-Of Shadows and Devils-
Chapter 1
Oregairu x Jujutsu Kaisen
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The sound of a paper rustling followed by a thud was heard in the counsellor's room of a certain Sobu High.
A pair of shapely legs folding and another pair of eyes, specifically ones that resembled a dead fish, opening happened simultaneously as Hikigaya Hachiman was woken up with a low annoyed growl.
"Mmm what is it Sensei?" he asked lofting his head slightly from the black leather sofa as if he had done nothing wrong.
And quote honestly it pissed Hiratsuka to no extent.
"I'm talking about this essay of yours you idiot. There's way to many spelling mistakes and the kanji is off at some points. Seriously, you can do better than this you know.
What's wrong with this school, nine students from class 1-B turned in their papers late and now they're expecting me too..." and with that she took off on a rant as the frustration was evident in her words
Hearing his teachers plight Hachiman awoke from his sleep and took a hard look at her.
There.
Right behind her he could see a small figure, almost formless but still not quite there yet as pure darkness seemed to pool around his palm before it solidified to form a small dagger the size of finger.
*Schink*
It cut through to the air at blinding speeds that would be impossible for any normal human to dodge.
But Shizuka Hiratsuka Shizuka, the counsellor of Sobu High and his homeroom teacher dodged it effortlessly though with raised eyebrows due to the shock of her student suddenly attacking.
"Oi what the hell are you doing? " She asked standing up in a sudden jolt of
rage before all the frustration and anger that had collected itself in her conscious suddenly evaporated into thin air. "What the hell? "
"Have a look behind you. " Hachiman said, once again going back to dozing off on the sofa as she did.
And lo behold there pinned by a black handle-less dagger of pure black was a Cursed Spirit.
'So this bastard's been messing with me huh.' she thought with a bit of anger and resentment, this time purely her own.
And so it was mercilessly ripped away from the wall as it gave a final wail before being crushed by her superhuman grip strength.
"Well... " She continued, or atleast she wished to continue before lingering for a moment. "Thanks for that." she said finally as the only other person in the room replied with a low hum.
"It's fine, that Curse last night was quite something, and yeah you are right expecting you to correct those papers in such a short amount of time is pretty damn unreasonable. " he supplied with a small smile.
"Yeah." She replied in a dejected tone.
"Hey." his voice brought her out of staring at the floor and sulking and she saw him holding his arms out as if he was going to hug the air in front of him.
Seeing this her eyes widened and a small blush crept up her cheeks.
"O-oi we can't do something like that here you know. B-besides-"
"I don't care... " his voice cut through her obvious excuse. "And you don't too. "
"Yeah but... " she trailed off squirming in her place just the slightest bit due to a swirl of emotions inside her chest.
And her resolve caved in the moment he opened his arms wider and moved his fingers in a 'come here' motion
So down she went making sure to hug him tight as Hachiman fell onto the sofa, this time fully laid down with her weight on his chest.
If he hadn't done this prior many times his mind would have been focused on how soft her assets felt pressing onto his chest, but now he could only think about how stiff her back was and how much he wanted to kiss her.
And so she went on another albeit more composed rant, about how overworked shr felt, about how she was so frustrated and about how impossible it was to balance being a Jujutsu Sorcerer and a Teacher.
Jujutsu Sorcerer, a word used to describe those who excorcised Curses that were born from negative emotions.
You see, all humans experienced emotions, some negative and some positive or maybe somewhere in between.
Regardless, out of these, when experiencing negative emotions, the human body produced this thing called Cursed Energy, it could do many things.
It could make you strong enough to scale a building or bend steel, but only if you were born among a certain special group of gifted individuals.
If you weren't well, tough chance. The small amount that you did produce would end up mixing with that of the general public and end up creating grotesque monsters that were the personification of humanity's fears.
'Gah what the hell! Why am I monolouging
instead of focusing on this beauty in front of me. ' he thought as he looked at her cute and vulnerable face.
Hiratsuka Shizuka was a strong strong woman, so abnormally strong that she had managed to make her own place into the Jujutsu World with no prior connections.
It might not sound a lot but it was probably one of the most impressive feats Hachiman knew of.
The old geezers of Kyoto would never accept such a rebellious individual, especially if that individual was a female.
But she had managed to stay headstrong against that too, making friends along her way and showing results that practically forced them to accept her place in their little narrow well.
