Heart of an Assassin

Disclaimer: I do NOT own either Inuyasha or Assassination Classroom

Summary: Shortly after Koro-sensei became the teacher of Kunugigaoka Junior High's Class 3-E, the Ministry of Defense adds a new student to the End Class. She's skilled in combat with the required skills of an assassin. Will she go through with assassinating the teacher or will she find another solution altogether?

Pairing: KagomeKarma

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1) It implies that I stole my story from someone. (I didn't. I hate plagiarism.)

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Aside from the above, I do not care if you call me by my pen name, a shortened version of my pen name, or by the pronouns you or she.

AN: Author Notes are only used to correct misinformation that multiple people may have and to address what I see as a problem. The same AN will be placed in all stories if it's regarding an issue I do NOT want repeated such as the above. Otherwise, small issues will be talked over through private message if the person has an account. I dislike having to waste my word count to address an issue with a single reviewer unless I am having that problem with multiple readers or I want to prevent a repetition of something I greatly dislike.

WARNING! Major Spoilers if you're an anime only fan!

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

"Foreign Language"

Hearing her birth name, the pigtailed girl whipped around to face the speaker. But when she had turned around, she only met the wooden wall of the Kunugigaoka Academy's old campus building. Turning again, she was startled to find Kagome standing right in front of her. "I don't know what you're talking about, Kagome-chan," the teal-haired girl answered as naturally as possible. "I've always had teal hair."

A smirk crossed the older girl's face as she began to walk away. The younger girl's reaction pretty much confirmed her week long suspicions. "Whatever you say... Akari-chan."

The hazel-eyed fourteen-year-old froze at the name and could only watch as Kagome entered the school building's only girls' restroom. It was only when the older girl was out of her sight did she move, dashing forward and disappearing from sight.

The bathroom door slammed shut behind her as she began to speak while her eyes searched for her old friend. "What are you doing here, Alice?" Kayano Kaede or Yukimura Akari demanded as her pigtails came loose and something began to sway from her neck.

'I knew I should have been more careful when I saw her,' she chastised herself. Like Kagome, the former actress had recognized the older girl when she had been introduced to the class. At first she had been thrown off when she saw the new girl was left-handed, but she had had her own suspicions. And even though they were both going by a different name than when they had first met, it was impossible for the teal-haired girl to forget who Akiba Alice was.

"Restrain yourself, Akari-chan. Do you want everyone to feel your bloodlust?" Kagome called out from one of the restroom stalls.

Breathing in a slow, deep breath, the newly revealed Akari reigned in her killing intent and blood lust.

Feeling the change in atmosphere, the raven answered the actress' original question. "I'm here for the same reason as you; to assassinate Koro-sensei."

The sound of cloth shuffling and a pen scribbling on paper could be heard from the stall before a slip of paper was slid out between the stall doors. "If you want to talk to me more without interference, meet me there," the blue-eyed girl stated as she continued with her business.

Taking the slip, Akari read the words that had been jotted down. Seeing that it was only the location, the originally black-haired girl huffed before crumpling the note.

"Don't be late, Alice," she said before storming out the restroom with her Kaede persona back in place.

When Kagome stepped out of the stall, she couldn't help but mumble aloud to herself. "Something's wrong with her. Akari-chan's never acted like that before."

With that said, she re-shouldered her bag and left the building through the restroom window.

"Took you long enough," the former raven snapped when Kagome finally arrived at Kunugigaoka Park. "And what's with the change of clothes?"

And indeed, the blue-eyed girl was no longer wearing any part of Kunugigaoka Academy's uniform. Though she continued to wear her red sweater, black leggings, and onyx boots, the older girl had removed all recognizable part of the private school's standard uniform. Her white button-up had been switched out for a black dress shirt, her neutral gray skirt had been replaced by a black polka dotted, grey gathered, flared skirt, and her black tie was missing altogether. Completing Kagome's change was her school bag, which had been flipped inside out. Over the weekend, the miko had customized her bag to be reversible with the alternative exterior mimicking Teishin High School's official school bag.

"You know my thing about loyalty, Akari-chan. I'm not going to be seen in public betraying my school," the older raven stated as she leapt down from the branch she had arrived on. "Walk with me," Kagome instructed as she began walking towards the park entrance.

"Alice!" the teal-haired teen screamed as the older girl walked away from her. Her bloodlust and killing intent once more spilling out from her person.

