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"It doesn't matter" That's the only thing yuji can think about these past few days after he's cut contact with everyone , how none of it matters. It's been 60 something years since that faithful day that would change his life for the worst, or was it for the better? If he didn't eat Sukuna's finger, he wouldn't have been able to save Fushiguro or meet Gojo, kugisaki, and everyone else. Introducing him to a world that he and many people were oblivious too.
He doesn't regret consuming the cursed object. After all, it was his and only source of power at the time, still, maybe if he wasn't so weak, he could've saved Fushiguro without needing to get to that point.Even without cursed energy, he could've figured something out if he wasn't so incompetent.
He thinks back to his days at jujutsu high, how excited he was to learn about cursed techniques, only for Gojo to tell him he has none.Its kinda funny to think about, considering how he now has about 3 different abilities.
I guess past him would be over the moon if he knew about these techniques, but not this Yuji. Each technique he possesses reminds him of events and people he'd rather forget, aside from his older brother, choso.
His older brother that so willingly gave up his own life to save him after Sukuna had summoned his domain.
"Yuji, thank you, for being my younger brother."
If anything,Yuji was more of a brat Choso had to look after then a brother, he didn't understand why Choso cared about him so much. They had only known each other for a few months.
Well whatever the reason, it doesn't matter. He's gone now and nothing could change that .
Yuji now is siting on an old worn out chair at his balcony, looking at the City down below.
The chair had belonged to his former teacher, Gojo Satoru. He remembers fighting Kugisaki to get to be the first to sit on this very chair.Now it was his to keep, Kugisaki had said she didn't want it, it reminded her of him.
The guy who died before she woke up.
So yuji took care of it. It was something to be cherished after all. It's one of the only things Yuji had inherited from Gojo, most of the money and other stuff got passed down to Fushiguro and leiri-san.
Speaking of the devil...
"Comme in leiri-san." Yuji had said without turning around, he could recognize different cursed energy patterns know, and leiri-san's was by far one of the most unique ones he'd come across.
"Yuji..." The woman said softly, her voice was rough, probably due to age and maybe smoking had a role to play in that as well, even tho she can technically heal herself constantly.
"Comme back. Kugisaki is pissed off at you, you know? She said not to pity her. And I agree, don't look at us like we're gonna crumble at any moment,Yuji."
"Sorry, leiri-san, but I can't do that." As much as yuji hated to refuse any of miss Leiri's requests, he had to. If he stayed with them, he would only come to hate himself more, if that was even possible.
But, he was still intrigued by her sudden appearance, they weren't exactly that close,even back when he was still a student.
He could sense the worry in her soul.(That was an ability Yuji unlocked, he knows what people are feeling based on the flow of their cursed energy.)
"Figured you'd say that." She said with a slight smile, even tho she was the oldest person he knew. She was still strong and kicking, he wondered if her reverse cursed technique had something to do with it.
"But...I still want you to take a look at this," she holds up a file. Seems to be a curse report yuji concluded after reading the first few sentences.
"Shibuya shopping center, 35 people missing and some found injured." Leiri spoke as yuji flipped through the papers, it was just another mission request, although the curse seems a bit dangerous, there was plenty other sorcerers.So why ask for him specifically?
"Why me?" Yuji asks turning back to look a leiri,sure the curse seemed strong but not strong enough to need a special grade sorcerer to deal with it.
"Well, that's the iffy part," he could hear the stress in her voice.
"Apparently, the curse can talk, and it's been repeating the same thing ever since it appeared.bring me the fallen.Is what it's been repeating, we've been looking for who the "fallen" might be, but it's pretty hard considering we have no clue as to what the person looks like.And so,I thought you might have an idea,maybe?"
Yuji's eyes widen ever so slight after hearing that nickname for the first time in sixty years.
Ah... Sukuna.
Seems that this curse was from back then, at least old enough to know about that guy.
"..." Yuji hadn't said anything for five minutes, but Leiri was patient.
"Alright." Yuji said calmly, climbing over the fence of his balcony.
"So you know who that is?" Leiri asked , interested in who this "fallen" person was.
"I do. After all, it's me."
And just as Leiri's was about to say something, a blink, and Yuji was gone.
Yuji had arrived to the curse's location in no time. It was pretty easy to find it's exact location even tho it changed constantly, considering the amount of cursed energy coming from this thing.
"A barrier, huh."
Yuji raised and arm about to activate dismantle, when suddenly,a gooey black matter started to wrap around his arm, pulling him in.Yuji didn't resist , whatever waited for him on the other side, he was sure he could win any fight.
As he gets pulled into the barrier, the first thing he notices was the thing at the center, it was a curse alright, with multiple faces and all.
"You have come at last, Yuji Itadori, Sukuna's vessel."
"Was his vessel, that guy has been gone for a while." Yuji says with no emotion , the curse could articullate pretty well which made his eyebrows raise just a tiny bit.It seems it's looking for Sukuna.
"It is not him whom I seek, it is you "the fallen"."
Weird, why would a curse look for him?
"You need to go back" the curse had said in a human voice almost, it sounded like a young girl's voice.
"Go back? To where?" Even tho yuji asked, he wasn't all that interested in this conversation, he was more interested in the nature of the barrier itself, it wasn't a domain expansion, but it's wasn't a curtain either.
"In time" the curse had said, while the gooey matter on his arm only pulled him closer and closer to it.
Now that got Yuji's attention. He let out a scoff. What the curse said sounded insane, but he wouldn't let go of the possibility of it being true. Did this curse have a time related cursed technique? He did encounter some of them before.
Just as he was about to say something, the gooey liquid and faces around the curse started melting away, and that's when he saw it, or her.
It was a young girl, she looked around 13 to 15 years old,well she was wearing a middle school uniform. Her hair a dark blue,tied in braid, a white hairband managing her unruly hairs.Her eyes a Captivating ocean blue.
"Please,if you go back,you can change everything."
Yuji was speechless, the person in front of him didn't feel like a curse in slightest bit.
Time? Go back in time? Was that even possible?But at the same time Yuji didn't hate the idea, a second chance didn't seem so bad, but, he didn't want to face the people he once knew again, the ones he left behind, the ones he failed to save , the ones he should've saved.
"I..." He wanted to say a lot, the situation he found himself in was anything but realistic, yet Yuji was conflicted, he could exorcise this human-looking-curse or believe it's words, but then what? Will he just accept it's request and leave everyone behind? Although he did isolate himself, he hated the thought of completely abandoning Kugisaki and leiri-san. They were his only friends left.
But before he could say or do anything. The world was sideways, then it was dark. he managed to hear the last words the curse had spoken.
"I'm sorry"
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