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“I’m bored,” Nobara mutters as she plops down on the sofa. Beside her, Yuji nods in agreement.
It’s been months since she was introduced to Satoru’s family. Months since Satoru decided to train both her and Megumi with their cursed energy and cursed technique. Honestly, it’s been going well, they’re still on the basic stuff, but at least they are making progress.
“Speaking of, where is the old man?” Nobara raises her eyebrow. After Satoru drops her off at his house, he suddenly teleports away to God knows where.
“Apparently he has a mission,” Tsumiki answers as she puts down a plate of cookies that she has just baked.
“Eh? When will he be back?” Yuji asks as he grabs a cookie.
“I don’t know, he doesn’t say anything,” Tsumiki sits beside Megumi, who was eating a cookie.
“Aaaghh! I’m bored!”
“How about we go to the park? It’s not that far,” Tsumiki suggests, seeing that not only Nobara but Yuji seem bored as well.
“Will it be ok?” Megumi asks his sister.
“I’ll call Satoru-san and ask for his permission,” Tsumiki then grabs her phone and goes to a quiet place to give Satoru a call.
“So Megumi, how is your training?” Nobara asks as she munches on a cookie making Megumi grimace.
“Don’t talk while eating,” Megumi scolds Nobara, making her roll her eyes.
“To answer your question, it’s going quite well. I can now maintain divine dogs for about 5 minutes before tiring myself,”
“Eh~ that sounds awesome Megumi,” Yuji smiles, seeing that Megumi has a slightly proud look that he is making progress.
Although Yuji and Tsumiki can’t see cursed spirits, they still watch Megumi and Nobara's training. They both would usually cheer for them.
However, a few weeks after Satoru starts training Megumi and Nobara, Yuji asks Satoru if he can help him with hand-to-hand combat.
Satoru was quite surprised at Yuji’s request although he agreed to teach Yuji basic things. Tsumiki, who heard Yuji’s request, decides to join in. When asked she will answer that she wants to be able to defend herself and her brother despite not being able to see cursed spirit.
However, in truth, Tsumiki wants to be ready in case the Zenin tries something. She hears too much of Satoru cursing the Zenin that she decides to learn self-defense in case something happens.
There is no way she is going to let the Zenin hurt her family.
“Everyone, Satoru-san says we can go to the park,”
Hearing that, Nobara and Yuji cheer in happiness while Megumi sighs at their antics.
“Alright, better get ready then,”
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“Wow, the park is huge,” Nobara looks around the park. There aren’t that many people, surprisingly.
“Last person to get to the slide will have to clean the dishes for a week,” Nobara suddenly yells and starts running towards the slide.
“No fair!” Yuji follows her and starts running.
“Idiots,” Megumi mumbles before following them. Seeing this Tsumiki laughs, she is glad that Megumi seems to get out of his shell. Tsumiki runs after them
I’m glad, he seems to be happier
In the end, Yuji won the race despite Nobara having a head start. Nobara complains and curses loudly.
“How?! How are you so fast?!” Yuji laughs as he sees Nobara panting.
“Don’t know, I’ve always been fast,”
“You have to admit that’s impressive Yuji-kun,”
“A-ah it’s nothing impressive Tsumiki-nee,”
Honestly, Yuji himself has always been an athletic kid. He doesn’t know why, but at a young age, he’s able to carry heavy stuff and run fast.
Satoru himself is shocked to see a six year old Yuji help Tsumiki carry heavy groceries without a problem. However, this makes Satoru a bit suspicious if this has anything to do with Itadori Kaori.
“Well potato head, your strength is on a whole new level of impressive. I’m pretty sure you’re even stronger than the old man, a grown adult,”
“I don’t think it’s that impressive, Toru-san said there are people who have heavenly restrictions,” Yuji rubbed his neck sheepishly.
“They are from a sorcerer family, plus they have binding vows. You, on the other hand, are naturally strong,” Megumi joined their conversation.
“Eh~ I still think it’s nothing,”
As they continued their conversations, Megumi and Nobara sensed a cursed energy near them. They both turned their heads toward the sources and found a man sitting on a bench near them.
Seeing Megumi and Nobara who stopped in the middle of their conversation, Tsumiki and Yuji turn to look where they both are staring.
“Is something wrong?” Tsumiki asks, worried. Megumi and Nobara turn towards Yuji and Tsumiki.
“Nothing it’s just the man on the bench, he has cursed energy,” Nobara whispered, making Yuji and Tsumiki look at her in worry.
“Do you think he is a sorcerer?” Yuji asks, worried. Megumi narrows his eyes.
“Possible but at the same time, what if he’s a cursed user?”
This makes the other freeze. Satoru has explained to them about jujutsu sorcerers and cursed spirits, he also explains about cursed users and their danger.
“Let’s just go, maybe it’s nothing,” Tsumiki suggests, although she still looks wary.
