Chapter 05. A Miko In Trouble

Ijichi, who was very nervous, was only following Gojo, who threatened him to accompany him to the city

"Do you have any idea where Utahime senpai might be? Where are we going? Gojo senpai" asked poor Ijichi looking all around since the school was in darkness.

Gojo just stopped at the stairs leading to the school exit, turned to look at his partner and smiled, adjusting his sunglasses.

"I think I have the answer to these questions" smiled Gojo as he typed on his cell pone

"Ijichi, go get the car, we're going to the city.

"But we can't leave the school so late at night, it's against the rules and and if we are discovered, we may be expelled!" Ijichi tried to protest

"Ijichi, Do you want me to hit you?" said Gojo in an annoyed tone

Poor Ijichi didn't want his senpai to hit him like in previous occasions, so he did as he was ordered.

"At once" he said raising his hand in order and left for the car.

At that moment, Gojo looked up at the sky, " I wonder where Utahime is?" he said as he made a call.


Meanwhile in the city...

"I hope that idiot didn't give me one of his germs" said Utahime, taking out a handkerchief.

The sorceress dressed as a miko had arrived in the city after a long time of walking.

This one had followed two students from the Tokyo academy who were also heading to the city incognito.

And so it was that the miko discovered the path used by the students to descend faster to the city's shores.

"There are so many places to choose from to dine and drink" said Utahime, looking at the establishments.

And so the sorceress began her night.

First she stopped to eat something sweet at a crepe store and even took some pictures and sent them to Shoko¹.

"Shoko, the crepes at this place are delicious! We should come together next time!" said her text message and attached a photograph.

The young woman continued walking through the streets of that city, going from one establishment to another.

She went into some stores, tried on some clothes and/or bought some accessories and souvenirs.

She also bought some sweets and from every store she went to and every thing she bought, she took a picture to send to her best friend.

And she was even asked for photographs because of her clothing, which was striking to some people, especially tourists².

"Can I take a picture with you?" asked a curious tourist.

"Of course" Utahime replied with a smile.

Some people besides asking for a photograph, asked for "her blessing" or "divination"³ and this was extra work for Utahime.

"Miss, could you tell my fortune?" asked a middle aged woman

The poor woman had a little curse on her shoulders, which every day made them heavier and made her sicker by the day.

"Sure, but tell me something? Are your shoulders heavy? Have you had strange dreams lately?, has your appetite decreased?" asked Utahime, looking at that creature smiling at her.

"How did you know?! Miss," asked the surprised woman.

"Don't worry, your luck is about to change" said Utahime kindly as she ended the curse by passing her hand over the woman's shoulders and saying a few words.

The woman's shoulders immediately felt lighter and even her stomach rumbled with hunger "Oh how light it feels now and I'm so hungry that I could even eat a whole buffet, thank you very much miss!" she took Utahime's hands tightly as a sign of gratitude.

"You're welcome" she said smiling a little.

"Even outside the academy the extra work doesn't end ¡Puff!" sighed Utahime as she began to resume her walk when she saw the woman leave.

Utahime continued walking around the city while looking for the bar she had seen with Shoko the last time they went together.

"I think it's at the end of the street" she said entering a somewhat empty street.

Utahime started walking down that street, in which she felt no cursed energy nearby, so she assumed there was no danger nearby...or so she thought...

"Oh look, a Miko!" a male voice said.

"Look how pretty she is" said another male voice.

"Hey miss!, Are you lost? Isn't it too late for you to be out of your temple?" said a third voice.

From one of the establishments on that street, three boys had come out, and they began to follow Utahime.

Instead, she sighed and just started ignoring them, walking faster.

But quickly the three boys began to catch up with her, even walking beside her.

"Seriously, How pretty this lady is, don't you want to join us? It must be nice to be in the company of a miko" said the boy on her left.

"No thank you and please stay away from me" said Utahime in a serious tone, still walking.

"Come on miss!, come with us!" said the guy on her right, trying to take Utahime by the arm.

Utahime also knowing self-defense, managed to grab the guy's arm and knocked him to the ground.

"I said no! and NO IS NO!" said Utahime annoyed.

