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Warning - Please Read: From this chapter moving forward, the plot and development will follow the timeline from the manga so there will be spoilers. Please make sure that you are okay with it before continuing. If you read the manga, great! Happy reading!
2003, Tokyo
She had to admit that school without Satoru was no fun. She missed his stupid face and all the jokes he made. He always succeeded in making her laugh. It had been 6 months since he left to attend Jujutsu Tech High School and she had not seen him since then.
"He must be busy with missions and school" - she threw a rock down the stream near her orphanage - "at least come and say hi once in a while, you dumbass."
After realizing how dreamily she was acting, she shook it off. Kira was never a girly type who would always need company. But having someone would be better than not having anyone. Her expression turned angry in a heartbeat.
_Fuck you, Satoru! - she threw a big rock with all her strength toward the forest on the other side of the stream. The speed and power of the rock chopped a small tree in half, creating a big thud sound. She huffed furiously, then yelled at the top of her lungs - You promised to take me with you to see a special grade! You promised! Damn you!
_You want to see a special-grade curse or jujutsu sorcerer? - a voice echoed from the other side.
"How come I did not notice his presence?" - her body stiffened. The shadow got closer and closer until a man emerged from the dust cloud caused by the tree she knocked down earlier.
"Damn…the Zen'in clan's monster, Zen'in or Fushiguro Toji!" - she instinctively took a step back. With her current condition with only 25% of her physical strength restored, she would not stand a chance against Toji. She calculated her options, to escape or to fight.
_I want to see a special-grade curse - she said out loud after deciding to run.
_And why would a little girl like you want to see a special grade curse? - he smiled mockingly. The scar at the corner of his mouth made him look exceptionally creepy.
_My friend said he is a Grade 1 sorcerer and he wants to show me how he will exorcise a special grade curse - she made her voice sound naive and innocent and kawaii as much as she could. Even she wanted to vomit at her own "kawaii" voice.
_Heh? And your friend is Satoru? - he made an effortless jump from the other bank to stand facing her.
_Yes, Satoru, you know him? Are you a sorcerer too? - "Yes, he falls for it. I need to keep acting."
The man, Fushiguro Toji, narrowed his eyes on her. His intense stare made her sweat so hard. He was cooking something in his mind. After a few minutes, he lowered himself to her face and put a hand on her tiny head;
_There is one nearby, let me show you.
"Shit" - her mouth fell open. She had not thought this far yet.
_Thank you, mister, haha, but I think I should go home. I was told not to hang out with strangers. I will wait for my friend. Bye, mister - she leaned away from his touch, glancing at Toji and at the orphanage, planning to run. But Toji did not let her make it to the escape route and hauled her up on his shoulder.
_I'm no stranger, I'm Satoru's friend - "fuck you!," she screamed internally - I think I'm stronger than your friend, that's the fact.
"Nooooo" - her "brilliant" idea backfired so badly and their silhouettes slowly disappeared into the forest.
_Are we there yet, old man? - she shuffled on Toji's shoulder after they had been walking for a while.
_Be patient, little one. You may not live after seeing a special grade curse - he warned her with a calm voice, chuckled lightly at the stupid girl he carried - so enjoy this walk as it may be the little time you have left in this life.
_Hn… - she grunted - "what a moody old man." As there was nothing to do, she started snooping around and saw the lottery tickets in his back pocket - old man, are you lucky?
He was confused but realized she must refer to the lottery tickets.
_Haha, nope. On the contrary, I'm quite unlucky.
_So you exorcise for money to gamble?
_You can say that - his steps slowed down - I'm unlucky so I used up all my money. That's why I'm killing a curse today.
He stopped completely and tossed her down suddenly. Kira landed on her butt but before she could complain, her shoulder dropped at a creature that was crawling on top of him, replacing where she was a moment ago on his shoulder. The thing looked like a very long piece of shit with a face.
"Ew, why would he carry something like that around" - she cringed away from Toji, refusing to let that piece of shit touch her. After reaching an appropriate distance, she took the glasses out and put them on.
_Where did you get the glasses kid? - he glanced at the glasses she was wearing, tilting his head to see a cursed object from the Zen'in clan on an unknown kid. He smirked, what a mysterious kid he randomly picked up. He was holding a short weird-looking sword, vomited from the creature he carried. She stroked her throat, trying hard not to vomit at the sight. What a disgusting way to store weapons.
