"Our window verified the cursed window three hours ago" said a rather plain dark haired man wearing a formal two piece suit.
"Once 90% were successfully evacuated,they made a call to seal off the center" He finished turning to the the first years.
"Citizens within a 500 meter radius have been evacuated as well" Ijichi Kyotaka said, pointing to some other managers and assistant managers posing as construction and infrastructure workers."Uh Ijichi-san?" Yuji said raising his hands "What's a window here?" he questioned.
"A window is a member of jujutsu tech who can see curses but aren't sorcerers either" Ijichi clarified for the newbie.
"Oh okay" Yuji nodded.
"Let's continue..currently five detainees remain there with the curse womb..if the curse womb is the type to metamorphosis then we predict it will become a special grade curse" Ijichi said and Naruto frowned.
"Then shouldn't the third years be here to take care of it? Or maybe even the second years not us first years" Naruto piped up as the only person who had encountered a special grade curse before when Gojo wanted Naruto to quote 'get his feet wet'.
"Hey uh hate to be a bother but i don't know what special grade means?" Yuji said and Naruto slides up commedically with glasses.
"Allow me to explain Yuji-kun!" Naruto said as chibi Naruto and chibi Yuji sat in a class with a whiteboard with 'Curse Spirit for Dummies'.
"We rank both sorcerers and curses by 'classes' and the higher the class the stronger the curse or sorcerer is!" chibi Naruto lectured
"First up is fourth grade curse which can be dealt with by a average human with a wooden bat at least strength wise" Naruto said
"Next is a third grade which can best a normal human in strength so might need a handgun to put it down" Naruto said
"Following is second grade which is super strong so even having a heavy weapon like a shotgun will still be a close match" Naruto said
"Coming in second is first grade which is crazy strong not even a tank can finish the job" Naruto said
"Last but never least is a special grade which will require you to carpet bomb it with cluster bombs to even have a slim chance to survive" Naruto finished
"That's super scary!" Yuji said
"Normally we would have a sorcerer on par with the grade of the curse take the job but in terms of special grade sorcerer's well…" Megumi trailed off
"One is dead,Another is on vacation in Africa,The third doesn't take orders from Jujutsu Tech or the higher ups,and the last is Gojo-sensei" Naruto said with a sigh "There some first grades who can take on a fresh born special grade but two of them are hard to reach and the last is kind of asshole".
"So where is Gojo-sensei?" Yuji asked, looking around.
"He's away on business" Megumi said
"Huh?" Yuji says in shock
"Gojo-sensei is surprisingly busy or at least tries to be..When he's not teaching he's on missions or on some business on behalf of the higher ups" Naruto said crossing his arms
"Unfortunately we're always short handed in this business so we always have have to miss-managed missions..Naruto as a Semi Grade 1 is the highest rank so he will take charge" Ijichi says
"A little word of advice..this mission is of the most urgent..if you encounter the special grade then abandon the mission and run..no point in fighting it just to die" Ijichi says and Nobara and Yuji tensed up but Megumi and Naruto the sorcerer born and the experienced one kept their composure.
"Please listen to your fears..your mission is to strictly find and verify the survival or death of the five inmates and if alive rescue them..not to exorcise the curse" Ijichi says adjusting his glasses "Once Gojo returns then he can take care of the curse".
"Excuse me! Where is Tadashi!" a woman on the older side said at the door getting the group attention as managers in disguise kept her away.
"Is Tadashi..is my son Tadashi okay?" She asked in fear and Yuji frowned, obviously upset at her more when the woman began to tear up as Ijichi gave an excuse of poisonous gas entering the building.
Yuji lips trembled in sympathy before a deep breath he locked in cracking his knuckles
"Fushiguro..Kugisaki..Namikaze..We're gonna save them" Yuji said, eyes hardened with resolve.
"Don't have to tell me twice" Naruto said attaching Muramasa to his hip also moved by the mother despair
"Of course we are" Nobara said with new confidence
Megumi didn't respond
XxCurse Womb Must DiexX
"Be careful" Ijichi said, putting up a sign "I will put up my veil" He the sky a black dome began to form around the entire school and the surrounding area.
"It's becoming night!" Yuji said in awe
"That's a veil used to keep non-sorcerer's from wandering in one sorcerer's business and to keep any curse inside from getting too far" Naruto explained.