In a blink of an eye, the miko had the former actress' arms restrained and back pressed up against the nearest tree. "I suggest you stop doing that, Akari-chan. Your hostility is really unwarranted, you know. I really have to wonder where all of it is coming from," Kagome said aloud as her light azure eyes darken to that of a lapis lazuli gem. Her hand curled around the younger student's neck as she continued speaking. "Is it because I have a large bust now instead of my former A-cup? Or is it because I can blow your cover as the imaginary Kayano Kaede at any time…?" she trailed off.

She knew she had hit a sore spot and a critical point when Akari's aura flared and darkened to a faded red and a sudden rush of new bloodlust flooded the area. "Are you really going to try and kill me to keep your little secret? That's really pathetic of you, Akari. Do you really think our six years of friendship is worth that little to me? Are our years as friends that meaningless to you?"

Kagome paused again as she waited for a verbal response, but knew the answer already when the bloodlust did not recede. Seeing that there was no choice, she brought up the trump card that had always worked on the younger girl. "I really wonder what your parents and Aguri-san would say if they saw you like this?"

An inhuman growl ripped from the younger student's throat as the elder Yukimura daughter's name was spoken.

The sound gave Kagome pause though her grip remained firm around the Yukimura child's throat and her expression impassive, not showing the surprise she felt at hearing the animalistic noise. 'That's new.'

"Control yourself, Yukimura Akari," the former time traveler barked as her fingers curled around the other's throat. "Do you want others to come running here?"

Lapis lazuli eyes searched reddening ones, trying to see if the younger girl understood her. Blue eyes blinked in surprise and once again searched the darkening greenish-brown orbs as a she felt a sudden spike in not only killing intent but also in energy that was clearly not Akar's; it felt like a mixture of the Yukimura's distinct aura and something else altogether. She was more than a little dumbfounded when she saw Akari's eyes begin to bleed red, and the actress' teal hair fall from their pigtails for no reason. 'What the hell's going on?'

Having already used her trump card, the miko placed more pressure against the younger student's neck in hopes of keeping the actress restrained and reminding Akari who was in charge. She needed to find out what was wrong with her friend and a way to make her friend think rationally again.

As her mind raced, the raven used the fingers of her occupied and to slowly trace the back of the Yukimura daughter's neck, the area where the strange energy was most concentrated at. Feeling root like veins that were obviously not a part of the human anatomy, she examined the energy that emitted from the invasive veins.

Even though her full potential for her spiritual abilities had been released with the destruction of Magatsuhi and the seal he had placed on her, she still did not have a full grasp and control over her abilities (she was in the process of fixing that). Despite that, there were a few abilities she did have control over. Of those skills, she was only confident in her mastery of detecting and differentiating energies and people; an ability she had subconsciously and extensively been training since childhood (although she hadn't been able to actually see the different energies and auras back then).

Probing and examining the energy, she found the root-like veins had the same exact feeling as that of the continuously spiking energy. Letting her fingers follow the route of the veins, Kagome's eyes widened as she found a tube like extension that protruded from Akari's neck and ran up and into the younger girl's teal hair.

"What did you do to yourself, Akari-chan?" she whispered as the worm like parasite began to respond to her friend's rising bloodlust. Again she received no verbal answer from the actress, only more aggression. Knowing that she needed time that she didn't have, Kagome pressed her thumb more firmly against Akari's throat specifically where her Adam's apple would have been if the younger student had been a male, reminding the now crimson-eyed girl exactly who was in charge.

Remembering that the actress' cover as Kayano Kaede was the reason why Akari had come to talk to her, the raven calmly began laying the groundwork of her threat. "You know how I'm always on my phone at lunch, Akari-chan? I've been taking notes and typing everything I've noticed and observed in class. Everything I've typed on my phone is automatically uploaded to Gin-chan's database even in a little to no Wi-Fi area like Class E's mountain classroom," she said, only pausing for a breath and to see if the Yukimura family's youngest daughter understood what she was saying.

"If you kill me, Gin-chan has been programmed to release all the information I've gathered since I was approached to join Koro-sensei's assassination. I die, and everyone related to this plan will know who you are. Koro-sensei, Karasuma-san, Takayuki-oji-sama, Sofu-sama, Gakuho-oji-sama, government officials, our fans, and worst of all… our classmates. Is my death worth being exposed?" Kagome threatened in a knowing tone. "Everyone'll know that Yukimura Aguri-sensei's little sister is a murderer masquerading as a Kunugigaoka Academy student, and all your plans will go up in smokes."