"Damn bitch!, grab her!" said the guy who was on the ground and quickly his two companions went against Utahime.

The young Utahime was defending herself with some body techniques, so a series of blows rained down on those three subjects that had left them on the ground.

"I hope that teaches them not to mess with a lady" said Utahine, settling her bag and starting to take a few steps.

But the young sorceress could go no further as she was grabbed by the foot by one of them, while the other two quickly got up and cornered her against the wall.

"Damn..." said Utahime while one of them was holding her face.

"Well, little bitch, you didn't want to do it the easy way... then you'll have to do it the hard way to compare us" said the one who seemed to be the leader of the three.

"I wonder... what it will feel like to be in the company of a temple virgin... although we have done it before with normal virgins that were no 'big deal'... let's see if doing it with a Miko gives some 'special power'" said the other boy holding her against the wall.

"Look, she only has a few light scratches on her face, but she's still a pretty bitch" said the leader, still holding her cheeks.

"Is she wearing underwear? I'm talking about this old-fashioned outfit" the one holding her against the wall started to say as he brought his filthy hand closer to Utahime's skirt.

Utahime was trying to break free from her captors
"I must do something fast... I could use some cursed energy on these three and knock them unconscious... and if the academy finds out, I can claim it was self-defense" she was thinking quickly, starting to see how she was going to attack them... when suddenly ...

"I'm sorry, believe me you don't want to see this girl upset and much less want to see her in her underwear..." said a male voice that the miko recognized.

Quickly, the guy holding the sorceress's face fell to the ground unconscious.

"Believe me, this girl's underwear is very old-fashioned, it looks like this girl buys her clothes in those stores for the elderly, so... Why don't you better go bother somewhere else? Only I can bother this weakling!" the one who had come to Utahime's aid was none other than Gojo.

The guy who was on the ground was regaining consciousness and the other two guys were surprised to see the young high school student.

In the meantime, Gojo was twiddling his fingers, ready to strike the other two remaining subjects.

"Gojo!" said Utahime, surprised and relieved.

"Utahime, are you crying?" said Gojo smiling and taking off his glasses to look at his senpai.

"I'm not crying!" she said annoyed by that comment.

"What's a damn high school student doing out of the house at this hour!" another one of the guys started to say "Besides... what a strange uniform..." said one of the guys

"And who the hell would wear sunglasses in the middle of the night? And who the hell would wear sunglasses in the middle of the night? Who the hell are you?" said one of the guys

Gojo just smiled as he got in position to attack "Who am I? Well, I AM THE STRONGEST" he said ready to fight and in a boastful tone.

That fight did not last more than a few minutes, Gojo quickly knocked out the guy who was getting up from the ground and quickly hit the guy who went against him, knocking him unconscious quickly.

Meanwhile, Utahime, in an oversight of the other guy who was still cornering her, managed to hit him in several vital points with cursed energy, this made him fall to his knees to the ground in a trance and that was when she gave him a final blow, leaving him unconscious on the floor.

"Ha! Even in these situations I have to save you? Eh Utahine?" said Gojo putting on his dark glasses again.

"I already had a plan ready to finish with these three disgusting idiots, in fact, I could even say that I could manage on my own" said the sorceress arranging her hair and then crossing her arms looking at Gojo.

"Yes, yes, as you say...Good thing they weren't wizards or curses, otherwise you would have been in big trouble, Utahime" said Gojo, poking one of the subjects to check if they were unconscious.

"I think that, in a situation like this, I would prefer the curses to these idiots!" she said, moving her face to one side to avoid looking at Gojo "I would rather be with the curses than with you".

In a way, the young woman wanted to thank Gojo for the fact that he had arrived in time to save her... but at the same time, she was still so proud and upset about what had happened earlier at the academy that "that pride" did not allow her to "thank" the boy.

"By the way!" Utahime reacted quickly "How the hell did you know I was here?" She asked turning to look at Gojo.

Gojo smiled and quickly took out his cell phone

"I asked Shoko!" He showed the conversations "Yes, I told Shoko that Mei Mei was looking for you for a mission and that we couldn't find you at the academy, so I asked her if she knew where you had been and Shoko sent me all your last locations" he said approaching his senpai.