And yet she wasn't restricted by it, not one bit, as all Jujutsu Sorcerers were to put up a fake identity she had put on one too.
That of a teacher. It was her passion to teach and she had somehow managed to become both a successful Teacher and Jujutsu Sorcerer.
But in the end she was only one lone woman, she had achieved a lot but she also ended up neglecting her personal life as time passed.
Switching relationships often or going long without one, her nicotine addiction and her pursuit of 'lost youth' (though in his opinion her youth had not went anywhere) we're all too apparent.
Not being able to bear his own thoughts Hachiman planted his lips onto hers effectively cutting her off on her little rant.
The kiss was deep though it did not last long.
"Can't you just quit? " he said it, the dreaded words that had been floating around in his brain for some time now.
He, despite his motto "To work is to loose", wasn't actually fully against working as of now. But watching work have such a stressful effect on someone who was so close to him made it hard not to think that.
It wasn't that she could not afford it. Being a Jujutsu Sorcerer especially one of the most prominent First Grades of her time paid really well, and it wasn't as if being a teacher was worth only a few pennies.
She had accumulated enough wealth that would land her in Upper Middle Class or Lower Upper Class at the very least, if she bothered to ever spend it that was. But...
"No." She replied almost immediately and a fire was lit in her eyes. Yes Hiratsuka Shizuka was too ambitious of a woman to quit, not anytime soon.
And so it was conveyed without words as Hachiman nodded, a slight blush creeping up on his cheeks thinking how cool his girlfriend was.
But their little charade lasted no longer as they were interrupted with a loud knock on the door.
Hiratsuka immediately got up as if his touch was burning him as Hikigaya himself sat up on the sofa with a scowl on his face.
Of course it'd be a lot of trouble on both of their parts if she was caught having relations with a student.
He felt a small pang of anger at his current predicament and a bigger one of guilt, after all he was nothing but baggage for the one he loved.
She slid her fingers down the slightly unkempt hair due to their impromptu cuddling session.
Bringing a fist in front of her mouth and coughing before opening the door with the other she was greeted with the sight of-
"Gojo?!? " She exclaimed and Hachiman caught the sight of a him.
He was a tall man, easily more than 6 feet in height. He had what his past self would have called a 'bastard riajuu face' which translated to abnormally handsome and his hair was pure white and styled to stand up like in one of those manga sensei-archetypes.
He was not able to get a further read on the man because Sensei abruptly closed the door on him and hunger her head in defeat.
"It's rude to greet your Senpai like that you knowww~~"
"Shut up!! I'm not old enough to be your kouhai you get that bastard!! " She shouted somehow managing to find mention.
"Shizuka." his voice turned serious suddenly as the person adressed straightened her back out. It had been quite a while since she had heard him use that tone. "Sukuna's vessel has been found. "
As soon as the words rang through the air she slammed open the door elicting a strained "What?" as the now visible Gojo only nodded solemnly.
"Shit.Where is he? "
"Right now? Sendai Prefecture. "
"That's far. " she stated posing it as more of a question than a fact.
"I can get you theres in a minute, that's why I'm here. "
"I don't get it but I'm coming-" she stopped she turned around and his eyes landed on Hachiman.
"He's coming too." she continued turning back."We don't have times for full on introductions so this is Hachiman. Hachiman this is Gojo Satoru. Now get here. " she motioned him to come forward as she linked and hands with him and Gojo knowing that the highschooler would be too awkward to hold hands with a stranger.
A blink and a flash and they were suddenly transported to... somewhere.
Hachiman had experienced Gojo's teleportation for the first time and it made his knees wobble a little, the sudden shift felt like a line break in reality as his sense of space was being toyed with.
However with the predicament at hand, he took notice of the situation.
Gojo had disappeared again and assumably re-appeared to the giant source of Curse Energy they could feel on the roof.
Shizuka crouched on her feet lightly before scaling the wall in front of them that seemed to a bridge between two... school buildings?
He didn't know where they were and didn't expect to immediately make sense of it so he crouched down and jumped himself while reinforcing his body with Cursed Energy.
As he scaled the wall a complicated scene came into sight.
There was a giant Cursed Spirit that resembled a giant slug breaking out from one of rhe ends of the bridge. It would have been a Grade 2 or possibly Grade 1 Cursed Spirit... if it wasn't split cleanly into half along it's length.
