The Lilac Shadow (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Fanfiction)

Chapter 26: Horibe Itona Time

Yeah! Two chapters in one day! Sooo glad I am sick, even though my throat hurts. Oh, well.

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Aira's POV

"Compared to me, you are...weak." Itona said from above, his tentacles protected from the anti-sensei bedsheets.

"Itona!" Everyone shouts his name as he starts delievering blows into the small arena. We can hear the shrieks of pain from inside as Koro-sensei will accidentally forget about the area around him, and touch the sheets, making his tentacles melt.

"First we make drastic changes to the field. Then we attack. Easier to confine him first, then strike. I've taken a page from your tactics, you see.." Shiro looks at us with his fake, glowing red eyes.

"Shiro! You were behind all this?" Terasaka yells angrily, stepping forward.

"Exactly. Once that creature starts losing his students' trust, his movements grow panicked. Even if things seem a little off somehow, he'll dive right in, the fool."

"Dammit! That's our kill!"

"Why do you always play so dirty?" Fuwa demands, her voice breaking slightly.

"It's called 'being an adult.' What Itona has on his tentacles there are gloves with sharp edges made of anti-sensei materials. Every time their tentacles touch, the creature's bare tentacles will continue to take damage. Seems that's not enough to finish him off, though."

Koro-sensei tries his best to evade the attacks, but as Shiro has said, his tentacles will take damage. "I won, big brother. By killing you." Itona said, throwing the octopus up into the air and back down. "I'm solving just one problem: I'm proving...my strength!"

He starts attacking for the final blow, but Koro-sensei just dodges them all easily, and I laugh when I see the shocked look on his face. Now I see, the attack pattern is the same as before, so that's why. I thought, and once Karma knew what I am thinking, he smirks.

"Yes, very well done, Itona-kun! If this were before the first term, you may very well have killed me. But your attack pattern is a simple one. No matter how fast you are, no matter how strong, no matter how many schemes your guardian thinks up, no matter how easily I freak out, by our third fight, I can see and adapt to your patterns."

Itona grits his teeth. "No way...it can't be..." He gasp, and attacks with a desperation that I know of.

A desperation caused because no one cares about you .

Because you are alone.

His tentacles are being held inside the cage, and I can hear Koro-sensei straining to keep them there as he said, "Itona-kun...I study, too, you know. How could I teach anyone if I didn't grow and learn day by day? Now, let's get rid of this dangerous cloth cage. Experiencing my Absolute Defense Form over summer vacation taught me yet another skill: compressing not my whole body, but a portion of my tentacles to release a burst of energy."

The light coming from his tentacles comes through the cloth. "Why don't you just say explode?" I mumbles, flipping a small piece of hair over my eyes.

"Remember this, Itona-kun. I say assassination is education. The assassination classroom's teacher will get stronger every time he teaches!"

When the cage explodes, we shut our eyes against the light, but I can see the defeated look on Itona's face when he falls down. After a while, it dimmed and I look up to see Itona, who is out cold, in Koro-sensei's tentacles.

"So there you have it, Shiro-san. Leave him to the E Class and go quietly. Oh, and..." Koro-sensei said dangerously, but then suddenly shouts out anxiously, "...spread the accurate word that I am not an underwear theif!"