September, 2009
Japan, Tokyo (Aizawa Residence)
Inside of Shota's training room, Shota had just finished teaching Denki the basics of how to properly utilize his cursed energy and was about to teach him about how to use his innate technique.
"In order for a Jujutsu sorcerer to be strong and efficient at killing curses, they must have an innate technique and learn to use it to its fullest potential," Shota explained.
"Their what?," Denki questioned.
"Their innate techniques," Shota reiterated. "Innate techniques are powers that some sorcerers have etched in their brains when they are born."
"You mean superpowers?!," Denki asked in an excited tone.
"Essentially, yes," Shota confirmed. "I want to see if you have the ability to use an innate technique, so today I'm going to teach you how someone activates their innate technique."
"Really?!," Denki exclaimed, excitedly. "Cool! So, will I be able to shoot lasers from my eyes?! Will I be able to run super fast?! Will I-"
Before Denki could continue asking what power he would get, Shota covered Denki's mouth with his hand.
"If you don't relax and stay quiet, I won't tell you how to use it," Shota warned.
"Sorry, Sho," Denki mumbled due to Shota's hand being over his mouth.
Shota moved his hand away from Denki's mouth and sighed.
"Alright, the way that you find out if you have an innate technique is really simple," Shota confessed. "All you have to do is think long and hard about wanting your power, and if you have an innate technique, then you'll be able to use it with no problems."
"That's it?," Denki questioned.
"That's it," Shota confirmed. "Like I said before, your innate technique is formed in your mind when you are born. However, since you didn't know what cursed energy or cursed techniques were until recently, the information about what your technique is and how it works is locked away inside your head. If you focus on trying to uncover your innate technique, you will know what it is and how you use it"
"Huh?," Denki uttered, not able to digest all of the information that Shota dumped on him.
"To put it simply, try to focus on getting your power and you'll know what your power is," Shota simplified.
"Oh, okay," Denki replied before trying to focus on getting his power.
A few seconds after he began focusing, Denki unconsciously started channeling cursed energy throughout his entire body before converting it into electricity. Denki opened his eyes and looked at the electricity that was flowing throughout his entire body before smiling in excitement.
"Awesome!," Denki exclaimed.
"Good job," Shota praised. "Do you think that you can stop channeling the electricity throughout your body?"
"I don't know," Denki admitted.
"Just try and see what happens," Shota instructed.
"Okay," Denki complied, having faith in Shota due to him never steering him wrong.
Denki focused on stopping the flow of the electricity and sure enough, the electricity disappeared.
"You did well, kid," Shota praised again.
"I did it thanks to you, Sho," Denki complimented before a thoughtful look appeared on his face. "By the way, Sho, do you have a superpower?"
"I do," Shota confirmed.
Denki looked at Shota with excitement, "Really?! What is it?!"
"To put it simply: I can erase your powers just by looking at you."
April, 2018
Japan, Tokyo (Abandoned Apartment Building)
Having recovered from Izuku and Denki's attacks, Ryōshi turned around and punched Denki so hard that he flew out of the room and crashed into the wall in the hallway. Luckily for Denki, he guarded against the attack by coating his body with cursed energy and blocking the attack with his arms.
'That punch was really strong. It sent me flying even though I defended myself with cursed energy,' Denki mentally noted with a grimace. 'I'm halfway through my supply of cursed energy because of Magneto Ball. I don't want to use Recharge yet since I can only use it once a day, so I'm going to have to be more careful.'
"Wow, you don't even have a scratch on you! This fight just keeps getting better and better!," Ryōshi cheered before taking notice of Izuku charging towards him. "Come on, kid. Charging towards me is so predictable, you can do better than that."
"Blackwhip Technique: Restrain"
Once he got halfway close to Ryōshi, Izuku stopped charging towards him and pointed his fist at him as black tendrils shot out of Izuku's wrist and restrained Ryōshi.
"Impressive! I don't think that I can break out of this!," Ryōshi noted excitedly as he struggled to break free. "Guess there's only one thing I can do to free myself."
"Blaring Howl"
Ryōshi channeled cursed energy into his lungs and howled as loud as he could, causing a blast of wind to head straight toward Izuku and Kasumi. In order to defend from the blast of wind that was coming their way, Izuku and Kasumi coated their bodies with cursed energy, causing Izuku to undo Restrain and free Ryōshi. Ryōshi got on all fours and dashed towards Izuku and Kasumi at full speed, prompting Kasumi to get into her Simple Domain stance.
