"Aw, shucks. Well that certainly throws a monkey wrench in my plan," The Reaper said, looking at his phone. All the students gasped.

"Mr. Karasuma and Koro-sensei!" Hara exclaimed.

"But I thought he was in Brazil for that big soccer game," Nakamura added.

"So be it," The Reaper said closing his phone. "Plan 16." he walked away.

"This is my moment to shine," Professor Bitch added and also walked out.

"So is mine," Shiniko thought sarcastically and sighed.

After a few minutes of silence and very muffled talking, the ceiling to the cell opened and Koro-sensei literally dropped in. The students gathered 'round him.

"Hello class, I trust you're all unhurt," Koro-sensei said. "Uh, Shiniko why aren't you in the cell like the rest of the class?"

"How the hell am I supposed to know. I got knocked out and when I awoke I was handcuffed," she lied.

"No offence, sir, but I can't believe he caught you," Maehara pointed out.

"Huh, the bars are forged of anti-me material I see," Koro-sensei touched the bar and a tip of his tentacle melted off. "Tricky stuff to work around to be sure, but you'll be thrilled to know my body has at last over come it."

Koro-sensei glowed red like he was really gonna destroy the cell in a second.

"Behold boys and girls, my top secret weapon: the tongue!" Koro-sensei started to lick the bar like a dog. All the students were quite disappointed.

"Excuse me, not to interrupter, but if you want their neck braces to explode, than by all means keep licking," The Reaper warned. He jumped down from the entrance.

"Okay, let's get on with it." he walked towards the cell. "This room is about to be flooded. We are in a drainage canal. When I send the signal to the control room above, water will come gushing in at 200 PSI per second, and these bars will essentially become a giant noodle press."

"No wonder this place smells like shit..." Shiniko thought, still waiting for the right time to come.

"Hold on, you're not gonna do that with the kids still in there!" Karasuma exclaimed.

"Of course I am, it's too late to wait," The Reaper confirmed.

"Irina, you knew this would happen didn't you?" Karasuma asked.

"I'm sorry, results are the only priority here. You wanted professionalism," she stated.

Karasuma was in a reverie for a few seconds, until making his move.

"Here's the governments official stance," he stated and socked The Reaper's face.

"Oof..." Shiniko thought watching the whole thing go down.

"If these kids are no more than collateral damage, I'm going to shut you down," Karasuma took off his coat.

"You tell'em Mr. K!" the students cheered.

"FYI Irina, a true professional gives a damn about the bigger picture," he said to her.

Just then, The Reaper took off, and Karasuma followed.

Irina took off the neck brace with ease, "Karasuma may stand apart from the herd, but The Reaper goes further." she started to twirl the neck brace around her finger. "Exhibit A: he trapped the octopus."

"Then what's exhibit B?" Shiniko wondered.

Irina got a message from The Reaper on her earpiece, which was unnoticeable due to it being covered by her lovely, blonde locks. She took out her revolver and left.

"Well, I guess it's time for me to leave as well," Shiniko thought and broke free of the handcuffs with one swift movement.

"How did you...?" Terasaka asked dumbfounded, while the rest, as well as Koro-sensei, stared.

"Magic." Shiniko gave a quick, short answer and left quickly.

As she soon caught up with Irina, she took her neck brace off. When The Reaper finished talking, Irina shot a bullet next to Karasuma's head.

"Mind your aim, Irina," The Reaper commented from the other side.

"Oh don't worry, my next shot will definitely land," Irina assured.

"You're gonna die. You know it," Karasuma stated holding his gun at shooting position.

"Believe me, I'm more than prepared. I don't expect you to understand that, but some people can relate. The Reaper, Shiniko, and I are cut from the same cloth," Irina said holding up her gun.

"She's right," The Reaper confirmed. "Do you know what I was before I was called to this work? A scared kid living moment to moment in a war zone, where every second, every breath promised to be my last. A place that taught me that you can only rely on three things: skill, money, and death. Shiniko, Irina and I know what it is to be nurtured on blood and darkness."

The roof collapsed with the push of a button.

"Oh yeah, and what it means to be a pon," The Reaper finished.

After the collapse, Karasuma was the first one out of there. Shiniko slowly, but surely crawled out of the rubble with minor scrapes.

"Shame you're not in a position to chase me. Full disclosure, I only enlisted your associates as a decoy," The Reaper revealed. He took off to who knows where.

"No!" Karasuma shouted before taking off.

"Karasuma!" Shiniko shouted and at the same time Koro-sensei can be heard on his transceiver.

While Karasuma was talking to Koro-sensei and the class, Shiniko tried to get Irina out of the rubble, but it was more difficult than she thought. Sure, she's really strong and all, but even she has her limits.

At last, Karasuma made his mind. He held up the giant piece of rubble.

"Well don't just lie there, damn it. I can't hold this much longer," Karasuma stated.

Irina got up and out of the rubble, and took a seat on the ground.

"Your left arm's most likely fractured," Shiniko inspected. She got a metal rod from the ground. "Anything I can use as a substitute for bandages?"

"Here," Karasuma ripped his shirt and passed it to Shiniko.

"Thanks," she took it and started to tie the rod to Irina's arm.

"Anywhere else you feel pain or discomfort?" Karasuma asked.

