Bony Boy goes to JJK World
-Lots of spoilers on JJK read at your own risk.-
Angel's pov
Angel stood next to Megumi's body. She placed her hand on his neck which Sukuna had targeted. The blood was hardened and brittle which meant the wound was no longer opened, but even then, Megumi was still out. 'Is he okay?! ' Hana asked.
'Yes, though I don't know when he'll wake up. The wound has already been taken care of for some reason. ' Angel responded. She couldn't understand why Sukuna left her or why he would heal Megumi's wound when he was the one who caused it in the first place. The sudden change of attitude was not something Sukuna would have done without a good answer.
"A deal was struck. " Angel heard a voice speaking.
Angel immediately turned her eyes to the source of the noise. A shadow demon. The curse was hiding in between the rocks near Megumi. "What type of deal? " Angel asked. The fact that she was not attacked combined with the healing that she received from a demon priest, caused her to spare the creature, Of course, she didn't trust it, but it was enough to at least hear what it had to say.
"The details are unknown to me, but here is what happened. " The shadow creature began narrating what it saw. From the moment that Sukuna hit Megumi, to the moment where he went down on his knee. "I'll not harm either of them and I'll heal Megumi. That's what he said before healing the boy and leaving. " The shadow demon explained.
Angel wasn't sure if what the curse said was trustworthy. It was a good explanation and it did in fact make sense. If Sukuna was in that type of situation he might use the deal angle to buy himself some time, but the deal didn't have a time limit. It just stated that the host was to stop resisting. This was extremely weird from her point of view. 'Why would the host give himself to Sukuna like that? ' Angel thought.
Even weirder than that, was the fact that Sukuna became overwhelmed. She couldn't buy that some random host was able to resit Sukuna's control or even take it back by force.
"You're implying that Sukuna would have lost control over the body if he didn't obey the host? Nonsense. " Angel said to the shadow demon who immediately bowed.
"I explained what I saw and heard. The conclusion is something that you should draw for yourself. " The shadow demon said before lifting its finger.
"Is that all? Go away then! " Angel said as she grabbed Megumi's body. Since she couldn't use reversed cursed energy to heal other people, the only other option was to bring him out of the domain and have him healed there.
"Just one other thing. " The shadow demon said sprouting small tentacles that grabbed Megumi's body. Angel quickly used her cursed energy to cover her own body, she then grabbed the tentacles and began tearing them apart. "My master wishes to heal the boy. "
Angel stopped immediately. She slowly turned to the curse who was now completely motionless. "Heal him? " Angel said. Hana quickly accepted the offer, but Angel was reluctant. Even though she had been healed before, there was no way that the guardian would do so without some type of strings attached.
"Yes. If you still have the desire for fighting the one known as Sukuna. "
'And there you have it. ' Angel said to Hana who immediately changed her answer. There was no way that she would let Megumi go off and face that dangerous man again.
"No deal-"
"Yes. " Megumi said interrupting Angel. "Heal me. I'll fight Sukuna. "
Both Hana and Angel became extremely angry at that proposition. They immediately slapped Megumi across the face. "What the fuck are you talking about?! He's not going to fight. "They both said in unison.
But that was no longer their decision. The deal was given to her because Megumi was unconscious, which meant that he couldn't accept it, but now that he was awake, the decision was up to him. The shadow demon immediately brought out one of the demon priests it was carrying in its shadow. 'It is just like the Ten Shadow. ' Megumi said as he watched the curse appear.
Angel quickly got into her fighting stance. She knew what was about to happen, but couldn't accept it. If the demon healed Megumi, he would be forced to face Sukuna, that was an extremely dangerous and stupid thing to do. 'You can't let this happen. ' Hana screamed.
"If you get in the way, woman. You'll pay. " The shadow demon said while it brought out a few of the heavy hitters. Of course, these "heavy hitters" were just War Devils that Angel could easily deal with, but even that was bad news. She knew that all it took was for one of them to heal Megumi and the boy would be locked in the contract.
"It's okay, Hana. Sukuna won't harm us. " Megumi said. He barely had enough strength to move his hand creating some shadows that stretched to the shadow demon. The curse quickly saw the act and touched Megumi's shadow without letting Angel notice.
Angel gave the control of the body back to Hana hoping that she could bring some sense into the boy's head."What are you talking about?! He's going to kill you. " Hana said.