"New Shadow Style: Simple Domain"
Kasumi deployed her Simple Domain as Ryōshi got closer to them before imbuing her katana with cursed energy.
"Quick Draw"
As soon as Ryōshi got close enough, Kasumi slashed him incredibly fast, only for her attack to have no effect on him. In response to this, Ryōshi snatched Kasumi's katana out of her hand, snapped it in half, and threw it away.
"Look, I have no interest in fighting prey like you; there's just no honor in doing that," Ryōshi told Kasumi. "Do yourself a favor and leave. It's not like you're going to be of any help anyways."
Kasumi stood there, disheartened by what the Special Grade curse had just told her.
"Hatsuden Technique: Lightning Dash"
Channeling lightning into his legs, Denki dashed towards Ryōshi and used iaido to slash him, causing another cut to form on Ryōshi's back.
"That was a dirty trick," Ryōshi noted while smiling.
"You shouldn't have had your back turned to me then," Denki quipped cockily.
'So it's not just his technique that I have to look out for, but the sword as well,' Ryōshi realized mentally. 'I didn't have time to think about it before, but that sword has a lot of cursed energy oozing from it, so getting sliced by it wouldn't be ideal'
"Black Flash"
Before Ryōshi could recover from Denki's attack, Izuku took the opportunity to jump up and axe-kick him across the face, using cursed energy to reinforce the attack, resulting in a Black Flash occuring. The Black Flash was also followed up by Izuku's iron soles springing out and creating a double impact.
'Hatsume designed these iron soles for me so that I could utilize my kicks more efficiently,' Izuku thought to himself. 'Whenever my kicks deliver a strong enough impact to my opponent, the toes of the iron soles spring out in a blowback motion, causing my attacks to receive a double impact.'
Izuku smiled to himself as he got into a boxing stance, 'Thank you, Hatsume! Your iron soles work like a charm!'
'So it's not just his technique I have to worry about, but his physical attacks as well,' Ryōshi noted as he spat out blood. 'Even if he didn't land that Black Flash or had those soles, that kick still would have hurt like hell. I thought he was just a runt with a large amount of cursed energy but he's a lot stronger than he looks; I guess this is what happens when you judge a book by its cover, huh?'
"Black Flash"
Izuku attacked Ryōshi with a punch infused with cursed energy, resulting in another Black Flash occuring.
"Agh!," Ryōshi groaned as he spat out more blood.
'Even though Denki and I are able to injure him, we aren't able to do any lasting damage,' Izuku thought. 'At this rate, we aren't going to make it out of this fight alive without backup. One of us needs to leave and get help, and since Ryōshi doesn't want to fight Miwa, she's the only one who can contact anyone for help.'
"Miwa, get out of here and call for backup," Izuku requested.
"What?!," Kasumi exclaimed. "I can't just leave you guys here while you fight that thing!"
"Um, ouch. I'm right here you-. Agh!"
Izuku cut off what Ryōshi was going to say by jabbing him in the stomach with another cursed energy infused punch. Denki followed up Izuku's attack by slicing Ryōshi in the back once again, causing another cut to form.
"We're the only ones here who can hurt this thing and we're barely doing any damage to him!," Izuku pointed out before slicing Ryōshi again.
"Plus, that thing broke your sword, so you can't fight it anyways!," Denki added.
"Would you stop calling me a thi-. Agh!"
Ryōshi was once again cut off by an iron sole reinforced kick to the gut by Izuku.
"I-I…," Kasumi stuttered.
Just as Ryōshi was about to try and attack Izuku, Denki sliced him in the back again, causing more of Ryōshi's blood to spill out.
"Please, Miwa! We need help!" Izuku begged.
Kasumi frowned before hardening her face and running towards the door.
'If I stay here, I'll just get in their way,' Kasumi sadly admitted to herself. 'The only way I can be useful in this situation is by getting help.'
"I'll be back as soon as I can!," Kasumi called out before leaving the room.
Once Kasumi left the room, Izuku and Denki prepared to attack Ryōshi simultaneously, only for Ryōshi to grab onto both of their arms, stopping them in the middle of their attacks. Izuku and Denki looked surprised by what had happened while Ryōshi just cackled in excitement.
"Man, I haven't had this much fun in a long time!," Ryōshi laughed. "Good call on getting that girl to leave the room and call for backup; not only will more strong predators come join the fight, but that weakling won't be able to interrupt our fight again. As a token of my gratitude, I'll stop holding back my strength."
