Target Acquired - VOLUME 1

CHAPTER 6 - "Assembly Time"

"Ugh, why do we have to do chemistry anyway?" I grumble to Nakamura. She sighs and nods her head.

"Literally!" she replies, slamming her hands down on our lab table. "Like, what does making drugs have to do with assassination?"

"Chemistry isn't the same as 'Breaking Bad'," Isogai adds unenthusiastically. He groans and puts his head down on the table.

We've all been gathered to the chemistry lab and spilt into groups. My table consists of me, Nakamura, Isogai, and...

"Hey, where'd Maehara go?" Isogai asks, picking his head up slightly. Nakamura scoffs and motions towards the door to the classroom. Maehara is pressed up against the wall next to it, knife poised. Great, an assassination attempt first thing on a Monday!

I notice that Maehara has backup - Mimura, crouching next to Korosensei's podium and Okajima, standing a few feet behind the doorway. All three of them look ridiculous, especially because their plan won't work. They'll need to be sneakier than that to get rid of Korosensei.

I can hear the floorboards in the room next to us begin to creak and some peaceful conversation between Korosensei and Kataoka, the female class representative. I'm assuming she must be helping him in some way because of her generally good nature.

"Shouldn't you be helping Korosensei or something?" I ask Isogai.

His head is still poked out, and he answers back, "Yeah, but I'm so tired..." He tucks his head back into his arms. Quite the Prince Charming, is he not?

"Another assembly?" I hear Kataoka ask Korosensei. The door to the classroom opens, and before Korosensei can confirm Kataoka's question, Maehara yells, "Get that son of a bitch!"

The three boys swing their knives recklessly at Korosensei. Hmm, should I tease them today? I do feel a bit bitchy - besides, what's the harm? I think I'll target Okajima first.

"That knife is going to fly out of your hand, Okajima," I call out to him. He looks back at me with a confused expression. I sigh and glance at the other two. Maehara is going on about something, and Mimura is panting.

"You three barely lasted thirty seconds," I berate them, walking away from my stool. "Won't you all be fun in bed?"

They look up at me, half-exhausted, half-surprised. Mimura speaks up, "Sorry that we're not A-Class royalty."

"Royalty?" I echo. "So that's the problem here. You all see me as some royal figurehead?" The class nod their heads lightly. What a predicament. I should have seen this coming. It only makes sense to compare someone like me to... say, Marie Antoinette.

I groan and head back to my seat, trying to ignore Nakamura's giggling. "What?" I demand. She wipes her eyes and grins as she replies, "Oh, just you being all feisty."

"Feisty? I'm not feisty!" I shoot back. I hear someone behind me make a 'Pfft' sound, so I turn around to see Karma looking back towards my table. "Sure," he says under his breath. Ugh, why did I have to become friends with two spawns of the devil? Wait a minute, did I just refer to Karma Akabane as my friend? Damn, I really am off my game today.

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"I go to the bathroom for five minutes, and Korosensei is a frickin' blob?!" Shinobu yells as Korosensei slides from one side of the classroom to the other. Yesterday, he must have helped Okuda with her poisons after chemistry, and I guess this is the result. What'll he turn into next? Gas?

Shinobu walks towards his desk, which is in the back next to mine, and mouths "What the fuck?". I shrug my shoulders in reply. Does he expect me to know why the hell our teacher is capable of being two states of matter?