Marionette

Oceans, Chapter Twenty Eight - Shigeki [刺激]

Amaya found that she had nodded off while lying on the grass outside.

It felt like a mere few seconds after she'd lied down when the irritation of poking roused her from sleep. It was a familiar, frustrating poking right in the side of her face over and over again, like the person poking her was out to annoy her awake.

She knew exactly who was responsible, too.

'Poke me one more time, and I'll bite you.' Amaya ground out, earning a snickering in response.

And then all of a sudden the mischievous red-head poked her in the ribs - Hard.

A startled squeak escaped Amaya immediately, and before she knew it, she'd thrown herself upright with a bit too much force - She didn't have a chance to catch her balance, and went tumbling down the slope to crash in a heap at the bottom.

Immediately, the cause of her most recent misfortune started laughing at her from up the top of the slope, causing Amaya to gingerly untangle herself and glare up at him.

Karma was now crumbled on the grass, clutching his stomach as he laughed a bit too much at Amaya's little accident for her liking.

In fact, she felt throughly insulted.

'God damn it!' Amaya exclaimed, throwing herself into a sprint towards Karma. 'You're dead!'

Or at least she had begun to.

In the second before she would have finally managed to tackle the red-head to dish out some long-awaited retribution, something latched onto her right ankle. With a scream of fright, Amaya was hoisted up into the air to hang upside down from her ankle, where she found herself face to face with none other than Koro-sensei.

At the sight in front of him, Karma erupted into even more laughter.

The Giant Octopus was wearing his ever-normal grin as he said, 'Now now, Katsuragi-san. That little accident was your own fault.'

Amaya remained silent, crossing her arms over her chest as she fixed Koro-sensei with the most filthy look she could manage, which was nothing to scoff at, given her years of practice.

The yellow creature actually let out a startled exclamation as Amaya glared at him, and he began to sweat profusely.

'Sensei had no idea you were this scary...' Koro-sensei hedged, seeming uncertain as to what he should do right at this second.

Amaya felt her right eye twitch slightly as Karma continued to laugh at the scene in front of him.

'Koro-sensei.' Amaya spoke up in a controlled, emotionless turn.

'H-Hai?!'

'Can you put me down, please?' She asked, staring the nervous octopus down.

'O-Of course!' Koro-sensei announced, gently returning Amaya upright as he set her back down on the grass.

Karma had quietened down to a constant barrage of snickering as Amaya stormed away from the rather stumped Koro-sensei, and he didn't stop, even as Amaya smacked him on the arm and continued on her way back inside.

It turned out that everyone was back from the main campus now, and it was supposed to be an English Class next. In fact, apart from Karma, everyone was already inside the classroom.

Amaya huffed slightly as she dropped herself down in her chair, her glare still present across her face as she began to draw in the corner of her notebook silently.

It wasn't long before Karma came strolling into the classroom, still snickering to himself as he wandered over to his desk.

Amaya was tempted to throw a glare at him, however Koro-sensei's sudden arrival stopped her.