Once the veil was fully down Naruto flicked his wrist and his sword flew out of sheath and to his side.
"Hey you how do you get your sword flying by you" Nobara asked and Naruto chuckled sheepishly
"Its actually a exercise in control of my curse technique Gojo-sensei came up with since his technique is similar to mines..i would apply subtly usage of Sweeping Blue to keep my blade close to me and Exploding Red to push it away…i got so good at it over the years i can use it for combat" Naruto said.
"Wow..what a technique" Nobara said
Megumi made a dog shadow puppet hand sign and from his own shadow came his white Divine Dog."He will alert us if the curse will come near" Megumi said
"Oh I see!" Yuji said walking over to the dog "Good boy! Good boy! We're counting on you okay?" Yuji cooed while petting the dog.
The dog led the group with Megumi following Yuji in third and Nobara in the middle with Naruto bringing up the group moved deep the the facility and found it went several stories upward despite it being only two stories.
"Shit,The curse has definitely been born..this is an innate domain" Naruto said looking around eyes on a swivel.
"Innate Domain?" Yuji asked in confusion
"A domain is a barrier used to warp the battlefield into something of your own design which can put the user into an advantageous position..it's also the first step to the ultimate jujutsu technique but seeing that we're not dead it's its most likely one create passively by the amount of curse energy in one area" Naruto explained.
"Where's the door!" Megumi said and the group turned to see the door they came in iis gone
"I-It was right there!" Nobara panicked
"Shit the innate domain is changing this guy is no joke" Naruto said frowning
"What do we do Ah,what do we do about this?" Nobara and Yuji said,doing a death march.
"No issue the dog remember the entrance so Naruto can just bust any blockage down" Megumi informed the group
"Oh my!" The two said stopping their march and Yuji began aggressively petting the dog while Nobara cheered "Good boy, have some jerky, have all the jerky you want!"
"You two are way too calm" Megumi said
"You are really dependable Fushiguro" Yuji said "Thank to you we can rescue people and save ourselves too"
"Lets keep moving" Megumi said schooling group went deeper into the innate domain with their eyes pierced for the group entered a room and Yuji eyes widened as he ran to a corpse that was bisected and by it was the mushed together corpse of two other
"Thats three" Yuji whispered
"Shit i thinks that's Tadashi" Naruto muttered reading the name tag.
"Naruto, can you float the body back?" Yuji asked
"Yuji" Naruto whispered
"His face isn't too mangled…His mother won't accept it if we tell her he's dead but we have no body" Yuji said trying to keep his voice straight.
Yuji suddenly found himself yanked by Megumi."We have to find and verify two more people leave that body behind" He said curtly.
"Quit joking around, we looked away for a second and the entrance was gone" Yuji said "We won't be able to come back for it later!"
"I didn't say come back later, I said leave it behind!" Megumi said getting annoyed "I didn't plan to save the life of somebody I didn't plan to save in the first place!" He said and Yuji grabbed his collar.
"No intention of saving him? What do you mean?!" Yuji yelled out.
"This is a juvenile detention center..jujutsu sorcerers have clearance to info if it concerns the mission! This guy hit a little girl on her home from school while driving without a license" Megumi said shocking Yuji "It was second offense..he knew better" Megumi said
"She survived Megumi..it's not like he killed her" Naruto said trying to play peacemaker
"But he crippled her for life!" Megumi basically shouted before turning to Yuji "I know your stuck on saving lots of people and guiding them to a proper death but some people don't deserve it" Megumi said
"Then why did you bother saving me!" Yuji yelled throwing Megumi off
"You two we're on an urgent mission so cut that shit out!" Naruto said and Nobara was about to step up but was swallowed by a hole.
"NOBARA!" Naruto yelled running ot the hole but it closed
"No way Divine Dogs should've" Megumi thought before turning to see his shikigami was killed
"Screw it! We're getting Kugisaki and getting ou-" Naruto said, ready to shatter the floor when he froze and the other two boys followed.
Cause the special grade curse stood right behind them
"Fast" Naruto thought shocked
"There's no mistake..it's a special grade" Megumi thought in fear
"Move..Move! Move! Move!" Yuji thought the sheer depth of the curse's curse energy kept him instinctively rooted in fear..the fear like a gazelle on the road about to be run fear telling him a predator was nearby.