The demon priest went back to the shadow demon and then reappeared right beside Megumi.
[Heal]
Angel quickly pulled the control back to her but it was too late. By the time her fist made contact with the demon, the healing spell had already gone off. Megumi felt his body being energized like never before. He got up right away and began examining his neck. The punch stopped right before hitting the curse and since there was no more reason to attack it, Angel pulled her arm back.
'Noo! ' Hana said. She knew that Megumi was now doomed to fight Sukuna and there was no way he could get lucky a second time.
Hana took control of the body to give a piece of her mind to Megumi."You're an idiot! Idiot! Now you're gonna have to fight that monster again and you'll fucking die. " Hana said as she punched Megumi's chest. Each punch was more like a small push, they were not meant to hurt, but rather to show frustration.
"There's no problem at all. Sukuna won't hurt us. " Megumi said as he looked at the shadow demon. "I need to check how your power works. Let me touch your shadow while you're using your ability."
Hana stopped hitting him as soon as Megumi began talking to the shadow demon. Angel took over the body right after that. "What do you mean? " Angel asked. The level of confidence in Megumi's voice was too great for him to not have a guarantee.
Megumi quickly turned to her before answering, "I'm still alive right? Why not just heal me and then kill me? You're still alive too? Sukuna was about to do just that before I showed up. "
Angel quickly began piecing the clues together. What Megumi said did make a lot of sense to her, but was a huge gap in the logic. It did align with the shadow demon's report, which made it even more probable.
Megumi saw as Angel became busy doing some thinking and turned his attention to the shadow demon. The curse was told to leave right after making the deal, but the weird request from Megumi intrigued Demiurge, so he allowed the shadow demon to stay for further investigation. "Why do you want to investigate my skill? " The shadow demon asked.
Megumi crouched down and placed his hand in his shadow, but instead of touching the floor, Megumi's hand went right through it. Demiurge was taken aback as he recognized the skill. "You can access the shadow dimension? " The shadow demon said.
Megumi didn't know what the shadow demon was talking about, but he wasn't sure if he should care for the explanation of the curse. He chucked it off as just a different way to call the Ten Shadows. "You seem to be better at using your power than me, but if I touch your shadow I might learn something. Maybe even improve my power. Let me do it so that I can have a better chance of beating Sukuna. You want that, right? " Megumi asked the curse. He knew that Sukuna was a problem for both this curse and the guardian. It did run away after all.
Demiurge was left with an interesting choice. If he allowed Megumi to examine the skill, there were two outcomes, either he learned something or he didn't. None of those two options yielded bad outcomes. However, he didn't have to accept since Megumi was bounded to face Sukuna either way.
"Alright. Make it quick. " The shadow demon responded. It then began pulling the demon priest back into what he called the shadow dimension. Megumi acted fast and shoved his hand into the portal. He left his hand reaching into a jelly-like substance. It was cold yet he felt a small burning sensation on his fingers, it was wet, yet he felt like his fingers were running through sand. The contradicting feeling left Megumi without a proper way to categorize his experience. He could only say that he was touching something that he didn't know what it was.
"Satisfied? " The shadow demon asked. The priest demon was gone and the curse wanted to leave. This was bad for Megumi since he had yet to learn anything useful.
"Wait a bit. I still haven't learned what this is. " Megumi asked as he shoved his other hand.
The shadow demon shook his head before pushing Megumi out of the shadow. "You've had enough time. If you didn't figure out anything that's not my problem. " The demon said before he pushed Megumi away.
"Wait! " Megumi said as he tried to run after the shadow demon who quickly entered the shadow created by the cracks in the floor. It didn't take long for the creature to disappear.
Angel let Megumi stand there for a while before she decided enough time had passed. "Are you sure that Sukuna won't harm us? " Angel asked. She was still doubting the theory, but it was the only explanation she could come up with.
Megumi dropped to the floor and then stuck his hand into his own shadow. The feeling was very different from the creature's technique which could only mean one thing inside Megumi's mind. His technique was extremely underdeveloped.
Angel watched as the boy played around in his shadow. She then grabbed his shoulder and said, "This is important. Are you sure that we're not gonna get hurt?! " Angel pulled back on Megumi's should, but the boy didn't care to respond. His mind was 100% focused on his cursed technique.
