Part 78

"she's alive... SHE'S ALIVE!!!" (f/n) shouted followed by very obnoxious laughing,  then starts coughing midway through. Korosensei had just finished his fight with the updated version of The Reaper and saved Kayano's life. "...She's alive?"

Confused, Kayano blinked a couple of times. " What did you? You saved me again..." Then screeches as her classmates jumped her into a group hug full of tears.

"I thought you were dead." Okajima cries. "Who else will be able to fulfill the goddess of my dreams?"

"shut up you perv." Meg said in disgust. "you too (f/n)."

"oh come on lighten up, the enemy is gone and with 0 casualties." Nakamura waved her hands dismissively. "and we didn't waste that cake."

Kayano smiled before sneezing. "It's cold" She comments then looked at the sorry excuse of her clothes. She lets another ear-piercing scream, covering her chest. "What happens to my top!" as the boys of the class turned their gaze away in embarrassment, Okajima, on the other hand, got his head forcefully turned away by Meg. She probably broke his neck but no one cares about him.

Itona still squatted in front of Kayano, "I'm so sorry" he mutters expressionlessly before continuing to stare at her with great intensity.

"shut up!"

"Oh poor you!" (f/n) gave him a pitied look. "LabRat you've never had thoughts about a girl before. Oh, that's right! You've spent so long with revenge plaguing your every thought. Not having to experience puberty yet, I feel so sorry for you!"

"I don't want to hear that coming from a pervert." Itona glares at her. "and stop giving me that look."

"Easy now." Maehara took off his top and draped it gently around Kayano. "Hey, at least Korosensei manage to fix your hair."

"I know but I wish he could've done something about my clothes." She cries.

In the midst of the crazy joyful chaos, Korosensei leaned back and collapsed.

"Clean up on aisle 6." (f/n) exclaims.

Korosensei let out a huge sigh. "I'm exhausted." Seeing as none of his students made any movement he spoke up. "Come now, what kind of assassin lets a target linger at death's door. Don't you understand? at this point, you're just running out the clock."

"I'm sorry children. All good things must come to an end, that's life. That's the nature of this classroom"

The red light above began to swell indicating that the hour has come. It hurt, but we didn't have a second to waste.

And so we put aside our feelings and made our decision. We wish it never comes to this but the end is all too close to reach.  We're assassins and our target is our teacher. these are the non-negotiable terms of are bond the only way to graduate with honor. We knew what had to be done and it hurt.

We all took a firm hold of our teacher's tentacles. Korosensei's Weak Point #33: Can be captured if everyone holds him down.

"Your heart is under your tie, you said? Which one of us is gonna..." Kataoka whispers, knowing that no one wishes to kill him.

After much hesitation, Nagisa decides to take it upon himself to do it, suddenly speaking up, "Guys, please... let me. I'll do it." They look up as he walks over to them with his anti-sensei knife in hand, showing no signs of weakness.

"Sure I got no beef with that," Terasaka said.

"Well, you are the head of the class, so I suppose it makes sense." Karma smiles offering no complaints.

"I too will leave it to you." (f/n) smiles.

Nagisa returns the twin's smiles, which soon disappears.

"It's alright, you can stab through the tie. There's been a hole in it since the day it was given to me." Korosensei reminisced. "I decide to leave it like that for... sentimental reasons. Before you proceed let me say farewell to my fellow educators. Miss Irina, are you sure you don't want to join in? I'd hate for you to miss out on the bounty."

She shook her head, "no thank you." she spoke in a soft tone. "I'd really rather not, who gives a damn, it's only money. What I've learned in this class is more valuable. It isn't about me, it's about the bond you share with these kids."

"Indeed." He nodded. "Mr. Karasuma, I thank you. You've had a hand in molding these children into what they've become. If you please, continue to guide them on their way after I'm gone."

"of course," Mr. Karasuma bowed his head accepting the favor. "you've given me no end of trouble over the past year but even so, it's been a year I'll never forget. Rest in Peace Korosensei."

"Now then class, it's about that time. There's so much more I could say but alas I'll be lucky to squeeze in what I can. In lieu of tearful goodbyes... if you'll indulge me I'd like to call roll, one final time. when you hear your name called please say here. Look me squarely in the eye and answer in a loud voice. Once we've gone through everyone you may commence with the assassination."

"...Wait please tell me that you're all present and accounted for." Korosensei suddenly panics. "I don't want the last thing I do is to mark one of you absent."

"just get on with it."

"All right then. Karma Akabane."

"Here." He answered lowering his head.

"Yuma Isogai."

"Here." He spoke sadly.

"Taiga Okajima."

"Here."He choked back a tear.

