Crossover Together ~クロスオーバ 一緒に~

That night was a more proper moment for many of them. Envy did indeed return, though Alphonse was now the one that needed to be mended thanks to what Sombra had done to him. Regardless if it did threaten his life or not, he can't enrirely cooperate straight with the giant hole in his side. Call it bittersweet, but they did end up getting Envy back with then thanks to Blair. It won't be for too much longer when they will head back on their way, and be that as it may, they got their work handled far as they know. That didn't mean straight back to their own lives though, since Nagisa Shiota was either dead or missing. Twilight made her promise to find him alongside Aladdin, and they're going to take it and keep it no matter the case.
With nighttime cooling down, the group all got themselves ready to hit the hay. Twilight in particular was ready for bed herself, in the guest room with Pinkie and Blair for roommates much like back in Central. A rather typical arrangement, though at the moment it was only Pinkie Pie with her, Blair taking care of Envy as favor. Twilight was already in her PJs and about ready for bed, her alchemy book out on her lap. As Pinkie gleefully got herself ready for bed, she took notice of Twilight and her currently down mood.

"Yugi? You're looking down on the dump again," Pinkie pointed out. Twilight didn't even notice until Pinkie pointed it out.

"Huh? Oh, it's nothing," Twilight insisted.

"Liar liar, plants for hire!"

"It's pants on fire pinkie," Twilight corrected.

"You wouldn't want your pants on fire, Yugure, that would be super mean!" Pinkie insisted. Twilight just sighed, but Pinkie was suddenly on the bed with Twilight, right by her side.

"Tell auntie Pie your problem," Pinkie insisted, wanting to help her friend in this time of need. Twilight really didn't want to be a burden to Pinkie Pie, but both girls could guess the problem already since it started after Pluton was beaten. Her slump just hadn't gone away, and so long as Nagisa was still gone, they can't know anything for sure. Twilight laid down in bed, turning to the window.

"Look, I'll tell you in the morning, ok? It's getting late," Twilight suggested. To Pinkie that answer was about good enough for her, and Pinkie hopped into her own bed.

"Okie-Dokie-Lokie. Night night," Pinkie said. And sure enough, in the blink of an eye, Pinkie Pie was off and asleep, just like that. Seriously, there wasn't really much time for her to just pass out on the bed there. Still, Twilight got enough peace and quiet for the time in order to get some sleep herself. It won't be much longer until they would go off, so it wasn't a good idea for her to drain her energy on that. So, with a sigh, she got herself comfortable, and went right off to sleep.

.......

Twilight? Is that you?

A calming voice, one she wasn't familiar with but not threatened by, begun to speak with her. The voice was just enough to get Twilight to stir awake, and get her sitting up. However, Twilight didn't find herself back at the Elric's place, but instead at a oddly familiar location within the dreamscape, one times at sunset rather than night time. The rivers, smooth floor, and singular trees all were familiar to the girl one way or another. Her body was the same as the first time she was in this place: all white and simplified in the skin with no precise details to note out. Standing in front of her was another figure, the supposed source of the voice, and who was talking to Twilight in the first place. Though how did he even know of Twilight's special name was something she wanted to figure out first. And there was a very few people he could've picked up the name from. Twilight took a look around for a moment.

"Who're you? And where'd you hear that name? ..." Twilight asked. As he took a step forward, Twilight humbly stepped back.

"Don't worry. I'm not here to hurt you, I promise. You may call me Lugia," the figure introduced. So far, he didn't seem sounding too threatening, but with Twilight's previous experience with a deity knowing her nickname, she wasn't taking chances with him, or at least not many chances.

"Stay there," Twilight suddenly insisted, something Twilight almost didn't realize she said aloud. Still, Lugia complied and stopped moving, standing about ten feet away. At least this deity was willing to listen to her. Twilight got her courage together, one hypothesis coming to mind.

"Lugia. I-I know this might be out of nowhere, but ..."

Before Twilight could get it out, Lugia nodded his head.

"I'm a friend of Nagisa," Lugia answered. Despite herself, Twilight couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Sorry, I-I thought you were more dangerous."

"I understand your concern, but why would I? If anything, I really should be thanking you and your friends for what they've done back in Central. What you've done there basically saved your world from utter destruction. And for that, I'm deeply grateful," Lugia said, hand to his chest with a smile on his face. There was no doubt in Twilight's mind what Lugia was talking about when it came to what happened back in Central, Pluton immediately coming to mind. However, Twilight did feel a bit humbled, remembering what Lugia had just said earlier, and that he was a friend of Nagisa. Then came another, more troubling idea. ...

"... So. You're Nagisa's friend. ... That's good to know he has someone here that he can call a friend," Twilight said, though the tone was oddly changed from relief to a more depressed one, something Lugia was a little confused about.

"What happened?"

"... Nagisa, he's ... he's ..." Twilight wasn't sure if she wanted to even say it, but with Lugia, a supposed holy deity mind you, that puzzle was starting to show the overall picture to her eyes. All that came out was "We couldn't find him."

"Gone. ... OH, I see. I see," Lugia finished, feeling some sadness build up in him on the news as well. However, he kept his tears in and released the sadness in a sigh of his own. However, Twilight wiped away her tears.

"No. No, I'm going to find him. I know he's out there somewhere," Twilight reassured, though it was mostly to herself.

"I'm sorry to hear that Nagisa's gone missing. I hope you do find him," Lugia replied, walking closer to her. This time Twilight didn't tell him to stop, and allowed him to come a few feet closer.

"Thank you, Lugia," Twilight said, humbly. Lugia nodded to the girl.

"Yes. ... you and your friends did so much. I know this isn't much, but, here."

What Lugia initially had in mind was a bit of an interesting one. Twilight just stood there, Lugia gently placing his hands on her shoulders and lining her up so they were face to face. Lugia knew what he was doing, and Twilight could sense that nothing malicious was going to come from this action this time. The deity leaned in a bit, and Lugia focused his own energy, his eyes starting to glow. It was a little bit, but Twilight's eyes started to glow too, as she was starting to see something being played out in front of her. This vision was a bit of a different one, and it only lasted a little bit, but what Lugia showed her did help her out: a figure standing off in a forest. The vision was rather blurred, and unfortunately, the vision was rather quick and when Lugia's eyes faded, so did the vision. It was that moment one other question was answered in her head.

It was him who showed them.

~~

Before they knew it, morning arrived. And despite the rainstorm yesterday, weather was a bit more fairer then, as they were preparing to head off. sure, Nagisa may not be there still, but all the same they can't stay at the Elric's place forever. It took the group a bit to get ready, but they were eventually outside, Twilight first.

"Thanks again for letting us stay, Ed," Twilight started.

"It's no trouble at all. Happy we could help," said Alphonse. Despite his body being armor, he still was bandaged up along his torso.

