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"SHOUTING"

"Speaking"

"sadistic speaking"

'sadistic thinking'

'Thoughts'

*actions*

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I don't own Assassination classroom nor do I own the characters

Bold in last chapter is underlined in the last time part

Last time
Pausing as he let the information sink in he then added, "He's always been extremely protective of Aya, he's been taking the brunt of that bastard's mental abuse. I can only assume that the panic attacks are how he deals with them and yesterday has set them off and their father turning up just now didn't help."

Now

Back to E-Class as Asano senior was escorted from the room.

'Th-the principal attacked them both, he attacked his own children?!' Irina thought trying to wrap her head around the new information. Taking a glance towards her colleagues, the tensing of Karasuma's Jaw and the clenching of his fists, were the only telltale sigh that he was passed angry and downright furious. Turning her gaze towards her target, she wondered when the oncoming explosion would happen, for Koro-Sensei was the easiest to read not by the way he talked but by the colour he had turned and the aura he emitted.

Noticing the students backtracking from their target she took the wise option and did the same, having read Nagisa's information book she knew that if her target was this colour then he was absolutely pissed off.

During the contents of the previous conversation heard between the principal and their class and schoolmates, they had finally come to their own conclusions of what happened, and if it so happened that a certain someone was meticulously strategising about how to effectively slit a particular chairman's throat, well... that was news to everyone else, 'although... Karma will want to join. just slitting the chairman's throat isn't effective enough he has to suffer.' A certain androgynous-looking male thought to themselves. It wasn't until a dark aura emanated from their surroundings did the students notice that Koro-Sensei's colour had changed to black. 'Oh shit! He's Pissed!' The students all thought as they began moving away from their teacher and target.

However, all of their anger temporarily disappeared as a car screeched into the car park. Turning towards the sound the class watched as two individuals quickly disembarked from the vehicle. "Doesn't the guy look a little like Karma?" Irina mumbled to herself but everyone heard her and studied the male's looks, it was only when Koro-sensei added, "That is because those are Karma's parents." Did everyone pay close to the pair. It was only seconds later that Gakuho was thrown out of the hospital by its security. The classmates watched as Karma's mother zeroed her gaze onto the male and began slowly stalking her way over to the man, almost like a tiger watching its prey before it leaps.

With Asano senior

The elder Asano noticing the approaching female momentarily froze under the sharp gaze of his deceased wife's childhood friend. Thinking of all the possible scenarios he waited until she was standing in front of him. "Asuka lovely to see you, what are you doing here this evening? I thought you and your husband were travelling for work? But, I have to say it's nice to see you." He questioned while wearing the fakest of smiles before the collar of his shirt was forcefully grabbed. "Cut the Bullshit, you know exactly why we are here. I swear to god if you have dared to hurt any of those children more than you already in any sort of way be it mental, physical, emotional or other! Then I can guarantee you this promise. Nobody will be able to identify your body when I'm finished with you. In fact, they will never be able to find your body!" It was only when Kurai Akabane grabbed his wife's hands and released the other male from her hold, "he can still charge you with assault, we're in public darling. Wait a while, then find somewhere hidden I'm sure your parents will help you hide the body. For now, we have other more important things to see than deal with scum that belongs on the bottom of someone's shoe!" Glaring at Asano, Kurai manoeuvred his thrashing wife into the building, while she shouted profanities at the school chairman. The Chairman's eyes showed an odd combination of uneasiness and amusement as he watched the pair walk into the hospital, before turning on his heel and leaving the premises.

Back with E-Class

"From observing the pair, I can't tell if Karma acts more like his mother or his father?" Kataoka exclaimed, earning nods and mumbles from her fellow classmates. It was then the speaker echoed to life again and they heard Karma explain about Gakushū's panic attacks as a child and the long-term abuse that the Asano children went through to Sakakibara, the frantic explanation from the doctor and Ren regarding what happened to Karma's parent, as well as karma telling the pair about the documents that the chairman left, along with his concerns about what this meant.

The E-class students looked at each other as a rumbling sound echoed from somewhere in the group. It was then they realised just how long they had been sitting listening to them, as the sky was now painted with orange, pink, and dark purples.