Ryōshi slammed Izuku and Denki into the floor so quickly that they didn't have a chance to coat their skin in cursed energy and so hard that they were sent through it, crashing into each floor that was below them until they hit the concrete floor of the basement. As soon as Izuku and Denki roughly landed on the floor of the basement room, Ryōshi jumped in after them and landed in front of the two sorcerers as they laid on the ground before Ryōshi used his reverse cursed technique to heal himself.
'Crap, that hurt. I was able to sense his attack coming but he moved faster than I was able to dodge him,' Denki thought as he groaned in pain. 'If we didn't coat ourselves with cursed energy, we would have definitely died.'
"When it comes to Special Grades, our strength and abilities are ranked by Sukuna fingers," Ryōshi explained. "The stronger a Special Grade is, the more Sukuna fingers they're worth. Would you two like to know how many Sukuna fingers I'm worth?"
Izuku and Denki stayed silent as they tried to stand up, only for Ryōshi to crouch and hold them down.
"Eh, I'll tell you anyway," Ryōshi decided. "I'm worth about ten Sukuna fingers in total."
Izuku and Denki looked shocked by what the wolf curse had told them.
'No way! He's worth ten Sukuna fingers?!,' Denki thought incredulously.
'If he's worth ten Sukuna fingers, then if he were to attack us at full power, would we die?,' Izuku questioned mentally.
"Even if I was holding back on my attacks, the fact that you two survived this long means you two are about as strong as Special Grades," Ryōshi admitted. "If I were to measure your strength by Sukuna fingers right now, I would say that you two are at least one or two Sukuna fingers. However, you two definitely have the potential to be worth more than that in the future."
"Improvised Blackwhip Technique: Spike Strip"
Channeling cursed energy around his chest and stomach, Izuku activated his Blackwhip Technique and shaped them into spikes, causing Ryōshi to get pricked, let go of Izuku and Denki, and jump back in pain.
"Son of a bitch, that hurt!," Ryōshi complained.
While Ryōshi was distracted, Denki healed himself and Izuku with his reverse cursed technique before coating lightning on his katana once again.
"Hatsuden Technique: Blue Blade"
Denki slashed Ryōshi again with Blue Blade horizontally, causing a large cut to appear from Ryōshi's head down to his stomach and blood to ooze out of that cut.
"Argh!," Ryōshi cried out in pain before healing himself again. "That follow up attack was amazing!"
"Hatsuden Technique: Blue Blade Flurry'
Coating his sword in lightning while it's in its sheath, Denki unsheathed his sword and delivered a barrage of lightning-cloaked slashes, causing multiple cuts to appear on Ryōshi's body and for him to get temporarily paralyzed due to how much lightning he was attacked with.
'Damn, that was such a fast attack! Did he coat his arm in lightning to speed up his movement?,' Ryōshi pondered. 'No, if that were the case, then the attack would have been much, much faster. Then that must mean…'
Before Ryōshi could continue his line of thinking, Denki used Blue Blade Flurry on him again, causing Ryōshi to howl in pain.
'…this kid is incredibly agile!'
"Blackwhip Technique: Pinpoint Focus"
After Denki's Blue Blade Flurry, Izuku followed up Denki's attack by shooting a tendril from his right arm into Ryōshi's stomach and using it to propel himself towards Ryōshi.
'I need to time my next attack just right in order to use Black Flash,' Izuku thought to himself before he entered an extreme state of focusing. 'Regular punches imbued with cursed energy aren't going to cut it; I've got to concentrate and apply my cursed energy as soon as my fist is close enough to his skin.'
"Black Flash"
'I did it!,' Izuku mentally exclaimed once he landed another Black Flash on Ryōshi, resulting in Ryōshi spitting up more blood.
"Impressive," Ryōshi praised. "But like I said before, I'm done holding back my strength."
Catching Izuku completely off guard, Ryōshi grabbed onto the black tendril that Izuku shot into his stomach and used it to continuously slam Izuku into the floor, but not before Izuku protected himself with cursed energy.
"Ahhh!," Izuku cried out in pain as he felt some of his bones break and blood ooze from his mouth despite him reinforcing his body with cursed energy.
"Izuku!," Denki yelled in concern before his face hardened.
"Hatsuden Technique: Lightning Dash"
Denki channeled lightning into his legs again and dashed towards Ryōshi, ready to slash him again. However, before Denki could slash him, Ryōshi caught his arm midswing with the hand he wasn't using to slam Izuku into the ground and squeezed Denki's arm so badly that it broke.
