the next week slips by in what feels like seconds, graduation is today but i cant focus, i can only think about what kazuya said, what if there is a copycat killer. hashirama and the other sensei's have instructed us that we arent permitted to leave grounds, we're in a secluded place in the mountains so we shouldn't be at risk here. the only things we know about whats going on outside of here are what fuya is able to find out by eavesdropping with her jutsu, the jutsu allows one to travel between reflective surfaces as long as you can fit through it, so if fuya can see her reflection in a puddle she can jump in and come out the other end anywhere that shes physically seen and is within a one mile radius, so no cross country travel. but other than the few things shes figured out we know nothing, but we are certain of one thing, tensions are high.
im laying in bed waiting for it to be morning, eventually i get bored of staring at the ceiling and hearing mikku snore so i head outside. outside i see ibuki and jeiku
"couldnt sleep" jeiku asks. i nod
"im ready to get back to the village and find out whats happening" i sit down by them, "so you guys ready to graduate"
"i want to leave so i can track down and kill the butcher" ibuki says calmly but i can sense the bloodlust in his voice, him and mayumi have been hit the hardest by akiras death which makes sense since they were a team. there sensei is hiro of the hidden leaf, he was friends with my dad when they were younger but had a falling out, he seems nice but I haven't talked to him much. we all sit in silence for a while until the door to the barracks swings open, its fuya and jin
"come on its time to graduate" jin says softly
"cmon you lazy punks!" fuya says
"damn fuya cut us some slack its the morning" jeiku yawns and stands up, ibuki and i follow suit
"hashirama, hiro, and sensei yoritomo are waiting for us in the mess hall, thats where graduation is being held, everyone else should be there already and i dont want to be late" fuya says grumpily
"yeah yeah fine" ibuki sighs and we follow fuya and jin to the mess hall. we're finally graduating after 3 long years. all of a sudden the hair on my arms stands on end and i get an uneasy feeling.
"does anyone else feel that?" i say shakily
"feel what?" jeiku asks "you doing ok ro? you look sick"
"oh its its fine" i say. but i dont believe my own words, i cant shake the feeling. we continue down the hallway to the mess hall and it feels like it takes forever. "i smell blood"
"mikku cut himself on his kunai yesterday remember" jeiku says dismissively. i stop in my tracks and sniff the air, after a moment i rejoin the group, we reach the door to the mess hall and fuya pushes it open, she said that our sensei's were waiting for us and they certainly were, but they weren't the only ones waiting for us...