"Yep. Now let's be off on our grand adventure!" Pinkie beamed, more than ready to head off on her way. However, Karma managed to grab her shoulder to keep her still, the pink girl running in place for about two seconds.

"Hold your horses, Pinkie. some of us still need to get out here!" Karma said, yelling at the last part to be sure someone heard him from upstairs.

"I have my routine, and it will not be rushed!" shouted Ciel from inside the house.
While it was taking a little bit for Ciel to get ready to go, one other person did end up ready in time and met up with them just outside. Turned out, instead of Ciel and Sebastian, it was actually Blair and Envy. Blair looked normal, but Envy was given a bit of a clean up over last night. He looked a lot better now, cleaned up from the dirt and rain, and now dressed up in some casual clothes: a white T shirt, dull green highwater pants, and a pair of brown shoes. Seriously, Envy looked less like a Homunculus, and more like just a regular kid, though the only main thing from his normal outfit he kept was the headband. Envy still felt a little uneasy around this group, but he didn't feel up for running off on them again like before, especially considering their talk by the old tree.

"Morning Envy, what's up? You feeling better? Didn't catch a cold did you?" asked Aladdin. Envy didn't respond at first, turning his head away, and rubbing his arm.

"I'm fine," Envy simply said. Even if he was trying it out, he was still a bit uncomfortable. sure, he was familiar with humans, but most of the time he was in a disguise and not fully exposed like this, not to mention his personal past experience with said company of humans, witch, magi, and demonic butler. Karma though couldn't help but chuckle.

"What's with this 180 here? Openly mocking us and now you can't even get your words together? Didn't page you as antisocial," Karma joked.

"Well, excuse me for being uncomfortable around a group of humans who saved me after I tried to kill them. It feels just a little weird," Envy spat.

"There he is," Karma added, playfully fluffing Envy's hair. Guess they weren't scared of him anymore. Envy fixed up his hair, though this did push the point further off what Sebastian told him about. It still felt odd to have Karma of all people play with him life he was an old friend or something.

"Right. So where're we even going?" Envy questioned. That was the only thing that he didn't get answered in his stay here. It was Aladdin who was happy to answer him.

"We went over it last night: we're going to check back at Central and see how they're doing, and after that, we're going to try to find Nagisa," Twilight explained, confident in her mind that she would find him somewhere. Twilight seemed confident about it, Aladdin too.

"They're still up for looking for him?" Envy wondered, scratching his head. The others seemed willing to follow Twilight's lead on it, though Envy wondered if they're going to accept the fact Nagisa died or not. He figured he was dead at least, and how would he survive Pluton's rampage anyway? ...

"Oh, so much confidence. It's brings a tear to your eye ..."

And one more surprise this morning made Envy jump back, away from the house. Korosensei was stopping by this morning, the demon teacher up on the roof of the Elric house. The demonic octopus was in a different get up from his teacher uniform, this time in a pair of blue overalls, and looking rather dirty from manual labor. He also had some tissues with him to wipe away some tears off of his face, moved by Twilight's determination and from Envy's decision to join the group.

"Korosensei, a pleasure to see you. Albeit a little behind schedule," Sebastian said calmly. The happy moment quickly turned to a ticked off one for Korosensei, who was already in Sebastian's face.

"Give me a break, I have to juggle so much on my head: there's teaching lessons at Orora High, giving you students your assignments, and now building up Central from Pluton's wreck! SERIOUSLY, MY TENTACLES ARE STUCK IN KNOTS HERE!" Korosensei pleaded, showing his blistered tentacles to him.

"Speaking of Central, did you manage to rebuild it yet?" Ciel asked, ignoring the statements Korosensei was making.

"No, there's still buildings about a mile in front Pluton's entrance to fix. Should have it done by say ... the end of the week," Korosensei said, making a accurate calculation at the rate he was going, trying to mend his tentacles during the time.

"A week?!" Ed and Al gasped.

"I could've got it done in half the time if this speed demon didn't have any other promises to make," Korosensei noted, wishing he could get this job over and done. Ed and Al couldn't believe their ears: Korosensei getting so much done in little to no time at all?! He was building back Central, and it was apparently taking just a week or two to do it. However, Korosensei felt some ego coming up seeing the Elric brothers and their shocked faces.

"He has to be joking," Ed commented.

"Dude, you're talking to a demon who can fly at Mach-20," Karma informed, surprising them even more.

"Did you manage to rebuild the capitol of Central?" asked Ciel.

"Got that done on my second day," Korosensei said, green stripes coming up on his face to show his ego.

"Awesome! come on, let's get going," Aladdin said, starting to get a head start. However, Ciel grabbed the eager magi by his ponytail to keep him still, his running in place lasting a little longer than Pinkie.

"Just a moment. We may be welcomed at Central, but it might be problematic if we're bringing a Homunculus over within city limits, especially considering his previous involvement," Ciel pointed out. Envy knew he was right, but then again, Envy didn't look half as threatening as he used to be. Pinkie was quick to notice that too, the girl hugging Envy all of a sudden, his face in her breasts.

"He's no meanie anymore. How can you say no to this cute face?" Pinkie asked, though Envy was more surprised than cute, half his face in and half out of her cleavage, arms flailing behind him. Yeah, they're REALLY not scared of him anymore, and Envy couldn't get himself free either. Pinkie was doing a rather sad, puppy dog face to try and push her point across, but Ciel's heart wasn't affected by it too much.

"Maybe we can sneak him inside Al's armor again. The kid's got plenty of room in there," Karma suggested, knocking on Al's armor to emphasize. The knocking though knock off some loose screws in Al's armor though, one which fell in full view.

"... Yeah, no," Twilight said.

"I'm way ahead of you, as usual, Karma!" Korosensei.

"as usual?" Karma commented, as Korosensei suddenly pulled something out of his overall pocket. It was an answer that, while it did technically help them, caught Envy completely off guard. Korosensei unrolled, and revealed to everyone a personalized 3-E attendance sheet, with written names of the students for each seat. While on the surface it seemed to be out of nowhere, its what Korosensei had added to the seating that made Envy surprised. Envy saw, at the third seat on the second row, his own name! Envy, written out in kanji, was put in one of the seats within the 3-E class. That could only mean one thing ...

"Ta-Da! I got you into my class!"

"WHAT?!" Envy yelled. He just joined up to the group last night, why would he suddenly just jump to a school run by a demon teacher?! Isn't that a bit fast?

"As a teacher, it is my duty to take care of my students in body, mind, and soul. And considering your newer form and start of a new life, I, Korosensei, am more than willing to get you on the right path!" Korosensei said.

"But I'm not your student!" Envy insisted. All he got from that was Korosensei presenting the seating in his face.

"Now you are," Korosensei said cheekily. Envy took a step back towards Blair, but after some quick thinking, Blair and the others got to their conclusion.

"This is perfect!" Blair decided, only freaking Envy out even more.

