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Chapter 21: Kill Or Save

Kamiya Shizuha/Shinsuke

Let's cut to the chase. There was no way the topic of Korosensei's life wasn't going to cause a conflict. Albeit, I didn't know that it was going to be this bad that Nagisa had to bring all of us to the clearing in the forest to talk this through.

"Did he give any hints on what exactly this is about?" I whispered to Karma once I saw him leaning against a tree, he gave a small smile before dropping it slightly "No idea, but I'd rather be walking home right now than hear whatever he has to say," furrowing my eyebrow, I elbowed him lightly on his arm "What's with the attitude?" He wanted to joke back, but with the annoyed tone of his earlier statement, he ended up just giving a short laugh to dismiss my question completely before turning towards the blue-haired boy who stood in the middle of everyone.

As everyone found their place around Nagisa, I felt my eyes centering themselves on Karma instead. Even after the heartfelt words we had a few days ago, I could tell my romantic distractions weren't enough to fully rid of whatever was going on in his mind. However, it does help to see that he still makes an effort to lighten up around me even with this tension in the air.

"What is it Nagisa? It's rare for you to call all of us together like this," Terasaka was the first to ask and when the question was forwarded, Nagisa sighed and answered, a heavy nod to his words "I don't know if it's possible, but..."

"I want to find a way to save Korosensei's life."

You could hear a pin drop as Nagisa's voice was the only thing being carried into the wind, but with the shock of his suggestion, there also came a wave of questions "Save as in... So he doesn't explode in March?" Mimura asked, a bit taken aback like all of us are and Nagisa nodded "There isn't a way right now, but after listening to his past, I can't see him as a target like I used to do and all of you should also feel the same."

'All of you should also feel the same'. When that sentence escaped Nagisa's mouth, in the corner of my eye I could see the blank stare and tensed shoulders Karma had just by hearing it. I've decided to pay no mind to it.

"And Korosensei also doesn't want to die in March, he's just like us; he failed, regretted, and now he's back to strive to teach us so we don't make the mistakes he did," Nagisa was passionate about this proposal and despite the obvious determination he displayed, I wasn't convinced to change my mind.

Maybe it was because I don't see him every day and taught each subject by him manually, but I wasn't as upset as they are when March comes along and it'll be us or Korosensei left on this planet. Was I confused with my decisions? Yes. But I'm keeping my promise and that is to push these uncertainties away for the sake of the guy rooting for me that stood right next to me.

"More importantly, I enjoyed his company. It is only natural to want to help a teacher like that instead of killing him."

Another strike.

A muttered scoff from Karma and I turned to him, a worried look cast on me "Hey," I simply said, but he leaned back against the tree and stared ahead "Easy for him to say, huh?" The others were occupied with agreeing on Nagisa's idea and supporting him, but as I stayed back in the trees and watched over everyone, I felt a disconnection "Aren't you being a bit too hard on him? I don't see his idea being impossible," Karma frowned, clearly, he didn't like that I wasn't siding with him on the get-go "You're only saying that because you want to quit."