_Satoru gave it to me - she lied but Toji was already gone, closing his distance with the curse.
"So fast" - his movements and fighting skills were indeed superior - "no wonder he was called the Sorcerer Killer. He is probably on the same level as the strongest jujutsu sorcerers, even without curse energy. But wait, I need to get in there too. I need to die. Damn it, old man, stop killing the curse so fast!"
She walked around, assessing the battle while looking for an opportunity to join. If she ran in right now, she might run into Toji and he would 100% kill her if she's in his way. She needed to wait.
Her death wish was granted. Another special grade curse suddenly appeared. This one had the form of a human, with 2 arms, 2 legs, and a head, though it only had 1 eye. The curse saw Kira standing alone and it did not hesitate to run at her full speed, screeching.
Its lightning-fast speed did not give her enough time to calculate her chance against the special grade curse. She needed to be strategic about how to die, but the plan was fucked when the second curse appeared.
_Oi, kid - Toji yelled from afar, sounded almost concerned - run.
"Like I can outrun this one"
_Thanks for the advice, old man - she yelled, preparing for the impact, completely unarmed.
"Heh, if the Cursed Womb kills her, 2 birds with one stone. Is she the Vessel someone told me about? Kids, they all look the same" - a smile crossed his face, thinking he could make a little more money for a race he did not want to miss in the afternoon.
Blood gushed out from her mouth as she received a full blow into her stomach 3 minutes into the fight. The punch was so powerful that it sent her flying at least 50 meters. Her back hit a big tree.
CRACK~~
Pathetic
Her back broke as it made contact with the tree, she could not feel her legs anymore. The curse was dancing, celebrating, and making weird noises in happiness.
"Asshole" - blood pooled in her eyes, turning her vision red as blood dripping from her head - "So weak."
Within 3 minutes, she could only dodge a few blows and managed to land a few punches. She was centuries away from killing it. It would take her less than 1 minute to kill this curse at full power. She slowly lost consciousness.
When Kira opened her eyes again, she was sitting in a room with rows and rows of chair like a theater. There was a big bright big screen in front of her where fragments of her memories were playing. She recognized them. All were memories of her training and missions during the Heian period.
After about 10 minutes, the screen blacked out after it reached the battle between her and Sukuna. Then the same set of images replayed again, and it continued like that, without an end. She was puzzled as to why she was seeing all of this. Where was Madara, wasn't she supposed to see him?
She recalled what Satoru told her, dying did not mean she could see Madara again. Shit, did she make a mistake?
"No, there must be clues here."
She looked around the theater for what seemed like hours but no clue.
_Ughhhhhhhhhh, Madara-sama, come out here! - she yelled out of frustration, flopping down a chair in the front row - Come out!
A smack to the back of her head stunned her. She turned and was ready to curse louly but no word could come out. She blinked rapidly, unable to believe in her very own eyes.
_Where is your manner? - she started tearing up at the voice, it was not Madara.
_Father! - she ran toward him and hugged him tightly - Why didn't you come sooner? Where were you all this time?
She sobbed hysterically. She wanted to cry all her feelings away.
Uchiha Fugaku was never a man of many words. He was also a stiff man who had never known how to show love appropriately. He regretted greatly after losing both of his children. He decided that if he was to see them again, he would show them that he loved them dearly. He gently stroked her hair and said the 3 words that he never had the chance to say out loud:
_I love you, my little girl.
_Eh? - her jaw dropped - are you really my Father?
_Yes, my dear. But we don't have much time or that curse will kill you. You need to know how to break the seal.
_How? - she nodded.
_There are artifacts across the country, hidden from human eyes. You once collected them as training exercises, remember? When we decided to bind your soul, we asked the Gojo clan to scatter them across Japan again. Find those artifacts and they will help you release the seal.
_Artifacts?
_Yes. You found 1 when you met Madara last time - he said, looking at her gently.
_The glasses? No, it's the katana.
_Yes, and it seems like there is another artifact on the curse you were fighting. Now, wake up before you bleed to death.
She opened her eyes to an amusing scene. Fushiguro Toji, the Sorcerer Killer, the Zen'in clan's monster, struggled with 2 special-grade curses as they were teaming up to attack him.
"Maybe I will just let the old man suffer a little."
She used the Reverse Rotation technique to heal the injuries on her back.
Ready for Round 2.