"What why?! I just got started, and you all kept me around while I was healing, I try to run away and you convince me to stay, and now you all are ditching me?!" Envy accused. Guess Envy got the wrong idea about it.

"No, Envy listen. It takes time to actually get this world down pact, and let's be honest, and if you do this, you can actually better fit in with this world," Twilight explained.

"That, and you'll be taking a break from all these hellish pricks for a while and chill out in school with the cleverest teacher in Orora High. Trust me, you're in some pretty good tentacles if you join his class," Karma added in. Being a student of E class himself, he knew what he was talking about better than anyone else here. Envy considered his options. On one hand: he could stay with the group and work against Sombra directly, as a bigger payback on the demon lord for ditching him. On the other hand: he could go with Korosensei, learn about the world a bit, and take a little break from his usual work. ...

"... Screw it. I'll go with the teacher."

That was all Korosensei needed to hear. Before Envy could react, he found himself inside Korosensei's shirt, snug as a bug, and as secure as he could be. All of a sudden he wasn't so sure about this after all if this was how he was going to get there, but at least Korosensei got his spare clothes in a convenient suitcase he somehow grabbed. From where, he didn't know.

"K, Envy, have fun at school. We'll meet you again when we find Nagisa, ok?" Blair said with a smile. Envy just nodded.

"K, kids, I'll be sure to catch up with you all soon. Good luck finding Nagisa, and your way to Central. Godspeed!" And with that, Korosensei jumped right up into the air, and bolted off with Envy. One going off to school, and the rest off on their way to Central. So, continues their adventure in Amestris.

~~

One side traveling, the other learning, and for the next five days it gave both sides plenty of time to get their tasks accomplished. Back in Orora high (and practically all of Japan when you think about it), a lot of buzz was going around concerning the most recent worldwide scare that was Pluton. Honestly how could they not? Something like that could NOT be ignored in the slightest, no matter how much the government tried, especially with it spread around on worldwide news. At the 3-E class, things were no different, and many of the students were chatting up about the incident. With Korosensei, and Karasuma now out and away from class, this gave them some actual time to themselves, without training tips or extra teachings. Amongst these students, Nabiku was quietly getting her own work together for whenever class would begin, the girl not able to block out this news the other students were talking a storm about. This news got her glancing over to where Karma would be sitting, only seeing an empty seat. ...

"I hope Karma's ok. ... We haven't heard much out of him in weeks. And Niji, she's been gone for a while too. Was she involved there? ..." Nabiku wondered in worry, not only for Karma, but for Niji too. Karma may be able to hold his own, Niji as well, but if anything about the whole Pluton thing was true then the chances of either surviving (if they were there that is), was extremely slim. The days since then didn't give her any word about it either, and the last hearing about Niji being a sort of experiment left her wondering if she was sent off after Pluton or not. ...

"Nabiku? Nabiku?" a student said, snapping her fingers in front of Nabiku's face. Nabiku got her mind back in place, and she looked to the student. This student was another one of the girls of 3-E, a bit petite in height, hair orange, short and wavy and her eyes a peridot green.

"Oh, sorry, Hinano. what did you say?"

"Just asking if you're okay. You've been looking a little down lately," Hinano said.

"I'm uh ... I'm just worried over Karma and Niji ... that's all," Nabiku admitted, very quiet about it, just enough so Hinano could only hear her. Hinano looked over to the empty seat where Karma would be, but gave Nabiku a reassuring smile.

"Don't worry, Nabiku. Karma is pretty tough and strong for his age, and for Niji, well, she took a knife through the head and walked off like it was nothing. I think they'll be fine, I'm sure of it," Hinano said. Yeah, Nabiku realized Hinano's point, especially considering Niji managed to drive Tataoka off with a knife through her head, and how easily Karma won over Korosensei on day one. With Tataoka, and Karasuma gone, at least the assassination craziness was severely dropped without them to teach em, but she still wondered what was going on with Niji.

"Well ..."

"GOOD MORNING, 3-E class! Please take your seats, we got a big day today!" Korosensei suddenly announced. His appearance got them to their seats. Korosensei was especially excited this morning, giggling to himself as he took count over each student with his little seating list. First time in a while he could say practically everyone (Karma excluded of course) was present and accounted for. He took a look over to Kirara to be sure, and seeing her confirmed it. Kirara had been and gone since Tataoka showed up, but with him now out of the way she had no reason to keep herself back any longer.

"I'm SO GLAD to see everyone is here today! And guess what everybody: we got a brand new face to our 3-E family joining us today!" Korosensei, catching their attention.

"Another new kid?" Terasaka commented.

"I wonder who it is this time?" wondered Sugino.

"Think Niji decided to join up?" Nakamura wondered.

"Could be interesting," Kirara thought.

These thoughts and suggestions were passed around the classroom bit by bit, with what had just happened in Amestris and Korosensei being gone for that, they could only wonder who or what might be joining them this time. Eventually though, the door over to the hallway opened up and their newest edition took a step in. He didn't appear to be too thrilled by this at all, not looking to any of the students there either, and one extra detail many of them noticed: he wasn't in school uniform, but in his casual clothes instead.

"Wha?! We've been over this, you need to be in uniform!" Korosensei said, freaked out seeing him not matching up.

"I've seen kids go into school like this, there's no reason why I have to," he made clear. He was uncomfortable enough to be here, he didn't want to look like the matched set of Orora High. He walked over to the front of the class, following one little custom to Japanese school routine at least, and Korosensei went on to quickly write up his name up on the board for them to see.

Envy.

"Please welcome Envy, everyone!" Korosensei announced, Envy folding his arms and keeping his gaze down. Well, if he had one thing going for him it's that they never saw him before, so he had that going for him. Many of the students took a moment to look him over, the kid standing out from the crowd like a sore thumb. His long shaggy hair, casual clothes, small stature, all of these made him just stand out more than most.

"Hi," Envy simply said.

"K, Envy, please take a seat and we'll get started," Korosensei said. And so Envy took his seat over where Korosensei told him, and he just stayed quiet. Not because he was shy, but he just felt a little odd being in this situation. This was the same person who would rather hunt humans over taking class with them. His seat was right beside Kirara as it turned out, and Envy could feel students were watching him.

"DO YOU MIND?" Envy growled, getting them to stop. For now, anyway.

.......

For the next few hours of Envy's first class, he honestly couldn't remember the classes and lessons all too well, though that was mainly because Envy was dealing with the other students around him. Such a rather diverse crowd of humans far as he could see, and all of them apparently getting along rather fairly. None of them tried to insult Envy yet, anyway. When class third was done, and onto lunch, it was here that Korosensei took off to handle his own business, and leaving the others to do what they wanted for a bit. Envy just sat there, bored out of his mind, when some of the students begun to talk to him, wanting to know their new classmate.

"So, what's with the name?" one of the students asked.

"What about it?" Envy asked, clearly not interested.