Noticing their reluctance to leave, the teachers were on the same page, they too did not want to go without checking on the group inside the hospital, but came to an agreement. Reassuring the students Koro-Sensei confirmed that he would stay and get as many details as he could before tomorrow and inform them, slowly the group of students left for their respective homes. Once they were sure that they were alone did Irina turn to her target. "To think the chairman would attempt to kill his own children." However it wasn't him that responded but Karasuma, "We all know that man had a screw loose, but to attack them. Not to mention we only know the bare minimum of their injuries." The pair turned to their target expecting a comment but were met with silence, it was rather unnerving. "Karasuma?" The target voiced after a few minutes of silence, "what, octopus?" Karasuma gave the target his full attention. "If I'm not mistaken, the chairmen said something about transferring Ayame's brother and Mr Sakakibara to E-class, right?"

"Where are you going with thi-" Irina added but was cut off. "The second they are classed as E-Class Karasuma will be able to approach them about me, when that has been cleared I will be able to assess the damage to the group myself. And considering that it took the chairman less than 24 hours to move Ayame to E-Class, I surmise it will be the same case here. Karasuma... if I'm right, and they are moved to the class tomorrow, we should go through the English and P.E. Lessons last period. If you set out a guideline for the students to work through, Irina would you cover for Karasuma? That way we can prioritise this problem." Receiving confirmation from the pair, he dismissed them for the evening while he stayed and listened to the conversations until Ren himself left.

Back in the hospital room after the explanation of Gakushū's panic attacks

The silence permeated the room, "what signs do I need to look out for?" The brunette contemplated the many scenarios over the years that might have been an occasion where his friend was about to have a panic attack. "You should know that panic attacks are a lot like other illnesses, everyone can have different symptoms but they all lead to the same result if not caught early enough and some people are affected more than others. In Shuu's case, most of the time it usually starts with a faint trembling, which is caused by the chills he gets sometimes it starts with a headache or a pain in his chest, and sometimes it's immediate, like before when the chairman was here and he needed to be sedated. Occasionally he vomits, sweats heavily or has hot flashes as well. Honestly, if he's shaking, pale, looks to be having breathing difficulty for no apparent reason, is sweating, gently take hold of his wrist and check his pulse if he is truly having a panic attack his pulse will be rapid and pounding, that is when you try and start to calm him down. I usually ask him to focus his attention on me, and calmly reassure him that I am there to help him. I try to get him to follow my breathing as you saw before most of the time that works, every now and then it doesn't, try having him count."

"Why counting? And what should I do if it's an immediate reaction like before." The brunette interjected. "When someone has a panic attack it's best to have them do something structured or repetitive until they have calmed. As for if it's an immediate response well that's more of a problem, as he has already entered the panic attack... how do I put this... he sort of loses control of his body, this usually ends up in self-inflicted injuries or injuries to others. In that case slowly and gently grab hold of his hands and reassure him of your presence and then do what you would do for the other situations."

A small notification sounded from Karma's phone, While looking at the message, Ren looked back on his memories, now that he had this knowledge he can count at least 12 times when his best friend could have possibly had a panic attack and the feeling that Gakushū was suffering in silence did not sit well with him. The redhead noticing the slowly souring expression on the brunette's face attempted to change the subject. "Apparently we will be classmates from now on?" Ren attempted to hide his snort... he failed. "Apparently, I know Gakushū has been trying to find out your secret for ages now. I suppose he will be happy when he finds out. More so now that he is free to act how he wants and not like what was expected from him." The redhead mentally high-fived himself for successfully changing the topic when a soft groan echoed through the now-silent room.

Looking towards the two on the beds, it was Gakushū who had woken up once more. Karma stood up and walked over to the light, using the dimmer he put it to its lowest setting without switching it off. "Why is it... every time I open my eyes... I feel like I've been hit... by a truck?" The ginger-haired male quipped in a joking manner, eliciting a snort of amusement from the other two males in the room. "What happened after he left?" The uninjured pair exchanged a quick glance. "Well he was escorted out, but," the pause was enough to worry Gakushuu, "but what?! *cough, cough* he... he didn't" he turned his gaze toward Ayame then to the redhead. "No Shuu, she is fine,*he walked over to the bed and sat down in the space next to the strawberry-blonde male, who in an act usually unseen by the male hugged the ruby-haired boy tightly, karma responded by wrapping his arms around his childhood friend turned rival* I'm just not sure how you'll take this news. I think you'll be happy but at the same time, there is always some niggling doubt. But, the chairman brought some documents with him. *he shared a glance with Ren who nodded* and well there is good and bad news. The good news is he has signed documents that effectively transfer custody of yourself and Ayame. Bad news he also disowned you both."

