Chapter 2

Carrying a juice box in his hand, the red-haired boy smiled wider an walked down the stairs.

"Oh hey, that must be the notorious Koro-sensei." He went and stood straight in front of Koro, "Wow he really does look like an octopus."

"Ah Mr. Akabane, correct? I understand your suspension, welcome back. That said, tardiness is a no no," Koro said, his face turning purple in colour with a huge cross sign across his face.

"It's kinda tricky getting back into the swing of things. Oh feel free to call me by my first name," He moved his hand forward, waiting Koro to receive his handshake, "Anyways, nice to meet ya."

"The pleasure is all mine. Should be a fun and educational year," Koro said, shaking his hand in return. But only seconds later, his tentacle burst out and started leaking. Karma tried to attack him again, but Koro moved away from him.

"Oh...you are fast, aren't ya?" Karma took a look at his hand that he previously moved to get a handshake and said, "And who would've thought that these knives actually work? I just cut one up into small stripes and glued them on my hand. Pretty elementery stuff chief. I'm disappointed that's all it took to catch you by surprise. But good jump, if you don't mind coming off as afraid." He slowly started walking to Koro, "What are you scared of me? I heard that they call you Korosensei cause you're supposed to be unkillable. Oh come on, no way you could be this big of a pushover."

Everyone watched him in astonishment, when Kayano finally asked Nagisa about him. Well, the new guy did call his name which means they know each other.

"Hey Nagisa? What kinda person is this Karma guy?" she asked.

"Uh...he and I were in the same class during our first and second year. He was violent, and I mean so violent that they finally expelled him and sent him here. E class is where they send you when they don't know what else to do with you. The thing is under these circumstances, he may end up as the star student. Weapons and blood is his passion so trust me, if anyone can kill our teacher, it's Karma."

"Oh." Y/N stared at the boy, feeling a bit anxious. Will he harm any classmates? She had no idea, but her instincts turned out to be correct. He was dangerous in a way, although she was sure that there's more to him than just 'danger'.

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Y/N guessed it right. Karma not only aced the quiz in the next period but was also gutsy enough to attack Koro by setting up a trap again.

Koro was punching the wall with his tentacles, which frankly wasn't that effective since it was too soft to make it any damage. Karma sat on the last bench of his class along with the other aggressive students of class. Well, they were considered aggressive considering the kind of actions they pulled with Nagisa in order to kill Koro. Y/N did scold Nagisa after all that for sacrificing himself like that, when there could've been other approaches too. That day, Koro introduced his students with a whole new kind of face - anger and disappointment. It would be a lie to say that it wasn't scary to them. But Koro's anger was because Nagisa risked his life and how those idiots completely disregarded the danger. Something that Y/N felt weird about.

But that was another story.

Karma finished his quiz quickly and sat with an ice cream in his hand. Y/N knew it was Koro's, that the guy picked up from the staff room. She felt revolted about the idea of stealing their teacher's stuff like that but...then again, they'll have to kill him someday. Koro freaked out and was walking towards him, scolding about how he shouldn't do that. But suddenly his tentacle burst again. Karma spilled some of the weapons on the ground, and lured Koro towards him. He submitted his paper and left the class after the little ruckus.

When school was over, Nagisa along with Y/N waved goodbye to their classmates near the Kunugigaoka station. As they were about to turn and leave, two voices stopped them from moving.

"Are you kidding me?"

"Is that actually Nagisa?"

"Look at that guy all cozy with the E-class dumbasses."

"Ew gross. Gotta hand it to him. He's adapted to the crowd he's gonna spend the rest of his life with."

"Hey did you hear the news? Now that the suspension is over, they've shifted Akabane to E class."

"Ooooh really? I'd rather be dead than stuck in a classroom with that freak-"

It's best to avoid students like them anyways. If they were this quick to turn their back on Nagisa just because of his low grades, then they weren't worthy of his time. Y/N was about to pull Nagisa and get him out of the area. But they heard a sound of glass breaking and the voice of Karma again.

"Seriously? Because I can help you out with that. It will be messy but real quick."

And that was all it took for them to run away. But the next few words that Y/N heard made her realize that his image was infact really exaggerated. He did act like he was the worst and some kind of a cold-blooded murderer, but that wasn't the case.

"Like I'd do anything like that."

"Uh, hey?" Nagisa said.

"Yeah hey Nagisa. Is it cool if I pick your brain for a second?" Karma asked.

"Sure, I guess." He replied.

"Oh, and who are you?" Karma asked, his eyes scanning her face and then her posture. Y/N felt self-conscious under his gaze. She tries to figure out people from the distance. But this guy, Karma, did it face to face. He stared at them with the same amused smile.

"I am...Y/N Y/L/N. Uh, nice to meet you," she said, staring back at him for a while before averting her eyes away.

"Aww...you gave up so easily. It was fun though. So you're the shy kind huh?" Karma said bringing a blush on Y/N's cheeks, "And you blush this easily?"

"Ugh," Y/N looked at Nagisa and said, "I'm leaving. You guys can take your time and catch up I guess."

"It's okay, you can walk with us too cherry." Karma said, walking with Nagisa who chuckled.

"Excuse me?" Y/N asked, "You don't know me enough to call me that."

"Oh.." he turned around and dived his face close to her, "..I don't?"

Clearly Y/N blushed even harder, then moved aside and walked forward in the station muttering, "Whatever." Karma's smirk grew wider hearing her.

They walked together towards their platform and it was clear that Karma was here to fetch more information about Koro. And by the look on his face, and hearing all that this guy has said before, Y/N was sure that he had some anger issues when it came to teachers. It was the only common thing out of all the stuffs he said.

"Word is that you've been keeping notes on the octopus, Nagisa." Karma said.

"Yeah, I kinda have." Nagisa said.

"Does he hate that nickname? Us calling him octopus, I mean?"

"No, I don't think he minds at all. In fact, I think it's like his personal avatar or something, you know. He loves it."

"Does he...? Oh that's good. This is gonna be freaking epic."

"I know that look. You're cooking up something really dark."

"I might be. It's fun right? I was into this when I thought he was just a monster. But now that I know what his personality is like," Karma turned around, his face and smile darkened with evil and cruelty, "I just finally get to kill an honest and good teacher. I've been dreaming of this...ever since my last teacher died."

For that one moment, Y/N felt a shiver down his spine and wasn't able to move her body. She felt this scared of a student for the very first time. Normally, she was used to bullies and wasn't so frightened. But Karma's voice along with his calm demeanor and body language was emitting the anger that he had stored in for a long time.