Chapter Two
Jujutsu Sorcery Part 1
Naruto's eyes began to flutter open as he was hit with the feeling of pain all over his body. His legs felt like noddles, his chest pained as if someone dropped an anvil on it and a sharp migraine made him feel nauseous.
'It hurts all over.'
The blonde struggled to open his eyes properly, so he waited a minute and decided to take the plunge. Naruto opened his eyes and regretted it, light assaulted his face. He flinched but worked through the pain until he
became accustomed to the light. It took a few minutes but when the blurriness started to fade. He saw that he was in a room full of candles. The walls were littered with paper that had ancient kanji written on it and in front of him was Gojo Satoru.
He sat on a chair with his arms crossed across his chest in his usual attire. Gojo stood up when he noticed Naruto had awoken, he twisted his chair around and sat on it with his arms leaning on the back support.
The blonde boy noticed that he was tied to a chair with rope, bonded by the torso and each leg. He tried to move but his efforts were futile. After a while, he stopped trying. Naruto wondered, 'What happened? Why am I tied up? Hey! It's that guy from the beach. What the hell is going on! I need to find my mom and dad they must be worried sick?!'
Gojo broke the silence.
"Good evening, you must be wondering, what's going on," said Gojo to Naruto who fidgeted in his seat. "Well, I had to tie you up. It's for your good. You might try something funny. You see we have a lot to talk about today Mr. Namikaze."
Naruto narrowed his eyes at the gray-haired man.
'What does he wanna talk about that would warrant kidnapping and tying me up in a weird room? I'll see, where this goes before I escape. Gotta keep this guy talking,' thought the blonde.
"Talk," said Naruto as he began wiggling free from the rope wrapped around his torso so slow that it was barely noticeable. He raised his left arm and then his right arm in an attempt to free himself.
Gojo began talking.
"I'll start at the beginning," said the man while scratching the back of his head. "So I was having a morning walk on the beach eating a popsicle. When I noticed a crowd gathering. I wondered, what's all this commotion about, so I followed the crowd and that's where I found you and recognized you, instantly. You see I watch your parent's shows on archeology, that you've been a part of ever since you were a baby. It was a surprise seeing you but it was not... the biggest surprise."
Gojo's tone changed to a serious one at the end of his last sentence.
Naruto's alarm bells went off. His curiosity was peaked. The blonde questioned, "What are you talking about? What surprised you? What is going on here?"
Gojo did not reply he instead rested his head on his shoulders. Naruto's eyebrows furrowed at these actions while the man shifted in his seat and looked Naruto in the eyes. He stood up, shifted his chair around again, and sat down. The lack of speech made the teen grit his teeth. Naruto wondered, 'What's he hiding? I feel like this is important information. When is he gonna spit it out!'
Gojo sighed.
He finally spoke.
"The truth is your parents died in a storm today. You were the only survivor. Not only that, you are being followed by your powerful cursed spirits. I brought you here to protect you and everyone else from them, they are bonded to you and this room will stop them from forming," said Gojo to Naruto whose eyebrows furrowed and mouth opened. He looked down at his feet then back up at Gojo, his gaze went back down until his eyes came back to the man, and gritted his teeth with narrowed eyebrows seethed in anger. Naruto closed his eyes and began taking deep breaths in an attempt to calm down.
He said, "What the hell are you talking about? My parents are not dead. If anything I should be the one who is dead. Since I fell overboard. There is no way they are dead! My mom and dad hired the best sailors in Japan. A storm would not take them. Not at all! I don't know who you are! I don't know what you want! But you are a liar! I can't believe it! And you would go as far as to lie and say I'm being followed by spirits too! You are pathetic! What kind of sick games are you playing!? Huh!?"
"I know it's hard to believe," said the man to Naruto who was on the brink of tears and popping a vain in anger at the same time. "But your parents' deaths were confirmed three hours ago. It is being broadcasted all over the news. Reports say their ship was destroyed in the storm. There were over 12 deaths including your parents. I am sorry for your loss."
Naruto didn't know what to feel.
'Is this guy telling the truth? I don't know. I don't believe him. It can't be true... but I can't help but feel... No. What am I even thinking... this is a joke. All a lie. There is no way. Right?'
Gojo saw the blonde boy run through a mix of emotions, a mind in conflict with itself and he honestly felt bad about the entire situation the kid was in at the moment. It could not be helped though, he had to act and do his job as a Jujutsu Sorcerer but he felt sympathetic towards him. He was just a kid who just lost his parents.
Laughter echoed through the room.
Gojo tensed, his eyes widened and when they met eyes of Naruto they looked menacing. They were blood red with cat slits in each iris. His facial features were different too, he had three whiskers on each cheek, his teeth were sharper, especially his canines, his hair became feral from messy spikes to sharp pointy spikes and his nails grew into claws.
He gripped both armrests. The loud crack of wood creaked until it was crushed into tiny pieces.
Both males locked eyes.
Naruto and Gojo stared at each other
Unmoving.
They stalked each other like two animals.
Naruto exploded from his bonds and obliterated the chair. He jumped forward to claw Gojo's face off and failed. The man was gone. He had only clawed the chair where Gojo sat into pieces. Naruto landed on all fours to notice the man was seated on his back stroking his chin and patting the boy on the head.
Naruto growled.
"What is going on with Naruto-san? He suddenly turned into some kind of mindless animal with loads of cursed energy. I've never seen this before. Whelp! The world is changing quickly. You learn something new every day," said Gojo out loud while still sitting on Naruto's back.
The blonde jumped up to the roof but the man had already gotten off of him. Naruto stuck to the ceiling on all fours and then launched at full speed towards Gojo with claws primed to strike. The man dodged by jumping back but he did not get much time to think things through. When his opponent launched at him again.
This time closer than before.
On two feet Naruto began slashing at the man with his claws. Left. Right. Left. Right. Left. Left. Gojo dodged them all with his hands in his pockets. He smiled. The blonde tried to sweep his leg from under him but instead of dodging it. Gojo tensed his leg mid-kick and when Naruto made contact with it, a snap was heard and the boy screamed in pain.
He jumped back to take a breath.
Gojo stepped forward.
"You won't defeat me Naruto, stop fighting. Let's talk about this," said Gojo as he came closer to the blonde boy. "I don't know what power this is but I mean you no harm."
His words fell on deaf ears. Naruto gave no response. Instead, the boy's shoulders dropped and so did his head. Gojo stared at him suspiciously and took another step forward with caution. Putting his hand on Naruto's shoulder he lifted the boy's head. He was met with the lifeless blue eyes of someone broken as tears poured down his cheek.
"Naruto?"
This awoke him.
His eyes turned red again. They looked directly at Gojo with the hunger of a predator. The silver-haired man was so caught off guard by this. He did not see a fist meet his face. Gojo was sent flying into the nearest wall. The punch was so hard that it cracked the wall and imprinted his entire frame on it.
When the dust cleared Gojo peeled himself out of the wall, and wiped the dust off his clothes and hair to see that Naruto was gone.
The boy made a hole in the wall as well to escape through.
"What a trickster."
The door to the room opened and a young male walked up to Gojo with his hands in his pockets he said, "I heard some trouble and came running to help out."
Gojo chuckled.
"Oh... you let him get away?"
He turned to the male who had black spiky hair and wore a similar outfit as him. The older male said, "It's all part of the plan, Megumi. Hey, don't you have a mission?"
"Sure."
The younger male stared at the hole in the wall deadpanned and walked out of the room leaving Gojo to his thoughts.
'What was that cursed energy?'
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