AnKyouXKHR

Beauty As the Beast

ARC I - Her Arrival in Class E

Target Period 07 Uneasiness Time, Second Period

Previously on Beauty As the Beast:

"Hey Octopus, it's about time we kill you for real."

"Come to the pool after class. I heard water's your weakness."

"You all come help! I'll knock him smack into the water for you!"

"I have a migraine Korosensei."

"Oh, alright then. Sensei understands. Now let me see... ah, I see. You'll knock me into the water and have everyone stab me, yes?"

For the first time terror has painted Korosensei's, Terasaka's and Satsuki's faces as they watched the students being washed away.

Target Period 07 Uneasiness Time, Second Period

Immediately, without thinking, Korosensei flew on the pool, while Satsuki jumps in the water, both tries to pull some students they could reach, they then toss those they able to grab into few bushes at the sides.

"Nagisa!"

Nagisa felt someone's arms grab his body, and when he turned, he was in shock to see Satsuki; yet being rescue by her it's not what shock the teen the most, rather what is in her eyes. The crimson color orbs that glint with bloodlust, were now in purple color.

"Satsuki your ey—AHH!!!"

Before he could say anything to her, Satsuki have already toss him, when he pokes out his head from the bushes, he already sees her saving another classmate.

Yoshida is the one last that got save by Korosensei, but before he could fly where everyone is, a white tentacle caught one of his tentacles and pulled him down, but he didn't panic because of it, he rather panics after sighting one last student falling with him.

"Satsuki-san!" right, he remembers that this genuine assassin has helped at rescuing the class E.

"I'm good Korosensei!"

Relief, Korosensei let himself pulled and be slam at the water by the different color tentacle, while Satsuki able to lands at the rock just behind her teacher. She's all drenched while Korosensei's all swollen.

"Long time no see, Korosensei."

Satsuki frowns, recognizing the people in front of them.

It's the student-guardian combo, Shiro and Itona.

She recognized them thanks to Ritsu that shows her recorded video way back on Itona's first introduction at Class E.

"What you've sucked up there is no ordinary water. It contains a substance that dulls tentacle movement. With Terasaka-kun's help everything went smooth."

Itona's tentacles came out from his head.

'Terasaka?' she grins but her eyes are glinting with bloodlust 'I see... Korosensei doesn't feeling well since yesterday was because of the "bug spray" that Terasaka have released.'

"Come, Niisan. A rematch to see who's stronger."

The so-called rematch has begun, while Satsuki ain't even moving from her spot, cross arms, yet she's uneasy. She felt bothered and annoyed, for seeing her teacher getting overwhelmed. Satsuki has no against to their plot; weakened your enemy first, put someone else life first, use an insider, and then push them into corner, all are battle strategies, and she won't clean her hands by lying she never done it before.

But it's really doesn't sit right on her.

This tandem might do Korosensei...

Her mouth opens, 'Might do? They would kill him? It won't be their class? It will be them?' her hand grips her arm.

While Satsuki having this turmoil inside her, the Class E above are watching the fight as well.

"Did it really take that little water to neutralize him?"

"It ain't just the water. He can't go all-out 'cause he just got finished savin' you all."

"Terasaka!"

"Look above him there. Token chubster Hara could fall at any second."

"And to protect her and the others, Korosensei..." Kurahashi continued,

"But she's fat and heavy—this don't look good." Terasaka said,

"We've got to help her!" Nagisa demanded

"But how?!"

"Wait a second... don't tell me they roped you into doing all this!" Isogai realized the situation with Terasaka.

"That's right. Shortsighted guys with no vision and no goals are doomed to be played by smart guys like them. But I—at least could choose of who's going to pull my strings. So, Karma—why don't you try controllin' me?" Karma turns. "Gimme a strategy outta that shrewd noggin of yours! I'll pull it off perfectly and save all of them!"

"Sure, but can you even handle one of my plans?" Karma rips off Terasaka's uniform, "You might die." Karma finished with that evil smirk of his.

"Oh, I'll do it, alright. I'm the perpetrator who gets results." The muscle head replied with confidence.

Satsuki sighs, her eyes shone with killing intent, she takes her out pistol and pulls the trigger the second she points it to her teacher.

'This is right.'

Everyone was shocks, the fight halted, the tentacle that got severed fell into the water. Shiro narrows his eyes glaring at the severed thing.

"Itona let her sleep."

Following the orders, Itona send one of his tentacles to Satsuki only to get blast off and get severed... again.

"Stop it Itona-kun!"

Korosensei joins in, blocking attacks with his tentacles, with regenerative ability, the severed tentacle has sprouted again, and it add some power to Itona, yet it was severed again by none other than Satsuki's BB bullet.

"Back off please." Satsuki didn't fail to hear the displease in Shiro's tone. "This is a fight between a teacher and his student."

Satsuki placed the pistol on her shoulder and smirk at Shiro, "I think this is only right. Since Horibe-kun has help from his guardian, it's only fair that Korosensei got a backup as well."

"Alright then, killed them both Itona." Shiro said while

Terasaka jumps down in the water

"Hey! How dare you to trick me?!"

"Don't get so upset." Shiro's tone has completely changed, it's the tone that adults would use when they like fooling the other. "We just pulled your classmate into it a little. Perfect for a fellow who stands out in the E class like you."

"Shut up! I ain't gonna forgive you for what you did!" Terasaka said as he removes his polo and hold it in front of him as he is calling for Itona. "Itona! You and me, one on one!"