Her gem-colored eyes flickered from the younger girl's blood red one to her neck and all about her face as the miko waited for some any sort of response. She knew Akari would see reason, eventually anyways. The actress was, after all, far from being stupid, and probably would have been placed in Kunugigaoka Academy's Class 3-A if she hadn't broken one of Chairman Asano's awards.

Tension filled minutes ticked by before Kagome saw the actress clench her teeth in frustration and the crimson color recede from her eyes. When clear hazel orbs were once again staring back at her, the former time traveler released her friend from her hold and restraints.

"Feel better now?" she asked as Akari fixed her hair back into their signature cat-ear pigtails. Receiving nothing but a hard stare, Kagome turned away from the teal-haired girl and continued down the path she had originally been walking along. "If so, let's go then. I have an appointment to keep, and it was made before you."

"Wait a minute! Weren't we going to talk here?" the former actress demanded from where she stood, not moving from the spotted she had waited in.

"We are going to talk, but after my appointment," the ex-judo club captain called back. "Now are you coming, or are we going to have to move this discussion to some other time?"

The pigtailed girl grumbled under her breath before jogging to catch up with her old friend.

Silence engulfed the two girls as they walked passed other Kunugigaoka Academy student and to the nearest commercial district.

Wanting answers, Akari was the first to break the stillness.

"Why didn't you come to Onee-chan's memorial?" she softly demanded. She knew she and her family had sent out an invitation and announcement to everyone that they and Aguri had been friends with about elder Yukimura daughter's passing and memorial service. Out of everyone invited to the memorial, Kagome and her family had been the only group to not respond to the Yukimura family's announcement.

"So that article was true?" the older girl muttered slowly and softly as she decided on how to respond. "When I read the article last night, I had been hoping the reporter had made a mistake when tyipng the deceased's name or that it had been a different Yukimura Aguri.

"Un…" the alias using student confirmed solemnly, a sad air suddenly surrounding her.

Kagome groaned loudly as she dragged her left hand down her face, smudging the small amount of lip gloss she had applied.

Running her hand through her fringe, she apologized. "I'm so sorry, Akari-chan. If I had known, I would have come," she said somewhat bitterly. Though she hadn't grown close to Aguri until the last three years, she had known the older woman since she and the younger Yukimura had become friends. She had really liked the oddly fashioned woman, and had even recommended Aguri to her godfather when she had learned that the elder Asano was recruiting new instructors. The elder Yukimura had been the Higurashi and Akiba families' only trustworthy connection to each year's graduating 3-E Class.

Her godfather and godbrother were of no help when it came to fixing the problems the elder Asano male had created through his new and current education system.

"What do you mean you didn't know? We sent an invitation to your family's shrine not even two days after Onee-chan passed away!" the hazel-eyed teen asserted.

A cheerless laugh escaped the former time traveler before an answer left her lips as her hand fell to her side. "Didn't you hear me, I only learned about Aguri-san's death last night. No one saw or knew about the invitation." Without prompt, she continued to explain. "With everything going on, no one has even had a chance to check the mailbox. We still haven't been able to check it."

"What could be so important that you couldn't even attend a friend's funeral!?" the teal-haired teen demanded. She knew Kagome was an extremely busy person, but the older girl had always made it a point to be there for her friends and family when they needed.

Dropping her hand, Kagome gave a un-lady like snort as she picked up her pace. "Believe it or not Akari-chan, the world does not revolve around you and your family. You're not the only person to lose someone precious over spring break. There were other funerals I had to attend, and a hospital stay to complete."

At that news, Akari's footsteps faltered and her mouth fell agape. She hadn't heard anything about her friend becoming hurt or ill enough to be hospitalized. Alice was too stubborn to let any illness or injury stop her from carrying out her responsibilities. If the Akiba daughter had been injured or ill enough for hospitalization, she would have heard about it from one of their friends in the entertainment industry or through one of the other former students of the late Tokugawa-Higurashi Miki, Kagome's paternal grandmother.

Picking up her jaw and feet, the former actress asked for an explanation. They hadn't spoken to each other since last summer, and she was concerned about what had happened to her friend to cause such a mirthless response.

