Bony Boy goes to JJK World
-Lots of spoilers on JJK read at your own risk.-
Team Yuta
It took only a few moments before Yuta cleared the hallway of every single Death Knight that he could find. The second layer was barely a nuisance for the Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerer who could one-shot everything on that floor.
Maki was in the same ballpark when it came to strength and speed, while Yuta did not allow her to perform that many feats, forcing her to protect Ieri at all times, Maki could easily destroy anything that Ainz had placed on that layer.
Thanks to their efforts, team Yuta quickly managed to make their way deep into the second layer. If not for the unlucky spawn, they would be at the guardian right now.
"Let's go fast. Gojo could be fighting the guardian right now. " Yuta said as he slashed through three Death Warriors who tried to block the direct pathway to the guardian.
Two more showed up from a side path and tried to grab Ieri, but Maki was on top of her game. She quickly made jumped ahead of the formation and positioned herself in front of Ieri.
'Two curses?! How is that possible?! ' Ieri thought before Maki appeared right in front of her. Unlike the first layer, the curses on the second layer were able to coordinate and strategize.
Because Yuta was in a hurry, they didn't even consider that possibility. This was the first time team Yuta ran into a trap like that, but since Maki was the one who stayed behind on their formation there was no problem.
"Keep running, Doctor. " Maki said as she kicked the Death Knight's shield forcing him back. The Death Warrior quickly retaliated by throwing its blade, but Maki simply used her own weapon to parry the attack.
The greatsword went off course and hit the wall causing a great amount of noise, but Maki was too focused to care about it. She ran to the pair of undead and slipped past the tower shield.
Death Warrior placed its remaining weapon to the side before going for a grab. While the corridor was wide enough for it to swing the blade, Maki was too close to the Death Knight.
Maki's plan worked and she was now standing in between the undead. Death Knight tried to turn around while the other attack, but before either of them could do anything to counter the approach, Maki spun around slicing them at the same time.
After that, she jumped by the Death Knight, and before the tower shield or the greatsword touched the ground, Maki was right behind Ieri again.
Everything was going okay as their progress was on schedule, but that was about to change right when Yuta turned the final corner to the guardian's room.
He entered the final straight pathway leading right into Shalltear's room where Gojo was fighting, but after catching a glimpse of a familiar person, Yuta did a 180 and ran straight to her. 'Impossible! That's... Yuki?! ' Yuta thought as he made his way to where he thought Yuki was.
"Yuta?! Where are you going?! " Maki asked right after Yuta jumped full speed ahead leaving both Ieri and her behind. "Damn! Ieri, come here! " Maki screamed.
Maki grabbed Ieri and took off as fast as she could after her teammate. Even though her speed was now comparable to that of Yuta's, Maki knew that following someone moving that fast through a maze would be nearly impossible. Once she lost track of Yuta, finding him would require a lot of luck.
"Haaa! " Ieri screamed when the speed suddenly tripled. Maki was going faster and faster taking corners at sharper and sharper angles. Her body was only a few centimeters away from the ways each time she turned, but that was a necessary risk.
If Yuta disappeared, even for a second, they would be in trouble. "Yuta! " Maki screamed trying to get Yuta to slow down a bit, but he didn't listen and just kept going.
'I'm sorry, Maki, but you're just gonna have to keep up. Yuki was the one who presented the deal for the jujutsu world representing the special curse, Ainz. Since she disappeared right afterward, she has to be working with Ainz.' Yuta thought as he heard Maki's plead.
Yuta also knew that there was no way that he could track Yuki again unless he randomly ran into her again.
"Oh shit! " Yuki said as she confirmed that someone was following her. "Look alive, Jumpei " Yuki quickly stopped at a crossroad by jumping and planting both her feet into the wall.
'They're fast. I have to get these two away from me. ' Yuki thought. They were still a few meters away from her, but Yuta not only could cover that distance in just a few moments, but the fact that she was carrying Yuji on her back pretty much guaranteed that Yuta would catch up. Yuki had no other choice, but to kick Jumpei to a side path while throwing Yuji away.
Yuta turned the corner a second later. Unfortunately for Yuki, it was a second too soon. Yuta saw as Yuki threw what she was carrying to the side before she ran off in the opposite direction.
'She's the bait then... ' Yuta thought as he imagined a few scenarios in his mind. The fact that she took the time to get hide something already intrigued Yuta, 'The rules state that she can't be a player which means that there is no point for her to try to reach the deeper layers, but... '
'The armored guy is gone. Are they separating? ' Yuta thought before an idea came to him. 'She's working for Ainz, which means whatever it was. She just threw something important for the game itself to that armored guy.'
Yuta glanced at Maki who was struggling to keep up and nodded. "You're-" Before Maki could ask her question, Yuta lifted his hand and pointed to a pathway before going in the opposite direction. His eyes were serious and his expression blank.
'We're splitting up. Go after the other one. ' Yuta hoped that Maki understood the meaning and while she couldn't understand why they were about to split up, since she never saw what Yuta was pursuing in the first place, Maki knew better than to question him when he looked like that.