Right after asking the question, Irina had a nosebleed.

"Hey, you're bleeding!" Karasuma exclaimed with concern.

"I'm fine," Irina assured. "Seeing you shirtless just has me hot and bothered that's all."

"I was worried there might be some head trauma. It's good to know there's a status quo for you," Karasuma deadpanned.

"He's back," Shiniko informed to the two.

"The kids figured he would be," Karasuma added and stood up. "Listen to me, E Class is a far cry from the world you grew up in, but, what the hell, I'll come right out and say it: o-our world really needs you." and he took off.

The Reaper appeared a moment later.

"Irina, Fallen Light, where's Karasuma?" he asked.

"No idea, he was already gone when I came to. Pretty underhanded stunt by the way, did you have to try and kill us too?" Irina responded.

"Sorry, it couldn't be helped. My hands were tied, couldn't make an omlet and all that. There may be honor amoung theives, but assassins travel in deception."

"What do I care? Who am I to talk? I'm just a bitch who switches from one man to another," Irina held up her fractured arm and smiled.

Karasuma took The Reaper by surprise and put him in a waist lock and jumped down further in the sewage system.

"Jesus crust, I hope he doesn't die," Shiniko thought before jumping herself. She saw The Reaper break free of Karasuma's hold just before they got to the bottom.

Knowing how this would end and how Koro-sensei gives terrible commentary, she started to film everything. She had a small, built in camera in her own gear she recorded on.

"Don't get me wrong, your skills are on point. you just dont have any endgame strategy. Huh?" Karasuma noticed a mask floating in the water. Shiniko followed his line of sight and saw it as well.

"You certainly dressed me down," The Reaper said after getting up and boy was his face not human.

"How..." Shiniko thought and stared.

"Faces are a handicap in this business. It's much easier to customize disguises without one," he explained. "Your's will make a delightfully, rugged one for my wardrobe."

The Reaper and Karasuma continued to battle. Shiniko kept her distance with her camera still rolling.

"I feel like I should tell you Mr. Karasuma. I might have overstated the tragic circumstances of my childhood. As a matter of fact, I might have made the entire thing up," The Reaper admitted. "When I was just a boy, an assassin killed my father. I wasn't particually torn up about it, however, seeing the way his killer moves, so swift, so sure, it did give me something to think about. I said to myself, 'what beautiful skill'." The Reaper dropped his blades and pulled out a rose from God knows where. "I was captivated. In that moment, I knew, assassination is high art." The Reaper threw the rose into the air. "And the culmination of that art..." he made a fingergun with his hand, "Let me show you."

Unexpectedly, but also not at the same time, a tiny bullet shot out of The Reaper's finger and shot Karasuma in the heart.

"Aannnd, he's been shot... Ain't that fantastic," Shiniko thought sarcastically like always.

The Reaper went on with explaining his hidden weapon, or scythe, as he like to call it. As if on cue, after he was done explaining blood came gushing out from Karasuma's chest.

"Oh, and what is this? Is that... Is that a very visible, yellow tentacle behind Mr. K?" Shiniko thought as soon as she spotted a dot of yellow.

Karasuma dropped to his knees and The Reaper walked closer, assuming he's nearly dead. Once he was close, he noticed the tentacle. Karasuma took this oppurtunity, and kicked him in the most sensitive area known to men; the crotch.

The Reaper jumped back as he held his area, as it is now in pain. Karasuma held the tentacle out of the way as he stood up.

"Nice to see The Reaper has the same weakspots as everyone else," he said as the 'blood' was still gushing from the tentacle.

"Sorry friend, you screwed up. Messing with my students and my colleague is a bad idea," Karasuma stated firmly.

"Wait! Who else can conseivably kill him if not me?" The Reaper asked in pain and possibly anger.

"You'd be surprised at what a classroom full of motivated kids can accomplish," Karasuma said before completely knocking out The Reaper.

Shiniko went back to the cell to free everyone. When she got their, she kicked the cell door open and left. Once everyone was together again, they circled around The Reaper.

"How did he do that to his face? Even his nose is missing..." Shiniko was in deep thought as she took a closer inspection, but snapped out of it when Koro-sensei placed a tentacle on her head.

Shiniko looked up, only to see Irina sneaking off barefooted. The class chased after her, it was a short chase.

Once Yoshida and Muramatsu got a hold of her, she started spewing out random nonsense.

"Just shut up and come back to school tomorrow like always. No more takin' off for days at a time," Terasaka exclaimed. Some of the other students tried to persude her to stay.

"They're right you know," Karasuma said, holding up the rose that The Reaper threw. "For you, and before you ask, nobody put me up to this. Consider it taken from a vanquished enemy in your honour. Happy birthday, sorry if I'm a little late."

Irina accepted the gift, "It's lovely."

The was so happy, but Kurahashi was on the down side. Thankfully because of this, no one questioned Shiniko about anything, yet. Who knows, maybe they do suspect something or they're just not willing to ask, knowing she won't give them a proper answer.

Koro-sensei told Karasuma he doesn't want something similar happening again where the students are in danger.

With the up coming day, comes a new lesson.

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Only a little over an hour then it's 2k18, 4 me at least...

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!  💖😁

-Deathhallows