"Later," Kagome deferred as she stopped several meters ahead of the other Kunugigaoka transfer student. "We here."

"What do you mean we're here, Alice? Where are we?"

"The hospital," the Judo practitioner answered simply before she made the younger entertainer walk through the medical facility's glass sliding doors.

After checking in with the front desk, the raven guided the younger student to a nearby seat. "Just sit here, and try not to do anything rash. My appointment shouldn't take too long, and then we can talk like you wanted to," she instructed and finished just as her named was called over the hospital speakers. "I'll be back soon."

"Alice!" Akari barely had a chance to shout in protest before the miko had disappeared through the doors a nurse had opened for her.

Knowing she had no other choice, the actress settled in her seat and took out some papers from her school bag. If she was going to be stuck here for a while, she might as well get a head start on her homework.

Nearly an hour passed before Akari heard Kagome's voice return to the hospital's lobby.

Looking up from her English textbook (she had started the worksheets Koro-sensei had assigned), she saw Kagome chatting with a bespectacled woman in a white lab coat; probably the older teen's doctor.

She noted how the raven was no longer wearing her red sweater but instead had it draped over her left arm.

Curiosity getting the best of her, the hazel-eyed teen strained her ears to hear conversation between patient-doctor.

"Kagome-chan, please take care of yourself. I would like for us to go one year without you needing to come in for anything more serious than your regular check-up. The number of times you have come in for injuries is almost frightening," Akari heard the doctor say as she came close to the pair.

"I'll try my best Himura-sensei, but I can't make any guarantees. Trouble seems to keep finding me," the miko shrugged, but promised her doctor that she would nonetheless try to mind her health.

"For now, start taking the new dosage for the supplements I prescribed you, and we'll see about adjusting your dosage at your next appointment. You really need to be careful with yourself," Himura-sensei stressed. "You were scheduled to have your cast taken off today, but whatever you did in these last two weeks has delayed your healing process. I don't want that cast on you longer than necessary."

"I understand sensei. I don't want it on any longer either," Kagome agreed as she shifted her school bag. "Though it's getting easier to write and do other things with my left hand, I'd like to use my dominant hand again."

The pair was silent for a moment before Himura-sensei spoke again. "Are you sure we can't run any tests on you, Kagome-chan? Your healing time is unnaturally fast, and we could be making a medical breakthrough if we could isolate what makes your healing factor so different from others. You were supposed to get your cast removed three weeks ago; a mere two weeks after it was placed on your arm," the doctor pointed out as an example. "But you injured that same forearm again, worsening the already existing fracture."

"Not my fault," the fifteen-year-old grumbled under her breath. She hadn't chosen to be attacked by yokai and assassins so soon after her trips to the past ended, and she hadn't expected anything supernatural to attack her in the modern era.

Remembering that she was still talking to her doctor, she quickly added on. "You're going to have to take that up with Mama, sensei, but I don't think she would be very happy about it," she chuckled softly. "Being tested on doesn't sound very nice even if it's to help others," she continued, knowing that even if the doctors and researchers had the chance to experiment with her body, they wouldn't be able to find or utilize the secret to her fast healing.

Reiryoku (spiritual powers) and other innate energies were after all only viewable by those blessed with strong spiritual abilities and or had strong connections with nature. Both of which modern humans lacked in great quantities. Not to mention only those that were blessed were able to wield and control their reiryoku, unless the person becomes demonically possessed that is.

Doctor Himura sighed as she was once again turned down. "Alright then. Now if your conditions and symptoms change, please inform me at our next appointment. I'll see you in two weeks," the medical personnel bid before returning to her office to await her next patient.

"Bye, Himura-sensei," Kagome returned as she turned to find her friend.

Seeing the older girl finish her conversation, Akari quickly gathered up her study material, acting as if she had not been eavesdropping. "Are you done now?" she inquired coolly, still upset with the older raven.

The blue-eyed teen quirked a brow at the attitude the younger girl was giving her. "Do you really have to act like a frigid bitch? My doctor's appointment was scheduled weeks ago. Don't go acting all high and mighty just because you're impatient to talk," Kagome stated firmly as she walked passed the teal-haired girl.

"If you're being prissy just because of Aguri-san's funeral, you forget what the most important thing to me is," Kagome informed as she headed towards the receptionist's desk to sign out.