"Hinata Okano"

"Uh-huh..." Okano whimpers.

"Manami Okuda"

"Y-yes sir" Okuda exclaims in tears.

"Meg Kataoka."

"Here," she replies.

"Kaede Kayano."

"Here," she whispers

"Yukiko Kanzaki."

"Here," she replies softly, lowering her head.

"Justice Kimura."

"Here!" he shouts out.

" Hinano Kurahashi."

"Here..." she cries out.

"Nagisa Shiota."

"Here."

"Sosuke Sugaya."

"Here," Sugaya replies silently.

"Tomohito Sugino."

"Here." he put on a sad smile.

"Kotaro Takebayashi."

"Here," he said adjusting his glasses.

"Ryunosuke Chiba."

"Here." he lowers his head.

"Ryoma Terasaka."

"Yo," he said with great difficulty.

"Rio Nakamura."

"Yep." She forced a smile.

"Kirara Hazama."

"Here," she answers.

"Rinka Hayami."

"Here," she replies.

"Sumire Hara."

"Here." Tears start to form in her eyes.

"Yuzuki Fuwa."

"Here!" she exclaims.

"Hiroto Maehara."

"Mmm." he hums.

"Koki Mimura."

"Here." he sniffs slightly.

"Takuya Muramatsu"

"Yeah," he replies.

"Yada Toka."

"Here!" she exclaims.

"Taisei Yoshida."

"Here!" he could barely hold back his tears.

"Autonomous Intelligence Fixed Artillery—Ritsu."

"Here." she cries.

"Horibe Itona."

"Here," he replies with his eyes closed.

"And finally, I'm so glad you started coming to class every day... (F/n) Akabane.

Failing to hold back her tears she hid her face behind her sleeves. "Shut up..." she mutters.

My young assassins you are about to cut down a life, you know better than anyone the value of what's lost ...because you've studied... ...fretted.....and really thought this through.

In the process, you gave my life meaning. As I enjoyed watching you all grow...as I too grew alongside you. So please... ...here and now...reap me with your finest bloodlust.

If I could help nurture these 29 souls as they move into the future...I would be so happy, I could die. "I'd say it's been a really fun year. I'm so happy...to be killed by you all."

Nagisa starts to lift up his knife... His hands were shaking... his ears... he can hear them pulse, each time getting stronger and more painful...

His brain wavelength starts going crazy, and with a crazed scream, he goes in for the kill. But then all his bloodlust disappeared. Nagisa looked at his teacher surprised with tears in his eyes.

"Don't kill me with anguish in your heart, Nagisa. ice deep breaths, give us a smile." He said.

A flash of memories ran through his mind. It had been a great year. And with a smile on his teary face, he sent their teacher off. "Goodbye, Koro-sensei."

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(a/n): I'm no crying. You're crying.

Director: stay strong author, we'll make it through together ( give her a hug)

(a/n): Shut up. Don't touch me. (accepts the hug anyway)

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That night not much happened afterward, well more like we tuned out all the things that happened. We all went back to the classroom hoping to find any trace of our teacher. There were diplomas waiting for us and a yearbook one for each of us. Along with it a copy of Korosensei's rules to live by.

Apparently the laser fired off at some point but it mattered so little. I don't think any of us even noticed. A recon squad showed up a little while later, Mr. Karasuma took it upon himself to lay down the law. He told them we fall under his jurisdiction. What an arrogant statement he made, lucky for him I didn't feel like throwing my weight around and left him to do his thing. At least it left the classroom peaceful for all of us to let it all sink in.

The books were thick, it had more pages than a dictionary, and well it began as a friendly easy to read manga, his advice was great but we all got fed up with the level of details.

"Seriously, what is with this book." (f/n) said shaking her head while scanning the book at lightning speed. "Gee thanks for pointing out all my error during my fight against that one guy on that one roof somewhere on some island."

Well, you look dead.

"What a wonderful way to greet your daughter." (f/n) retorts. "Wait when did I fall asleep?"

You're not. See? look. She showed (f/n) what her current face looks like. There are post-its attached, covering her eyes with 'x' on them. You're dead.

"Oh haha. very funny."

Besides you seem like you needed a bit of comforting. She waved her hands summoning forth a  table with tea and a chessboard. What color this time?

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"The target is liquidated, the planet is safe, your hard work over the past year has paid off." Mr. Karsuma greets them that morning. "I imagine you'll find a few things difficult to swallow; being under constant surveillance for example, or the fact that you've all been slapped with a gag order."

"whoops" (f/n) mutters under her breathe smoothly disguising it as a cough.