"Help others" Yuji recalled and he drew Naruto's dagger and tried to cut the curse but faster than the trio could even see the curse swiped its hands and severed Yuji's arm and broke the dagger.
"Ita..dori" Megumi said as Yuji stared at his arm, the sheer adrenaline in his body keeping him from feeling the pain.
"He touched the blade!" Naruto thought before flicking his wrist, conjuring a wave of blue energy toward the curse."Sweeping Blue!" Naruto called and the curse flew across the room into the wall cratering it.
"We can't escape after it got this close, we're not fast enough" Naruto said as Yuji wrapped his arm with the belt that held the sheath of the dagger.
"Hey Sukuna, if i die you die too right? If you don't want that then help me out" Yuji said and a mouth grew on his cheek and the closed eye under his own opened.
"Nope!" Sukuna said "Even the one inside you die there are eighteen other fragments of my soul…Irritating enough is i still don't have control over this body" Sukuna muttered
"If you want to switch, go ahead but once you do i'll kill those brats before the curse could" Sukuna said and Yuji gritted his teeth.
"Then i'll go for that woman..she's a lively one i''ll have fun with here" Sukuna taunted and Yuji growled "I won't let you do that!" Yuji said
The curse suddenly sucked in curse energy and fired it at the group kicking up Naruto used Sweeping Blue to redirect the orb away.
"That wasn't jujutsu…he unleashed pure curse energy!" Megumi thought in shock as the curse spirit began taunting them.
"Fushiguro! Namikaze! Take Kugisaki and get out of here!" Yuji yelled and Naruto and Megumi's eyes widened.
"Ill keep him busy and as soon as your safe give me some sort of signal and once you do i'll switch to Sukuna" Yuji said and Megumi frowned
"You know you can't do that!" Megumi yelled but Naruto grabbed his shoulder
"We don't have a choice..i can't compete head to head..my Reversed Curse Technique isn't good enough for a drawn out fight with a special grade without one of you guys getting hurt" Naruto said and Megumi gritted his teeth.
"But he's got one arm against a special grade!" Megumi said but Yuji pointed at the curse
"Look..he is obviously having fun and toying with us" Yuji said "Sure i can't buy as much time as Naruto can but..unlike you guys i have an out".
Megumi stared for a while before nodding and Naruto held out his hand.
"This will give us some time and Yuji a head start" Naruto said as he summoned his go to technique
"Sweeping Blue:Part!" Naruto yelled and a blue orb formed at his palm and he fired it into the air.
"GO!" Naruto yelled and he and Megumi ran and the curse tried to follow but the blue orb expanded and began pulling things into it crushing and Yuji watched as the curse was pulled into the center of it.
Xx
"Don't die on me Kugisaki..Itadori" Megumi thought as he and Naruto ran
"Ita..no Yuji..Nobara…i swear you will get out alive..this is my path!" Naruto thought before he and Megumi leaped down, falling down.
"Nue!" Megumi made a bird sign and from it a large owl-like bird with a word mask face appeared which grabbed Megumi with its talon and Naruto landed on its back.
Landing on the ground Naruto leaped off and Megumi summoned Divine Dog Black to find Nobara.
Said girl was surrounded by broken masks holding a single nail.
"Probably should've brought more nails..or to figure out how to reuse them" Nobara said casually as she was surrounded by more mask belonging to the second curse that was in the building.
Xx
Yuji watched as the orb dissipated and fell to the floor injured and the cocoon ripped revealing legs and loincloth.
"Stuck in ya underwear huh?" Yuji taunted but was thinking how to stall without dying."What to do..i don't have any cure energy" Yuji thought.
The curse body shifted as it healed its body of its injuries before hitting Yuji with a wave of pure curse energy.
"Shit" Yuji thought slumping over
Xx
"I know your face" Nobara said as the curse decided to reveal its face as her hammer layed on the floor broken.
"I swear i'll curse you" Nobara said as the curse was about to eat her Muramasa cut off its tongue and she was yanked back by an invisible force and into Naruto arms.
"You okay" Naruto asked as Megumi shikgami exorcised the curses
"I hate you" she whispered but hugged him close making his eyes widen then soften
The trio went outside meeting Ijichi
"Where Itadori? What happened" he asked panicked
"Listen, no time to explain…she has a concussion..Megumi!" Naruto said and Megumi nodded and Divine Dog howled.