The display made him raise his eyebrows before he caught sight of a black haired boy talking to... someone he didn't recognize.
'Megumi? ' he remembered their brief meeting when he had been out on patrol with Sensei and how unusually hostile his Cursed Energy acted whenever he was near him.
He still hadn't been able to figure out why it happened but when ever in close vicinity with him, his Cursed Energy flared up sub consciously and it felt... angrier.
Not lingering too much on the fact he went to the side after landing where Sensei and Gojo Satoru were standing both with hands in their pockets.
The setting sun made a nice atmosphere as another boy, this time with pink hair stood in front of Megumi with fading black lines on his face.
"What's the situation? " Gojo asked moving forward to Megumi's left.
"This is Itadori Yuuji. He has ingested the Special Grade Cursed Object Sukuna's Finger."
"Hm hm I can see that. " he replied closing the distance in between them and watching the pink haired boy, now named Yuuji closely.
'See that huh guess that's what the Six Eyes he possess does. ' Hachiman thought before turning around to take a look at her significant other.
Shizuka was standing there with her arms folded and while her face was relatively normal she had this fierce look in her eyes.
'Is She angry? ' he asked himself as he decided to ask about it later on.
"So you can control it huh? " Gojo asked as Yuuji replied with a small nod prompting Gojo to start streching.
"Give me 10 seconds. After 10 seconds switch back. "
and with another nod Yuji Itadori ceased to exist for 10 seconds as black markings started appearing on his face and body.
And so Sukuna shot forward to attack Gojo only to be greeted by thin air and a punch a to the back of the head that sent him tumbling down the path.
He seemed to ponder something for a moment before shooting off again.
"You Jujutsu Sorcerers are always an annoyance. " he shouted in a deranged voice while exchanging blows with Gojo at impressive speeds. "No matter what era. " with a punch that seemed to warp the air around it, Sukuna delivered what looked like a finishing blow while stirring up dust and broken concrete into the air due to sheer force.
But this wasn't just any sorcerer he was facing.
"6"
The clatter in the air cleared to reveal Gojo holding the rubble in the air still with... something. It looked as if it was floating freely in the air as he was left untouched.
'That's the rumored Infinity huh. ' Hachiman thought with widened eyes.
"7"
As if a prey cornered Sukuna looked for another victim and launched off towards Megumi making the boy in question fold his hands to get ready for battle despite knowing he would not win.
"8"
However at the last moment Sukuna seemed to stop with his hand and inch away from Megumi's face in the form of a claw.
Like a blur he shot off again this time aiming for someone else.
"8"
As Hachiman realized he was that certain someone, every single shadow in the vicinity seemed to darken to the point of being opaque for an instant before twisting to his will.
The sun was setting and the shadows lengthening each passing minute, though not at his strongest, Hachiman was plenty strong this time of the day, his Cursed Technique Shadow Manipulation had ended up binding Sukuna as half of his torso and his entire lower body were engulfed by solid black in the form of shadows.
"9"
He writhed about in them but they still held as Hachiman took what looked like a European style long-sword out of his own shadow just in case.
And in the very next moment he broke free from his bindings, Hachiman swung his sword and Sukuna thrust out his hand.
But before either could land, a Sonic Boom behind Hachiman sounded far too late as Hiratsuka Shizuka was in front of him already with bloody murder in her eyes.
The look on her face now shocked Hachiman more than the fact that she had effortlessly outsped both of them and
had grabbed Sukuna by the neck with her left hand.
Her right hand was lifted to punch the King of Curses in the face before raw electricity pooled around her hands that crackled angrily.
"10"
The lines from Sukuna's face started dissappearing but she was too lost in rage to answer.
And so her fist flung forward before-
BOOOOOOOOM
A deafening boom was heard as her punch collided with flesh and the air around them was sent rolling due to the shockwaves of her punch.
And as the air calmed the view became clear.
Hiratsuka's fist was set against Gojo's as he had appeared just an instant before impact. She was still grabbing Yuji by the neck who had a very confused look on his face.
"Now Now I can't have you killing a potential student of mine like that Shizu-kouhai-chan. It's bad for buisness~"
With gritted teeth Shizuka's hand was pried away as she collapsed to the ground on her knees uttering a small curse.
'What the hell just happened? ' he thought as his sword melted back into the shadows and he stepped forward and placed a hand on his significant others shoulder.
