The Lilac Shadow (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Fanfiction)

Chapter 18: Island Time

Hey guys! I am back! And, yesterday, I realized that I am almost at the end of season 1! So fast. But then, I am intrigued with writing this book, so it basically will catch up with the anime. But I am also not going to be here for, like, 3 days? I don't remember. Anyways, read on!

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Nagisa's POV

Ah, summer vacation—and the freedom of being out of school! Or so you'd think. "Why are we here at school?" I ask Sugino, holding a glass cage in my hands.

He takes a beetle from a tree trunk, scratching the back of his head and explains, "Well...I don't want everyone to see me out catching bugs at my age. I'm a city boy—I've always wanted to do this. And Karma happened to point me to a tree with some good bugs on it."

He turns back around. "I didn't expect you to come, Maehara. Never pegged you as an insect fan." Maehara looks over, a smirk on his face. "Our next assassination'll be at that island resort, right? Wouldn't you say we're missing a little something?"

"Like what?"

Maehara's cool attitude immediately disappears, and he yells, "Money! You need buying power if you're gonna snag yourself a swimsuited babe! That runt won't do the trick...but a giant stag beetle? Those babies'll net you tens of thousands of yen! Auction 'em off online for major cashola—we'll make at least enugh to cover a fancy dinner and a place to chill out!"

He starts running in excitement, and we sweat drop. "I think he's forgotten what this trip's all about." Sugino said, and I replied, "Yeah. Not exactly a 15-year-old's vacation plans."

"That won't work!" Suddenly hearing a voice on a tree, we look up and Maehara stops running, looking up as well. "Giant stag beetles? Those are old news!" Kurahashi said, swinging her legs.

"Ohan! You're all here to scrape uup some spending money, too, huh?" She asks, looking at us. "Hey, what do you mean stag beetles are old news?" Sugino asks.

She jumps down, explaining, "Well...I guess they were super pricey right around when we were born, but today's artificial breeding methods have saturated the market, bringing their prices way down."

"The Great Stay Beetle Crash!" Maehara gasps. "I thought one beetle would about pay for one babe."

"No way. These days, babes are are more expensive." Kurahashi shakes her head. "You sure know a lot about this, Kurahashi. Are you into bugs?" Sugino asks again.

"Yep! Along with eevery other living thing!" Then, are you also into Koro-sensei? I thought, sweat dropping slightly. "Hey, since we're all here...Let's all go bug-hunting! We're bound to find tons if we all try!" Kurahashi yells cheering, pumping her fists into the air.

The innocent and genuine Kurahashi knows an insane amount about living creatures. Just the right helping hand for a bunch of crass-ish guys to have around.

She looks up to a tree, and runs over to there, taking a plastic bag with a load of colourful beetles in it. "Mm. Pretty nice haul." She smiles approvingly, coming back down.

"Whoa! Did you set this?" Maehara asks, his eyes staring at the bag greedily. "My own homemade trap. I put it out last night. There are about twenty more of them out there, so that's about a thousend yen apiece if we're lucky!" She looks at a map in her hands.

My eyes widened in awe, and Sugino nods, "Not too shabby for a side job!"

"I hope we caught the one I was looking for!" She exclaims hopefully, but then we hear another voice on a tree. "What an inefficient trap. And you call yourselves the E Class?"