Chapter 9
Yuuji and Megumi stood outside Orihimes door confused and somewhat worried. She was making strange noises and now they heard her crashing into practically everything in her room. 'Bump', 'Crash' and a very loud "Oooooowwww" coming from inside the room.
Only a few seconds later did they see the door open just enough for Orihime to show her face through the door.
Orihime: "Good morning you two." She said with a beetroot red face. She didn't know how to act or what to say. Her dream was still much to fresh in her mind and now Yuuji was standing there outside her door with a concerned look. 'How will I handle this?' thought Orihime.
Yuuji asked again if she was okay and Megumi continued...
Megumi: "We heard some strange noises and then of course all the racket you caused by bumping into everything. Not to mention that your face is extremely red."
Yuuji concurred and shook his head in agreement with Megumi.
Orihime: "No, no, no, no... I, uh, had... well the..." She couldn't form a coherent thought or response and just mumbled things that didn't really make any sense.
Orihime: "I'm sorry. I just had a very strange dream, and I wasn't sure where I was when I woke up and was confused at the placements of the things in the apartment!" She laughed awkwardly while rubbing the back of her head with one hand.
Neither of the boys gave it any thought, because it sounded legitimate. Anyone who had gone through what she had the day before, would be disorientated.
Yuuji: "We understand. We wanted to make sure you are alright, also, Gojo-sensei told us to make sure you are getting ready to go out."
Megumi: "We still have missions to complete today, but he thinks it would be better if you tagged along."
Orihime:" Oh, I get it. Should any of you get hurt I can just heal you right up!" she said with a huge smile on her face, happy that she would be helping them and not be a burden to them. "I'll hurry up and be ready in ten minutes."
Without meaning to, Orihime quickly closed the door in their faces, and as fast as she could she went through an almost normal morning routine and when she was ready popped out of her room.
Nobara: "That was really fast!" She has to get up earlier, because she takes about forty-five minutes to an hour to finish, and here was Orihime, done in less than ten minutes and looks perfect.
Nobara was irritated by this but that feeling and though quickly left her when Orihime smiled at her and complimented her hair and lips.
Orihime was too nice, and genuinely kind that Nobara just couldn't help but have a soft spot for her.
Gojo popped up from nowhere and asked if everyone was ready to get going, with an obvious response of "Of course!"
Gojo looked Orihime over, although, she was wearing what they bought her yesterday, she still looked good, but he noticed that she was trying to avoid eye contact with all of them. He wondered if she felt uncomfortable being around them.
Gojo: "Orihime, are you alright? You seem a little off?" Mentally he reprimanded himself, of course she wouldn't be herself, she was forced into a parallel world, who the hell would be fine with that?
Orihime looked up at Gojo and smiled that magnificent smile (and Gojo was sure that she would have blinded him if he hadn't had his eyes covered) and she answered: "Yes, of course I am. Why do you ask?"
Gojo: "You just seem to avoid eye contact, is that because you started falling for me?" Gojo was very confidant and maybe even a little full of himself at times, but he also enjoyed teasing people, and seeing someone as hot as Orihime flustered and unsure of a response elated him -
But this is Orihime, the normal human behaviour is not something that is normal to Orihime.
Orihime: "Falling for you? Why were you planning on tripping me or something?"
Gojo just stood flabbergasted, completely unsure of what to say.
"Whahahahahahahahaha, mpfft... Hahaha haha haha" Megumi could not contain his laughter. He has known Gojo for a very long time, and never once was there a girl that did not give into his 'charms'. In the end, they all just fall head over heels for him, but not Orihime. She was different, and special.
Both Nobara and Yuuji also laughed at Gojo and were extremely surprised by the out of character laugh that Megumi gave as a response, which just made everything even more hilarious.
Orihime wasn't sure why everyone was laughing, she was also surprised at Megumi's outburst. And for some reason, he reminded her of Ichigo.
Both Ichigo and Megumi almost always had a very serious face, and barely smiled, she sensed that Megumi was also very similar to Ichigo in terms of willingly putting themselves in harm's way to help someone who was in need. These thoughts brought a smile to Orihime's face.
'Ichogo, I hope you are safe.' She said to herself.
Gojo was not so amused by the laughing, but he couldn't be upset, he was happy that Megumi laughed, and also, what he thought when he first met Orihime was once again confirmed.
She still had many things that she needed to learn, and he really wanted to be the one to teach her.
Gojo: "Well, anyway. Let's get going. We've got two missions that we have to complete before we can go shopping with Orihime." The next part of his statement was directed at Orihime "When all the fun and games are over, we need to get you to the principal. We need to explain the situation to him, and he has to accept you into the school."
Orihime: "No problem! "she said while showing a thumbs up.
(A few hours later in the centre of the city)
Megumi was running down the alley calling his two wolf shikikagami's !, this curse was unusually fast, and it's not even a second grade. But it was very sly and so far, dodged all the attacks that Nobara, Megumi and Yuuji directed at it.