"Hey you alright? "
"I-I don't know." Came her shaky voice as Hachiman squeezed slightly and she put her hand on his own before giving a small nod and attempting to stand on her legs.
"Well then... " Satoru continued hosting Yuuji on his shoulders. " What do you think we should do with him? " he asked pointing the question at Megumi.
"He has ingested a Special Grade Cursed Object and become it's vessel. By all rules of the Jujutusu Society he should be executed but... " he hesitated before swallowing some of his own saliva and taking a deep breath.
"I WOULD LIKE FOR HIM NOT TO DIE! " an exclamation of bold words and bolder feelings of resolve that surprised everyone present even the currently recovering Hiratsuka.
"Hm hm is that a personal request from a student of mine? "
"Yes! Please do something about it. "
"Okay then~" Gojo drawled out as if it was no big deal.
"Good evening Hikigaya-san. " Megumi said returning to his usual 'stickler for rules' attitude and bowing almost 90 degrees before repeating the same for Hiratsuka.
"Yo." Hachiman said raising his hand in a lame fashion. "How's it going? " he mentally bit his tongue at this, it was supposed to be more of an off hand greeting but now it looked like he was trying to start a conversation.
"Well, other than tonight... everything has been fine lately. "
"Oh I see. " he said in an awkward voice while nodding.
"Hikigaya-san? "
"Yes? "
"Why is your Cursed Energy acting up? "
"Huh? "
The moon had risen fully as Hachiman crashed onto a sofa, this time more comfy and cozy than the last.
Everything had been cleared up by Gojo and the Vessel to the elusive King of the Curses was now resting God knows where.
He did not feel exhausted physically as he had barely started exerting himself in his little bout with Sukuna, but he was tired mentally.
After that awkward conversation starter his Cursed Energy had started acting up again.
While it wasn't something that was taxing or too harmful it surely was frustrating to somehow lose control of one of his defining features as a Jujutsu Sorcerer and well much to his shame, a person.
'I wonder I'd be different she was still here.' he raised his left hand and stared at it, reminiscing something that always was but never will be.
A muffled sound brought him out of his thoughts as Gojo and Hiratsuka had seemingly started a discussion.
Feeling guilty to do it but regardless he channelled Cursed Energy to his ear and into his brains enhancing his senses to a couple time over of what a normal human was capable of.
"Look I'm sorry ok. I- I just... he tried to hurt him you know? and I just couldn't hold back, not after what he and his damned finger did to me, did to them."
The voice of his lover, shaky but determined was heard.
Hearing the lines he immediately face-palmed and stopped the flow of Cursed Energy is his body.
'God why the fuck am I like this? 'he pondered for few seconds before being interrupted by the sounds footsteps entering the house.
Then Hiratsuka emerged from the hall looking like her soul had been sucked out dry.
"You were listening weren't you? " she said lightly hitting his arm with a punch that hurt more than he wanted to admit.
But hearing her accusation caused an expression of amazement to bloom on his face.
"H-how the hell did you know that? "
"Hehehehe..." his question made the other side release a stupid giggle as she leaned into his arm and buried her face into it.
"I've been a Grade 1 Sorcerer for far longer than you've been just a Sorcerer... "
She took her face out of his arm and karate chopped his head in fake annoyance that showed itself in the form of a cute pout "Brat.Hmph."
"Ack" Hikigaya almost bit his own tongue to it but recovered quickly and leaned forward to kiss Shizuka's neck.
"Mm I'm sorry O' Great Hiratsuka Shizu-sama... " he trailed off dragging his lips from the base of her neck all the way to her very own, almsot touching but not quite there yet. "How may this fool ever atone for his sin. "
It caused her to draw in a small gasp and him to smirk due to it.
"You're drunk aren't you? " he continued in an all knowing tone.
"W-wha- how did you know mouuu!! " She exclaimed, surprised before hanging her shoulders "And I went through all that trouble to act normal. "
"Well you were acting all normal, but... "
"But what Hikigaya? " she asked looking at him with puppy dog eyes.
"But your breath stinks. "
"Oh." was her intelligent response as she hit herself in the head.
"Well then Hikigaya~~ Now that I've been caught. " She immediately switched to a sultry seductive tone before pouncing on him and pinning him on the sofa.
"Is that going to stop you from kissing me silly tonight? " she asked while taking a moment to drag her finger across his chest.
"No." He managed to say before swallowing.
"You bet~~"