Red Assassination

Chapter 10 ~ Trouble in Kyoto (Part 2)

"They shouldn't be far from the initial crime scene spot." Nagisa read off the guide book as we ran down the alleys. "It's most likely a rival school."

"There!" Sugino pointed to an abandoned-looking building. We quietly snuck to the building and crawled in through a window. We followed the voices to a large room. There, dozens of guys were surrounded Kaede and Kanzaki, who were both tied up.

"Our photographers should be here any minute." One of the thugs smirked.

"That's our cue." Karma said.

"What-?" He covered my mouth with one hand and punched one of the "guards" with the other.

"Hey! What are you kids doing here?!" Another thug grumbled.

"It's funny you say 'kids' when we're all still in school." Karma smirked.

"You guys!" Kaede exclaimed.

"So fight or flight? We can go easy, but you won't leave unscathed. That's a promise." Karma said. We all went silent as the building started shaking and one could hear rumbling. I smiled as our little group knew exactly what was about to happen.

"Sorry I'm a little late." Our teacher apologized as he fell through the ceiling. "Good work following the guidebook." Koro-sensei's face went pitch black as he took down the thugs one by one. While he was doing so, I took out my pocket knife and cut the ropes binding Kaede and Kanzaki.

Immediately Kaede wrapped her arms around me tightly. "I'm so sorry!" She cried. "I thought I'd never get to see you again."

"Me too." I hugged her back.

"I'm sorry I've been such a jerk lately. I didn't want that to be your last memory of me."

"It's okay, I get it." I rubbed her back. "Will you at least hear me out later?"

"Yeah." She nodded and pulled away from me. "What's up?"

"What do you mean?"

"You look flustered." She smirked. "Did something happen with someone?"

"W-What-?! No!"

"You always stutter whenever you lie!" She exclaimed. "So who was it?!"

"Shhh!" I put a hand over her mouth. "I'll tell you later." I blushed.

"It was Karma, wasn't it?" She smirked.

"Whatever." I huffed and walked back to where our teacher had successfully taken care of all the thugs.

"Is everyone okay?" He asked.

"Yeah, I think so." Kaede nodded.

"You two seem to be handling this all pretty well. Most people would be traumatized." Koro-sensei said. "I'd say this whole ordeal has empowered you."

"I suppose it has." Kanzaki smiled.

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"Ew, who wants to talk about boys?" Kataoka grimaced as all of us girls settled down into our room later that night.

"That's what girls do on overnight trips!" Nakamura said.

"I'll start!" Kurahashi raised her hand. "I have a huge crush on Mr. K!"

"Who doesn't? But I mean boys in our class." Nakamura clarified.

"Yeah, (Y/N), boys in our class." Kaede smirked and nudged me.

"Be quiet!" I blushed.

"Wait, what?!" Kurahashi asked. I whined and buried my burning face in a pillow.

"Someone had their first kiss today~" Kaede sing-songed.

"WHAT?!" Everyone exclaimed.

"It was just to calm me down because someone got kidnapped." I explained and glared at Kaede.

"Wait, so was it Nagisa, Karma or Sugino?" Nakamura asked. I sighed and put my head in my hands.

"It was Karma." I mumbled and most of the room squealed.

"But he's such a psycho." Yada said.

"I knew it." Mrs. Jelavić stood in the doorway. "Oh the excitement of young love~"

"It isn't like that!" I objected.

"Not yet." Nakamura smirked. "You have us on the case now."

"And me!" Koro-sensei slithered into the room, his whole body turned from bright yellow to a blushing pink.

"That isn't necessary! I bet he doesn't even-"

"Oh please, we're basically pro assassins now!" Kaede smirked at me. "And we now know our next objective."