"I mean, come on, "Envy"? That's not your actual name, is it?"

Envy figured it would be time for someone to question him, but he just scoffed and turned away. He hadn't been there for even a day, and people are already questioning his personal information.

"There's nothing wrong with it," Envy hissed, confirming their answer.

"Hey, hey, sorry, don't get so worked up," Nakamura suggested, though Envy didn't feel all too good about it.

"Well don't question me and my choices. I was decided that name before I was even born, why should I try to change it now?" Envy made clear, making sure they did indeed get to not question him about this sort of thing. Well, it seemed that this kid was in no mood to talk. However, one of the kids was up and walking over to him, her hand placed on the desk as she leaned in towards Envy.

"You can't expect your parents to have your best interest at heart," she said.

"But I don't -" Envy quickly stopped himself when he saw who was talking to him. It was Kirara, but her face caught him rather off guard: she had Korosensei's grin mixed with the killer eyes of Sombra, and all put together with little to no effort at all on her part!

"You think the a cute name like "Kirara" goes with this face? Seriously? Makes me sound like a pretty little princess," Kirara said, keeping her scary face on her. Envy didn't know what she was talking about, and he gathered his nerves quicker than the others in the group by him. He wasn't all spooked by Kirara's face, but it just came out of nowhere. All the same, he saw plenty worse faces down in the underworld.

"In hell, maybe," Envy commented.

"It might as well be for a girl like me: my mom lives in her own little fantasy world. One slight slip up and she goes into absolute hysterics. You have any idea what it's like to live in a house like that? I'll say this, it doesn't make living up to her cute name any easier."

Awkward indeed, and much of the group were really disturbed in this rather sudden realization. Well, all except for Envy that is, who just laid back in his seat, unfazed.

"Is that all?"

"What do you mean 'all'?!" the kids thought (excluding Kirara of course).

"Well, what's your side of childhood like?" Kirara asked, arms crossed. Envy didn't feel like sharing his own past out to a bunch of humans, if keeping the Underworld secret mattered or not. Pluton basically announced their existence already, but that didn't mean Envy had to share his personal history with this place.

"Like you need to know," Envy groaned, getting up and starting to head over to the door leading to the main yard. These humans were really starting to bug him, he didn't need any of it. Nabiku quietly watched Envy taker his leave outside, worried over his well being.

"Uh ... Envy?"

"Shut it," Envy quickly spat out, silencing Nabiku before she could get involved, and so he went on out, closing the door behind him so he could get some air. He didn't want any help out of any of these humans.

.......

"K, what the hell are you doing now?"

then came the training. Yeah, it had been toned down a lot, but that didn't mean it was stopped altogether. And since they had some extra time in gym, it was time for some training, curtesy of Korosensei himself. Korosensei was in his athletic instructor uniform, and as before, he was taking the assassination class with a cheery attitude, as the other students tried their luck in taking him down. His mach-20 speed may be keeping him at bay from their knives, but the students clearly were doing a lot better here. Envy just stood there and watched the students try to take a stab at him, some faster, some stronger, but they all were doing their best to take him out. If they can say one thing, it's that this surely beats Tataoka's training methods by a long shot.

"Come on, Envy, join in!" Hinano called, waving to him.

"Yeah, come on sport arm up and take a stab!" Korosensei insisted, popping up in front of him.

"You're letting these humans try to kill you? And I thought that Pinkie Pie was a dumbass," Envy commented, as Korosensei dropped an anti-me knife down into Envy's hands.

"Say what you want, kiddo, but if you wanna chance to kill me, I'm right here! come on, don't be shy," Korosensei offered, getting a bit cocky in himself. One of the students tried a sneak attack on the demon teacher, but missed Korosensei by a good mile. Envy needed a minute to comprehend what this was. This same teacher, the one that agreed to take him here and teach him how to handle this world, and he wanted Envy to try and kill him. ...

HELL YEAH!

"He's mine!" Envy said, a sinister toothy smile on his face as he soon joined in the fray. FINALLY, something he was more familiar with, and something he wanted to crack at for the longest time too! With knife in hand as his weapon, Envy got right into it and tried his luck at Korosensei, but like many of the other students he wasn't able to make a connection. The idea of trying to kill Korosensei, and given permission to do so no less, made envy feel very giddy for the first time all day. However, Korosensei not standing still and actually letting him finish him off made Envy less giddy and more annoyed about it. Envy got so close to him many times, only to miss at the last literal second.

"Hold still you bitch!" Envy demanded.

"You have to catch me first!" Korosensei joked, getting a bit cocky again. That just brought fire in Envy's eyes as he continued trying at him. Each swing, each stab, each strike only hit air, leaving Korosensei simply laughing at him.

"Damnit! DAMNIT! Why can't this bastard stand still?" Envy thought, teeth grinding as he tried his luck over and over and over again, each time making him more and more frustrated in his failures. The other students weren't doing much better than he was, yet he kept finding himself over next to them. ...

"SCREW YOU!"
Envy finally had enough of this game: grabbing the closest person to him by their arm (Terasaka as it turned out), and to the surprise of everyone else there, Envy mustered up all the strength he had with him, and actually managed to throw Terasaka straight at Korosensei! Normally Korosensei would dodge, but when he saw him get thrown, he had to stop and catch him before he could get hurt. However, this gave Envy enough time to finally run at him, and throw his blade right at him. Having to grab Terasaka, even Korosensei had little time to reflect the blade, and it got contact with his shoulder, dangerously close to his heart! The yellow goop splattered out, and it was a rather strong hit. not enough to kill him, but it was a strong one regardless. While Envy felt satisfaction in his game, the other students looked to Envy with mixed reactions of surprise, worry, and anger.

"HA! FINALLY! Now die you piece of shit!" Envy bellowed, running towards Korosensei. Korosensei though got the blade out of him, got Terasaka down safely, and was gone and out of sight. He managed to reappear over on the rooftop of the building, tentacle over where Envy stabbed him. Nabiku and Karma may have got their hits, but Envy was especially close this time.

"Get back down here, coward!" Envy demanded. All that did was make Korosensei bolt away out of sight. As satisfying as it was to actually strike the demon king, not killing him made Envy more frustrated than most. No way was Envy going to catch him, no matter how fast he could run, Homunculus strength or not. When all that was done, Envy took a breather for a minute, though the students of 3-E didn't take him very kindly.

"Ahem."

That sound made Envy turn around and he soon was met with a ton of disapproving, angry faces from 3-E. Envy didn't really get it though.

"What?"

"What do you mean 'what'? You just threw Terasaka at Korosensei!" shouted Nakamura.

"So? I got further than the rest of you did," Envy pointed out nonchalantly, obviously not caring for Terasaka's safety. True as that may be, the rest of the class did not approve of that answer. Terasaka was up in his face, and suddenly had Envy by the collar, lifting him up off the ground.

