The Assassin Within

Part 38~Vision

"Don't be self-conscious, Vi! Your scars are amazing! He never tells us where he got those scars from," Okabe announced with a disappointed sigh.

"Why would I tell you when you gave me half of them?!"

"I did not!"

Koro-sensei interrupted everything with his loud whistle. "Kimura-kun! No running at the poolside! You could trip and hurt yourself! Hara-san, Nakamura-san! Watch the breath-holding! If you stay under too long, how will we know you haven't drowned? Okajima-kun, I'm confiscating that camera! Hazama-san, don't just read all day! Swim!"

Koro-sensei kept finding things to nitpick at.

Kurahashi popped up in front of Koro-sensei, throwing a handful of what at him. "Have a splash!" Koro-sensei 'screamed' as he turned away.

Karma smirked as he grabbed onto the chair, pulling it back and forth.

"Karma-kun! Stop that! I'm going to fall in! I'm going to fall! Do you hear me?! I'll fall in! Please!" Koro-sensei climbed down, breathing heavily. You’ve got to be kidding. "Oh, I just don't feel like swimming. That's all. It's not like my tentacles get too swollen for me to move or anything."

Nagisa narrowed his eyes. How did he take the bath then?

Nagisa laughed as Koro-sensei showed off the model motorcycle. He was glad that Yoshida had finally been given the chance to talk to someone who understood what he said.

"The hell are you doing, Yoshida?" Terasaka swung open the door with an annoyed expression on his face.

"Oh, uh, hey, Terasaka! The two of us were talkin' motorcycles the other day since no one else in school is into 'em," Yoshida explained as Koro-sensei chuckled.

"Not only am I a grown-up, but I am also a man among men. I've been known to dabble in this kind of hobby. Plus, this baby can hit three hundred kilometres an hour. What I wouldn't give to ride the real thing one day!" Koro-sensei climbed off the model as he removed his helmet and changed from the uniform into the usual school clothes.

"You kiddin'? It'd be faster just to pick it up and fly!" The class laughed at Yoshida's joke but Nagisa was watching Tersaka. Terasaka growled as he kicked the model, knocking it over. "The hell, Terasaka? What was that for?!"

"You apologize right now," Nakamura ordered with a scowl on her face. "Koro-sensei's not just a grown-up, he's a man among men! And you made him cry!"

"Yeah, what she said!"

Koro-sensei cried over his model as Okabe shook his head. "Some people just have no chivalry."

"You guys are just buzzin' like a bunch of bugs..." Terasaka reached under his desk as he spoke. Nagisa jumped up in a second, grabbed Kayano and covered her mouth as the gas spread out across the classroom. "Time for an extermination!"

Nagisa coughed into his sleeve as Okabe screamed. "What the fuck?! I know poison when I taste it and that's poison!"

"Terasaka-kun! Pranks are pranks, but this is going too-" Koro-sensei couldn't finish as Terasaka pushed him off.

"Don't touch me, monster. You're beyond creepy- and so are all of you, getting pulled into bein' all buddy-buddy with a monster!"

"What's got you so bothered, hmm?" Karma leaned on the wall, removing a small cloth he used to keep himself from breathing in the fumes. "If you don't like it, just kill him. You're allowed to do that here, after all."

"Yeah, you don't need to kill the rest of us," Okabe shouted angrily. "I already have enough poison in my system as it is."

"You two tryin' to start somethin'? Fine by me!" Terasaka charged forward but Karma easily grabbed him.

"Now, now, Terasaka. If you want to fight, actions speak louder than words."

"Lemme go! Butcha losers." Terasaka stormed out of the building as Karma sighed.

Okabe leaned on Karma as he shook his head. "What a dick move."

Nagisa narrowed his eyes. "I wouldn't be so sure about that. I don't think that was his move at all."

"Why can't you ever be positive?"

Nagisa slowly brought out his food, sniffing it cautiously. He scooped up a small piece before holding it out. "Here, try this."

Karma gave Nagisa a you-can't-be-serious look as Okabe shrugged and ate the food.

"Don't do that, it's probably poisoned," Karma ordered but Okabe swallowed.

"Nah, that one's not poisoned. When Bones cooks it tastes good. That's pretty bland. But it's not burnt. Strange. Who cooked that?"

"The boss did," Nagisa answered as he started ending.

"Woah, the boss cooks. Damn. Didn't see that one coming."

Karma smirked as he leaned on his arm. "The boss? Who is that?"

Okabe and Nagisa shared a look as Nagisa sighed. "You'll find out later. He wants to speak with you."

"Oh, cool."

"Not really," Okabe claimed as he stuck his chin up.

"Don't mind him. The boss hasn't asked to meet Oka yet so he's still salty," Nagisa laughed as Okabe groaned.

"I am not!"

"You are."

"What's with all the crying over nothing?" Ms Vitch was loud enough to catch Nagisa's attention as he turned to look at Koro-sensei. Koro-sensei was crying... weird.

"No... no. These are my nostrils. I'm not crying. My nose is running. These are my eyes. I've been feeling a little off since yesterday." Koro-sensei explained though it was a little hard to hear. "Oh, Tersaka-kun!" Koro-sensei jumped up as Terasaka entered the classroom. "I was worried you wouldn't come in today!"

Terasaka's eye twitched as he wiped off the slime on Koro-sensei's tie. "Hey, octopus. It's time we killed you for real. Come to the pool after class. After all, I hear water's your weakness. You all come help! I'll knock him smack into the water for you," Terasaka ordered but the class felt something was up.

"You haven't helped with anyone else's assassination, Terasaka. And now you're ordering us around when it suits you? You really think anyone's gonna jump at the chance to help you," Maehara asked with a slight glare on his face.

"Like I give a damn either way. Hell, I'd be happy to have the ten-billion-yen prize all to myself." Terasaka didn't wait any longer as he felt.

Nagisa narrowed his eyes as he followed Terasaka out. "Terasaka-kun! Are you really going to kill him?"

"Well, geez, Nagisa."

"Then maybe you should tell everyone your plan of action."

"Aw, shut it!" Terasaka growled as he grabbed the front of Nagisa's collar. "You weaklings, always cowering together! It ain't like you got a vision for really killing him! But I'm not like the rest of you. I got a vision for killing him, all right. Easy as pie!" Terasaka turned to walk away but he stopped when Nagisa scoffed.

"I knew it. I don't know who is pulling the strings in this assassination but it's not you. Okabe pointed it out yesterday, we both know our poisons when we taste it and what you sprayed us with didn't match the can. It was specially made for Koro-sensei. You wouldn't be able to do that, I doubt even Digit could. That means you've gotten help from a higher-up with more information than us. I have a pretty good idea of who I think it is but I will tell you now. If anyone gets hurt while you're pretending to be even a half-competent assassin, you'll find our own brand of poison sprayed in your face."

Nagisa walked past Terasaka, the dark aura surrounding him. Terasaka suddenly got an idea of how scary Nagisa was.