A little bit later a malevolent aura set over the building.
"Alright..take her to medical personal and you go too Megumi" Naruto said and Megumi looked at him in confusion
"What?" He asked
"I want to make sure Yuji gets his body back" Naruto said and Megumi looked like he was gonna argue but nodded.
"Naru…" Nobara muttered as she was laid in Ijichi's backseat with Megumi as the car took off.
Taking a deep breath Naruto drew his sword and made his way back towards the school
Xx
Looking around Naruto saw clouds covering the sky
"You know for the King of Curses…your shit at hiding your presence" Naruto said and from behind him Sukuna emerged still piloting his friend's body.
"Never had to try to hide before..smart to stay behind brat" Sukuna said walking across from him tearing off Yuji shirt.
"Hmp i felt your domain…you must be on curse technique burnout especially with how weaken you are" Naruto said and Sukuna shrugged.
"Hmm i guess that would be the case..if it wasn't for this" Sukuna said holding out two Sukuna fingers."
"It was a finger bearer?" Naruto asked in shock
"Never seen one with two..explains his speed" Sukuna said eating the two as his curse technique returned and his energy doubled.
"And for insurance" Sukuna said before plunging his claw into his chest and ripping out Yuji heart making Naruto eyes widen in shock."There that should keep him from coming back" Sukuna said smirking at his idea
"Shit!" Naruto thought but outwardly stayed strong "You underestimate him! Itadori is coming back..even if facing death" Naruto said.
"Underestimate? Quite contraire..he a little tougher and denser than normal humans i'll give him that..but just a minute ago he was sacred out of his mind on the verge of death" Sukuna said
"You mistake fear for a lack of resolve…" Naruto said looking at Sukuna's hand."So he mastered the Reverse Curse Technique…perhaps if he takes enough damage I can force him to use it and heal his heart and injuries" Naruto thought while drawing his blade.
"Come on…gaki" Sukuna said and Naruto dashed forward and cut at Sukuna who dodged back Sukuna then used his hands to block several more went vertically and tried to stab Sukuna and the King of Curses caught it.
Naruto smirked and Sukuna blinked when he was suddenly dragged back and into the air by the sword."He doesn't have to touch it to use it?" Sukuna thought as he never bothered to view Yuji's let the blade go and found himself fighting the sword deflecting and avoiding slashes as he fell to the ground.
As he got close to the ground he was yanked towards Naruto with a Sweeping Blue and blocked a roundhouse to the flipped by and deflected Muramasa before catching a knee to the face from Naruto.
Sukuna went to attack but froze and turned to see Muramasa stabbed into his aimed his open palm at Sukuna and an orb of red energy appeared.
Reversed Curse Technique is a exceedingly rare technique only known by a achieved by multiplying the negative destructive curse energy against itself reversing its properties creating a positive healing energy and manifesting a curse technique with Reversed Curse Energy instead of normal curse energy will reverse the normal effect of the original technique.
"Curse Technique Reversal:Exploding Red!" Naruto yelled out and Sukuna was blasted back by a gravitational force of energy creating a trench in the Red was the opposite of Sweeping Blue pulling effect and instead was an explosive force of gravity.
"Such strength…sorcerers of the modern era really are irritating" Sukuna thought as Naruto leaped up and came down with Muramasa but missed as Sukuna vanished with extreme 3 Finger enhanced Sukuna then appeared behind Naruto grabbing his blazer.
"Let's have a change of scenery!" Sukuna said before Naruto found himself thrown by Sukuna through the tree lines and into the nearby resident then saw Sukuna had leaped after him before he was punched in his stomach.
Naruto bounced off some roofs and through a chimney before grabbing Muramasa and using it to pull him out of the way of another spike from go of the blade he grabbed Sukuna mid air as they fell and twisted his arm behind him and locking his legs around Sukuna.
Murmasa then turned mid air and stabbed Sukuna in the stomach, keeping the two flying in the air."Hang on tight!" Naruto said before the King of Curses found himself being crushed by extreme amounts of gravity.
