~Previously on 'Second Place' in Chapter 38~

Alright so basically class tied up Hawaiian Shirt Assassin and basically when they get to the next floor there's this blonde guy (blonde assassin) there who's basically gonna try and kill everyone. Y/n notices something off about him, and that's when Karma entrusts her with a secret task. Then Karma decides to challenge Blonde Assassin to a fight, and now Y/n just hopes that he doesn't die...

||Y/n's P.o.v||

Karma was the first to attack, and he tried to hit Blonde Assassin with the potted plant, but he caught it in his hand.

"Too soft, hm. You'll have to find a better weapon, hm." Blonde Assassin said.

I jumped when Blonde Assassin snapped he plant in half,

"Don't need one." Karma said.

Blonde Assassin tried to grab and hit Karma, but he easily dodged and blocked all of his attacks. With every passing moment as I looked on, I got more and more anxious. How could I not be though? One wrong move and Karma's head would be crushed. And here I was, standing in the back of the group waiting to 'back Karma up',

"Wow. He's dodging or blocking every blow!" Kayano spoke up.

I bit my lip, as I repeated the phrase, 'don't die' over and over again in my head. I shook my head in realization, 'No! What kind of friend am I?! I believe in everyone else in my class, so I need to believe in Karma too! Karma would never let himself be killed! He can do this!!' I argued in my head.

"That's your defense technique right, Mr. Karasuma?" I heard Orb Koro Sensei ask.

I grimaced and starred down at the gun in my hand. 'What was I supposed to do with this?? I'm not a sharp shooter, and there are just BB's in here!! What am I supposed to do?!? Just shoot him in the eyes- That's it!!' I thought.

"What's wrong, hm? You'll never get past me if you don't attack, him!" Blonde Assassin told Karma.

I glanced up to see that they had momentarily stopped fighting,

"You think?" Karma asked back.

I looked down and started loading my gun. Good thing I decided to put it in my bag, you never know when useless crap can come in handy...I aimed my gun at Blonde Assassin, I was lining up my shot when I heard Karma say,

"I mean, I could be doing my best to distract you while the rest of us slip past a few at a time."

I literally almost jumped out of my skin when he said that, because I was so sure that Karma was about to call me out like he always does. My hands were shaking, so I took a breath and composed myself again. I used my unsuspecting classmates as a blind spot so that Blonde Assassin wouldn't be able to see me. Karma was obviously counting on me to do something if anything went south, so I needed to use my best judgement in order to shoot at the right time...If I had to that is...

"Relax." Karma said.

Then again, I thought he was talking to me. Even though he wasn't I still felt more calm,

"No underhanded hijinx here. Now...it's my turn." Karma said to Blonde Assassin.

Karma cracked his fingers and I got chills. Karma's so cool sometimes! Karma started hopping back and fourth like he was a street fighter character, and he put up his arms in the fighting position. I beamed in awe, I was totally lost in the moment,

"Barehanded, like you. We'll settle this fair and square, man to man." He said.

"I like that face of yours, young warrior, hm." Blonde Assassin Replied, "With you, I've got a chance-- a chance at the fair fight I can't experience in the assassination biz, hm.'

I beamed even more, and lowered my gun, 'so cool...' I beamed in awe. Karma started to fight Blonde Assassin and the whole time I watched, not taking my eyes off of them. It was like I was watching an action movie or something, and I don't even like those that much! It was so interesting to see them throw and dodge punches, I just couldn't look away!! Don't even get me started on when Karma Kneed Blonde Assassin where the sun don't shine! I literally had to hold in a laugh, but of course...I let myself get distracted. When Blonde Assassin got hit, he turned around and got on his knee. My eyes widened, but it was too later, Karma went in to attack, and he got blasted in the face with gas.

My eyes widened as Karma was rendered unconscious. I quickly started to aim my gun back at Blonde Assassin. Unfortunately I couldn't get a clear shot as Blonde Assassin began to ramble on. My eyes started watering, 'Damnit Damnit Damnit!! Why didn't I take the shot when I had the chance?' I cried. I couldn't let Karma die, not like this, it would by fault! Blonde Assassin picked up Karma by his face, and I panicked, but luckily a clear shot of his eyes were in view. I closed one of my eyes and put my hand on a the trigger. A millisecond before I pulled it though, Karma sprayed Blonde Assassin with his own gas. I gasped in shock, Blonde Assassin inhaled the toxin and passed out,

"What a coincidence! We were both thinking the same thing!" Karma said happily.