The actress opened her mouth to protest, but her jaw clicked shut when the older teen continued speaking. "No matter how close we've been over the years, you are not a part of my family."

The hazel-eyed girl could not object to the statement, and could only bite the inside of one cheek at that truth. She had always known that family was the most import thing to Kagome. For the older girl, there was nothing in this world or the next that took priority over the well-being and happiness of her family and those she considered family. Not even her own health and happiness.

Even knowing that, it hurt Akari to hear that the Higurashi didn't consider her family. She had regarded the other teen as her second big sister, but had always gotten the feeling that Kagome didn't regard her in the same way despite their amicable friendship over the years. But to have it confirmed that the blue-eyed teen didn't return the sentiment (and so bluntly at that), it left the actress feeling more than a little bitter and empty.

Silence once again fell between the pair as Kagome spent the next few minutes filling out the remainder of her hospital paperwork.

When the older raven had finished and she had made to lead the way out of the medical facility, the pair of teens froze in their steps as a new voice called out the older teen's name. "Higurashi-san?"

"Hm?" Kagome hummed as she turned to face the caller.

"I knew it was you, Higurashi-san," a woman clad in a nurse's uniform exclaimed.

"Hattori-san," the teen acknowledged, recognizing the nurse. Honestly, she was surprised to see the woman, and truthfully, she wasn't pleased to see her.

"How are you?" the nursed asked, completely oblivious to the tension between the two teens. "I haven't seen you in weeks."

"I've been better," the ex-club captain admitted. "But I'm fine."

"Are you sure?" the nurse pressed on. "I know how it feels to lose a loved one. So if you ever need to talk about it, just give me a call okay. I'm sure Setsuna-san wouldn't want you to stay upset," the young woman continued, clearly missing the signs the sixteen-year-old was giving her.

"Hattori-san," Kagome snapped, hoping her tone would get the student nurse to finally get the hint. What had happened at the start of April was no one's business but her own. She didn't know why this preppy newbie was spouting out private information in the hospital, but she was sure to bring it up with the hospital's director and the woman's supervisor later. "Don't you have somewhere to be right now? Like your department floor or something?" she reminded woman sharply.

"Oh that's right! I'm supposed to be in DOU today" the twenty-some-year-old gasped, remembering her clinical shift for the day. "Please accept my condolences on Setsuna-san's passing. It must be difficult losing him after just being adopted into his family." Bowing once towards the teenager, the nurse-in-training quickly ran off to catch an elevator to her floor.

The two teenager's eyes trailed after the nursing student's retreating form. When the woman disappeared around a corner, the raven-haired could not help scowling at the information that had been. "Tch, stupid busybody. She's going to get blacklisted for shit like that. No one in the medical field is going to hire her."

Heading back to the receptionist, the miko quickly told the woman what had occurred and was immediately given the contact information she needed to file her complaint.

Making a note to report the incident to the woman's school as well, Kagome stuffed the contact list into her school bag and made her way back to her companion.

"Ano… who's Setsuna-san?" Akari asked. Hattori's comments had made her curious about the person that was apparently very important to the older girl.

Kagome's expression turned dark for a brief moment before returning to a neutral state. "I'll tell you when we get to my place. Shall we start going?" she asked.

"U-un," Akari hesitated, not sure how she was supposed to take the nursing student's slipup and Kagome's curtness. She had never heard the Akiba daughter curse before. She'd once heard from their mutual friends about how it was an indicator of how dark Kagome's mood was, but had brushed it off as a mere rumor.

The pair swiftly took their leave of the public hospital, both eager to reach Kagome's current residence for their own reasons.

It took the girls nearly an hour of walking and a trip by train before they reached the more affluent residential sector at the edge of Kunugigaoka City.

They pair were mostly silent over the course of their trip. Neither spoke a word to each other until they were within the grounds of the Akiba family's massive estate.

"What are you doing at Kunugigaoka, Alice?" the teal-haired girl demanded before Kagome could even take off her school shoes.

"The same reason I gave to the class, Akari-chan. Sofu-sama and Takayuji-oji-sama asked me to," the raven replied as she slipped on her indoor slippers and set out a pair for her guest. "But I could ask you the same thing. Last I heard, you were taking a break from acting and doing well at Sakurazono Academy."

