Chapter 3

The next morning when Y/N entered the class, the students were huddled in front of the teacher's desk.

"Isn't it too much?" Kayano said.

"What is?" Y/N asked, jumping up to see what they were looking at. When all the students moved aside, she was disturbed to find what was kept before her.

Isogai was the first person out of everyone to step up and talk to the person who did this. "Hey Akabane? I know we need to kill Korosensei but disturbing the whole class this way is just not the right-"

"And killing someone is the right thing I guess?" Y/N asked looking at him, "No matter how you look at it but in the end we all have to do this task. If you get disturbed just by this octopus, how are you gonna even kill Korosensei?"

"Oh wow, I didn't know your thinking is so mature," Karma's voice entered her ears, as he suddenly bent beside Y/N's face to look at her expression, "Hello cherry." She blushed hearing the nickname which, frankly speaking, was kind of cute too.

"Cherry?" Rio smirked, "Oh my, Y/N you've got yourself an admirer."

"More like a bully. He's teasing me-" Y/N started explaining, when she got interrupted by Karma.

"-because she easily turns red," He said and then pointed his finger at Y/N, "I mean haven't you noticed her face?"

Oh yes, everyone did notice. Y/N struggled talking with new students but she was never the kind to blush so easily. She always laughed it off when it came to Maehara's advances. Her face easily became red when it came to Karma. And from the looks of it, he also enjoyed teasing her since it was like a part of his personality. Before anyone blurted out anything stupid Y/N quickly said, "Shut up new kid."

"Ooh, cherry is pissed," Karma said sitting at the back of the class, "Don't mind me, I'll be sitting quietly behind you from now on. Although, sorry if I distract you while I try to kill our dear Korosensei."

Everyone settled down and waited for their homeroom teacher to get in their classroom. Being not able to complain anymore, the student's mood went down and it was evident by the look on their faces. The door opened and Koro came in.

"Good morning boys and girls," Koro said. The whole class refused to look at him which didn't go unnoticed by the teacher. For someone who was going to destroy the earth, Koro cared too much for the students and was able to understand their emotions far better than anyone else. "Huh? Why the long faces? Has something-" he stopped talking noticing the octopus on his table and soon enough Karma started talking, hoping to get the teacher close to him.

"Oops, that's on me. Yeah, totally thought it was you. I stabbed it so I suppose that I should get rid of it?" Karma said. Koro sighed and started walking towards him saying, "Yeah you should."

Y/N figured that maybe Karma already had a plan up his sleeve. He didn't give any kind of break in the last period the day before and he wasn't going to be anything different. But this was Koro he was dealing with. She knew their homeroom teacher could break anyone's over-confidence with their skills. This new guy had no idea what he is actually facing, even though he was stronger than anyone in the whole class.

And she was right. Y/N's hunch about things were always close to the end results. Karma took every opportunity he got to attack Koro. But things took a turn from the third period because Koro wasn't giving Karma the chance to attack at all. The moment he was going to do something, Koro stopped him immediately and half of Y/N felt like this was because he didn't want the class to get disturbed.

He also started making fun of Karma when he painted his fingernails in the third period and made him wear a pink apron in the next. Karma was getting out of ideas and even though he looked all smug and ready with another plan, it was obvious. The classes went on like every other day, although the students were cautious about Karma's attacks. And Y/N who was the subject of his teasing also noticed the sudden change in his attitude. He was no longer in his carefree manner and it did worry her a little. New students always find Koro annoying at first but slowly come to know about his techniques. And observing Karma for a day was enough for Y/N to understand that it was almost impossible to cool his head down unless one of his plans work out.

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At the end of the day, Karma was sitting on the edge of a cliff. His face looked the darkest in the moment. He was getting restless, even biting his nails. Y/N was in no position to comment on what he should or shouldn't do. But it wouldn't hurt to atleast try to calm him. She went on the ground to take him back to class but found Nagisa already talking to him.

"He is good in convincing people. Maybe he should deal with him first," Y/N thought.

"Come on man, I'm telling you not to sweat it. We will do it together as a group. You can have the sneakiest and most foolproof plan in the world ready to go. But if Korosensei has got his eyes on you, then forget it. He's not like other teachers," Nagisa said.

"Not like other teachers huh," Karma said deep in thought, "you don't understand. I wanna do it on my own. Let me ask you, would it tick you off to die in some random place."

"Well, that didn't work. What was I thinking? Me? Talking some sense on to someone like him?" Y/N sighed and thought, "Maybe Korosensei should take care of this."

And soon enough the familiar voice came in, "Oh Karma~". His face changed color which clearly showed how cocky he was feeling. "I feel like I've taken exceptionally good care of you today. Keep trying to kill me if that tickles your fancy. I certainly don't get tired of spiffing you up."

"Just so we are on the same page here," Karma said getting up, "you pretty much consider yourself a teacher above all else?"

"That's right," Koro replied.

"Cool. And you wouldn't think twice about putting your life on line to save a students?"

"That's awesome. Good to know. So," he said falling back, "I can kill you. I knew there had to be a way." He didn't fall back on the ground.

He fell back off the cliff. If Koro came to save him from the front, he would get hit from the gun pointed at him by Karma. It would take some kind of tactic if Koro wanted to save him.

"What the-" Y/N said. She didn't expect him to be as reckless as Nagisa. Anyone would panic in this situation but she knew their homeroom teacher was there. And maybe whatever issues he has with teachers can't be solved just in a day, but atleast Koro can change his view a bit.

Oh, and he did. Soon, he was back on the ground. It felt like they needed some privacy and Y/N was an outsider in the moment. So she decided to go back to class.

When Karma came back to class, his eyes were filled with mischief like before. It looked like he felt better.

He smirked and sat on Y/N's desk, "Spying on me baby?"

Y/N smacked the back of his head and said, "Is that how you two became friends? Being reckless?"

"Aww..were you worried about me cherry?" Karma said with a smirk on his face.

"Oh get over yourself. You were the one looking all cute wearing a cherry outfit today," Y/N said turning her head sideways.

"So you find me cute?" Karma asked, his voice sounded amused. Y/N's cheeks reddened at the comment. He was kind of...handsome. And she wasn't a good liar when it came to stuffs like this. So, keeping quiet was the best option.

"Oh well, bought you strawberry milk." Karma said keeping it on the table. He got down and went to his seat behind her, "Nice to meet you Y/N."

A small smile creeped up her face. She wasn't supposed to feel this happy for something as trivial as this. But she did. It felt like he was acknowledging and inviting her presence in his life.

"Uh," she glanced sideways and whispered, "Nice to meet you too, Karma Akabane."