"Shoko!" sighed Utahime "I'll talk to her about it and ask her not to inform you about what doesn't concern you!" she said a bit annoyed about it.

Gojo stood in front of her smiling "Now, I think you owe me something, Utahime" he got too close to her "besides this is the second time I've defended you in a day"

Utahime sighed in annoyance and looked him in the eyes, still with her arms crossed "I don't owe you anything!" she answered trying to sound serious.

Gojo came closer to Utahime, who took a few steps back since the guy was imposing in height, the young woman was just cornered again against the wall.

"A simple "Thank you" would be enough you know... unless... you..." said Gojo taking off his dark glasses again to look his senpai in the eyes while he leaned his hand against the wall cornering her.

"Unless?" Utahime replied a little nervously, looking into those blue eyes and feeling the cold wall behind her.

"Unless you want to pay me with a dinner, I mean it's getting hungry and it's a little late" Gojo smiled bringing his face closer to the girl's "Or you could pay me with something else" he said in a low voice looking at Utahime's lips.

"A-Anything else?" said Utahime blushing as she saw Gojo's beautiful gaze resting on her lips and she couldn't help looking at those lips of the strongest sorcerer.

Gojo just smiled looking at Utahime's lips... the miko was still wearing some of her lipstick and felt the temptation to approach them... he wanted to do what he couldn't do in that hallway... kiss her on the lips.

On the other hand, Utahime felt her heart beating too fast... because she knew what this thank-you proposal was aimed at.

"I" Utahime began to say, holding her hands to her chest to calm her racing heart.

Gojo was still smiling and began to bring his lips close to Utahime's "You know what I mean, don't you?" he put his hand on her chin.

At that moment Utahime felt that her pride was completely gone, she closed her eyes "Gojo…" the words did not come out of her mouth as she brought her lips close to Gojo's lips.

At that moment when their lips were about to touch and consumed in a kiss...

Someone interrupted them.

"Etto..." was the voice of Ijichi, who was looking at them with sorrow while holding a crepe.

"Ijichi, what are you doing here?!" said Utahime, surprised and blushing.

"I... Well, Gojo threatened me, so I had to accompany him , I brought the crepe he asked me for" he said, sighing with resignation.

"By the way... What happened here and why there are unconscious civilians on the sidewalk?" said Ijichi looking at the scene a little nervous.

"Ijichi, you're just in time with my dessert!" said Gojo, putting his hands together in happiness and looking at that crepe "Nothing happened, I just saved Utahime from these guys, you know how weak she is!"

"I could do it alone!" said Utahime annoyed, pushing him away.

"You couldn't beat them by yourself Utahime, because you are too weak" smiled Gojo walking towards Ijichi without stepping on the thugs.

"YOU'RE AN IDIOT!" said Utahime trying to hit Gojo with her bag, but he stopped her with his barrier.

"Hysterical women are scary!" Gojo laughed a little at what Utahime tried to do with her purse.

"Come here!, You beautiful crepe!" said Gojo smiling and starting to eat it.

"I see…" said Ijichi adjusting his glasses after listening to all that.

Then, the 3 sorcerers began to hear that the police were nearby.

"I think we should get out of here, otherwise we will get into more trouble" said Ijichi somewhat nervously.

"You're right, let's go to dinner!" said Gojo animatedly and started to run without letting go of his crepe.

"Wait Gojo senpai!" said Ijichi running, trying to catch up with Gojo.

Utahime smiled a little as she saw the nervous Ijichi trying to catch up with Gojo, so she also started running after them.

"Wait for me!" She said running.

For a slight moment, the Miko looked back and watched as she walked away from the bar she wanted to get to...

At that moment she only sighed, she started to run faster because the police were arriving on the scene.


Notes:

1- At present, the mikos can lead a normal life, but they only have to fulfill their roles in the temples when they are required to do so.

2- A current requirement to be a miko is to be bilingual and single.

3- Some sorceresses (mikos) can also "divine" the future or "make a prayer for people".