She waited for the younger girl to put on the slippers before leading the way to the manor's parlor room.

Stopping at a video intercom system, the former time traveler clicked a button and waited for an answer.

Not even a minute passed before the face of a handsome young man appeared on the screen. "Yes? How can I help you, Mama?" he inquired upon seeing the person that had summoned him.

"Gin-chan, could you prepare some tea and snacks for me and my guest?" the miko requested with a smile. "And if we still have any desserts or sweets, could you bring them too?"

"Of course, Mama. I've taken the liberty to prepare everything ahead of time when I heard that you would be bringing a guest home over your phone. Should I assume that Yukimura Akari-san still likes puddings and Thai tea made with condensed milk?" the male asked with a quick glance to the family's afternoon guest.

"You shouldn't eavesdrop, Gin-chan." Kagome scolded the silver-haired boy. "But that would be correct. Could you bring it to the parlor for us? We'll be there in a few minutes."

"Understood, Mama." Came the response before the screen blacked out.

With that done with, the raven continued to lead the way to the desired room.

The pair reached the parlor within moments. Setting their bags down and settling themselves on seats across from each other, Kagome turned to the other girl with a serious look in her eyes. "De? Why are you in Class-E, Akari?"

The drop in honorifics didn't go unnoticed by the actress. "Same reason as everyone else."

Blue-eyes narrowed at the reply. The younger girl most definitely did not transfer to Kunugigaoka Academy for the education. The Yukimura daughter's career path and the academy's policies clashed far too much for that. "That's an outright lie, and we both know it. You're going to have to try better than that."

The hazel-eyed actress gritted her teeth at that response. Even after years of knowing the other girl, she didn't understand how the Kagome was always able to tell when someone was lying. The girl was like a freaking a lie detector, and not even her genius acting skills was able to fool her.

Knowing that there would be no way around it, Akari bit out the truth. "Revenge."

"Revenge?" Kagome questioned, her interest piqued.

"Revenge against that thrice damned octopus that killed my sister!"

"Koro-sensei… killed Aguri-san?" the spy-in-training repeated slowly, almost dumbfounded. "What do you mean Koro-sensei killed Aguri-san?!" she demanded, shooting up and out off of the sofa.

"Didn't know about that did you, Alice?" the Yukimura daughter sneered.

"Of course I wouldn't know. I didn't even know she was dead in the first place!" Kagome retorted, her own temper flaring at the other girl's attitude. "If anything, I thought she had gotten in a car accident or something along those lines like any other person. And will you stop calling me Alice already; you're not only who worked under a stage name!"

Stopping herself, the fifteen-year-old breathed in deeply and recollected herself. Now was not the time to get angry. She needed to stay calm and level-headed during this conversation. She couldn't afford to lose herself to her emotions right now.

Calming herself, she refocused on the current topic and slid back into her seat. "How do you even know Koro-sensei killed Aguri-san?"

"I saw that monster playing with my sister's blood!" Akari hissed. Her breathing turned rough and her hair fell from their pigtails as the memory played in her mind. Hatred and killing intent burned in her chest at the memory of her sister's death.

A slight frown settled on Kagome's face as she sensed that odd aura erupt from her friend again. 'What is that? It's almost like she's being possessed by a demon or something,'she thought, mentally shuddering at the idea. Whatever it was, she was going to have to deal with it. Preferably sooner rather than later.

Watching the younger girl's aura and feeling the rising bloodlust, the blue-eyed teen attempted to calm the other girl down.

"Just breathe, Akari, and talk to me. Tell me what happened," she urged, sending out a thread of her reiryoku to touch the other's raging aura. She didn't know what this foreign thing was, but Akari was human and she hoped her powers would still work on her.

Half-listening to her old friend and half because of the spiritual power's influence, the actress took a deep breath before she relayed what she had witnessed on the day of her sister's death and the moon's destruction. Akari gave a play-by-play of everything that had occurred with great detail beginning from her scheduled appointment with Aguri to the moment Koro-sensei had disappeared from the destroyed laboratory and to when she had decided to get revenge for her sister.

The raven listened with rapt attention as Akari told her tale of that fateful day, and without the other girl's notice she silently began recording the conversation. The espionage specialist made careful mental notes whenever the former star actress mentioned something of interest or importance.