"How...did you...get that...hm?" Blonde Assassin asked weakly, "And how...did you not breath my gas...hm?"

Blonde assassin tried to attack Karma with a pocket knife but Karma quickly got him down on the ground, and held him by the arm, disarming him,

"Cmon, Terasaka--Make it snappy!" Karma called out to him, "We'll need duct tape and sheer numbers to beat this monster!"

I stared at Karma wide eyed as I lowered my bb gun, I wasn't sure what to make of anything,

"Yeah, I'm on it..." Terasaka said wearily. Before running over to Karma and Blonde Assassin, "That promise of a barehanded one-on-one fight?"

A bunch of guys ran over and pinned Blonde Assassin to the ground,

"It was bullshit from the word go!" Terasaka finished his sentence.

One of the guys had tape,

"Careful taping him up." Mr. Karasuma said, "With his superhuman strength, you've got to be cautious even when he's paralyzed."

"Yes sir." The guys said

I cocked my head to the side, dumfounded, 'What the hell is going on??' I thought.

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Once Blonde Assassin was all tied up, we all stood around him. He kept on saying 'hm' over and over again, in disdain,

"I filched an unused cartridge from that poisoner guy. It's so handy, I wish it weren't a one time use kind of thing." Karma said tossing and catching the device in his hand.

"How, hm...did you see my gas attack coming, hm?" He asked.

"Y/n." Karma said, catching me off guard, "She gave me a little heads up." he said.

I looked at him confused,

"Huh?!? Me?!?! I don't recall doing that?!?" I defended quickly.

"Is that why you didn't breath any in, hm?" Blonde Assassin asked Karma, "But I only showed you my bare hands, hm...How did could she know?"

"Y/n isn't a regular girl, she's pretty observant. In the beginning she noticed you fiddling with something in your pocket...I just put two and two together. Besides, isn't obvious? I was on guard against everything but bare hands." Karma told him.

"Y/n, you really knew?" Nagisa asked me.

I jumped at the sudden question,

"Huh?!? Not to that extent!! I just noticed that he had his hand in his pocket!!" I defended, getting hot in the face.

"I'm sure you really did want a barehanded bout...but you would have had to stop us by any means necessary," Karma sat down in front of blonde assassin.

I felt my hear melt in compassion at Karma's sudden calming nature,

"And if I were you, I would have done the same. Hell, I did. I was never in any real danger. I trusted your attitude as a pro and that's why I was on guard." Karma said.

I smiled as I started to tear up, I wiped my eyes with my finger,

"Oh I get it!" Kayano said.

I nodded,

"How awesome!" I added on the verge of bawling my eyes out.

What a beautiful development for Karma indeed,

"Karma had never know great defeat, but those midterm exams taught him all too well: Losers are people just like you who live their lives thinking about all sorts of things. Once you realize that, you inevitable find you can no longer make light of your opponent on the battlefield. You can see if your foe is thinking like you, trying hard like you. You come to see their abilities their circumstances. Someone who can be respectful wary of their opponent...That person has no chickens on the battlefield." Koro Sensei stated beautifully.

And just like that I was balling my eyes out,

"Koro Sensei! That was so beautiful!!" I sobbed.

"Oh brother..." I heard someone say.

"You grew so much from that one defeat. You'll make a name for yourself someday."

I cried more and buried my face, this was all so nice!!

"You're nothing to sneeze at, young warrior, hm. I may have lost, but I enjoyed our time together--" Blonde Assassin stated

I blew my nose on a napkin from my bag,

"What are you talking about?" I heard Karma cut of Blonde Assassin, "The fun's just beginning!"

"W-what's that?" Blonde Assassin said.

Karma was holding up hot mustard and Wasabi,

"Wasabi and mustard. I'm going to put them in your nostrils." Karma told him.

I looked at Karma and deadpanned,

"Karma...I seriously...hate you..." I told him.

"Y/n! That's so rude!" Nagisa exclaimed.

"I've been on guard around you all this time, but now that you're tied up, what's the point?" Karma asked as he tortured Blonde assassin.

I looked at them and facepalmed, 'Why...why?? Why is this what I have to deal with?!?' I asked the universe. 

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Lmao it's gonna take me longer than usual to post the next chapters, I have to do something. So basically no this is not the only chapter I'll be posting today.