"Shut your face, you prick!" Terasaka demanded. Not often did Envy end up in this situation, and what's worse, Terasaka brought his fist up, and clocked him square in the face, strong enough to knock him off his feet. Envy tumbled and landed on his back, a strong red mark now in between his eyes.

"Think you can use me as a projectile and get away with it, piss head?!" Terasaka yelled, as Envy got himself off the ground. His head was pounding from the punch, already deep red and pounding. Envy stared daggers at Terasaka, one hand over his newly given wound. He'd go into a fit, but that punch was a major reminder of just how weaker he got thanks to Chrysalis. A punch like that wouldn't even faze him before, but now it felt like his skull got cracked or something. It really wasn't that bad, but it still was painful for him. Envy got to his feet alright, and looked over every other face of the 3-E class. Apparently, he dun goofed.

"Can someone tell me what I did wrong?! You all want him dead, don't you?"

"Of course we do, but we're not going to throw our own lives away to do that. Seriously Envy, I don't know what you're life was like before coming here, but whatever it was, it's not the same here," Sugino said. Envy groaned from his headache for a minute before he turned to the building, and slammed the door behind him.

"The hell's with that kid?" Nakamura wondered.

~~

It was surprisingly quicker than they expected it to, but the day was eventually up for this school. Just a minute or two before the final bell was about to ring, but after their little incident in training, Envy had taken an early leave, and he was long gone before the last minute ticked on by. The first day of school, and Envy already was off and gone.

"Has anyone seen Envy?" Korosensei asked.

"No, and we don't care. He took off half an hour ago," Terasaka sighed. Korosensei felt a bit worried over it.

"Well, it's probably good he's not here. I wouldn't want to be his next target," commented Takuya.

"Same here, man," added in Yoshida.

These sorts of comments were overly agreed on by most of the class, and Korosensei could easily get a good guess as to why that would be. Before Korosensei could get his own word in edge wise, the ringing of the bell signified the end of the school day, and rather quick too. Much to the demon lord's dismay, the students already started to get themselves all ready and set up to go, but before any of them could, Korosensei suddenly jumped in the way of the door, stopping the class from leaving.

"Now hold on a minute. Just a few more minutes, I got something to explain to everyone," Korosensei made clear, getting the point out before anyone could ask.

"What gives, just wait until tomorrow," Yoshida said, trying to get out, but Korosensei refused to move. He had something important to say to these students, and damnit, he wasn't going to waste another moment in doing so. some of the more behaved students waited it out, and Korosensei went right over to the front to get his explanation going.

"Now, I know for a fact that Envy gave you all a bit of a hard time today."

"A bit? He threw me at you!" Terasaka yelled.

"We're all aware of that, thank you. But understand, he's going through a bit more development and adapting than any of you will ever do. So much here is different compared to where he used to live, and since he's no longer allowed back home, he's going to need some time to get himself settled in and comfortable."

"... But, why?" Nabiku asked, enough courage to even say it. Still, she wasn't the only one actually thinking it, and understandably so. Korosensei took this part with a grain of salt, as he went on to say it.

"It's like this. Our new student, Envy, he's ... he's basically where I'm from," korosensei got out. He didn't detail what envy actually was, or how long he was there, but everyone in the class got the general idea right away the minute he said those words. Kirara took that into thought, remembering what Envy had said to her before when she told him about her little backstory.

"Well, that explains a lot," Kirara thought.

"I know he may not be willing, but please try to make him feel at home while he's here, okay? Try to show him that you humans aren't as bad as he was taught to be. It'll help him out so much more than you know," Korosensei promised, sounding more like a parent than just a teacher. At least Envy wasn't there to hear this, otherwise he'd be all over everyone, that Korosensei was a bit grateful for. Nabiku was hit a little hard with this news, remembering what he did today: snapping at students, barely making a smile, nearly killing one of them during assassination practice. It was enough to bring a lot of sorrow for Nabiku.

"Envy ..."

"Wait a minute, why'd you drag him out of hell with you? He looks young, but he's still a demon, right?" asked Sugino.

"First of all, he's not a true demon like me, Envy's a former Homunculus. And secondly, he wasn't in the underworld when I found him. You all remember that giant demon attack broadcasted a week or two ago?" Korosensei explained. That surely got them surprised more than most, them all well aware of what happened in Amestirs. The idea that Envy had to go through all that after everything made a bit more sense to his behavior after all.

"Well. Damn."

"I know, right? Now come on, at least try to take it easy on him a little bit. ... That means you, Terasaka," Korosensei made clear.

"Hey, he threw me, I call it even!" Terasaka reminded, Korosensei referring to his punch on Envy earlier. All the same though, some students were starting to understand Envy's behavior towards them. What regular resident from the underworld wouldn't act coldly towards a human anyway, especially after what he'd gone through?

"We promise, Korosensei," Nabiku finally got out.

"We'll make him feel right at home," added in Hinano. Both girls felt, especially now, that it just wasn't fair for Envy to go through all this hardship, and they wanted him to feel better here. Korosensei was especially pleased with that news.

~~

Well, it took a bit of convincing, but Envy did eventually come back towards the 3-E building. He was all alone at this point in time, his head bruised but still he was alright. It was a rather quiet walk, the sounds of Pidoves in the air and the rustling of the leaves in the breeze. At least his walks gave him time to chill out and head to the 3-E building without trouble. Eventually, Envy caught sight of the building up ahead, though the students didn't seem very evident outside. They were probably off and in already, so he didn't think too much of it. What he did think about though was Terasaka slamming him off his feet. The memory made him grit his teeth. ...

"What was I thinking? I don't belong here," Envy thought. Not like he had a choice though, Sombra and Chrysalis made sure of that. How could he go back without any of his abilities without getting torn apart by his fellow demons? When he finally reached the doors, he made his decision.

"Screw Sombra. When I'm done here, I'm making things right," Envy concluded. With that decision made, Envy went on ahead and opened up the door to enter, only to find ...

Nobody?

"Wait, what?"

"Envy! Come on, let's go!" a voice called. Well, no one was in the classroom for whatever reason, not a soul in there, so the only source the sound could be coming from was off outside. However, Envy didn't really have a clue what was exactly going on this time, and there wasn't a student or teacher in the room to even tell him what was what. Envy went on outside to the yard, and soon he found that the students were all outside, but they were also starting to head into the forest, again for whatever reason. Rather than Korosensei popping up in his face, instead Hinano and Nabiku both went up to him, Nabiku holding her bag with her.

"Where's everyone going?"

"It's a surprise, Envy. Korosensei decided this morning to take us all on a trip for our hard work," Hinano said. Both girls were rather quick to notice Envy's large bruise, courtesy of Terasaka. Nabiku looked deeply concerned over it, despite Envy trying to cover it.

"Oh my. Here, maybe I got something for you," Nabiku said, as she looked through her bag.

