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Yuji didn't expect to see a warzone when he walked outside, but that's probably on him.
Todou-senpai texted him yesterday saying he was coming to visit, but that still doesn't explain exactly *why* Todou is standing above a crater.
Well, the answer kind of is because Todou's beating someone up (who, he can't tell yet). And no one's stopping him because of the staff, only Principal Yaga is on campus, and he has it on good authority (Panda-senpai) that the Principal, when not working, puts on the clunkiest pair of noise cancelling headphones Panda's ever seen.
And that's nice for Principal Yaga, but not for whatever poor student Todou threw through a building right before Yuji arrived.
"Hey-" Yuji tries to grab Todou's attention, ready to step in and calm this fight down, when the unidentified student stands up from the crater.
It's Fushiguro. At the same time, he hears Sukuna think, "Fushiguro Megumi."
He even *thinks* the words softly somehow, infusing his mind-tone with admiration.
Fushiguro is dripping with blood, but Yuji's seen him look worse.
Todou yells, "You must not fall for the King of Curses's evil machinations! To give in to the demon's seduction would be the most dishonorable and stupid thing you could do!"
Oh. That's why they're fighting. Again.
Sukuna has gotten even more interested since his name was brought up. "Aren't you gonna pop up and defend his honor? Or your honor?" Yuji thinks in Sukuna's direction. He thought Sukuna would love a chance to save the day/vanquish his loved one's enemies. Not that Yuji's complaining, that would make everything more complicated.
"Patience, brat, is a virtue." He sounds all sickeningly smug. Sukuna is very much not a virtuous person, so Yuji continues to fail to understand.
........
Megumi had started running, and that had been the first foolish thing he did. Todou had caught up as easily as if Megumi was a toddler still learning to walk, and then proceeded to pick him up by his collar like a disobedient kitten.
His juicebox hits the pavement with a soft thump. Megumi closes his eyes for brief second to mourn.
"You are a fool if you think you are anything more than a toy for the King of Curses!" Todou shouts in his face.
The second foolish thing Megumi does is roll his eyes. Partly because of the gorilla in front of him, and partly to distract from his memories of Sukuna actually caring about him.
"You don't know the first thing about me." Megumi snaps back, which is the third foolish thing. He should be trying to get out of this mess, not start a fight.
Todou looks pissed. So Megumi strikes first, with a sharp jab to the side, forcing Todou's hold to weaken for the moment he needed.
But then he's being thrown against a wall, so not much of a win.
When he gets up, his body hurts and Todou is still fucking yelling at him.
It's still five in the morning, he's dropped his juice, and Todou thinks he deserves to know about Megumi's love life.
There's blood dripping into his eyes, and it reminds him of a certain fight.
"I told you to leave me alone. Now I'll tell you to FUCK OFF."
And with that warning, Megumi summons his shikigami. Divine dog leaps at his assailant, but Todou smacks the wolf off easily.
Which is just as Megumi hoped, as Nue's talons slice into Todou's back.
"So it's a rematch?!" Todou howls, before punching Megumi. Hard. Why does this man have fists the size of boulders.
But Megumi cackles, still dripping in blood. He has every intention of winning this time.
He has an awful, terrible, *perfect* idea.
"Chimera Shadow Garden."
....
Oh god. Yuji thought movie night was bad, but that was only a candle compared to this inferno Sukuna insists on bringing into his body.
Fushiguro is laughing maniacally, blood on his face and hand curled in summoning signals.
Sukuna is fucking *swooning* over it. Every cell in his body is on fire with Sukuna's emotions, the overwhelming awe, adoration, love, and lust. Yuji has to steady himself against a lamppost as to not swoon in Sukuna's stead.
After distracting Todou, and scratching what are definitely going to be deep cuts on his back, Sukuna is babbling for Megumi to "let me watch as you destroy all your enemies" and "can you live unrestrained like this all the time?"
Apparently, Sukuna's type is tall, handsome and at least half as crazy as him.
Then Megumi brings his domain into a schoolyard fight.
He's been in Megumi's domain when training, and watched it grow more refined, and exponentially more dangerous.
It's all going to hell.
....
Megumi continues to cackle, although he doesn't know where he got the air from. All he knows is the shadows, hellbent on destruction. Megumi commands them in a beautiful, devastating symphony. It is him, his instincts, his shadows, his victory.
And all the while, blood red eyes watch him, mouth curved in a gleeful, wicked, wanting smile.
....
Megumi vaguely remembers the drain of his reserves, the release of his domain. The early morning light is too bright, it's blinding. He's still laughing, even as he feels himself falter.
....
Yuji watched helplessly as Chimera Shadow Garden closed around his friends.
In the minutes since, he's waited outside the bubble, ready for any glimpse of them.
And then they're back. Fushiguro is still laughing, even more drenched in blood, and collapsing.
Yuji hurries to catch him in tandem with Sukuna, who is cherishing the sight and feel of an unrestrained and exhausted "Fushiguro Megumi."
Yuji's heart is beating with a speed that's not his own. Butterflies in stomach (of the murderous warlord variety) are less graceful fluttering and more a violent tsunami.
He glances down to see that Todou is not dead, and actually reasonably okay.
He loves it when his friends aren't killed by his other friends.
He's also struggling to have emotions that aren't a deep, deep, deep wanting for "sorcerer unlike the world has ever known. The King of Shadows. My Megumi."
Yuji really, really wishes he hadn't ate that finger.