Silence reigned throughout the room as the injured male processed what he had been told, "why is that bad news?... We can finally get away... from that household... we'll only have to deal with him at school... he only frequents A-class during exam season... so I only have to deal with him then." Glancing up at karma he noticed a small frown marring his features, "about that... he also may... or may not have placed you and Ren in E-class." Gakushū paused for a moment as he repeated what Karma said... "what?" Was his ingenious response. Looking towards Ren he received a confirmation that the information was true. A smile slowly started to bloom on his face as he mulled over the information "ha" he unintentionally voiced.

(Imagine this being a genuine smile on his face instead of the condescending one that he had in this scene.)

"You're not upset." Ren piped in. Gakushū shook his head, "I can't think of anything better, well maybe excep-" he was cut off by movement in the corner of his eye. Noticing that Gakushū had stopped mid-sentence they turned to see what his attention was focused on. All of their eyes widened, knowing it would be best for Karma to deal with this Gakushū removed his arms from the older teen, who promptly moved to the other bed, grasping the hand of its occupant who was beginning to wake as Gakushū pressed the call button for the nurse. Painstakingly slowly lashes began to flutter open, revealing the beautiful glistening amethyst eyes of the owner.

As the blurred vision began to clear Ayame realised that she was still in the same place as the last time she woke up. Feeling a hand in her own she looked for the owner remembering Karma was with her last time. Meeting the boy's eyes, she could see the relief swirling in his mercury orbs. "Hey" she tried to say but her voice was hoarse after over 24 hours of it not being used Ren who was standing next to Gakushuu poured a glass of water and passed it to Karma who helped the female drink the liquid. "How are you feeling?" The ruby-haired male asked his lover. "Like I got hit by a truck...flattened by a freight train and then hit by the Shinkansen. But other than that fine." A snort echoed from the other side of the room.

Turning her head in the direction of the noise she made eye contact with her brother. "You okay?" Gakushū frowned, barely conscious and she was worried about him! 'Honestly, Aya, worry about yourself for once!' He was well and truly exasperated, don't get him wrong, he was overjoyed and relieved that she was awake, but still annoyed that she was still worried about him when she was worse. Nodding in response to his sister's question, "I'm fine Aya, I'm more worried about you. You are worse off than I am." The female was about to respond when there was a knock followed by the opening of the door and a doctor followed by a few nurses walked in. Seeing both of his patients awake he asked the nurses to run a few checks on Gakushū while he did Ayame's checkup. Seeing everything was okay the doctor wanted to run a few scans on ayame as he did for Gakushū, the female nodded and karma went with them to reassure Ayame, while Ren waited with Gakushū. After an hour the pair returned with the doctor happy about the results from the scans. After Ayame demanded to know what had happened since she was out and the boys relented and informed her about everything including the chairman's visit. Ayame smiled softly looking at the occupants of the room, "at least we only have to deal with him at school now.

Karma smirked and said, "well if he acts out there we could always arrange some unfortunate pranks for him?" His aura changed to something a little more sinister 'IS THAT HORNS AND A TAIL...AND WHERE THE HELL DID HE GET THE CAPE AND SPEAR?!?!?!' Ren mentally shouted as observed the red-haired male.

It was then that Gakushū chuckled, "speaking of pranks I know you were behind the last one, I just want you to confirm it, I'm not angry that I got caught in it. All I have to say is next time you're letting me join." Karma pretended to think, "I don't know, I mean what could you possibly bring to our schemes?" Gakushū knew he was just acting and decided to indulge the redhead in his antics. "Hmm, if I were to say that I made multiple copies of the chairman's office keys and hid them around the school campus, would that be enough for you?" Ren looked at the strawberry-blonde male like he had finally lost it. Karma smirked and held his free hand out for the male to shake. "I believe we have a deal, Shuu."

Ayame chuckled at the pair, but mainly at Sakakibara's expression before narrowing her eyes as she spotted something on his shoulder, "Sakakibara-Kun, you have something on your shoulder." Letting go of her hand karma walked over to see what she had spotted. Looking closely he saw a wireless mic, plucking it off his uniform he said, "just a bug is all". Walking over to the window he threw the mic out of it. Looking around the grounds outside he spotted the distinct yellow blur that could only belong to Koro-Sensei and sighed, before walking over and clasping Gakushū's outstretched hand, "I believe we do have a deal, dearest future brother-in-law." of course Gakushū smirked as his comment had the desired effect as both Karma and Ayame's faces turned as red as Rubies.
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