The Eclipse

Chapter 25

"Ne ne...have you guys heard about a rumour?"

"..."

"What now...?"

"They said that something or someone is out there. When darkness hugs the day, a figure will take a stroll along the rooftops, jumping around...waiting for a prey-"

"To slash their throats and rip them apart?" A certain brunette cut him off.

"Sheeeeshh inouka-san i was gonna tell the best part!" The silver haired freshman complained as the team captain aproached.

"Shut up Lev! Almost everyone knows that story already!" Yaku-- their short libero- scolded the crap out of him for the 13th time of the day.

"All i know is that the person is evil. Who kills just for the sake of...i dunno, bloodlust!?" Taketora voiced out- quite loudly- as he set up the net while Kai- their vice captain- got the balls ready.

"Maybe it wasn't intentional..." a certain puddinghead whispered to himself, oblivious to the fact that a rooster- the captain was behind him.

"Well, for now, rumour or not we should all be careful. Aaand walk home in pairs just to be sure." Kuro said as he patted kenma who was busy playing with his nintendo.

"Good mornin'!"

"Mornin'!"

And he definitely did not miss the slight flinch the smaller male did. It was very unusual but, not really impossible.

"Heh you actually believe that story?"

"Its ok Kuroo-senpai! We're really strong and with you as the leader i bet Ailou-mmmffffhh?!!-"

Kuroo immediately shut the giant up by twisting his arm behind him and covering his mouth. Bye bye oxygen.

"Ahahaha but we need to take extra precaution of course! Am i right?. Lev?" Reassurance? More like a death threat for the gigantic chatterbox.

Haiba Lev, nekoma's volleyball player, aspiring ace, only managed to nod in agreement. Not wanting their leader strangle him to death.

Trying to change the topic, fukunaga interrupted. "But dont you think the rumour is just, overdramatic? I mean c'mon! Jack the Ripper's incarnation?"

"Yeah. According to the forensic examination, no private parts were damaged. And the method of killing was more of a-"

"Direct assasination." Kenma interrupted teshiro to the group's surprise.

"What? I have a phone." The setter's straight forward reasoning cut off their daze as they continued to pass the balls. They should've known. The roumor was bursting rapidly on the net.

A cough errupted in the gym. "Hmmm m, so the killer or whatever, didn't want them to suffer?"

Silence enveloped the room as everyone tried to guess the unspeakable.

"I wonder what weapon did they use..." Lev got smacked. Again.

"Knife. I think." Kenma mouthed ever so slowly that the clever captain almost didn't see it.

Almost.

To say the roosterhead was stunned would be a vast understatement. Millions of thoughts flashed in a span of a minute. How was he supposed to react? Is it possible that kenma somehow got dragged into this bloody world of theirs? The very reason why he became the leader was to protect everyone.

What if he fails again?

But knowing Kenma, online world is his kind of thing. Whether games or infos.

Kuroo felt anxiety creeping into his very being.

But assumptions will only make things worse. He trusted Kenma...Yeah.

"Did you say something Kenma?" Kuroo lied. To both his setter and himself.

"Nothing..."