Megumi: "Yuuji! It's headed your way.!"
Yuuji: "I'm right in front of it!" Yuuji's fist was just a few millimetres away from the curse's body, but right before Yuuji's first could send it flying, it jumped into the air, Nobara was waiting on the roof for the curse, but even with her there to surprise the curse, it quickly dodged her attacks as well.
Gojo was with Orihime not to far behind them, Orihime asked Gojo if he was going to help them or not.
Gojo: "They need to do this by themselves. If they can't even get a low-grade curse like this, they would never be able to progress further."
Orihime: "Oh, that makes sense. With experience they would be able to handle situations on their own instead of doing it as part of a team."
Gojo: "Yeah, something like that. But in your world, you also used to fight 'monsters', right?
Orihime: "Well, yes I suppose. But my friends didn't really like to get me involved in the fighting. I guess you could say I was the support." Even though Orihime smiled while she said this, Gojo could feel that there was something off about it.
Gojo: "Do you mean they only asked you to heal them or were you actually apart of the fights?"
Orihime: "They did ask me to heal them, and of course I would do that without any hesitation, but..."
Gojo: "But?"
Orihime: "There were many times that I wanted to fight, but I'm sure I would just get in their way. Rukia was the only person who continually pushed me to fight and get stronger. The others were always assuming that I couldn't handle a situation by myself. They never said it to me like that, but they would always use a more polite way to tell me that I can't or shouldn't fight."
Gojo was slightly irritated after hearing this. He understood that their worlds were different and so were their 'powers' and the monsters that they fought, but he could sense that there was a very powerful presence radiating from her. From what she explained to them about her power, she could bring the dead back to life, regardless of how long they were dead for.
Now he was determined to help Orihime hone her powers as well as her physical abilities. He would love to always be there to save her from anything, to make her feel safe and wanted, but he also knew that would weaken her mind, and slowly cause her to lose faith in herself and self-worth.
Orihime: "I'm sorry, that was very wrong of me to say something bad about my friends. They are good people, really, they are, and I love them. I just kind of wish that I could have been more useful to them."
Gojo: "Orihime," he said sternly and took her face in his hand to make her look at him, he then removed his blindfold. "You must never, and I do mean NEVER, downgrade yourself. I can understand why they didn't want you to fight. You have a kind and soft personality, some would consider those factors not to be that of a warrior, but that only means that you won't allow your enemy to suffer when they must be put to death, and there is nothing wrong with that. Also, you are an extremely beautiful woman, and I'm sure they just didn't want a beautiful flower to lose any petals.
Orihime couldn't stop the fierce blush, that she was sure made her whole-body red. The way he took her face and held eye contact, and she had never seen such beautiful eyes, now it was her turn to feel like she could lose herself in another person's eyes
Gojo's eyes looked like they held the answers to all the questions of the universe, and Orihime just couldn't help but believe every word that he spoke, she felt so much comfort from those words.
"LOOK OUT!"
Orihime and Gojo barely had time to turn around and the curse grabbed Orihime, holding her under his arm. The curse turned to the others, and growled at them.
Yuuji, Megumi, Gojo and Nobara never expected the curse to target Orihime, and considering the situation, they didn't want to make a reckless move
Suddenly Sukuna's mouth formed on Yuuji's cheek again with one of the smaller eyes opening just underneath Yuuij's eye.
Sukuna: "Oi! You low grade nothing! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!"
But before any of them had a chance to do anything, they heard Orihime say: "KotenZanshun (Tsubaki) I reject."
They saw a quick flash of light and heard the curse scream.
To Gojo, it almost sounded like the curse wanted to say something specific, but since it was busy dying, he didn't think twice about it.
Yuuiji, Megumi and Nobara was surprised. To them, it seemed like Orihime created something out of nothing, they knew she said that in her world some people, like her, had powers of some sort, but considering how Orihime looked and how her personality was, they didn't expect her to act so quickly and accurately.
Gojo: "That was something different. I guess I expected your world 'power' to be similar to ours. But... "(Gojo paused for effect and raised his hand to show Orihime a thumbs up)" Good job!"
He walked up to Orihime and put his arm over her shoulder, looked down at her and said: "That's my girl."
Yuuji and Megumi knew that was a good play, and they knew that they had to beat Gojo at his own game. Luckily for them Orihime are not like the other girls or women who would have already thrown themselves at Gojo.
And they knew that they had to step up their game when they saw Orihime smile at Gojo.
Yuuji and Megumi looked at each other, and just knew exactly what the other was thinking. They both smirked, and shook hands, saying: "May the best man win."
Nobara: "What are you two idiots going on about? You probably made a stupid bet about who would kill the curse, and since you both LOST, you want to see who kills the next one!"
Megumi and Yuuji just looked at each other, deciding it was best to just agree with Nobara, if she knew what they actually agreed to, she would probably try and curse them while asking why they didn't make that kind of arrangement about her when they first met her.