Megumi tried changing his shadow's properties to mimic the same sensation that he had just experienced. He had partial success. While he could mimic some of the sensations, the infinite depth and the contradicting nature of the whole experience was something that was far beyond him. After trying for a few more minutes, he finally got up and turned to Angel.
"Finally. " Angel said.
"Sorry. I had to check something first. " Megumi said as he turned his attention to his hand.
"Learned something useful? " Angel asked.
"I think so. Maybe? " Megumi responded. He wasn't sure if that was useful for a fight. Maybe it was for a cursed spirit that transported other curses inside of it but for an actual fight. It was something that Megumi couldn't be sure about.
"Hope it was. For both of us. " Angel said as she turned to where the temple stood. She immediately saw a flash of cursed energy and a huge pillar of flames erupt from the ground. Sukuna was now fighting another curse or maybe the guardian itself. "Come. He's there. "
"Don't worry, Angel. He's not gonna hurt us. I'm certain of it. " Megumi said as he started walking forward.
"I hope you're right about that too. " Angel said.
Sukuna's pov
[Vermillion Nova]
Sukuna quickly moved to the side right before the spell took effect. The king of curses was slowly understanding the effects of Envy's spells as they were very similar to the ones Wrath had used. Sukuna quickly moved his hand to the side creating a shockwave that pushed the War Devils away from Geto and Yorozu.
Geto could only watch as Sukuna did most of the heavy lifting for him. Yorozu, however, didn't want to be a burden to Sukuna, so she decided to rush after Envy and buy a little extra breathing room for him. "Don't you even think about that, woman? " Geto said as he used his reversed cursed technique to create a gravity field, forcing Yorozu to stay put.
"It's humiliating. " Yorozu said as the window of opportunity closed right in front of her eyes. Sukuna was now fighting and the demon was now back in close-hand combat. She quickly turned back and faced the War Devils. "My love is struggling and needs help. Why do I have to stay here fighting trash after trash? "
[Flame Wave]
Geto shook his head as he dodged a spell from one of the War Devils. Now that the lesser creatures were using spells and combination attacks like they were meant to do from the beginning, Geto and Yorozu were having a really tough time. They couldn't afford to become distracted since Torturer was orchestrating the fighting. "Sukuna is going to win you idiot. And if you still had cursed energy in you, we wouldn't need to focus this hard on these guys."
"Why are you throwing the blame on me?! If you still had some of your cursed spirits, we wouldn't be struggling at all! " Yorozu said as she dodged one of the blades that were thrown at them.
"I'm not sure about that. " Geto said as he watched four demons preparing a spell.
[Flame Wave]
Geto quickly used his cursed energy to tank the attack and ran right through it. Within just a few moments, before the demons could react to the incoming blow, Geto emerged from the flames. He then used his cursed technique to pin the demons on the floor before Yorozu could finish them off.
With that being done, they had finally destroyed all of the demons in the area, or so they thought. Soon after that, another batch of demons emerged from the ground. "There's no end to them. " Yorozu complained. Geto took a deep breath. The demons entered the same formation and the battle began anew.
Just like his teammates, Sukuna found the fight against the Evil Lord to be a lot more challenging than before. Now that the cursed technique, that gave him the edge when he was facing Guren and Wrath was known by the enemy, Sukuna couldn't deal a decisive blow. Envy also found itself in that situation, it didn't have a lot of buffs like Wrath did nor it had the stats for a close-ranged fighter, but once she figured out that she couldn't deal significant damage to Sukuna, Envy had no choice but to implement close quarters.
The fight didn't last long. In only about 10 minutes, in that time, Sukuna destroyed Envy without getting injured at all. It was a feat that a lesser jujutsu sorcerer would be proud of, but not Sukuna, he instead believed that the fight was a huge failure on his part. The thought that a cursed spirit of that caliber didn't die as soon as the unleashed his true power was infuriating, but not unexpected. In fact, Sukuna knew that he was getting weaker and weaker as the fighting went on which only made him more impatient and nervous.
Another point that really ticked Sukuna off, was the fact that he had to deal with the Torturer. Of course, the cursed spirit put up some type of resistance, but since it didn't have many abilities for actual combat and relied more on commanding lesser demons, like Demiurge, it was killed rather easily. But the fact that Geto and Yorozu couldn't do it broke what little respect he had for them.