"I'm fine, it's just a bruise," Envy said, moving away a little bit from Nabiku. However, Nabiku got out some medicine for him, some Neosporin to be exact, and got some on her finger.

"Here, this'll help you. Can you let me?" Nabiku asked. She'll deny it if he didn't want it, but Envy didn't see how some little bit of goo will help the bruise on his head. Rather than grip this time, Envy just rolled his eyes and stood still. Nabiku then went ahead and smeared the medicine out on his head. Envy backed up quick from the stinging, and how cold it was, but Nabiku got on just enough to help. The goo was cold, and a bit sticky on his forehead.

"And what does this do besides stick to my damn head?"

"No, no keep it on. It'll help heal that bruise on your head, I promise," Hinano said, trying to reassuring him that it was a good thing, Nabiku nodding in agreement. Envy had to take their word for it when it comes to medicine in this world, but it didn't mean that he didn't enjoy it much.

.......

Anyway, after that, he was off and moving with the others. The other students went on through the forest, but Korosensei was nowhere to be found. A bit odd that these students were walking through the forest with little guidance as far as Envy could see. Nabiku was walking right next to him in this group, but at least the walk didn't bug him at all. During their walk through the forest, Envy took a glance over to Terasaka, who wasn't even looking his way. Envy gave him a glare, but he wasn't sure if Terasaka even noticed him or not in their stroll.

"He's being a bit quiet today. Maybe my incident yesterday finally got to him," Envy thought, rather taking that answer over any other. At least that one left him feeling on top rather than at the bottom of the argument.

"Is it much further?" Yoshida asked.

"The hell do I know? Korosensei just told us to go this way," Terasaka replied. That didn't really help them out too much.

Luckily for them though, their next destination wasn't that far off left to go. The group of E students stepped out of the shrubbery to a clearing, and soon they all found their destination. The place was pretty secluded, and with some proper tuning, Korosensei made this once decedent mountain pond into their own personal swimming pool! The water was clear and cool, removed of much foreign plants and mud to leave only the smooth mountain rocks. Korosensei was over nearby, dressed in a lifeguard get up which included a whistle around his neck, sitting up on a lifeguard chair waiting for them. The pool was modified a bit to suit them: a wooden dock on one side, three floating borderlines for swimming practice, and a metal ladder at the dock for easy access in and out.

"Welcome to your own personal pool, 3-E!" Korosensei announced.

"You made our own pool?"

"Correct-I-mando! And today, let's all take a little field trip and do some practice in water techniques, shall we?" Korosensei offered, giving them all a wink. They didn't need any further encouragement.

"Me first!" Nakamura said. Envy suddenly found the others around him taking off their outer clothes, immediately getting his eyes covered. Lucky for him though, they already got on their swimsuits underneath, as instructed by Korosensei before he left. Nakamura got herself ready first, and she was the first to jump right in, a big splash in her wake for the first one in the pool.

"Well what do you know, Korosensei actually took the time to make this for us. He's going to spoil us at this rate," Sugino joked, jumping in himself with a few other students.

It didn't take too long until most of the students were busily playing around in the pool. Not often would a class like E get something like this, so they wanted to take the best of it. While most of the students were busily doing whatever in the pool (playing around, practicing, or just simple gossip), Envy and Kirara were both on the sidelines. Kirara wasn't as interested in swimming as the rest of them were, having a book in her hand and reading that instead, despite being in a school swimsuit herself. Envy just didn't see why they would suddenly do this. Just yesterday, they were trying to kill Korosensei, now they were taking a field trip to swim in some mountain pool? Speaking of, while many of the students were enjoying themselves, Korosensei was ... well ...

"HEY, NO GOING UNDERWATER, how am I supposed to tell if you're swimming or drowning?! Stay away from the border edge, you might be tossed down stream! Kirara, Envy, go and enjoy the water for heaven's sake!"

A little bit tense.

"Well, Sebastian had one point: these humans are random. I thought I had them all down pact, but now ..." Envy thought. He'll give the demon butler that much anyway, and seeing them go about the pool. Just this past week of being separated from Sombra was surely showing him just how diverse these human beings really are. One human healed him this morning when another just clobbered him yesterday. One could be cheery and sweet while another could mimic a demon down to a tee. As Envy was staying over by a tree, he took a glance over to Kirara, who was spending her time in reading a book in the shade of the trees. Even with her nose in the book, Kirara did end up catching him looking her way.

"Care to have a look?" Kirara offered, showing him a spare book she had with her. In fact, she had several novels of these books, apparently from the same series whatever it was. Envy turned away and looked back to the pool instead.

"I'm fine," envy said. Seeing Korosensei waiting, Kirara just placed her book down, marking the page, and started to head over to the pool.

"Suit yourself," Kirara simply said, as she went into the pool. ...

"About time. I can get away now that they're all busy," Envy thought. With most of the students either distracted by swimming or judging Korosensei again, Envy found himself alone and left in the dark, just what he wanted to do. Making sure they were indeed not on his trail, Envy took this chance to slip away into the forest just enough so he wasn't noticed.

~~

It took Envy a while to get to where he wanted to be, but he kept his gaze downstream as Korosensei mentioned. Since one part of the river was indeed blocked and dammed up by the demon teacher, much of the river had turned up drier than usual, so Envy didn't have that much to worry about. He continued going downstream, following the stream down over to a far more rocky area of the river, probably why Korosensei was worried about someone going downstream in the first place. For one thing, the stream dipped into a pretty deep waterfall, twenty feet down specifically and down to what would be a deeper river if Korosensei didn't dam up the thing for their pool. At the point, there was still water sure, but only about ankle deep and full of thick and smooth rocks, much like the pool itself.

"Beggars can't be choosers. This'll have to do," Envy sighed, climbing down the rocky wall and down to the shallow stream bed. Down in the revene, Envy was met with some large boulders, one in particular towering over him about as tall as the cliff it was met with. It was now or never, and Envy wasn't going to waste anymore time here. Before he did start though, he took one more look up the cliff just to be sure no one actually was there.

"Good, none of them followed me. OK, Envy, let's call him," Envy told himself. He didn't have dirt to work with this time, but he had a alternative method that will work regardless of what power he had on him. The first thing he did was take a sharp rock from the river bed, and actually went onto to cut the palm of his hand, just enough to make it bleed. Yeah, it hurt, but it'll be worth it in the end if this works. Next, Envy got the blood from his hand, and started to draw out the demon star onto the boulder in front of him. It wasn't as big as he did last time, but he only made up the demon star and drew out the larger circle about as big as he was, keeping it out of the water as best he could do. As before, Envy written out the same kanji as before, and then waited for something to happen.
However, nothing seemed to happen.

