Normal's POV

It has begun to snow. It wasn't very heavy and it wasn't light either. It was not a surprise to Karma since it is nearing the end of November albeit a bit early. He never lets his guard down once as he attentively listens to the captains of the teamshe assigned them to and the animated faces of his classmates in his phone. When he was discussing the formation with Irina, Karasuma, Hime, Ritsu, intel team (Rio and Hazama) along with Mimura, he was prepared for it. Or that's what he wants to believe. The ones theyre going against are different from the anyone they have accounter thus far. These people kill without remorse. Burn their own friends and family, turn their back on the royal family whom they have swore loyalty to. These people have nothing to lose while on his end, he's got so much to lose.

It made him worry to no end.

Just like the palace, the hill has somewhat a similar geographic. While the hill isnt as tall as the mountain the chateau is on, it is still divided into 4 parts. The north, the west, the east and the south (where Nagisa's team is). And so, Karma watches how his plan unfurl as the fourth team attacks the west side. The west side is tricky. There are not many trees in the area and Karma couldn't risk his classmates' lives to battle them for there are at least 11 guards patrolling the area.

Camouflage.

That's what Kurahashi's team name was. Her team was given the name because their PE suits were meticulously drawn on to camouflage with the surrounding. If there aren't many blank spots to defeat the guards, Karma had decided that he will create the spots himself. Thanks to Sugaya, he made it look like Kurahashi's team are one with the grass and rocks, thus the name. Her team's job was to remove the obstacles on their way. Their main target arent ones roaming the forests – it is the ones beyond the forest and in the house so getting caught up here isnt an option. They had successfully tricked the guards to running into all of the traps made and laid out by Hara and Sugaya before hitting them with anesthesia or hitting their heads hard enough to make them pass out.

Kimura, however werent so lucky as he wasn't quick enough to make contact on the target. The unnamed Silver Sakura took out his gun from its holster and was about to shoot his way when the 3 girls immediately came to help. Yada and Kurahashi held the man's limbs as hard as they could to immobilize him so that Hara can hit the target hard on the head.

"Karma-kun, everything is done here." Kurahashi reports as she presses a button to alert the main house.

"Good job, Kurahashi-san." Karma said into the communication device as he watches the north group in action. They have the most amount of guards patrolling the area and he couldn't help but hope it goes without a hitch. He isnt particularly worried about them but it's better to be safe than sorry. "How are things going on your side, Propel?"

Propel.

Kataoka's group. "The plan is going smoothly. Okajima-kun had went in the enemy zone." Kataoka reports quietly as she hides behind a tree with the others. They had Okajima wander around as a lost school student who is part of the school's photography club. In other words: A bait. The guards were sceptical at first but when Okajima started showing them the ecchi things in his camera, they were caught off guard and had unttentionally gather in one place. But little did they know that the pictures Okajima took was pictures of freshly shaved boys' legs and tissue filled busts. And as planned, Okajima had told them that he wants to show them the best picture he has in the camera and while they were all looking straight at their newly founded perverted brother, he had pressed the capture button and it flashed the most blinding light (again thanks to the Yoshida-Itona duo for their newly designed flash) that got all of them disoriented and left them at a loss of vision for a few minutes.

"Sorry, my pervert brothers. The bond of our brethren is pure. What a shame that we couldn't make it last." Okajima said in sorrow.

Kataoka, Sugino and Yoshida had lunged in at that time to hit their heads strong enough to make the guards unconscious. Kanzaki, part of the Beak team had accompanied them and shot down any snipers in the vicinity from the bushes that she has been hiding in. The rest of the Propel group had attacked the remaining guards in the area.

Smoke bombs, sleeping gas, pepper spray (made by takebayashi and Okuda), lithium and water were thrown around as means to defeat the guards.

"Hey, I kind of feel really intelligent now that I defeated them with chemistry." Yoshida said, a tad bit excited as he holds the lithium in one hand and a water bottle in the other.

"I know, right? Who said chemistry isnt important?" Sugino snickers.