The others nod in agreement, as they leave the slide, Megumi and Nobara stiffen.
“What? What’s the matter?” Yuji is now panicking seeing the two of them stop.
“The man is following us,” Megumi hissed, making the other pale.
“Run,” with that they all run.
“W-wait, where are we going?” Nobara asks
“Home or at least get away from whoever it is!” Tsumiki answers however she stops in her tracks as another man stanblack-hairedof them. SeZenine manquiteking ,their way, the omanrs stop.
“Well, well, quite the unlucky day, I must say. Now come with us,” the man is about to grab Tsumiki, however he stops when Megumi sends out his shikigami.
“Get away from her!” Megumi yells as both of his shikigami charges at the man. The man uses his cursed energy to defend himself.
As the others are about to escape, they are surrounded by other people. One of them grabs Nobara and points a gun at her head. Nobara struggles in his hold however she freezes when she sees a gun.
“Call off your shikigami or the girl is dead!”
“Nobara!” Yuji wants to help her but with the gun pointing at her head, he stops.
Da amnittimeumi calls off his shikigami, cursing his inability to protect the others. With this, the men knock out the children.
Toru, where are you?
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Yuji’s eyes snapped open as he groaned.
Where?
Yuji looks around him and panics, he only sees Tsumiki and Nobara. Megumi is missing, where is Megumi?
Yuji quickly realizes that they are in what seems to be an old and dusty room. The room in itself is dark with only a dim light from a nearby lamp. The room has no window at all.
It seems that nobody is in the room except for them, though Yuji isn’t stupid to think that no one is outside.
Yuji approaches Tsumiki and Nobara who was still knocked up. He quickly shakes them both.
“Tsumiki-nee, Nobara-chan, wake up. Megumi is missing,” thankfully, they both wake up.
“Damn! My head hurts!” Nobara groans as she rubs her head. Meanwhile, Tsumiki looks around.
“W-where are we? And where is Megumi?” Tsumiki looks worried and scared.
“T-those guys! They kidnapped us! I swear if they do anything to urchin head I’m gonna punch them!”
“Well, with them separating us from Megumi, they must’ve wanted something from him,” Tsumiki looks anxious, she is worried for her brother.
“Tsumiki-nee, is the phone still with you?” Yuji asked. Tsumiki quickly checks her pocket and finds out that her phone is not with her.
“They took it,” Yuji turns towards Nobara
“What about you, Nobara? do you still have your hammer and nail?” Nobara quickly checks in her pocket only to find said items missing. Nobara shakes her head in anger.
“Shit! Now we can’t call the old man, and we can’t defend ourselves,” Nobara cursed. Yuji stands up and goes to the door to open it, only to find it locked.
“Door is locked,”
“We should check around the room and see if there is something that can help us escape,” suggested Tsumiki.
Yuji, Nobara, and Tsumiki quickly search the drawer for an item to help them escape.
“Nothing, there is absolutely nothing!” Nobara hissed. After a few minutes of searching, there is absolutely nothing that can help them.
“What do we do,” Yuji slumped against the wall. Tsumiki looks around the room and then looks towards the door.
“I have an idea,” Nobara and Yuji both turn toward Tsumiki in confusion.
“I don’t know if this will work. First, we need to turn off the lamp and make the room dark. Then we’ll make a noise loud enough so that they will check on us. We hide behind the door and when whoever it is enters the room, we run out and find Megumi,”
“It may be simple, but I think it’ll work,” Nobara mused.
“Alright then, let’s do it,”
They all quickly put the plan in motion. Yuji, Nobara, and Tsumiki hide behind the door as they hear footsteps from outside.
“Damn, what did these brats do? The clan head better pay a large sum, we are not babysitters,”
Clan head?
Tsumiki perks up hearing this and narrows her eyes, however she shakes her head. They need to escape.
As the man enters the dark room, Yuji quickly pushes the man from behind making the man fall on his face. Seeing this, the children quickly run out and lock the door from outside.
“YOU BRATS! LET ME OUT!” The man was ban,ging on the door loudly.
“We need to find Megumi!” Tsumiki says as she and the others run through a hallway. They stopped when they saw a man come out of a room
“Where do you think you’re going?” The manmenles, making the children shiver in fear. Yuji, with quick thinking, grabs the small drawer beside him and throws it. The man was hit by the drawer and was knocked unconscious.
“Damn that impressive potato head,” before Yuji can say anything, a loud bang can be heard from behind them. They all look behind them and seemen man that they locked, destroy the door.
As they were about timey were stopped when a man stood in front of them blocking them. The man was about to grab Nobara however, Yuji roundhouse kicked him, sending him straight to the wall.
“Come on!” The children ran until they found a stair at the end of the hallway. They climbed the stairs and found a door which they decided to open.
Behind the door, they found Megumi who was injured. His hands were tied to a wall.
“Megumi!” The others shout. Megumi looks towards them in relief.