When the actress finished her story, Kagome took a moment to process the information she received. She stayed silent as she considered certain parts of the story that did not add up to what she had learned from her own observations or the Ministry of Defense's. She knew she didn't have enough data to draw a cohesive conclusion, but from what she could tell it seems like someone or another hadn't told the whole truth.

"So what you're basically telling me is that Koro-sensei wasn't the one who blew up seventy percent of the moon?" Kagome asked, finally speaking again. Seeing a nod, she continued almost thoughtfully. "Like I thought, he's not my target after all."

"Are you telling that you're not going to get revenge on the monster that killed my sister!?" the hazel-eyed girl demanded, her voice tight. Anger blazed in her eyes as her bloodlust once again began to leak into the atmosphere.

"First of all, my target is the person who destroyed the moon, not Koro-sensei. Secondly, we don't even know if Koro-sensei was the one who killed Aguri-san," the former judo captain explained. "And of all things, why are you trying to get revenge? That's probably one of the most selfish things I've ever heard from you, Akari!

Are you even thinking about Aguri-san and how she would have felt or are you just thinking about yourself? As her sister, you know better than anyone that Aguri-san was a pacifist and educator above all else. She wouldn't have wanted revenge! She wasn't a fighter like us!"

Kagome's eyes narrowed as she watched Akari's aura and the foreign energy that emitted from her. The two auras were erratic with the Yukimura's emotions, but the smaller one appeared as if it was attempting to consume the larger, dominant one. 'Just what did Akari do to herself?' she thought as she watched the auras crackling like lighting.

Before the argument could escalate further a knock came from one of the doorways of the parlor.

Nearly startled by the sound, Kagome called out to the newcomer.

"Mama, Akari-san," a rich tenor voice announced from the other side of the door. "I've brought the refreshments."

"You can come in, Gin-chan!" the repeat student called back, thankful for the momentary distraction.

"I apologize for the delay. Mie-sama contacted me right after to run an errand for her," the stoic male explained as he entered the room with a silver tray laden with drinks and snacks. Feeling the tension in the room, the supposed teenage paused. Blinking from his mother's person and then to their guest, the artificial boy asked in too perfect innocence. "Did I interrupt something?"

Kagome, however, didn't believe the act for even a second. After all, she was the one the one who created him; she could always tell when he was trying to lie to her even though he didn't have an aura like living creatures did. "You were eavesdropping again, weren't you Gin-chan?"

The male didn't deny the accusation as he went about setting the coffee table with the food and tea.

"With how your conversation was going, I didn't think it was wise to interrupt until this moment. And my apologies, Mama, but I must. Although Akari-san is your guest, it is my responsibility to keep you and the household safe when there is a hostile presence," he stated before handing Kagome a tall glass filled with scarlet liquid. "And per Satoshi-sama's orders, you're to drink five-hundred milliliters of hundred percent cranberry juice when you return home. You're not allowed to eat or drink anything else until you've finished it, Mama."

The raven wrinkled her nose at the explanation and the drink. She hated how Gin was right; her protection was the primary reason why he even had a physical body in the first place.

And about the drink, she wasn't a fan of sour or bitter flavors. Frowning, she took a deep breath before downing the drink in one go. When she looked up, she saw that Akari already had her Thai tea and Gin patiently waiting for her to finish.

"Thank you, Gin-chan," she said, handing the glass over to the android.

"You're welcome, Mama. If that's all, I'll be returning to the main computer. But please don't ruin your appetite with too many snacks," the silver-haired robotic teen warned. "Satoshi-sama also stated that he would be making Italian for tonight's dinner."

With that said, Gin bowed to the family's guest and took his leave. And with his departure, the tension from before his arrival returned.

The two girls took a moment for themselves to enjoy their drinks and the silence before they continued their discussion. The quietness was almost stifling by the time both girls had finished their teas and one sweet each.

Glancing down at her cup, Kagome cautiously breached their previous topic with a new approach. "Don't get mad at me, Akari, but did you actually see Koro-sensei attack Aguri-san?"

Even though it was her friend that died, she needed to stay reasonable and not make assumptions. The Yukimura needed to be of the same mind set while they discussed the matter.

"He was playing with my sister's blood!" Akari spat, unable to believe that the older girl even had the audacity to question her. Her temporarily subdued temper resurging in her.

"But that doesn't mean he actually killed her," the judoka pointed out.

"What do you mean?" the teal-haired girl demanded through narrowed eyes.