"Crushing Yellow" Naruto said as wind and dust began spinning around the two as Sukuna found his body slowly imploding."He's turned the inside of my body into the center of gravity! If i don't get him off me I might have to heal or worse" Sukuna thought annoyed with having to be put on the backfoot.
Naruto suddenly was struck by a quick series of slashes forcing him to let Sukuna go and lose control of Muramasa and Crushing and Naruto then fell to the ground, bouncing off it a few times and settling in an empty construction site.
Sukuna groaned as he got up, frowning as he felt internal organs had been damaged but not enough to force him to use RCT over her saw Naruto slumped over panting as he used RCT to slowly heal the damages from his Cleaves.
"I applaud you Namikaze..if i were to only have 2 fingers of power you would've won that clash" Sukuna said, stumbling over to Naruto's body."His curse technique is remarkable..incredible offensive and utility..maybe.." Sukuna thought when Megumi suddenly leaped in front of Naruto
"Meg" Naruto groaned from his place on the ground.
"Despite the amount of evil in the world..whether it's the monster standing before me..or the father that named me Megumi without any regard of my gender..they deserve the justice that the cogs that are jujutsu sorcerers fulfill" Megumi thought taking a stance
"But people like Tsumiki..people like Namikaze and Itadori..are worth saving…i want people like them to enjoy fairness even if only a few…so i will save people unequally" Megumi thought and Sukuna eyes widened when he recognized the stance.
"So that's it huh? So this is what you do when faced with impossibility" Sukuna said stepping forward "So Show me! FUSHIGURO MEGUMI!"
"Don't do it Megumi!" Naruto said healed enough to stand up.
"Sacred Treasure swing ring and ring -Eight Grips-!" Megumi said about to perform the ritual for his strongest shikigami but suddenly stopped.
"Just so you know..i don't have a logical reason for saving you back then" Megumi said "Even if it was dangerous i couldn't bear to see a good person die..i did have my reservations..but ultimately it was for selfish emotional reasons".
"That's fine though" Megumi admitted "I'm no hero..just a jujutsu sorcerer..your my friend so i don't regret saving you one bit"
Sukuna tattoos vanished as Yuji took back control."I see..you really are the smart one of the group huh Fushiguro" Yuji said rubbing his head
"I'm here to ya know" Naruto said and the boys chuckled
"You obviously put more thought into this than I did..and I think your convictions are a proper one..but I don't think I'm wrong either" He said before throwing up a lot of blood.
"Oh sorry I'm almost done for..Guess i won't have to worry about you guys..and Naruto..just ask her out" Yuji said and Naruto nodded.
"Good…please live a long life" Yuji said as he fell but Naruto caught him holding his friend in his arms letting his tears blend with the rain.
"Sorry I wasn't strong enough..Yuji Itadori" Naruto said.
Xx
Outside of Jujutsu Technique Naruto sat outside on the steps with Megumi and Nobara as they finished explaining the events of a week now wore some comfortable cloth pants and get sandals with white wrappings over his bare chest underneath a black tee shirt.
"Live a long life" Nobara said distantly. "Does mean much when you go and die yourself" She said looking over at a miserable looking Naruto.
"Yeah…god I suck at saving people" Naruto said and Nobara raised an eyebrow
"You guys lost partners before?" She asked
"Not a partner…but i did lose someone close to me so I'm used to it..still hurts" Naruto said using Flux to spin his sword lazily
"First one in my age group" Megumi said
"You seem to be taking it quite well considering…" Nobara said
"You too" Megumi responded
"Of course i only knew him for two weeks..I'm not the type of simple woman who breaks down bawling when a guy i barely knows dies" Nobara said and Megumi gave her a look and took notice her lips trembling."For a tough girl you sure do get attached fast" Megumi thought.
Nobara was surprisingly simple for her complex exterior in Megumi liked Naruto but instead of telling him upfront she'll do subtle things like buy him lunch after training or compliment him under the guise of an insult.
Naruto was the opposite, a simple exterior but surprisingly talks a lot about himself but if you take a step back and look at what he said all of it is likes Miso Ramen? The color Orange? Nobara? Yeah anyone with two eyes can see that.
She'll break down..just won't do it infront of them
"Its getting hot" Naruto said
"Yeah..Wonder if we'll have to break out the summer uniform" Nobara replied as the group sat in a comfortable yet somber silence.
