Timeless

Chapter 1

 A year of seasons includes spring, summer, autumn, and winter. And, spring comes with flowers, a smooth breeze, abundance of strawberries and cherries. But for this year's spring, Gojo Satoru, a second-year student of Jujutsu High School, was more excited than ever.

"Satoru, you don't need to rush. Yaga-sensei already said that first years won't arrive until later", a fellow second-year student with thin eyes and black bangs called out his friend.

"I wouldn't need to rush if Shoko didn't forget to buy party hats!", the white-haired boy argued back with a pointed glare.

"Hey! I already had my hands full with other stuff", the only girl member of the trio rolled her brown eyes.

"Oh yeah? With what?", Satoru fully turned his head from picking out party hats from the store shelves.

Shoko didn't hesitate to show her boxes of cigarettes. With a grumble, he went back to choose the suitable hats for the welcoming party.

"Why is he getting more excited about this than the first years? It's not like we had a party when we entered the school last year", she mumbled questioningly.

"He's just thrilled to finally have some kouhai", Suguru filled in from the side.

"Oh yeah, now that you mentioned it, our rich boy here was home-schooled the entire time before high school."

With a short chuckle, Suguru stepped forward to help his friend, "Satoru, how about this one? It has three different colors. Each for first years."

Satoru stared at the package thoughtfully before responding, "Do you think they would like stripes or will the balloon pattern be better?"

"Balloon ones look too small so I say we go with this one", pushing the said package into his hand.

"That's true, they aren't small kids after all. Yep, this is the one!", he took the item to the register quickly.

Shoko walked up to Suguru, "thank god, you helped him choose, or else he's going to take even longer."

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"What do you mean they aren't here yet?!"

Annoyed Yaga-sensei rubbed his ear from Satoru's high voice volume, "Like I said, Ume-sensei took them out to test their skills on the field. They should be back before the evening. The location is not that far off."

"But, the drinks are going to get warm by then", Satoru complained again.

Shoko raised an eyebrow, "Ume-sensei? I thought she was recovering from last month's mission."

"We don't have any other person qualified enough to be a teacher so she had to come back early."

"Will she be physically able to help out the first years during the mission?", Suguru voiced his concern.

"She did pick-", Yaga was cut off by a ringtone from his phone. He looked at the incoming phone number, "speaking of them."

The three students quieted down in curiosity. After a short exchange, the teacher hung up the phone and looked up at them, "Satoru, Suguru, Shoko. This is an immediate rescue mission for the three of you. The first years are now being caved in the curse's technique. Since Ume-sensei is still recovering, she can't use any offensive techniques. Go and assist her now!"

"Roger that!"

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In front of an abandoned building, a sick-looking female teacher released a relieved sigh when she saw the second-year trio, "Thanks for coming, everyone. All three first years are still inside. The curses had been exorcized successfully but the leftover obstruction from them was still preventing the exit."