"Naturally, I'll do whatever I can to lessen the burden. My apologies in advance for the inconvenience." He bowed his head to show his sincerity.

"It's alright Mr. Karasuma we'll be fine," Maehara spoke up. "No worries, whatever settles it we're onboard. We can handle it."

"seriously we don't want to complicate things for you."

"That said though, we do have one tiny request." Meg stood from her chair. Kunugigaoka's graduation ceremony is this afternoon sir. I think we learn the right to be a part of it. Let us walk the stage in honor of Koro-sensei's memories.

"Sure." He nodded giving them a smile of approval. "I'll handle things and make the necessary arrangements.

Isogai suddenly stood up. "E-class rise. Mr.Karasuma, Professor Vitch. For everything you taught us,  we are eternally grateful."

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"so where's the ceremony exactly?"

"um... The campus is on lockdown... probably in the civic center." One of them deducted.

"our parents will need to bring our uniforms"

"Oh, no need I took the liberty of breaking into each of your places and stealing your uniforms for this purpose. they are all ironed and pressed in each of your desks." (f/n) smiled.

"When the hell did you have time to do that"

"It's intuition I figured this might happen." (f/n) shook her head helplessly. "You must always be prepared for the littlest things."

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After everything is said and done, Koro-sensei never said that the E-class system was unjust or that we should spark a change. There's no shortage of the absurdities in the world, that's one thing I can count on to never change. Well, I guess if you have time to muse over it, you'll have time to rid them from its foundation. And maybe have a little bit of fun in the process.

"you seem happy about something, care to share." Principal Asano noted as he hands her the diploma.

"Maybe another time." (f/n) mirrors his smile.

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With the ceremony over, the committee can no longer hold back the mob of reporters and cameras from entering the building.

"Ceremony's over, they're letting them out."

"time to get some reaction."

Mr. Karasuma was quick to react jumping into the situation but he can only do so much. "this place is off-limits to the media."

"Tell us how you feel at the moment."

"are you kids really the ones who killed him?"

"What a bunch of a-holes." (f/n) huffed. "asking such delicate matters."

"Have you no shame these kids went through enough. You're all vultures." Mr. K shouts over the chaos. "Alright everybody outside now, there's a bus outside on standby on the main gate."

Their teacher's voice slowly getting drowned out, quickly losing control of the situation fast. That is when another decides to steel the spotlight earning himself some oh-he's-actually-not-that-big-of-a-prick points.

As the flag of their school hanged above them the rest of the members of A-class safely secures E-class from the public, escorting them out of the building.

"what's the big idea"

"you're messing with our coverage"

Completely ignoring the pesky reporters, Gakushu signals his classmates forward, and they all followed out uniformly.

"coverage? you people are messing with our moment in the sun." Tomoya retorts.

"You know the internet's gonna go nuts when I post this," Teppei smirks filming the whole situation.

See? there is nothing to be afraid of, permit us to be your escort to the front gate." Ren spoke still reeking the excessive pretty boy vibe.

"With graduation comes a clean slate but abandoning former classmates in their time of need is disgraceful," Gakushu explains. "I may be ruthless, but as your future leader, I'm not about to court shame."

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"Akabane" The two redheads turned around in response. "It seems like you two are the only ones coming back. Fair warning when this is all over, I'll put you on the rack if I have to. This Koro-sensei seems fascinating, you two are going to give me all the gory details."

"I mean I could but thick-skulled as you are, you might struggle to understand." Karma teased stepping into the bus then glance back towards his twin. (f/n) gestures him to wait for her inside.

"That was a nice speech you gave us back there, how long did it take you to come up with it." (F/n) smirks turning her attention back to Mr. First Place. Oh sorry, Former First Place.

"Made that on the spot." He answers.

"Right an unprepared leader." (f/n) nodded. "how reassuring."

"better than a genius that's useless to society."

(f/n) was about to fire back when Karma interrupted their moment. "Will you two quit flirting, you're holding up traffic."

"Fine," (f/n) rolled her eyes. Sighing, she mutters a few things before reaching out grabbing the collar of Gakushu's uniform, pulling him closer to her. Without another word, connecting their lips in front of everyone, shocking both their former classmates and the reporters. She knows Karma was just teasing her, but she can't help the mischief within her.

The kiss was brief but enough to leave him and everyone around them speechless. Letting go, she whispers a few words into his ears as her smirk grew even wider, very much enjoying the expression Gakushu is displaying. Giving him a wink before leaving, heading inside the bus.

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Editor: Yes! My ship finally sailed.

Director: Ikr. ugh but it's so unsatisfying. They should've at the very least *beep* and then *beep* along with a bunch of other things.

Author: My word, please calm thy hormones!