"Argh!," Denki cried out in pain.
'How the hell was he able to grab onto me while I used Lightning Dash?' Denki asked himself. 'Did he unconsciously read my Ki, or are his senses so good that he was able to detect me in the middle of my attack?'
"Come on, that attack was so predictable," Ryōshi complained before slamming Denki into the floor. "You two can do better than that."
After a minute of slamming Izuku and Denki into the floor, Ryōshi stopped and held them up before throwing them into one of the walls, causing Izuku and Denki to yell out in pain and spit up a large chunk of blood.
"Are you two already at your limits?," Ryōshi questioned in an annoyed tone of voice. "Come on! You two only pushed me hard enough to stop holding back my physical strength; both of you haven't even come close to making me feel like I needed to use my cursed technique. Although, I'll give you two credit, the fact that you two are still alive right now after I stopped holding back my strength is impressive"
Izuku and Denki stared at Ryōshi in shock at what he had just revealed.
'That howling attack wasn't part of his cursed technique?!,' Izuku questioned mentally. 'So does that mean he amplified his howl with cursed energy?! If he's this strong without his cursed technique, how strong is he when he uses it?!'
'No! I can't die like this!,' Denki thought frantically. 'If I die now, I'd be letting another one of my friends die while I'm helpless!'
Using the last of his remaining cursed energy, Denki used his reverse cursed technique to heal himself again and pointed his sword at Ryōshi.
"I'm not done yet!," Denki declared.
"Yes! You got back up!," Ryōshi cheered. "I was worried there for a second. I thought you would have stayed on the ground while I killed you. Sorry for underestimating you again."
'Get up!,' Izuku thought to himself as he struggled and failed to get up. 'If I don't get up and move, he'll get killed!'
"Bunny mask guy," Ryōshi addressed Izuku, causing Izuku to glare at him under his mask. "You're at your limit already, so relax and get some rest. Your partner right here is enough to bring me joy."
'I'm going to have to use Recharge so that I can keep fighting,' Denki thought to himself as he gripped one of the chains around his wrists. 'I'll stall him as long as I can so that help can arrive and save Izuku. I have to fight as long as I can, even if I die in the process; I won't let what happened in Kamino happen ever again!'
"Ooh, I just noticed those chains right now! Are they for a special move?! Does that mean you're going all out?!," Ryōshi asked excitedly. "Alright, show me what you got!"
'You have to move!,' Izuku mentally yelled to himself as he continued to struggle to get up.
"Alright, blondie, bring it on!," Ryōshi exclaimed as he got into a fighting stance.
"Recharg-"
Before Denki and Ryōshi could continue, they stopped once they felt a strong presence appear in the room. Izuku, Denki, and Ryōshi all turned their attention to where the strong presence was coming from and saw the strongest Jujutsu sorcerer, Satoru Gojo, standing there with his blindfold around his neck.
'That's Satoru Gojo! The strongest sorcerer alive; even stronger than Mr. Yagi!,' Izuku mentally gushed. 'Miwa left to get help less than five minutes ago and Gojo lives in Tokyo, meaning that Gojo made his way from Tokyo to Kyoto in less than five minutes! So cool! His Limitless technique is so amazing!'
'His presence is so powerful that I was able to feel it without sensing his Ki,' Denki thought, amazed by the power the white haired sorcerer had.
"I received a call from Utahime that a Special Grade curse was reported around here, so I came as fast as I could," Satoru explained nonchalantly to Izuku and Denki.
"Did you see Miwa? Is she alright?," Denki questioned.
"Who?," Satoru questioned before realizing who he was talking about. "Oh, the blue haired girl with the bangs. Don't worry about her, I met her outside and took her back to Kyoto Jujutsu High."
Satoru then turned his attention to Ryōshi and smiled cockily.
"I thought that you were going to be pretty weak, but now that I've gotten a good look at you, you seem like a pretty tough curse, Fido."
'Damn it! The ultimate predator came to ruin my fun!,' Ryōshi thought disappointedly. 'Oh well, with the level that the bunny masked sorcerer and blonde haired sorcerer are at now, I doubt they'd be able to make my joy last that much longer anyways. Guess it's time to escape and challenge them to a rematch once they get stronger.'
"Don't get me wrong, you're not as strong as me, but if I let you leave here alive, you could be a big problem for other sorcerers in the future," Satoru continued.
'So these two are the second year transfer students, huh?,' Satoru thought before focusing on Denki. 'Looking at Denki, I can tell when his supply of cursed energy is filled up, the amount of cursed energy he possesses is impressive. On top of that, his ability to manipulate lightning is nothing to sneeze at either.'