Without even receiving a reply of any kind. Yuta just kicked the wall and went through the path that Yuki ran through leaving Maki to pursue Jumpei. She mirrored Yuta's movement and within a few seconds, she was going after Jumpei.
Of course, since she didn't know who she was after in the first place. Maki couldn't be sure of what was waiting for her, but with the blade, her sister, Mai, left behind, and with Doctor Ieri by her side she was confident that she could beat anyone.
After running for a few meters, Maki started searching for clues. A few footprints here, a part of the wall where something scrapped off there, and of course, the smell of sweat gave her a trail to follow.
She had turned the corner too late and was unable to see where whoever she was pursuing went, but thanks to her sharp senses, it was only a matter of time before she catches up.
Yuta, on the other hand, had the opposite happen to him. After he followed Yuki a few hundred meters, she stopped completely and waited for him.
'Is this a trap? ' Yuta thought when he saw Yuki just standing in the corridor. She placed her hands on her hips as she took a deep breath.
"Very good, Yuta. You're training to become a stalker or something? " Yuki asked with a light voice as she stood in the middle of the corridor... waiting.
Yuta, however, was not so happy to see her. "What the hell are you doing in here Yuki?! " Yuta asked with a stern voice as his facial expression remained neutral.
He left his team behind to pursue her which also meant abandoning the game's goal and delaying his movement to the third layer. Yuki's presence was too suspicious and impossible to ignore so his rational part knew that pursuing her was the right call, but that also meant leaving Gojo to fight the guardian by himself.
"I'm just running an errand for Ainz. Nothing too important. " Yuki said before winking at Yuta. While she was telling the truth to some extent, since the Domain itself could probably take care of Yuji if he got to the deeper layers, Yuki was the only one capable of making it there in a timely manner.
'Now that Jumpei was the one carrying Yuji, there was no way that he could reach the sixth layer before that became a contested zone. I have to buy enough time for him to enter the third layer. ' Yuki thought as she prepared for a possible fight.
"What errand are you talking about? " Yuta asked as he pulled out his blade. His cursed energy increased as he approached her with eyes full of bloodlust.
"Oh my. " Yuki said as she pulled out her shikigami. Her cursed energy quickly matched Yuta's and both of them began fighting for space. "I didn't expect to fight you at all, Yuta. Why don't you just pretend you didn't see me and-"
Yuta took an offensive stance. With his feet firmly placed on the ground and shoulder-width apart, he brought his blade to head level while making sure to keep the point aimed at Yuki. His right hand twitched before he asked, "Everyone else was coming up with wild theories, but that's unnecessary. I just need you to answer two things. Are you on the curse's side or the human side? Are you willing to surrender for now until or am I going to have to beat you up? "
Yuki lifted her left eyebrow after Yuta asked the first question and burst out laughing when he asked the second one. "I thought the people in jujutsu high knew me better than that. Of course, I'm on the human side. Believe it or not, I'm working to end all of the curses in this world. " Yuki said. She remained silent for a moment waiting to see Yuta's reaction, but his facial expression remained the same.
"And the second one? " Yuta asked. His cursed energy spiked even more and was now engulfing the corridor. Yuki licked her lips as she indulged in the bloodlust coming from Yuta.
"If I surrender you'll probably take me out of the Domain since you don't trust me. Sorry, Yuta. " Yuki said.
"I'm sorry too. " Yuta responded.
Team Zennin
Once again, their spawn was not optimal, but since they didn't run into anything too strong they quickly made their way to the guardian's door.
"Is this it? " Ogi asked his brother who was having some problems reading the map.
Naobito followed the track from where he thought they were teleported all the way to where they were before saying, "Yes. This is the door. Can't you see the fucking armored chick sculpted on it? " He said with an angry voice.
The team was standing a few meters from the door as they checked for possible traps or ambushes. Naoya quickly ran through the corridors around them to check for other players, but all that he could find were the Death Knights and Death Warriors which he didn't bother to defeat.
"No one nearby, Dad. " Naoya said after he came back.
"Alright, then. Let's fight this guardian. " Naobito said as he approached the door. He placed his hand on it expecting some resistance, but before he even tried to push it. The door started glowing.
'What?! ' They all thought as the door became transparent. Naobito tried to pull his hand away but it was too late. The door became transparent and allowed his hand to pass through it with the rest of his body following a few moments later.
Ogi and Naoya jumped back only to be pulled in by an invisible force and before they could do anything about it they were inside the room.
Naobito was the first to accept what happened. Unlike the other two who tried to get away, the old jujutsu sorcerer accepted that there was no way to escape this fight. "Incoming! " Naobito screamed after he saw Shalltear's Einherjar coming after them.
Naobito dropped down dodging the tip of the lance while making sure to touch the enemy. Ogi and Naoya turned their attention forward but were unable to dodge the swipe follow-up from the lance.
'Damn it. Another team got here. ' Shalltear thought as she dodged another Hollow purple. Gojo quickly glanced at the door noticing that the Zennin had arrived.
"The stalemate is over! " Gojo screamed at Shalltear who immediately flew backward to create some distance.
