The Hunt

Chapter Two: Class Black

It was night, the sky was pitch black. Katie was in her room staying up all night on what to do in Class Black but she couldn't focus at all...the riddle that she was given kept running through her head.
The next morning, Katie left early and didn't leave a note or anything for Marlene. She went inside the building of Class Black and saw a girl, almost a teenager, sitting down reading the Class Black name list. Slowly, Katie peaked her head out to see what the girl looked like, she had green eyes and black hair with a long sleeve shirt that covered her neck and long tight pants down to her feet.
"The last name is Katie Azuma...well, that's a nice name!"
The girl saw Katie and looked up at her smiling happily, instead of a smile Katie only stared at her...her aura was different when she's close or far from her..
"Are you Katie Azuma?"
"Uh, y-yeah. It's umm...nice to meet you."
"Heh, nice to meet you, too! I'm Giselle Sutcliff!"
"W-wait, The Sutcliff?...."
"Yes?"
"Your father....is....Grell Sutcliff?"
"Um, I'd rather not talk about my father but yes! Grell is my dad."
Katie's eyes widened, she was shaking as she sensed something. Movement? Possible. She turned around quick like a cheetah running fast to kill it's prey, the teacher backed up almost panicking as he then looked at Katie
"Woah! Hehe...sorry if I startled you, Class will be starting soon! Please have a seat anywhere you want!"
Katie nodded, she didn't like being near people since Giselle was waving at her hoping she would sit next to her, so instead Katie sat in the back.
When class started, there were only 3 girls that entered the classroom. The teacher then yelled happily:
"Good morning students! Welcome to your first day of Class Black Academy!"
"Pffft, this is it? Where's everyone else?"
"Oh, others are still transferring here so they will all come here tomorrow! Anyway, lets take attendance and get the day started! Uh..first up is Stella Heart?"
A girl in blonde hair and red/pink eyes stood up out of her seat, smirking and staring at Giselle. She then smiled at the teacher and waved at everyone.
"Nice to meet cha! I'm Stella! You can call me Stell if you like."
"Alright, next is...hmm...I can't seem to read this name."
"Hehehehe...the name your having trouble with is me. The name's Mumei."
Mumei stood up, stretching and yawning and smiling at everyone else. She then stared at the teacher and smirked
"Your cute but your a little to young for me. Maybe around 30 or 40 I would date!"
"Hey, isn't 40 to old for you?"
"Dating a 40 year old man doesn't seem old for me. Maybe I should just kill you."
"Geez, calm down dude! Just playing with ya."
"Mhmm..."
"Uh, anyway the other name is Katie Azuma!"
Katie stood up..she didn't smile and didn't say a word. Giselle and Mumei were staring at her in surprise, they knew the Azuma family was strong since her siblings joined Class Black too but they never seen an actual Azuma family member join.
"Azuma?"
"The second daughter of the Azuma family!?"
"I've never seen an Azuma family member join Class Black before!"
"Well, for you guys. I see you know about my family. But, the meaning of Azuma is death and silence. So we Azuma's are very strong."
"Wow! Amazing!"
Katie sat back down as class started.

Later that night, Katie was walking to her dorm alone. Until suddenly...a little girl with brown hair and grey eyes stared at Katie. She stopped walking and glared at the girl, waiting for something to happen. The girls sense was strong she knew that she wasn't just a little girl but she was a serial killer.
"Gonna attack me or what?"
"Hmph! I wouldn't attack an Azuma that quick."
"Then...Angels Trumpet...are you joining?"
"I'd rather be called Melanie Red for now. But yes I am joining."
"You sure don't look like your strong."
Melanie glared, she started to get angry as she took out a knife from her bag and ran to Katie screaming while showing her sharp teeth and nearly stabbed her in the chest. Katie grabbed Melanie's arm and threw her down to the ground, grabbing the knife and pointing it near her neck while smirking.
"Just kidding."
"Grrr...don't test me! Or I will kill you for sure! I don't care what your Azuma family says! I will--!"
"Shhhh....make one more word and I'll cut off that tiny little tongue of yours."
"Fine."
Katie released Melanie, leaving nothing but dirt on her clothes. They both went their separate ways as Katie finally went inside her dorm, she threw her bag against the wall filled with anger while calling her mother. Just as soon as her mom picked up she snapped at her:
"Good afternoon sir or ma'am how may--!!!"
"How the hell can you sign me up for this bull shit!?"
"K-Katie?..."
"Yes it's fucking Katie! Why did you have grandma to sign me up for an assassination class since I didn't want to."
"Honey, I just wanted to see your strength."
"Seeing my strength!? Is killing an innocent person seeing my strength!?"
"Katie...I do this for a reason..."
"You only do it because you fucking hate me."
Katie hung up. She was filled with anger and frustration, her eyes widened and her teeth were chattering so to cool herself down she went to take a bath and sleep for the night.

The next morning at 3 am, Stella was knocking on Katie's door. Katie woke up feeling grumpy while rubbing her eyes and glaring as she opened the door:
"What do you want?"
"Jeez, are you always grumpy? Just wanted to let you know that the target is Giselle Sutcliff and this is your message card to send her a message that your up first to assassinate her!"
"....very well..."
"And now that you have this, the assassination may begin!"

[to be continued]