"Remember that the building was destroyed. Something could have happened in there before the explosion. Something you couldn't see. Maybe Aguri-san got caught up in the explosion or the attempt to kill Koro-sensei before he transformed. Perhaps she got in the crossfire while trying to protect Koro-sensei. I don't know.

With how you described Yanagisawa-san, Aguri-san's fiancé sounds like a piece of shit. With how she is, I wouldn't doubt that Aguri-san had bonded with Yanagisawa-san's captive or captives after being forced to work there for so long," the fifteen-year-old shrugged.

"But the point is, you don't know what else happened in there. Aside from Koro-sensei being a human experiment held in that building, we don't know much of anything else. For all we know, Yanagisawa-san could be responsible for Aguri-san's death instead of Koro-sensei. You can't just jump to conclusions, Akari," the spy-in-training asserted while sending another calming wave of her reiryoku towards the other girl.

Being human, the spiritual energy was able to affect the actress as she had planned. What she hadn't expected was for the foreign energy to react in a similar fashion. Kagome's head almost tilted to the side as she watched the two aura's responses. 'I guess this means that thing is human related…'

"Then what would you have me do?" Akari gritted out, her knuckles white as her hands fisted in the fabric of her skirt. "I can't just do nothing as I watch that monster trapeze around the school in my sister's place every day."

The raven sighed at the distress that filled her friend. "That's exactly what you'll do, Akari."

"What?"

"I don't mean you'll do nothing. You're going to take your time to observe him," Kagome explained. "Remember what I told the girls at lunch? Information is everything, and there's not much we know about Koro-sensei.

I admit that Nagisa-kun has been doing reasonably well for a novice, but he's only looking for weaknesses for the assassination. What we want to know is why? Like why is he teaching? He could have chosen to teach at any school in the world, but why did he specifically ask for Kunugigaoka Academy Junior High's Class 3-E? Why is he acting as Aguri-san's substitute?"

"So these are what we'll be trying to find?" the former celebrity questioned with clear confusion, feeling much more like herself than she had since her sister's funeral.

"These are only some of things we'll be trying to find out over the school year," the miko clarified. "If you still want revenge against Koro-sensei by the end of the second semester then I won't stop you. But until then, why don't you try analyzing him as a person?" she bargained.

"I guess…" Akari mumbled while looking down at her hands. Now that she was able think somewhat clearly, she could see where Kagome was coming from. She hadn't been acting like herself since Aguri died.

"But first, why don't we look at Aguri-san, ne? Did you notice anything different about her since she started working at Yanagisawa-san's lab?" the raven inquired, re-directing the conversation to the core and the start of their analysis.

The question was a trigger for the actress, forcing multiple memories to resurface. "Now that you mention it…" Akari started off, remembering the last few months she was able to spend with her sister.

From there, the two teenagers shared and exchanged the information they had; Kagome prodding for details and Akari for Kagome's current analysis of their teacher.

Throughout Akari's visit to the Akiba estate, the former time traveler kept the fourteen-year-old so pre-occupied that she completely forgot to ask the question that had plagued her since they had left the hospital.

Just who was Setsuna-san? And who were they to Kagome?

AN: The direct message at the top of this chapter will be removed in a month so that I won't have to see it as part of my word count anymore. Seriously people, never address an author as "to the writer of this story." And let me point out that that is a quoted phrase, not a subtle way of saying don't use my pen name. I could care less if you used it in the review; it'll just sound weird to me when I read it (I prefer reviewers to use the pronoun you when they're addressing me). And please read my rants in full and think before you attempt to argue and complain to me. And for the ones not familiar with colors, grey is closer to black than gray is.

AN (4/6/2016): Since the reviewer has PMed me, the AN at the top has been altered.

Fun Fact: People who learn martial arts or play an instrument throughout their life have an easier time training themselves to be ambidextrous. They can generally become ambidextrous in a week if under pressure and with daily practice of 3+ hours.

Fun Fact 2: It is possible, though rare, for a broken forearm to finish healing within two weeks. One of my closest friend's older brother broke his arm at 26 and it was miraculously healed within two weeks. He only wore his cast for that long as well.

AN-2: If I get anything wrong about how casts feel, please message me or leave me a review about it so I can fix/change it. I have no experience in this area.

Terms:

Judoka – a Judo practitioner