Chapter 9: Season 1 Episode 8: Never Caught
A few weeks after the battle with the gunslinger, we made a full recovery and Emily went back to Texas, and I could tell Bobu was really missing her. So once we got released from the hospital rooms we went back to the dorms and got dressed.
"Hey, Bobu wanna go get some pho? I heard of this really good restaurant when I was in the hospital bed!" I tell Bobu with exuberance.
"I don't know, I'm not really up for it," Bobu says uninterested. He looks at his phone and goes into a panic.
"Ok get lost someone is coming over!" Bobu shouts as he kicks us out of OUR dorm. Naofumi and I exchange a look of disdain toward Bobu.
"Dude this is the 5th time this week he's had some random girl kick us out of OUR room!" Naofumi says frustrated. We begin walking down the hall.
"He's gonna get an STD if he keeps this up," I add to Naofumi's comment. We exit the campus and explore the city. Though I had lived here my entire life, with new people it was always a pristine experience. Naofumi and I go into a mall, he splits off to a manga store to buy the latest chapter of One Piece. I go into a Zumiez to buy grip tape because earlier this year while attempting to trick I damaged my board immensely and the old grip tape was shaved off. Also, I love their corduroy pants.
While walking to the back of the store I notice a tan-skinned and short-haired teenager that looks about my age. I always had social anxiety toward people my age. For someone older or younger than me, it's a cakewalk. But if I see someone from my school, I freeze up instantly. I swerve around him and grab a random pair of corduroy and walk quickly away.
"Hey, you might want this?" His voice freezes my feet in place as I turn away in horror. It was my wallet, what is wrong with you Elliot how did you almost forget your freaking wallet. I walk quickly and try to cover my face with my dreads so he can't see my face and I grab the wallet.
"Hey, I remember you! You were the kid who gave everyone the homework answers every night! Dude, you saved my Physics grade man, they were in the trenches." He says laughing.
"No problem...I'm glad I was able to help." I say turning around to retreat. He stops me AGAIN.
"I didn't know you skate?" He says interested and excited. It was the precise thing that I hated about Jason, how was a person so capable of creating a conversation this well. I turn back around to face him.
"Yeah, I just started a few months ago so I'm not all that good... And I didn't want anyone to assume that I did..." I tell him slightly disappointed.
"It's nothing to be ashamed of dude and if you want we can hang out; maybe teach you some tricks." He says smiling. Say no Elliot! Say no! You're not entitled to do anything! You have free will! EXCERCISE IT! SAY! NO!
"Really? That sounds fun!" WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU.
"Alright cool what day works for you?" He asks happily.
"Umm, I think... Tomorrow maybe?" I say questioningly.
"That works! Meet me at the skate park near the mall." He says excitedly. I give him my number and buy everything I need to buy. I wave goodbye and rush off to find Naofumi in the manga store. He was on the floor reading Demon Slayer.
"Hey, I'm back!" I say smiling. He looks up and grabs his book cart and checks out. He has so many books, if I had to guess maybe 10?
"How was Zumiez?" Naofumi asks. I look at him with a frown.
"Uhh, I guess I have plans tomorrow?" I say in a confused tone. Naofumi smiles and jumps around.
"OOOH with who?" He asks in an excited tone. I smile awkwardly.
"Uh, this guy named Aoi," I answer. We walk to the entrance of the mall pushing the doors open. We finish talking about Aoi and begin to talk about manga and anime. We reach the street leading to the institution. We soon reach an alleyway with a foul stench and I hear the banshee's screeches. I look toward the alleyway and dash into it. I look and find a mangled body wearing the same uniform we wear. It was a student of Jujutsu Tech. I look at Naofumi with a mortified look.
"What the hell... that body... its ravaged..." Naofumi says mortifed. I hold the body and look at its body. It has a marking on it; a star.
"I've heard about a sorcerer killer recently that's been murdering people and leaving star signs on peoples' necks. He leaves the body mangled and disfigured. He's in the city right now. He's swept through the entire east coast murdering sorcerers. He was supposedly caught, but I suppose that was a hoax." I explain to Naofumi. He looks determined.
"Well, his spree ends in New York!" Naofumi states. We rush to the institute with eyes set on our new target. We reach campus and find Haru.
"Tuna!" She says happily. We inform her of our findings and she finds Principal Brown to tell him the status of the problem.
"What the... We don't need many people here knowing about this... Can you finish the job quickly?" He asks us. The United States Jujutsu Institutions have begun growing and have gotten real powerhouses. In New York, especially we've gotten about 20 new students. And in other states powerhouse after powerhouse have been erupting. The new recruits vary from extremely experienced sorcerers to novice sorcerers. We accept the task and get dressed. We all disperse through the city with ear microphones attached to our ears. We stare out of multiple rooftops and wait for the killer to strike once more. Mr. Brown allows us to use a fake sorcerer shinigami to lure the killer out.
We wait for a few hours until suddenly Bobu reports in.
"He's running down to attack the shinigami, act fast." We all converge on its location and the minute it slashes the shinigami and it dissipates we drop down from above. He was surrounded; this fight would be his last.
The end of the Rebirthed Zodiac Killer!
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