"Come on, come on," envy said, placing his bloody hand in the center of the star, trying to give what power he had to activate it. It took some more focus than normally, but soon the star symbol finally started to glow again, finally being activated. That got a good smile on Envy's face, Envy jumping back and in his bowing position for what he surely hoped would be Sombra again. Envy kept his gaze down like a servent would do, and hopfully it'll all work for him.

"Ok, just work this out. Just convince that demon lord to give your power back, and everything will be fine," Envy thought, looking forward to his power returning to him. Returning to Sombra was debatable still, but he wasn't going to wait with this body of his. Envy kept his gaze down, and he heard someone step out and into the river in front of him.

"Well, well, well, look what worm called me up today. You just can't stand it, can you?"

"Wait ... that's not his voice," Envy quietly noted. Then he brought his gaze up, and one look was all he needed to see who he really brought out from hell to see him. It was enough to make him jump up to his feet and jump back.

"Tirek!"

"That's me, don't get all screwed up over it," Tirek joked. Seeing him instead of Sombra though caught Envy more off guard than ever. Sombra mentioned that he got out, yeah, but what were the odds this method would bring him up out here with him? Tirek enjoyed seeing the shock in his face, and seeing that was enough to make him giggle a bit.

"The hell? Why're you here?"

"You need me to tell you? Which one of us was desperate enough to summon me?" Tirek joked. As Envy said earlier, beggars can't be choosers, and if he had to get Tirek to do it over Sombra, than so be it. Tirek watched envy kneel back down again in a submissive way.

"Demon lord. Please, I had my powers sucked away from me sometime ago. I want them back. Please, I'll do whatever you ask of me, just give them back," Envy said. He wasn't normally this humble, but with the only creature who could actually do that he wasn't going to get all horrid to do so, especially with a former demon lord like Tirek. Tirek was quiet at first, but then his own ominous smile grew on his face, his black and yellow eyes staring down at him.

"Get up." Tirek instructed. Envy humbly responded, and started to bring himself up, but he didn't even get half way before Tirek brought his foot up and suddenly slammed his head into the ground! A strong hit, immediately making him bleed from the head, ironically right where he was healed earlier. That, and being unable to breathe under the shallow water made Envy freak out as Tirek watched in amusement.

"OH, you're so predictable, you little worm. Why would I even waste my breath with a human like you?" Tirek hissed, before lifting him up out of the water, grabbing him by the back collar like some small dog off the pavement. Envy's head was now pouring blood, dripping into the stream under them both.

"Don't call me a worm. I'm a Homunculus!"

"Don't lie to yourself, though that does remind me. ..."
Out of nowhere, and much to Envy's shock and preexisting pain, Tirek opened up his mouth good and wide, and his hand and arm were probing down his throat! Unlike Sombra, Tirek was a lot more brutal than he was, forcing his flesh and bone down his gullet as Tirek was trying to find the thing that made him a Homunculus. At least Sombra had the courtesy to turn his hand into smoke before diving into his mouth, but Tirek couldn't give less of a shit about it. Envy's eyes rolled back, blood coming out of his mouth now, until Tirek finally pulled his blood covered arm free.

"Damn that Sombra, he beat me to the punch!" Tirek growled, throwing Envy to the back wall in his frustration. With his insides messed up, and bleeding out of his mouth and forehead, Envy was down to his knees, trying to stay conscious let alone alive. If he fell asleep now, he won't wake up.

"Yeah, nope. I got no use for a bag of flesh like you, Envy," Tirek stated bluntly, as Envy gagged out some more blood to breathe.

"C-Can't you give me something?"

"Go die in a hole. Though, I'm impressed you even stayed alive this long with yourself," Tirek hissed.

"What're you talking about?"

A question Envy would regret asking. Tirek gently lifted up Envy's head so he was lined up with his eyes, Envy only able to see Tirek's soulless, satanic eyes.

"You make this way too easy, you know that? Of course, all Homunculi are so pathetic, it's unbelievable. These artificial human beings who can't even think for themselves. Nothing but a weak expendable servant! They're not true demons, not angels, they're not even human! HUMAN! Such weak bags of flesh and you Homunculi can't even get that right! ... And then there's you: a Homunculus who can't stand to even see Humans with their cheery little lives over your own, hell you can't even stay yourself! Let's face it: Even Humans think your kind is artificial wastes, and if you envy them, then what does that make you?"
Tirek finished his statement by grabbing his neck and slamming him to the wall, making him cough up more blood before Tirek dropped him. The implication was enough of a killer on Envy's soul, if the physical injuries weren't enough of a point.

"T-That ... that's not true. ..."

That response just made Tirek laugh at him, the demonic laughter ringing in his ears.

"A homunculus who's even jealous of human beings? HA! No wonder Sombra ditched you, your ass isn't even worth caring about. You're nothing but a nuisance, and you know it," Tirek mocked, all the while adding physical punishment in the form of slaps on his head. This was more than Envy could take: the physical abuse, the power of Tirek's words, the apparent deep truth behind everything, Envy found himself breaking out into tears after everything. When Tirek saw him crying now, he stopped his physical hits and went back to his emotional ones. With some magic, he actually got a mirror out, just to show Envy his bloody, sad face.

"HAHA! Look how pathetic you look! The horrid realization, the sheer shock, the injury, the sorrow, it's all written right there: PRICELESS! Simply priceless!" Tirek announced, laughing his head off at Envy's suffering. All of this did make envy completely broken. His entire existence was exactly what he said: worthless in the eyes of the Underworld. All these injuries were nothing but reminders on just how weak and worthless he became to Tirek's eyes. Envy didn't even bother to stop his tears, simply staring at the mirror Tirek was holding. But Tirek had one thing left. ...

"Just one thing to make this perfect. ..."

And SMASH, the mirror was suddenly shattered into sharp pieces. Tirek made sure to grab one of the larger, sharper pieces, and gladly handed it over to the broken Homunculus, turned human. It was painfully clear what this meant, envy looking over the glass given to him for a moment or two, his breath strained from his emotions and injuries. Well, if he didn't do this, he would probably end from Tirek's assaults anyway. Tirek just stood there smiling his toothy grin as Envy slowly aimed the sharpest end of the glass directly at his throat.

Just one cut will do it. ...

"ENVY STOP!!!"

The glass in his hand was suddenly smashed up, a few anti-Korosensei beeds making short work of the glass, leaving Envy with barely anything in his hand, the glass flowing downstream away from the situation. Tirek and Envy paused for a moment, Tirek looking first to see who shot, and sure enough it was students of 3-E, Korosensei amongst them. The smoking pistol of Nabiku showed who actually made the shot.

"AWW, why'd you have to spoil our fun, it was just getting good!" Tirek complained, almost childishly even. Still, Korosensei was quick to grab Envy and pull him away before Tirek could get a hold of him.

"You leave him alone, demon!" shouted Nakamura, aiming her pistol. Tirek was not even remotely intimidated, despite all guns aimed right at him.

