AnKyouXKHR

Beauty As the Beast

ARC I - Her Arrival in Class E

Target Period 02 Aroma Time

The following day, Kudou Satsuki presence is lack within the classroom, and it has caused their octopus teacher's gloomy state, muttering strings of words that is barely audible and understandable.

"Sensei is a failure~" everyone has sweat drop on their heads. They cannot tell the reason behind this statement, they don't comprehend why he said this, as far they could tell, there's no field that Korosensei could be considered a failure.

Before anyone could make a comment, Nagisa's sight has caught a brown mop moving on the hallway; immediately he could tell what it is.

Slowly, with quiet movement, Satsuki opens the door and peak through it, watching her like this Nagisa has suddenly felt fear towards her. No one noticed her, even with the door opening, even Korosensei himself is unaware.

Nagisa couldn't utter a word nor remove his sight to her, it is like he'll going to witness something horrible, and he couldn't do anything about it. Which is worse than the feeling he felt when he thought that Korosensei were done in hands of Itona and Shiro.

His feeling and her lack of presence had halted upon the noise created by Satsuki's footsteps. It wasn't loud at all, but it is enough to make her presence known.

Each head has finally turned to their classmate, standing in front of them, some are confused, and some felt fear like Nagisa, a questions pops in their heads: "Since when she has been there?" but no one could ask it out loud.

"I'm sorry I'm late, Korosensei—" she apologized with the same smile that made Nagisa shivers, as it being far from real and genuine. "—uhm... Korosensei...?" everyone attention was shifted and sweat drops on each of them again upon the sight of their liquidized teacher who paste himself to the top corner of the room. "Are you alright?"

'He's really a scaredy-cat!' yet this sight of their teacher made them burst at laughing. All the tension that was built earlier has gone in second they found him there, and all totally forgotten the fear they have to Satsuki.

"KORA KUDOU-SAN! YOU SHOULDN'T BE LATE ON YOUR SECOND DAY!" Korosensei rants after going down and shaped back to his normal yellow tall octopus' appearance.

Everyone has sweat drops again, as his reaction ain't convincing.

Satsuki chuckles, "Really, I'm sorry Korosensei, by the way Korosensei... why are you crying?"

"Because! Because! I THOUGHT KUDOU-SAN GOT BORED ON KILLING SENSEI SO YOU ALREADY LEFT!!" More sweat drop.

'What the?' then we all heard Karma's chuckle; all heads on him now.

"There's no way she'll get bored~ after all assassination is way more fun than to the main campus." He spoke.

"Karma is right, Koro—" Satsuki cut off while suddenly everyone's eyes widen when she started falling towards their teacher.

Thanks to Korosensei's Mach 20 speed he quickly, without hesitation catches his student, but this is a mistake on his part, as his two tentacle hands exploded, much to everyone shock. With quick and in swift speed he jumps back, away from the brunette while most of his students gasped at fast events.

"Ehh~ interesting, Korosensei I can't believe you actually fell on the same trick Karma used to you before." There is it again, that venomous voice but this one is not murderous than she used yesterday to those self-claimed elites.

For the second time of that morning, Karma's chuckle fills the room. "I've told you~ he will fall on it."

"Well, Korosensei didn't actually think that I will use a trick that you already pulled." Satsuki replied.

"No one does, you even executed it perfectly with tripping act of yours."

"Oh that! I really tripped!"

"Ah..." speechless.

'Such a coincidence!' Everyone thought.

"How is it Korosensei~" Satsuki chime "You've been quiet there."

Everyone looks at their quiet teacher, then his grins widen, his round face changes into orange color with red circle.

"A praiseworthy Kudou-san~" everything in the room laxed, "But Kudou-san please tell me later why you are late. Sensei really thought you got bored already!" his tentacles raise various things that shouting "care" along with his face changing into yellow with green stripes, "I almost begun planning your care."

"I... will..." Satsuki purse her lips, while walking towards her seat. Upon sitting, 'Good thing I didn't gotten late any later.'

*****

Class E's PE class has ended with everyone all amazed but at the same time scared. Unlike them that never once able to land a hit on Karasuma, Satsuki able to land ton of times, like she was bring up to fight.

"Or to kill..." Nagisa turns his head to person who spoke behind him, there he found Karma staring at Satsuki's direction who is being praised by the girls and some of the boys.

