Spencer Reid liked Manga ...

He liked Anime ...

He was a self proclaimed Otaku. He managed to keep it away from his friends at work, as he knew they just wouldn't understand, and it would undeniably become the butt of many jokes. He had always liked books since he was young, and Japanese graphic novels were no different. They had a certain grace and maturity. The adventurous stories never let you forget that deep down they were adult and mature without rubbing it in your face, and the comedies could make fun of themselves without going over the top. They appealed to his intellect as works of art, in both the artwork and the writing. He knew that he was one of the few people to think of it with such high regard, but he didn't care.

Of course, as an Otaku, there was a single day that he would always take away from work. The convention known as Otacon, the place where all Otakus get together, buy memorabilia, meet the people who helped the different anime happen (or at least their english renditions), and altogether have fun. He never explained why he took the day off to his superiors, because he simply knew how they would react. Aaron would give him the strange look he always gave whenever he explained the situation to its full extent (why he did that was beyond Reid, he was simply explaining what was going on ...), David would simply shrug it off as one more of Reid's "things", and so on. Garcia may understand, herself being a fan of Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games, but ... he didn't want to risk it. Besides, if it turned out she did like it, the thought of her dressing as a night elf really didn't seem all that appealing.

He walked through the convention, looking at all of the different costumes that people were wearing (he himself dressed as Kabuto from the series Naruto), and browsing items that people had on sale. He'd already bought a number of collectables, as well as manga volumes and anime dvds for his collection. He glanced at his watch. In 15 minutes time, Vic Mignogna would be answering questions. Reid didn't REALLY like English voice actors, but ... there was something about Vic that he liked.

Reid made his way through the crowds, when the con was shook by a huge scream. Reid immediately went into alert mode, and looked around carefully for the source. He saw nearby a woman, her face washed out completely white. He rushed to her and put his arm around her, giving her support.

"Are you okay?" Reid asked, concerned. "What happened?"

The woman gulped a few times, having difficulty getting the words out

"A man ... he's ... he's been killed! In ... there!" she pointed behind her.

Reid helped her to the floor, leaning her against a wall, and went in. No sooner had he seen the crime scene that his hand went straight to his cellphone. He didn't want them to see him like this ... but there was no alternative.

Within minutes, Aaron Hotchner had arrived with the team close behind. Reid led them through to the room where the body lay. Derek looked at Reid curiously.

"Okay then, so who are you supposed to be? Some kinda magic man?"
"actually, I'm Kabuto Yakushi, Medical ninja of Otogakure, right hand man of the leader of the Village Orochimaru, the master of snake arts and ..."

"Reid!" shouted David from behind "this isn't the time. There's a dead body in here, keep your mind focused on the job at hand!"

Reid sighed and led them on. He had only been answering a question ...

They arrived to the room where the man lay undisturbed.

"what kind of sick mind could do this to another man?" Derek asked, looking at the body in front of him.

The man was laying face down on the floor, both of his arms cut so that they would have been useless to him if he had been alive, and his back pierced with items reminiscent of spears and other weapons like them.

Reid stepped forwards "I believe I can cast light on the situation. The man here was cosplaying as ..."

"Cosplay?" Aaron asked

"oh yes I'm sorry you're not in with the culture. It means Costume Play, where fans of a character dress like them at these conventions"

"So its grown up fancy dress" Derek pointed out

"Essentially, yes, that's true, but not as childish" Reid corrected, his voice featuring a small amount of pride as Aaron simply raised an eyebrow looking at the costumed Reid in front of him.

Reid turned back to the body laying in front of him, and continued his point.

"He is cosplaying as Zabuza from the series Naruto, he was the first major villain of the series and ... this is how he died. After having his arms paralyzed by Kakashi Hatake, and being attacked with multiple weapons to his back, he finally falls to his death after dealing the death blow to the one who set him up to do this, Gato. I must say that although its a gruesome death, it is a very accurate rendition of the scene."

Derek and Hotch stared on wondering if Reid realised how wrong it was to know all of that and to be able to remember it so quickly ... and to even think of it as an achievement.

David looked around the body, not caring what had been said, searching for anything that could point to the killer, something the others SHOULD have been doing instead of talking. He reached down ... and picked up a piece of paper. It had a word and numbers written on it. It read "One Piece 06 51". He handed it to Reid to look at

"One Piece ... ' the name of an anime and manga series by Echiiro Oda ... but the numbers I don't understand"

David sighed and gave him a stern look "Then you had better work it out quickly Einstein, because I have a feeling this will lead us to his next target, and we better get to him before he does ... we cannot let him kill again!"