Her strategy was to have Einherjar keep him from a distance while she used a combination of spells to slowly chip away at Gojo's cursed energy reserves, but since he had the Six Eyes, the process took too long.
Shalltear noticed two of the new arrivals didn't try to dodge the surprise attack until much later than she expected. 'At least two of them are already dealt with-' Shalltear's eyes widened when she saw that Einherjar stopped moving right before touching the jujutsu sorcerer.
Both Ogi and Naoya quickly attacked the curse with a flurry of slashes and punches. Naobito stood up a few seconds later and joined them.
'Einherjar is not moving at all! ' Shalltear thought as she quickly flew toward them. Gojo jumped in the way which forced her to back off again.
"Worried about you're clone or whatever? " Gojo asked as he fell back on the ground. He made his intentions very clear to her when instead of going after her, Gojo took a few steps back and started charging Hollow Purple once again.
After receiving multiple blows, Einherjar finally started moving again. The amount of damage was significant as there were dents and cuts along its armor which was bad news for Shalltear.
'They can kill Einherjar?! ' Shalltear thought as she saw her double jumping backward, but after moving only a meter or so before Einherjar stopped moving again.
"Let's finish her now, Dad. " Naoya said as he jumped at her, but Naobito quickly grabbed his son and jumped away from Einherjar.
[Hollow Purple]
Gojo's technique quickly made its way to Einherjar and without being able to move, the attack was sure to hit. "Gojo! " Shalltear screamed as she pointed her palm at her double.
[Wall of Stone]
Originally meant to shield the user, Shalltear found a completely unique application for this spell. She used it to move Einherjar away from the attack right before it hit.
"That one is new. " Gojo said. During the time Shalltear looked away from him to cast the spell, Gojo was able to cover the distance between them.
[Time Accelerator]
Shalltear flew away from his as fast as she could and got out of Gojo's range before he could cast his Domain. 'So close...' Gojo thought as he saw the guardian moving away.
Einherjar was thrown in the air with its movements still bounded by Naobito's cursed technique, it had no choice but to fall straight down. Shalltear tried to cast a spell to cover the landing, but Gojo quickly forced her to back off even more.
Ogi shepherded his blade and ran forward. His goal was to destroy Einherjar as soon as it approached the ground, but thanks to Naobito moving out of range, the technique was released earlier allowing Einherjar to fly away from them.
[Magic Destruction]
Shalltear cast the same spell she was casting throwout the fight. Even though Gojo didn't know what her cursed technique was, he understood completely what was about to happen.
Gojo turned around and placed his hands forward. He grabbed onto Einherjar's lance and then spun its body to shield him from the follow-up.
[Vermillion Nova]
The infinite barrier came up a few moments after Gojo got hit, which protected him from most of the damage. Einherjar got hit with the spell but thanks to it escaping with Mist Form, most of the damage was negated.
Once the fire subsided, Gojo was left with his clothing ruined. This was the first big blunder he did in the fight and he paid for it with his shirt.
"Seems like you're having problems, Gojo. " Naobito said as he walked toward Gojo who was about to rip off his burned shirt.
Gojo had suffered third-degree burns, but nothing that reversed cursed energy couldn't heal. The bigger concern was his pride. "This guardian and I don't go together too well. It's a stalemate."
"Until we got here that is... " Naoya said right before jumping after Einherjar.
"Once again, the Zennin family will show its superiority. Watch and learn Gojo. " Naobito said as he followed his son's lead.
They zoomed after their target who quickly flew toward the ground. Both Naobito and Naoya seemingly glitched in mid-air as their speed increased, but Einherjar didn't stop its charge.
With its lance pointing at Naobito, Einherjar sliced through the air while ignoring Naoya. It knew that Naoya was the weakest among them, and so long that it didn't get hit by Naobito it could trade blows without worrying.
That assumption, however, was wrong. Eiherjar passed by Naoya expecting to tank whatever attack the jujutsu sorcerer threw and to move on toward its real target, but right after getting hit its whole body stopped moving.
'All of them can do that?! ' Shalltear asked herself when she saw her double falling from the skies. She lifted her hand to prepare a spell but was stopped by Gojo's red which fucked up her aim. 'They have a way to stop the movement from single targets... I need numbers '
[Summon Household]
The skill had come off cooldown a few minutes ago, but since Gojo was too powerful for any of her summons to deal with. Shalltear didn't use it until then.
Multiple curses came out of Shalltear's shadow and all of them ran after the group of sorcerers. They passed by Gojo, who didn't care about them at all and moved on to assist Einherjar.
Ogi quickly moved forward to attack the swarm of first-grade curses going after his team, while Naobito prepared to counter Einherjar.
Naoya continued forward in the air and fell in front of Gojo. He quickly got in a stance before taking off trying to circle around Shalltear.
'The fight has changed. I can beat you now, bitch. ' Gojo thought as he saw Naoya running to the side. He finally had a way to not only bring Shalltear into his Domain but also hit her with Hollow Purple.
"You Zennin idiot, don't run off like that. You're the support! " Gojo screamed before jumping forward.