Orihime and Gojo heard the conversation/argument and couldn't help but laugh.
The scene in front of her reminded her of Ichigo, Renji and Rukia. She really did miss everyone and hoped that she could get back and see them.
Gojo: "Alright. We've dealt with the curses for today, so let's go shopping. Let's get Orihime everything she needs."
Nobara: "Yay! Shopping!"
Megumi: "Sensei, do you really think that the principal would allow it?
Gojo: "Don't worry, I've already spoken to him, and considering that she has powers that can destroy a curse, he has no reason whatsoever to deny her entry to the school."
(After a two hours)
Nobara: "Okay, enough of house and home, now...time for CLOTHES!"
Orihime: "But we spent so much time and money already."
Gojo: "Don't worry about anything. You can't wear the same thing every day."
Orihime: "Thank you Gojo-san."
Nobara directed them to a huge clothing store that had a wide variety, of different styles of clothes at a much cheaper price.
Megumi only wondered how she knew about this place and how she knew where everything was in the shopping mall. He's been here for years on end and he didn't even know about it, and she's only been here for a couple pf days.
Nobara told their three male counterparts to go and sit at the fitting rooms she grabbed Orihime by the hand and dragged her through the store and hauled a lot of clothes and shoved most of them into Orihime's arms.
At first all three men were slightly relieved to sit down, but also irritated that they had to be there for the clothes shopping part.
That irritation was very soon replaced by excitement.
Some of the clothes that Nobara picked out were somewhat revealing, some were very sexy (mostly because Orihime's curves seem to make everything 'mouthwatering').
Nobara gave Orihime a spaghetti strap top to put on, but it was too small. Orihime called Nobara and told her that she needed a bigger size. Nobara left to get on, but didn't close the fitting room's curtain properly, unbeknownst to Orihime..
Yuuji, Gojo, and Megumi could see Orihime in the reflection of the mirror.
All three of them were suddenly in a trance...Orihime started to take off the shirt that was too small, ever so slowly.
When she finally got the top off, all three felt lost.
Orihime's skin was pearly perfect, and the bra she was wearing made all three groan, Oh how they just wanted to rip it off. When Orihime turned around they now had a frontal few...and it was slowly, painfully but deliciously killing them. Her breasts were huge, and her waist small, and her skin looked soft to the touch.
Gojo, Megumi and Yuuji wanted Orihime even more.
None of them even realized that Sukuna also opened an eye to sneak a peek at the buxom 'Hime'.
Sukuna: "She's mine...You low grade nothings shouldn't get any ideas. THAT'S MY WOMAN!"
Yuuji slapped himself in the face and hope that Sukuna felt it. But it was lucky for them that Sukuna did speak, otherwise they wouldn't have heard Nobara coming back, they quickly changed their positions so that it would seem like they didn't notice anything.
After a few more hours they were finally done shopping and went back to the school.
Gojo took Orihime to meet the principal and asked the other three to arrange the things they bought in Orihime's room.
After a few more hours they were finally done shopping and went back to the school.
Gojo took Orihime to meet the principal and asked the other three to arrange the things they bought in Orihime's room.
(Orihime's room)
Yuuji: "Do you think that the principal will allow it?"
Megumi: "I'm sure he will. What Gojo-sensei said this morning is true. He has no reason to refuse her, and Gojo-sensei can be very persuasive." He said this part with a face the said he knew Gojo would make problems if the principal didn't agree with him.
Nobara: "Quit talking, more working."
Megumi: "We are working."
Nobara: "Not fast enough."
Yuuji: "Why are you in such a hurry?"
Nobara: "Gojo-sensei said he will take us out again tonight. I need to freshen up before that. What if I get scouted to become a model? I can't go out in this!"
Both Yuuji and Megumi decided it would be best to not make any comments, and just finish unpacking Orihime;s stuff.
Orihime was of course accepted by the school and they went out for dinner together. Needles to say, Nobara did not get scouted. The boys did not make any progress to woo Orihime and Sukuna was waithng for his opportunity to come out.
It has been five weeks since Orihime came to this world. She has made a lot of progress in her fighting abilities, mostly thanks to Yuuji and Gojo. Her rejection powers also grew stronger and Orihime started to think less and less about her friends from her world and became much closer with the people she was currently surrounded with.
Sukuna watched Orihime's progress and desired her more and more. He was just waiting for the right time to make his move.
(A day before their faithful encounter with the special grade curse at the boy's correctional school)
Orihime, Nobara, Yuuji and Megumi were walking back to the school from a mission when it started pouring down, along with the heavy rain there were strong winds blowing and the thunder crackling. It was going to be an unpleasant night.
Author's note: Again, everyone, thank you so much for your support. And terribly sorry for the late update, things were very busy this side. If the story isn't making too much sense right now, please be patient. I didn't have time to write this chapter all in one go so I feel it may sound a little muddled, but please hang on for the next chapter. Again, thank you all and I hope you enjoy it.