"What's this?" A brash female voice said and the trio looked up to see someone standing before had dark green hair in a ponytail with purple lined in a jujutsu uniform top with a battle skirt in leggings carrying a weapon case on her back.
"You look more glum than usual Megumi" She said "And seeing Namikaze sad at all might be a crime on nature! This a wake or something?" She asked
"Zenin-senpai" Megumi drolled
"Good morning Zenin-senpai" Naruto said
"Don't call me by my last name" Maki ordered and in the background hiding in bushes was a teen boy with sandy white hair with a jujutsu uniform customized with a high collar with a zipper
And a panda…no catch just a panda.
"Maki! Maki! You don't know why they're down?! Someone did die..one of the first years boys" The panda whispered out.
"Bonito Flakes" The other boy said and Maki eyes widened
"You should've told me soon! Now i look like some cold heartless cold blood demon" Maki said awkwardly, kind of feeling like a dick.
"That exactly how you came off" the panda said
"Tuna and Mayo" the other boy agreed
"Your supposed to try and make me feel better" Maki whined as the trio watched from the stairs.
"Who are those guys" Nobara asked
"Our second year classmates" Megumi said plainly
"The girl is Maki Zenin and she the best at using curse tools and so happens to be one of Megumi's cousin" Naruto said and Nobara eyes widened
"You didn't say you have cousins" Nobara said tugging on Megumi sleeve as he glared at Naruto
"The other is Toge Inumaki a curse speech user and the last guy is Panda" Naruto said and Nobara gave him a flat look.
"Why is the Panda the least you have to say to about" Nobara said
"And there is one more Okkutsu Yuta, the one in Africa" Naruto continued ignoring Nobara twitching eyebrow.
"Answer me damn you!" Nobara scowled
"Sorry about your loss..please forgive our rudeness" Panda said with a bow.
"No issue didn't expect you to know" Naruto waved it off
"The truth is we want you guys to participate in the Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event" Panda said, getting a raised eyebrow from Megumi.
"Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event? What is that?" Nobara asked the boys
"It a get together with our friends at Kyoto Tech..we exchange gifts,hugs,and hands" Nauto smirked
"More hands than gifts honestly" Maki added with a grin
"Isn't that even limited to second and third years only" Megumi asked
"Yeah and Hakari and Kirara are suspended right now so we need substitutes" Maki said and Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"They actually did the mission without authorization? Man they are so cooL" Naruto said
"What do we do anyways? Smash Bros? If it's the Wii Version i won't lose.I'll Meteor Smash so you can't come back" Nobara grinned
"Imagine being a Donkey Kong player" Naruto said and Nobara pouted
"Then let's make a three man team..the exchange event has the principals of the Tokyo and Kyoto schools getting together and creating two day long events for students to compete in" Panda informed "The first day is a team battle and the second day is individual battles".
"Salmon" Inumaki said
"Individual and team battles" Nobara questioned "We fight? Against other jujustu sorcerers!" She asked in shock.
"Did he not say hands?" Maki said
"I did say hands" Naruto agreed
"Don't worry we'll train you up so you won't killed" Maki said
"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!" Panda pumped
"Do we even have time?" Nobara asked since they are usually busy.
"We do..early summer is our busy month since curse that was harbor from winter and fall burst free and manifest but that tapers off a lot mid and later summer before picking back up right before fall" Naruto explain.
"So will you do it? You did just lose a partner after all" Maki pointed out
"Of course we will" The trio said thinking of their late friend
"Buuut if I decide this training is pointless and the exchange event is pointless, I'll quit instantly" Nobara said.
"Same here" Megumi added
"Quitters" Naruto mumbled getting a look from his friends
"Well,people this cocky are all the more worthwhile to train" Panda said
"Bonito Flakes" Inumaki said
And scene!
Yo been a minute and got to say things haven't changed.
Been updating the backlogs but I ain't confident enough to release it so let that be known!
I made some adjustment to Naruto technique Crushing Yellow where like Dismantle you must be touching the person to use it..did cause i realize he can just implode people at anytime if he doesn't have a limit on it.
Changed up the Sukuna fight tell how you think on it did my best to use it show off both Sukuna and Naruto skills and can't wait for the sister school event
BUUUTTT fair warning i'm throwing a training chapter at you guys for development sakes and all that jazz it outta be pretty decent.