" he joked as Shinji started to put on his shoes.
"Ha, really funny. But thanks for the offer anyway.
" The raven haired kid said as he made his way to the front door when Hagiwara called his name. "Oi, Shinji.
" When the teenager turned around he found his employer watching him while resting on a door. "Catch.
"
When Shinji reacted he soon grabbed what Hirotaku threw at him, 'a pendant?' He thought when he saw a collar with an omamori as an ornament. "What's this for? Birthday present?" He joked as he saw the man sighed.
"Just a good luck charm I had lying around, thought you could put it to some use. " Said Hagiwara as he saw the kid open the front door of the dojo.
"Take care Shinji, see you tomorrow. " Shinji turned around and said his goodbye, he then proceeded to exit the place.
"Man, what a drag. " Said Shinji after watching the hour on his phone to see it was close to midnight.
"I can't believe I missed the last train and had to end up walking, some lucky charm you turned out to be. " He said as he watched the pendant hanging from his neck, he thought he might give it a try after Hirotaku took the job of giving it to him.
He was walking through the center of Kuoh, his neighborhood was past the buildings, there was still movement on the streets just as people were walking or cars passing by but it was close to nothing.
'I sure do love the night. ' thought Shinji as he gazed at his surroundings, the night sky decorated with the city lights gave the place a sense of living.
Although the streets were empty he felt how the place was alive, how every color the billboards emitted were dancing with the ones coming from the restaurants and bars next to them. "Nothing beats this scene, it's truly beautiful.
" He thought out loud.
Moving away from the center was the residential area, contrary to the corporation buildings and big hotels, this place was filled with houses and small markets and apartment complexes and, unlike the city being filled with lights, this place was just met with the typical light post.
'Man I'm starving. ' Thought Shinji as he grabbed his belly and made a sound of pain.
'Why didn't I take the offer Hagiwara-san gave me?' In all honesty, he was too tired to cook something after all the time he wasted walking to his home, why the hell no one told him the trains had a closing time!? "Maybe some ramen from the market will do. " The young boy said as he approached a small grocery store, he can buy something quick to cook and take a nap.
'Hmmm, weird, something feels…. .
odd. ' Said the young boy.
He felt the air around him get heavy and colder, probably a leak of the grocery of some sorts, but he started to grow weary. He entered the store, the air conditioner was on.
'Yeah, it was definitely a leak. ' He thought as he sighed and calmed himself.
Did he ever feel like this, like being watched? It was an odd feeling but he was certain it was something like that.
He went to one of the shelves and grabbed what he came for, he just wanted to buy the instant ramen and go to his apartment, he felt really tired. After buying his food he just left the place.
He didn't even make half a block when he heard a loud crash coming from an alleyway close to him. 'The hell?' He thought as he turned around to see what happened, the chilling sensation returned like an instinct, trying to tell him to go away, to leave that place.
"Ok, this is getting cliché now, what's going on?" He said out loud, to see if someone pops up and says. 'Ha! Pranked' or something, but no, the air started to get colder around him.
He heard rustling sounds, there was someone or something close to him.
'And listen, what I said about the night time. .
. I mean it, please promise me you'll be careful out there.
' Momo's words stuck to him, was this the smartest thing to do? There is definitely something weird about this place and the hallway where the noises came from is not giving a happy aura.
"Sorry Momo, but I can't just walk away from something like this. " Thought Shinji as he started to walk into the hallway.
To say the place wasn't sketchy enough was a misunderstatement. Torn walls, broken windows and graffiti decorated the place overall.
'Yep, pretty much feels like I'm in a bad spot right now. ' Shinji thought as he walked down the place; scared or not, his sensei taught him some good attacks to defend himself if he was surprised by a gang threatening him, but he can't throw a punch or just use the Good Ol' shoe against someone that had a gun, was a good plan, but not the smartest.
As he went into the dark hallway he saw a figure stand out on the other side, no, it was more than that. On the opposite side lay someone face down, trails of cuts and stains surrounded the body, Shinji realized it was a girl from the length of the hair and the school uniform she was wearing, yet she wasn't even moving, her head was tilted to the other side and her hair covered her face.
The teenager wasted no time, he threw the ramen he was carrying and ran to her, the teenager turned her around to see if she was okay, eyes wide when he moved the bangs of the girl to the side.
Lifeless eyes, her chest was completely torn apart. Shinji panicked and crawled back.
'What the-!' He thought as he saw the body of the girl in front of him. "Wh-What the hell!?" He said louder, trying to stop the fear and the urge to vomit he was having now.