Satoru then turned his attention to Izuku, 'Looking at Izuku, I can see he has an impressive amount of cursed energy like Denki. He also has a very versatile technique and has a vast amount of knowledge regarding anything relating to cursed energy.'
Satoru folded his hands together and began the activation of one of his strongest techniques.
"Technique Amplification: Blue"
"Technique Reversal: Red"
'These two might have the potential to surpass me someday. It sucks that Utahime and the old man got to them before I could; something tells me that they would have made Tokyo Jujutsu High a lot more interesting,' Satoru mentally admitted before smirking. 'Oh well, guess I'll have to keep a close eye on them whenever they're around.'
Just as Satoru's Red and Blue techniques were about to combine, Ryōshi activated his own cursed technique.
"Twilight Manipulation: Vanishing Light"
Purple light engulfed Ryōshi before Satoru's techniques finally finished combining.
"Hollow Purple"
A purple sphere the size of Satoru's torso appeared in front of him before moving towards the direction of Ryōshi and seemingly eradicating him. The purple sphere continued to move even after destroying Ryōshi, destroying the wall of the apartment they were in before flying away. After watching the destructiveness of Hollow Purple, Izuku and Denki stared at Satoru in shock and awe.
'He really is amazing,' Izuku gawked.
'This is the guy that Shota wants Izuku and I to surpass?! How are we supposed to do that?!,' Denki complained in his head.
Satoru looked at the two male sorcerers and smiled before putting his blindfold over his eyes.
"Pretty impressive, right? Now that I saved your lives, let's get you two checked out, okay?"
Our Jujutsu Omake
Utahime had received a call from a distressed Kasumi that a Special Grade cursed spirit appeared at the test site of Izuku and Denki's assessment test. While she wanted to help, she wasn't strong enough to take on a Special Grade curse; most sorcerers weren't able to either and the ones that could were either too far or unable to help at the moment, that is, all except one. She didn't want to, but it was an emergency and she was willing to sacrifice her sanity if it meant the safety of the children fighting that Special Grade curse. Utahime unlocked her phone and called the one person in the world that drove her insane…Satoru Gojo.
"Hello, Satoru Gojo speaking," Satoru greeted cheerfully.
"Ugh," Utahime groaned before composing herself. "Gojo, I need you for something."
"Oh, Utahime! What a pleasure to hear from you!," Satoru replied jovially. "What is it that you need me for? Oh, I know, you've finally fallen for me and want to confess your undying love for me, don't you?"
"No!," Utahime replied angrily, blushing from anger and slight embarrassment. "Even if we were the last people alive on Earth, I would still never want to be with you!"
"Ouch! That hurt me, Utahime," Satoru replied in fake sadness. "Well, if you're not confessing your undying love for me, then why are you calling?"
"There's an emergency, and at the moment, you are the only one who can handle it," Utahime answered.
"Can it wait? I have important things I'm attending to at the moment," Satoru asked.
"Gojo, I hear your TV playing in the background!," Utahime angrily pointed out.
"Like I said, I have important things I'm attending to at the moment; I'm rewatching Digimon," Satoru revealed. "You should watch it sometime, who knows, it might make you more interesting and fun to be around if you do."
It took all of Utahime's willpower to not hang up on him then and there.
"There's been a report of a Special Grade curse here in Kyoto," Utahime told him while suppressing her anger. "The two second year transfer students that I told you about are currently trying to fend it off."
"Well, why didn't you say so?," Satoru questioned in a semi-serious tone. "I'll head over there and exorcise it right now."
Utahime sighed heavily in relief once Satoru hung up but immediately got upset again once she realized something.
"That damn idiot didn't even ask me where the curse was!"
Alright, hey guys, Phoenix here, and I hope that you enjoyed the fourth chapter of "Our Jujutsu Academia". I finally finished the battle between Izuku, Denki, and Ryōshi, and it ended with Satoru Gojo coming out of nowhere and saving them from what would have been their first and last encounter with a Special Grade cursed spirit that was as strong as Ryōshi…so, basically, something that would happen in canon. I actually liked writing the two part fight between Izuku, Denki, and Ryōshi; it was pretty fun coming up with the fighting sequences and I feel like I've gotten better at writing fights. Next chapter will be called "Starting Point". Make sure to review, give me your honest criticisms, and follow and favorite if you liked the chapter. Hope you enjoyed, and until next time, later!