THE FOUR OF YOU RAN through the halls of the school. "this is why i told her to stay where we can see her!" satoru exclaimed. "where would she be now, kuroi?" you asked, turning to the woman. "she should be having music class in the chapel!" she replied. the three of you nodded. "n/n, you go with satoru. we'll meet back up later" suguru spoke. "stay safe!" you said as the group split off.

you and satoru continued your sprint until eventually reaching the chapel. you kicked the doors open, seeing an entire class of young girls. you spotted riko almost instantly. you nervously waved to her. the other girls began going wild.

"riko, you have a boyfriend??" "he's just a cousin!" "you're a smooth operator!" "he isn't my boyfriend!" "hey mister, take off your glasses!" satoru looked at you before shrugging. he took his glasses off and handed them to you. he then began to pose, only making the girls fall for him harder.

"seriously, satoru.." you mutter. the teacher eventually walked in, making everybody stop. you returned satoru's glasses. "even if you are family, you can't just barge in here!" she said. "sorry miss. it's a family emergency" satoru replied. the teacher swiftly wrote something down on a piece of paper and handed it to satoru. "okay then, here's my number" she whispered, causing the girls to yell and shout at her.

"is that not illegal??" you asked satoru as you both approached riko and took her out of the classroom. "what can i say, i appeal to the masses!" he replied, winking at you. "okay buddy.." you reply. "where are we going??" "jujutsu high. there are people here to kill you. you don't want your friends caught up in this, do you?" satoru asked. riko frowned.

satoru grabbed the back of your uniform, making you float along with him and riko. you pull out your phone and called suguru. "suguru? you okay?" you asked.

"yeah, i'm good. we might have a bigger problem though."

"which is?"

"there's some guy with a bag on his head. i assume that he's from one of the groups yaga told us about. seems like he can clone himself or something."

"we'll handle it! just make sure you and kuroi stay safe."

"you three stay safe too. i love you."

"love you too" you replied before ending the call. the three of you ended up on the roof of a building, quickly being surrounded by the guy suguru mentioned. "one..two..there's five of them!" riko exclaimed. "counted sheep-!" "now now, there's no need for that. i got this handled" satoru spoke.

he then used his technique to bring two of the clones towards him, causing them to crash into each other. "hm, i wonder what their deal is..they seem a bit desparate, don't you think?" satoru asked, picking you up again and putting you into the air with riko. two other clones ran over attempting to punch satoru. however, he had his infinity turned on, so they weren't able to. "you think it's money they're after?" he queried, looking up at you. "probably! they can't even afford actual masks!" you and satoru laughed, clearly not taking the moment seriously at all.

"how is this even possible..??" one of the clones asked. "it's the classic achilles and the tortoise" satoru spoke. "the what?" "read a book, your stupid is showing" he added before blowing them away. "so like, can you make as many clones as you want whenever, or do you have to wait for a cooldown to end?"

"how do yo know my technique?" the final guy spoke. "it's pretty easy, actually" satoru said as he handed you his glasses again. the guy tried running. "cover your heads" satoru warned as he burst through a building. the guy ended up at the palm of his hand. "let's see if this'll work.." he said, holding up two fingers. "cursed technique reversal: red."

a red glow illuminated the area, covering everything in sight. however, it soon cleared and revealed that no damage had been done at all. satoru opted for simply punching the guy. "my shit jammed!" he exclaimed as the guy fell down. "i swear i already had this figured out..maybe next time" satoru told himself. you handed his glasses back to him as he slipped them on.

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you sat with riko as suguru and satoru spoke. "turns out, there's a bounty on her head" your boyfriend explained. "i knew they seemed desparate.." satoru muttered. "honestly, i would rather not deal with these people anymore. we need an actual plan of action!" he added.

you looked at riko, who seemed pretty sad. "hey, you okay? i mean- aside from the fact that people want your head, heh" you spoke. "it's just.." riko fell silent. "you don't have to tell me if you don't want to. just know that i'm here for you, okay?" you placed a hand on her shoulder, a soft smile on your face. she smiled back as she turned to look at her phone. her expression changed moments later. "kuroi! she's- she's-!" suguru and satoru turned towards her.

riko showed them a picture of a tied up kuroi. your eyes widened as satoru sighed. "you know, i just got a good plan.." he spoke. "what is it?" you asked. "let's just say we're gonna be on some witness protection shit" your friend replied, now looking at riko.

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