"Stop that, Terasaka-kun! He's not someone you can win against!" Korosensei tries to stop his idiot delinquent student, but he just received 'Stay outta this, octopus' from him.

Satsuki's eyebrow jerked, and she looks up at the cliff where everyone is, Karma sees her and give a wave; she blinks and then chuckles.

"Shut him up, Itona."

"Karma-kun!"

"It's alright," Karma said to Nagisa "Shiro's not out to kill us students. And it's precisely because we're alive that Korosensei's attention is divided. Even Hara-san might look like she's in pinch, Itona's attacks won't be aimed at her. It's like I told Terasaka: He'll hit you with a tentacle hard enough to knock you out, but you take that speed and power and hold as if your life depended on it."

Everything that happened is just like Karma have predicted.

Shiro commanded Itona for another tentacle attack, yet Itona sneezed.

"Terasaka's still wearing yesterday's shirt." Nagisa look at to Karma as he continues explaining things, "Which means it got a direct hit at point-blank range from whatever was in that weird spray. For sure, it also has an effect on Itona. So, with that opening in his defense... our octopus has chance to rescue Hara-san."

With his signal, his classmates started jumping down, splashing water to Itona, making his tentacles swollen just like Korosensei's.

"You've absorbed a lot, I see. Your advantage is dwindling." The redhead devil delinquent started as he crouched atop of one of the rocks. "So, what now? We don't want you to claim the prize money, for one. Your plans almost got us all killed, and Terasaka got all beat up in the process. If you want to keep going, we're going to have a hardcore splash party."

"Let's go, Itona." A irk mark become visible on Itona's forehead, gritting his teeth in anger from losing.

"Well? Didn't you have fun with everyone? Why not join us for real this time?" Korosensei despite everything is still ready opening his tentacles for the problem student. Satsuki smiles and sighs in relief.

"Itona." The mondaiji jumps out and landed next to his partner and walk away.

Their withdrawing back relieves and relax everyone.

As the E class celebrating, a sharp onyx eyes fixated at them as his head is covered by his fedora with yellow stripe and his hand were shoved on his pants' pockets.

"Ohh..." His eyes were fix to the redhead student who is now all wet thanks to Terasaka. He then leaves the place.

Satsuki looks at the place where the man fedora wearer used to in, her eyes narrow, closes it, then turns back where everyone is, watches Karma getting splashed by everyone, her lips forms into straight line.

'Of course, it'll be his greatest weakness.'

*****

Everyone went back to their classroom and changed to their uniforms except for Satsuki, Terasaka, and Karma who changed into their PE.

Korosensei let them rest for a while, just until he finishes talking to Terasaka.

"But man, it's a good thing Satsuki's there! I really thought it'll be the dead of me!" Maehara spoke up his relief at Satsuki timely rescue.

"Don't be. Even I'm not there, Korosensei will surely save you." Satsuki retracted.

"Well, whatever—" Isogai started

"Excuse me?" Satsuki sarcastically butted but completely ignored.

"—all is well, that ends well; everyone is safe and Korosensei is still our teacher and target." Isogai finishes, everyone agreed with him.

A cute sneeze gotten everyone's attention, they turn to the source and found that it was Nagisa who already preparing his next one.

"Oi oi are you alright Nagisa?" Sugino asked, Nagisa sneezed.

Satsuki with narrow eyes watches Karma leaving the classroom, she shrugged her shoulder before going near to Nagisa. The brunette touches his forehead checking his temperature, she smiles after confirming that it wasn't a big deal at all.

Before she could say anything, a piece of black garment suddenly appeared on their peripheral visions, falling on Nagisa's shoulder.

Satsuki looks at the person standing next to her while Nagisa glances at the garment on him. It turns out that the garment is Karma's blazer. Everyone stares at the redhead; some are shocked yet amuse and most are curious.

'Karma is actually a nice person, huh.'

"It'll be bad if the one who taking notes of Korosensei's weaknesses catches a cold just because of some splash party."

Satsuki smirk at his words.

"Oh, is that all?" Satsuki whispered to Karma. The red head doesn't know why he could hear teasing from her tone.

Nagisa and the rest are staring at the two wondering what the two were talking among themselves.

"By the way, Karma, isn't your blazer got drenched too?" Kayano asked. The redhead turned to her, choosing to ignore his brunette friend who giggles at him.

"It got dry first."

"What about mine?" Satsuki asks.

"Still wet."

"Are you serious?"

"Just ask Korosensei to dry it later," Kayano suggested.

"I'll do that."

Korosensei then entered their classroom with Terasaka and started their class. Delight is painted on Korosensei's face and his students who seeing this have sweat drops on their heads.

'He's too obvious!!!'

*****

Satsuki is finally at home, she's supposedly taking her time to relax and prepare for the night but... someone, a tall man with chameleon on his shoulder is sipping his coffee, in the kitchen, sitting like he owns the place. Her eyes narrow, before going to the refrigerator and took out a bottled water and sits on the chair across the man.

"Why Reborn-san's here?"

"Enjoying yourself?"

"Not at all."

"Then do you want me to pull you out?"

Satsuki doesn't reply instead her eyes finally fell to him; he laughs.

"Don't worry."

"You were there earlier."

"Yeah, I saw everything. Especially you." He puts down his cup, "Anyways, am not here to question your environment. I'm here to inform you that the Boss has finally decided for his successor."

"Why it is my concern?"

"Of course, it is your concern, since Tsuna chosen you—his daughter to become his candidate for the position of the boss."

Satsuki sighs.

She did see this coming.

Sooner or later.