"Okay, karma-kun. It's all good on our end." Kataoka reports while pressing a button to alert the main house and Karma couldn't help but smile. And now all that's left is the east team. According to Mimura, the east side only has one person guarding it and it's the area Karma has been worrying over. It was nerve wrecking for him to constantly watch and count every chibi animated faces of his classmates still present. If one goes off or disappears, that means Ritsu couldn't find a pulse anymore. In other words: Dead. In order to prevent that, he had sent Isogai's team.

Ink.

The ink is usually the octopus' strongest defense mechanism to mask their escape. But rather than escaping, the team's sole purpose is to bring everyone's attention to one place as Nagisa's team rescue Koro-sensei and as a signal for his own team to move. The team was specifically created to cast everyone's attention elsewhere while they go in for the kill.

That was the plan. But why isnt anyone responding to Karma?

Isogai is in a pinch. His team's lithium is all used up, their water bottles are dry too. None of the things they brought with them work against this monster-man. "Karma-kun, I'm sorry but the signal will come a little late." Isogai said into the microphone as he was pushed back against a tree. Hazama from the Beak team was quickly snuffed out by the huge man and was punched square in the face while Maehara had been caught up in a trap of their own, Okano is unconscious after being slammed to the ground and Fuwa had stuck close to Isogai, fearing for the first time of the monstrous man before her.

Mimura had warned them about how this man is the only one guarding this perimeter of the hill and suspects him to be strong but not monstrously strong. He hadn't budged even an inch as he knocked two of them out. Isogai is beginning to worry. Everyone depends on his team to get the job done. To provide a distraction.

As Isogai and Fuwa stares up at the man before them, they had to do everything they can to create a commotion. As big as they can. Isogai and Fuwa exchange looks and they ran to either sides of him and fired fireworks from their guns. Another invention by Yoshida and Itona. But sadly, as Fuwa ran to the left side of the man, he had blocked her and like Okano, was slammed against a tree bark too.

"Okano-san!" Isogai exclaims as he narrowly dodges the man's attacks, landed an attack of his own with a knife in his right as he sneakily takes out a smaller gun from his suit with his left and pulled the trigger. The bullets are anesthesia that could take out a normal human but for counter measures, he had put in two for the big man. His plan was simple. Take him out and alert the main house himself.

But it wasn't that simple.

"Try again, little man." The man lunged forward and had knocked the gun out from Isogai's left hand and crushed his right. When he was down, the man had kicked him in the gut until the younger boy vomits out his stomach contents. Okano had regained conscious around this time and had sneaked an attack herself while Isogai distracts the man. "And you, little lady," He grabs Okano by her face and slams her to the ground. "Should show some respect and not interrupt a conversation between men!" She has never experienced such pain before. Her head is pounding and her vision is spinning but she needs to get back up. Her team is the only team that hasn't gotten their job done. "A shame that seedlings wanted to be harvested before they could properly bloom into a flower." The man had said, sympathy in his eyes as he looks at them both. On the ground, fighting a battle they would lose. As fast as she could, she had fired the fireworks at the big man's direction but to their horror, he had dodged it and Isogai took this as an opportunity to strike the man. The huge man had focused on Isogai's right hand but the ikemen caught him off guard by causing an abrasion with a knife using his left hand.

"Yuuma!" Maehara shouts so that Isogai could get out of the way before he fires a bunch of sensei BB bullets at the huge man's way. The blonde had managed to get out from the trap and ran towards Hazama's place to get a hold of her sniper. That was the plan but he couldn't even get past the monster-man. In Maehara's horror, the monster-man could dodge most of the anti sensei BB bullets even in the state of drowsiness.

"You four ar an interesting bunch, indeed!" The monster-man said before he takes out his blazer that has the Silver Sakura emblem sewn onto it. "A handy boy, sneaky woman and ambidextrous, are you?" The monser-man chuckles in amusement as he looks at Maehara, Okano and Isogai. "I had fun playing with all of you but Akihito-san will have my head if I couldn't stop you now. So... I will respect your wishes and harvest you seedlings." He takes out his gun from his holster and had removed the safety. "You shouldn't have ever messed with adults." And points his gun at Isogai. The class representative, however didn't budge at the barrel and instead looked for ways to still win this battle.