"Give me one good reason why? He did summon me after all, and he can't simply stand being with you! I'm doing him a favor!" Tirek revealed, pointing to the broken Human cradled in Korosensei's arms.

"FAVOR?! You're trying to kill him! How's that doing him a favor?" Hinano asked, shocked at the sadistic behavior of this demon.

"You humans obviously never of Homunculi, have you? Trust me, he wants you all dead as much as me! The only difference is that he does jackshit," Tirek said, laughing again. Envy, still conscious, felt more tears flow down his face, him trying to keep from flat out baling in front of everyone. Korosensei and Nabiku were trying to patch and heal Envy up as the students confronted Tirek, much to Envy's surprise.

"Why don't you go screw off, demon!!" Terasaka yelled.

"Oooo, temper temper human.~ You might end up getting your neck split," Tirek warned, waving his finger at them.

"Stop it, demon! You may be strong, but we got our own demon king on our side, so keep your distance," warned back Takuya. However, that only made Tirek laugh even more.

"A demon king? HIM?! He's no more king than I'm a pretty angel! You go around blabbering that lie to everyone again, Koro?" Tirek mocked, making Korosensei shiver.

"I'M ONE TOO!" retorted Korosensei. Before he could get any closer, suddenly Tirek had his own plan as he went forward towards the students. Some of them started to open fire, but each shot that struck him simply bounced off. Sure, his skin got a little more red, but that was about as much as they could manage with what they had. Tirek just marched right over, and suddenly had Envy by the head, holding him back in his claws and even biting into his shoulder with his razor teeth.

"Sure you are. And I suppose you think you can stop me too, right?" Tirek mocked, his teeth sinking in deeper into Terasaka's shoulder like nothing! Envy thrashed around to get free but that didn't seem to do anything. As he was biting down, the taste of human flesh and blood filled up Tirek's mouth.

"Oh.~ What a delicious taste.~ So juicy and tender.~" Tirek's tongue was lapping up his blood as he sank his teeth in deeper. Terasaka swung his fist right into Tirek's eye, but even with a bleeding eye it didn't make Tirek budge from his bite.

"Let him go!" demanded Terasaka.

"Make me, bitch!" Tirek mocked. Envy was ready to accept his fate, but the humans weren't going to let him go so easily. Nakamura, Terasaka, Yoshida and Sugino were suddenly on top of Tirek, the demon king able to stand with them all on him. Terasaka and Nakamura did the bolder move and attack him on the front, trying to pry his jaws open, as Yoshida and Sugino tried to pull Tirek off from the back. Their combined efforts weren't doing too good, though Tirek couldn't get his teeth into Envy as easily as earlier. Nabiku made another single shot, this one aimed right at Tirek's eye. Even if it was just a beed, it still stung Tirek a little bit, giving the rest just enough time to pry his jaws open and get envy free, Hinano grabbing him and moving him away. Tirek shook them all off of him, knocking them all off their feet with ease. Tirek had tasted blood, his tongue lapping up the blood similar to their previous assassinations instructor, only more wildly. Envy couldn't believe what he was seeing: these humans were risking their lives for him, and in front of a demon lord no less. Hinano and Nabiku were right at Envy's side, Korosensei working like mad to heal Envy of his new bite wound. As if he wasn't injured enough. Tirek was getting bugged with this, and actually flipped them off.

"Ah, screw this, I got bigger fish to fry," Tirek decided. Fun as it is to beat these humans up, he had his own things to keep track of, and soon the Demon turned and went right back where he came, a portal opening under him and making him disappear fast.
Just like that, it was over. The class then brought their attention back to Envy. Envy could feel his stitched up wounds and patches on him, one of which almost covered his eye to cover his head injuries. The attack from Terasaka now paled in comparison to the hell he was just given. As for any words, Envy couldn't say anything, and he stayed completely silent by what he had just witnessed. However, only now did his injuries finally catch up with him, and Envy ended up falling back, lights out.

.......

"Did anyone hear from him yet?" asked Hinano.

"Don't think so, but damn I hope he's okay," replied Nakamura.

Two days had past since the little incident occurred, and as they expected it to, Envy had to be moved out for a bit. The extent of his injuries made staying over at school pretty much out of the question, and since then none of 3-E really heard much of him. While Karma and Niji were gone longer, they knew for sure that Envy left on a rough note, and they just had to wonder if he'll end up ok in the end or not.

"Yeah, me too. Korosensei sure has been busy too, huh?" Nabiku brought up, the other girls nodding in agreement as they entered the building.

"He's been going back and forth between him and us, he oughta be," Nakamura commented. As they went over into the halls of the E-building, the trio of girls went right on into the classroom to begin their day, only to be met with a rather good surprise. There was a few other students already, but turned out they had nothing to worry about with Envy, for he was sitting right there! The former Homunculus was not only there, he appeared alright and once more was in his school uniform over his casual clothes like he had been doing.

"Envy! You're here, you're okay!" Nabiku gasped, surprised but relieved to see him alright.

"Yeah, I'm alright now. Still a little sore in my shoulder though," Envy simply said, a bit quieter now over before. They got to their seats from there, but they still wanted to talk with him.

"So, that was a taste of your like in the Underworld, huh?" Kirara assumed.

"You got it. And Tirek's the worst they could get," Envy said. No point in hiding now after that little event.

"Shit dude. Sorry to hear that," Nakamura said. Envy sighed, got up and turned around.

"Yeah, thanks, but ... I think I should say that too. ... I didn't think you humans were much, but after that ... well ... I guess I should give you a bit more credit. ... You're better than I thought. ..." Envy felt embarrassed for saying these things, but they knew he meant every word of it. It was then that Kirara got up and moved over to him.

"And you're a human now too, so that makes you as good as us," Kirara stated. Envy stayed quiet, and he just nodded his head. Considering he is a species that can actually stop a demon lord from killing one of them just from a few moves made him feel pretty good about it. Kirara then reached in her bag, and pulled out another book she had with her, titled "The Count of Monte Cristo".

"You want to get back at those demon lords, am I right?" Kirara asked, knowingly, as envy looked at the human-made novel, Kirara continuing to explain.

"This novel oughta inspire you. Seven volumes, twenty-five hundred pages of delicious revenge. Read em, and let your soul be nourished by the darkness within. Towards the end, the hero learns to forgive, so you don't have to read that part."

"Seriously?! No, way too dark!" Hinano insisted.

"Oh, come on. Evil has to be nurtured properly too, you know," Kirara stated. Envy paused for a moment.

"But we're trying to cheer him up, Kirara," insisted Hinano. However, before they could go any further, suddenly Envy started laughing. First time they heard him laugh since he got there, or even smile for that matter.

"Oh god, you humans are such puzzles, it's so hard for me to put a label on you!" Envy laughed, but he wasn't being malicious about it at all, his playful laughing making that more apparent. With everything that had happened though, Envy could confirm one thing.

"I'm going to enjoy being a human."