Sukuna started walking toward the temple. He didn't turn back or even stopped and glanced back to check on his teammates. For all he cared, they were either right behind him, following him, or should never show their faces to him. "The guardian should be hiding in the temple somewhere. You two stay on the outside in case some of the curses try to follow me in there. "
"Alright, Sukuna. " Geto said. He quickly forced himself to stay upright. The amount of cursed energy he had used made it impossible for Geto to follow Sukuna any further so he said what the king of curses wanted to hear and began to slowly make his way to the temple.
'I can't believe I bet on this fucking horse. What a shit show. ' Geto thought as he watched the once impressive cursed energy amount and ferocity in Sukuna's body being diminished. It now resembled a normal special-grade sorcerer with a boundless amount of cursed energy. Still impressive, but not something that Geto believed could win the game anymore.
Yorozu tried to drag herself toward the temple. She was completely spent and could no longer walk, but the orders from Sukuna had to be followed so she had no other option but to crawl on the floor. "Geto. Take me to the temple. " Yorozu said.
Geto shook his head before replying, "With your weight? No way. " Geto said in a playful voice. He could afford to carry her, but if they were attacked by more curses, he wasn't confident that he could actually win. So he decided to use his teammate as bait to buy him a few precious seconds.
"Geto! " Yorozu screamed right as Sukuna came out of the temple.
Megumi's pov
Megumi ran as fast as he could toward the temple. The fighting had stopped for a few moments which could only mean that Sukuna was now exploring the temple. 'The moment while Sukuna and his team are distracted by the guardian. That's the moment when Angel will be able to exorcise him. ' Megumi thought as he continued running.
Angel was nowhere to be found, she was making her way slowly while hiding her presence as best as she could. Even if Sukuna could not hurt her, there were other teammates, and Sukuna himself could also dodge the attack. She had to catch him off guard. That was what they had decided.
However, Megumi suddenly changed his plan. He was meant to check the area before going to the temple in case someone was hiding. Instead of doing that, he rushed straight to the temple. 'Impossible, that person can't be here. There's no way. ' Megumi thought as he recognized a familiar face from afar.
Ignoring every instinct in his body and his rationality, Megumi ran to the temple in a straight line. Geto and Yorozu quickly noticed the approaching enemy that normally would be below either of them, but since they have pretty beaten up themselves, they couldn't just stay sitting down.
"Geto! " Yorozu said. She didn't have enough cursed energy for an actual attack and could barely maintain her barrier. The burning effect of the domain was affecting her pretty heavily and she wanted to avoid combat.
"I don't think that will be possible. " Geto said as pointed at Megumi. "He's here for you after all. "
'For me? ' Yorozu thought as she watched the boy stop a few meters away from her.
"Tsukimi? What are you doing here?! " Megumi asked. He couldn't understand what his sister, someone who was supposed to be in a coma in the hospital, could possibly be doing in the life or death game.
"Ahhh... is that the name of the host? She's not around anymore. It's Yorozu now. " Yorozu said as she took a step backward placing herself between Geto and Megumi.
"I don't understand. " Megumi said. He smacked himself in the face a couple of times. "I-"
Geto watched the boy's face going through all sorts of emotions and try as he may, he couldn't help but chuckle at it. The dumb confused face that Megumi finally landed on was very amusing. So much, in fact, that Yorozu also couldn't contain her laughter. "Look at that Geto. Ha ha ha. "
"Try to not laugh that hard Yorozu. It's not polite. Especially considering that he got all the way here. " Geto said. He knew that even if one was being carried by powerful allies, like Sukuna or Gojo, one would need considerable strength just to stand there. So deep in his heart, he had some newfound respect for the boy.
That was not the same case for Megumi. Once the initial shock passed through him, his mind could only focus on a single word. Host. It became clear to him right away. His sister was in the same situation as Yuji. Angel needed to use her cursed technique to exorcise the one known as Yorozu.
Megumi's face became fierce as the resolve to save his sister grew in his mind. He would fight both of these monsters in human form and then have Angel save her. It was doable, he could feel that Yorozu and Geto were not that much stronger than him. Megumi took a single step forward, that was all it took for all of his confidence to disappear.
'If Angel saves Tsumiki... what about Yuji? Sukuna will be on high alert and we won't be able to save him. ' Megumi thought as it became clear to him. He would have to think calmly before acting.
"You're hesitating, Fushiguro Megumi! " Geto said as he jumped from the top of the staircase toward Megumi.