“Are you ok?” Yuji asks as he tries to undo the rope that tied Megumi’s hand.
“I’m fine, we have to get out of here, there are others,”
“Do you know where they keep Tsumiki-nee’s phone?” Nobara asks. Megumi shakes his head.
“They destroyed the phone, but I saw them put Nobara’s hammer and nails in the first drawer,” hearing this Nobara went towards the drawer and opened it. She quickly takes her hammer and nails.
“Come on, let’s go,” as they were about to leave they were stopped by a bunch of men in black suits standing behind the door.
“Fuck!” Nobara cursed seeing the door was blocked by the men.
“Now now, children shouldn’t curse,” one of the men says.
“The hell you want with us?” Nobara asks as she prepares to fight.
“You? We don’t want anything except for the black haired brat. The Zenin’s pay quiet well you know,” the men who seems to be the leader stares at Megumi making the other children stand in front of him to protect him.
“Now, I suggest you brat give up unless you want to suffer,” the children look towards each other and nod.
“Hell no!” Nobara snapped. With that Megumi sends his divine dogs while Nobara uses her cursed technique and sends her nails flying.
“Get them!” the leader yells.
As some of the men run towards them, Yuji charges at one of them and punches him. Tsumiki grabs a wooden stick and hits one of the men.
The mens are trying to restrain the children but they are having hard times.
“Enough!” the leader shouts as he summons his shikigami, two disfigured creatures appear.
“Send your shikigamis, we’ll overpower the brats!” The leader ordered his men who are still conscious.
“There are too many of them!” Megumi cursed seeing the appearance of many shikigamis. A shout snaps him from his own thoughts.
“Tsumiki-nee!” Nobara shouts seeing Tsumiki who was bitten by a dog shikigami. With Nobara not paying attention, one of the men managed to grab her and disarm her.
“Yuji behind you!” Megumi shouts but it is too late.
One of the shikigami managed to hold Yuji down from behind. However, Yuji struggles against the shikigami but before he can do anything one of the men speaks up.
“Try anything and I’ll let my shikigami have a feast,” this makes Yuji and Megumi freeze.
“Now this is a bit familiar, no? Call of your dogs,” the leader ordered. Megumi clenches his fist and glares at him. The man raised his eyebrow and Tsumiki let out a choked scream as her shoulder started bleeding.
“Tsumiki-nee!” The others shout in worry.
“Come one the choice is yours,” Megumi glares at the floor and calls off his shikigami. Seeing this one of the men restrain Megumi.
“Now that wasn’t hard,”
“You bastard!” Nobara shouts in anger.
“Watch your mouth, brat,” one of the men said.
“Honestly, I was going to be lenient towards you brats but now, you sure are wearing my patience thin,” the leader grins and walks towards Tsumiki.
“The Zenins only wanted the black haired black, they never told us about the others. But killing the girls off would be boring and a waste. How about we have fun with the girls as you both watch huh?”
Hearing the children widen their eyes in fear. Yuji, Megumi, and Nobara try to struggle but the man only says.
“Keep struggling and the brat dies. Pick your choice,”
Tsumiki tries to struggle against the shikigami but she can’t get out. She is now crying in fear as the man is now near her.
“Let her go! Please!” Megumi is screaming, tears start to fall out of his eyes.
“You! Get off! Stay away from her!” Nobara is now screaming, tears also start to fall out of her eyes.
Yuji can only watch helplessly. He doesn’t like seeing his friends cry. He doesn’t like seeing his friends hurt.
Help other people
How can he help other people when he isn’t strong enough to protect his friends?
Yuji cursed, he clenched his fist and glared.
Don’t end up like me
Something deep within Yuji cracks. Something old, something that has been there since his birth. Yuji can feel a surge of power going through his entire body, with it it’s as if he can see things more clearly.
A single word runs through Yuji’s mind.
Cleave
Suddenly, the leader’s hand that was about to reach for Tsumiki was cut clean. Blood splatters to the ground as everyone froze.
They all widen their eyes, as the pressure around the room grows. The shikigami that was holding Yuji down backs away and whimpers. Yuji stands up and glares at the shikigami that was holding Tsumiki. The shikigami itself releases Tsumiki and backs away.
“Y-yuji?” Megumi calls out a bit hesitant.
“Y-you brat! K-kill him! Kill him!” The leader screams in terror as he sees his hand that was cut off.
The others send their shikigamis towards Yuji however before they can reach him, the shikigamis were all cut to pieces.
Everyone can only stare in shock. Yuji narrows his eyes towards the person who was about to hurt Tsumiki. Unknown to him, Yuji’s eyes briefly flashed red making everyone in the room flinch.
Before anyone could do anything, a small explosion happened, making everyone stop. They all stare at the hole in the wall as a man with snow white hair, and crystal blue eyes appears.
The man stares coldly at the people who kidnapped his children. He is going to rain hell upon them.
The strongest is here and he is pissed.