to be. Their relationship with each other is mutual. She is his disciple and vice versa.

When Karma's group was surrounded by the high-schoolers, he thought he gave Akari an impossible task, seeing that the large build men outnumbered them. But Akari didn't back up. She marched forward bravely, unlike the previous incident when she was surrounded by 3 other high-schoolers. He didn't have to save her butt. A few times in battle he would take a glance at her, to make sure she didn't get hurt. However, she outperformed his expectations. The girl single-handedly tackled the man who almost escaped with Kanzaki. Only for once he lent a hand by throwing a man at the guy who she failed to defeat.

But when the man with slicked black hair threatened to kill her with a dagger, something overwhelmed Karma. It flipped on a hidden switch within the redhead. Now, as he reminisces the moment, he realizes it was ire. He was furious and outraged. How dare he lay a hand on her?! Anger coursed through his veins and served as adrenaline for him to lurch to the man and punch him in the face with the full force of his ire. Karma had never felt that way before. Not even when his teacher betrayed him. Not even when his countless murder attempts on Korosensei failed.

Karma believes that he hates seeing his disciple beaten up and crushed by other people. That's all. Nothing more.

But when he knows Isogai likes Akari, a new feeling overwhelmed him. It was something similar to anger yet it felt otherwise. He wanted to leave the place. He didn't want to hear anymore of how much Isogai likes her. The air suddenly became stuffy and he couldn't breathe. His heart felt like it was being crushed by an invisible fist. Something in him was stirring and he hated the feeling. He wanted to throw it away like the empty drink box in his hand. But all he could do was stare at the empty drink box in his hand. His consciousness ordered him to do it but his heart nagged, don't do it.

What the hell is wrong with me? Why is this happening to me?

Then he told himself to stop being so irrational and illogical. He was probably tired from the commotion, that's all. He immediately threw the empty drink box in his hand into the dustbin.

Whatever these feelings are, I don't need it. It'll weaken me.

Somehow, deep in his mind, a tiny part of him says otherwise.

*****

The next day, a new assassin joins their class as a transfer student.

Karma has expected one or two of them to show up sooner or later. But their appearances perk up his attention less than it should be. He realizes when he walks to school in the morning he is expecting something-or someone-else instead. But his mind couldn't quite grasp the entire idea.