"Did I say it out loud?" Nagisa asks.

"What?" Karma asks, he is obviously confused to what Nagisa is talking about.

"About Satsuki's skills."

"No. You say nothing, Nagisa-kun."

So, they are thinking the same.

"Do you think Kudou-san is... could she be..."

"I dunno. She might be or might be not. She probably might be just more talented to us, or just simply exposed on many bullies before. Or she really is like we were thinking."

"But Karasuma-sensei didn't say anything about it. When an assassin entering our class, Karasuma-sensei always informed us beforehand. But this time..."

"If she's really an assassin and here to kill our octopus, yet Karasuma-sensei doesn't know, that just mean she's not hired by the government unlike Bitch-sensei and Red Eye."

"Then could she be sent by someone else or other organization, that after the bounty?"

"Maybe." Karma shrugged his shoulder.

There's no clear answer about their new classmate.

Nagisa and Karma felt uneasy.

*****

Carrying a paper bag and walking upwards the stairs toward the mountain site of Class 3-E is Kudou Satsuki, in civilian clothes and alone. Today is Sunday, which is why none of the students were around, Satsuki should be the same, but just this morning while cooking her breakfast and later her lunch, she decided to take a stroll around the neighborhood, until she ended up being here.

No—it was on purpose.

She has all intention to come and visit her octopus teacher, knowing fully well that he'll be here... would he?

Her steps are quiet, that no one would sense that she's there.

Thanks goodness, Satsuki's effort of coming weren't wasted upon the sight of Korosensei in the teacher's office and working on some test papers. She slides the door, so casually that it made sound, taking the attention of the teacher.

"Nyu?" Korosensei recognized immediately his student. "Oya, Kudou-san! What's makes you—" he cut his question himself when his wicked smell sense catches something in the air.

Satsuki lifts the paper bag in her hand, "I brought a food Korosensei, shall we eat together?"

The aroma that seeping out from the paper bag turns out to be beef tongue curry; and this makes Korosensei drool in hunger.

With his speed, Korosensei brought plates and utensils, while Satsuki prepares the food on the empty desk of Irina.

"Of course, they are not here..." she already expected that the two human teachers won't be in the building during weekend.

"Well, even during off days, Karasuma-sensei is working but on his station at HQ, while Irina-sensei is having luxurious rest on her apartment. So? Kudou-san came here to assassinate sensei?"

"Assassinate you like...?"

"Putting powdered BBs bullet on the food."

"I'm not going to waste my hard work food just for that, so worry not, neither poison nor BBs powder will be on it."

"Why is that?"

"Those has never been my thing."

"I see. What a particular assassin you are."

Satsuki stop at swallowing her food, causing for her to chokes.

"Nyuahhh!!! What happened Kudou-san?!"

"How?"

"Nyu? Oh, you have smell of blood, and it was stronger than Irina-sensei."

"Since when?"

"The moment I faced you."

"What a wicked nose you have sensei."

"Nyurufufufu! Of course, no sweet could escape from sensei's!"

"You're being funny Korosensei."

"You're not laughing for real."

"Is that so?'

"That so! So? How will you kill sensei?"

"When an assassin reveals their trick? Beside I'm on vacation, I ain't work unpaid."

"You'll be paid if you kill me."

"Ten billion yen? Hah! My boss is far generous than those in government. I only need to go four jobs for me to earn it."

"Much easier way."

"Totally easier."

Korosensei takes his first spoonful of the food, and he brighten upon the taste. "This is so heavenly delicious Kudou-san!"

"I'm glad you like it. Also, you can call me by my name, Korosensei."

"Is "Kudou Satsuki" your real name?"

"The "Kudou" is not, but "Satsuki" is my real name."

"I see, then Korosensei will hereby calls you to your name. Hmm... this is really delish!" Satsuki chuckles, "It's not normal for an assassin to have her own name or at least uses her real name."

"You're right. I just don't want to forget it." Satsuki fill her mouth with food, to stop herself from saying more.

"An assassin cherishing her real name, that's new."

"Cherish? I don't know about that."

Her eyes narrows as she counts how many people have ever use her name, and so far, there's only three within the Headquarters.

"By the way Korosensei."

"Yes?"

"I've heard that they are already asked you about your real identity before. Why didn't you tell them?"

"Would Satsuki-san do the same if they ask her?"

"No."

"There's your answer."

Satsuki totally understands.