While his focus is on Isogai, Maehara, Fuwa, Okano and Hazama had lunged at the monster-man from different directions to hold him down. They had used their weight and all their strength to keep him from flailing around. "now, Yuuma!" Maehara said as he asserts a little bit more strength into his hold to keep the man from moving,

"You said we're seedlings and you're right. We have a lot of chance to grow and we won't stop at the roof." Isogai said before hitting the man's pressure point; something they learn from Irina to lower the blood pressure and make them faint. As everyone cheers, they had alerted the main house.

"Karma, it's all yours." Isogai reports with a smile. "We did it!"

"Roger." Karma couldn't help but wonder if the opposing team had taken the bait. He couldn't shake the uneasy feeling in his stomach and it has been bothering him for a while now. The booms had stopped and Irina has not come back. Whether they are biting the bait and are in a pinch or they are dancing into the enemy's palm. Karma couldn't pin point which it is but he needs to rescue Natsume and Haru at any costs. If things get worse, he might have to do it alone. At any rate, sitting around without doing anything won't change anything. He had made his decisions and so have the opposing team. 

"Nagisa-kun, get ready. It's our turn to shine." In the dark, Karma's golden eyes shone with determination to bring both Haru and Natsume to safety as he leads his team in.

Somewhere south, where Hime is, she had been quiet all this time, watching how her friends fought in the front lines for her. "Ritsu, can you please repeat to me how to remove the tentacles from a human?" 

***

Back in the main house, Haru had woken up from the sound of Koro-sensei being slammed down on the ground. His mother had yelled at her brother for waking him up as Ichiro mumbles a sorry his way and drags the yellow octopoda into the house before his mother resumes setting up the dinner table. Akihito hums quietly as he helps Akahana with the plates and cutleries. He has a kind smile on his face as he pours some water into his glass and drinks it up. "Prince Haru, would you like some orange juice?" Haru shakes his head and diverts his attention at the time Ichiro retracts the tentacles into his neck. It wasn't an unusal sight anymore.

What is an unusual sight is that Akihito had set the table for 4 people. "Is someone visiting us tonight?" Haru asks politely and his mother is the one who responded.

"Yes. It seems that I have caught a mouse sniffing around in a place where she shouldn't have." Akahana sends a look at Akihito and the man bows before disappearing.

"Who is this little mouse, Hana?"

"Irina. I wonder what a pro like her have anything to do with retired assassins like us." Ichiro stays quiet as he takes a seat at the dinner table across from Haru. "I think Akihito will be taking some time bringing our guest here so let's start without him, yes?" Hana smiles as she takes a seat next to her son. While they are having dinner, almost all at once 3 alarms have went off. "Oh? Seems like we have more pests than I thought." Hana chuckles.

"Do you think it's them?" Ichiro asks and Hana shrugs.

"What do you think, octopus? Do you think it's your cute little students?" Hana asks Koro-sensei whom had gotten silent. Haru remains attentive while putting on a poker face as he continues eating his mother's steak. It was delicious but it's not Hime's cooking. "Let's just hope those good for nothing bastards could handle a bunch of 14 year olds." Hana is uncharacteristically calm as she places more food on Haru's plate. "Haru, darling, I want you to finish your dinner in 15 minutes and lock yourself in your room. Maybe killing Hime wasn't enough to kill those bastards' spirit." Haru had visibly stilled at the mention of his sister's name. It was hard enough for him to sleep without seeing his sister's horrified look as drops to her knees and blood begins to pool around her. He didn't need anyone mentioning her name while hes around.

"I hope not. Although I will actually be very happy if they all come. But then again, they might see how uncool I have become. Nuyaa! What do I do? What do I do?" Koro-sensei panics as he wonders what expression he should show when they come to rescue him. Will the girls cry as they hug him? Will the boys acknowledge how cool he is? Maybe Karasuma will praise him for the good work he has been keeping up?

When the final alarm goes off, Hana and Ichiro both stands up.

"Useless bastards." She growls. "Alright, if that's how you want to play, let's play."

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Will they really be able to do this? T_T