The next day, 8:38 am..
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Yuji had just finished training with Maki outside the building, having gotten a better hang of utilizing his cursed energy. Maki holds her weapon over her shoulder, wiping some sweat off of her forehead.
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Maki: “You’re surprisingly good at fighting alone, at first I thought you only won by working with Megumi, but I guess I’ve underestimated you, I’m impressed.”
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Yuji covered in scars and bruises yet still standing and seemingly unphased nods.
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Yuji: “Thanks, you aren’t bad either, Megumi was right about you deserving Grade 1. Same you got no cursed energy.”
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Maki shrugs.
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Maki: “Eh, who needs it? Anyways, are you satisfied or do you want to keep going?”
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Yuji shakes his head.
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Yuji: “That's enough for now, besides, me and Megumi gotta head out and get some more of Sukuna’s fingers.. We’ll be back later though.”
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Maki nods, and leans up against a wall.
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Maki: “Alright then, don’t get killed out there..”
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Yuji nods, and waves as he makes his way inside the building. Inside, Gojo is seated while Megumi stands attentively before him. Yuji enters the room and stands beside Megumi, now ready for instructions.
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Gojo: “Great now that you’re here you two can get started on collecting the first finger I located.. I found some reports that say a curse womb has formed around the second building of Eishu Juvenile Detention Center in West Tokyo City.. You two go there and get that finger by any means necessary, got it?”
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Both nod, prompting a smile from Gojo.
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Gojo: “Great, return with the finger and you will be rewarded greatly! Good luck.”
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9:20 am.. West Tokyo City..
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Yuji and Megumi walk along the sidewalk, towards their destination. They walk for a few more miles before finally getting to the entrance of the Center. Two guards halt them demanding identification. Megumi clenches his fist, getting annoyed by this hold up. Yuji puts his hand in front of him and gives him a look. Megumi sighs and calms himself, Yuji steps forward.
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Yuji: “Well, I hate to alarm you both but there seems to be someone sneaking in over there.”
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Yuji points in the opposite direction, the guards immediately turn facing that direction holding up their weapons. Yuji grabs the back of their heads, and bash them against each other immediately knocking them unconscious. Yuji drops them and faces Megumi.
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Yuji: “See, no need to kill them. They're still human so a good hit will knock ‘em right out.”
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Megumi: “Whatever, let's get moving, we need that finger..”
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Megumi walks past him through the entrance.
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Yuji: “H-Hey! Wait up!”
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Yuji runs behind him. Once the two get inside they look around for building two. They begin to walk around, going past multiple buildings but not the one they are looking for. They notice the lack of guards around, and stay cautious. After a few more minutes of searching they come across a half destroyed building and a large strange sphere floating above it.
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Megumi: “There it is.. The womb.. Let's kill this thing and get that finger.”
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Megumi steps forward first, Yuji follows suit and they enter the building. To their surprise the place on the inside is fully intact and seemingly larger.
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Yuji: “What the hell? But I thought it was all wrecked and stuff..?”
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Megumi turns back only to see a wall where the door once was.
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Megumi (Thoughts): “What the hell..? The door.. Are we in a domain? But that can’t be right.”
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Megumi turns to Yuji.
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Megumi: “Alright listen, when this curse shows up, we attack immediately. We can’t risk letting it attack first. This won’t be a breeze so get your head in the ga-”
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Megumi instantly feels the presence of the curse standing right in front of them. He turns his attention to it, immediately pulling out his sword. Yuji takes his battle stance, and both rush in at the curse. Megumi jumps up and goes for a slash from above, while Yuji, goes in for a strike from behind the cursed flames enveloping his fist.
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The curse blocks Megumi’s slash, and moves out of the way of Yuji’s punch, causing him to stumble. Once Yuji regains his composure, and Megumi touches the ground they both nod at each other and rush at the curse using their full speed. Megumi quickly forms a hand sign.
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Megumi: “Great Serpent!”
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The giant snake bursts from the ground, underneath them, using its tail to fling the curse into the air. Megumi and Yuji jump off the snake towards the curse. Megumi slashes through it, and Yuji strikes it. They continue to jump up and attack it over and over. Megumi forms another hand sign.
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Megumi: “Nue!!”
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A large bird-like shikigami swoops in picking up Yuji and carrying him high into the air. The snake wraps its tail around the curse and keeps it held up. The bird once high enough drops Yuji over the curse, he lets out a loud yell as his fist envelopes in explosive flames. He comes down on the curse with the punch perfectly striking its head, and causing a large explosion. Yuji crashes to the ground but quickly gets back up. Megumi and Yuji watch as the smoke clears to see if their attack had any effect.
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Right then the snake's tail blew into bloody chunks as the curse released itself and dropped to the ground, unphased whatsoever.
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Yuji: “Damn, he took that? We’ll have to get serious here..”
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Megumi: “No shit, we won’t lose this! This is lightweight compared to what Gojo might do to us.. Serpent, Nue, return!”
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The shikigami disappear, Yuji nods, flaring up the flames around his fists. Megumi reaches into his shadow pulling out a three sectioned staff held by chains, called the Playful Cloud. The curse grins, as it immediately appears behind the two, not much to their surprise as they immediately turn around to attack it. Yuji using full force throws a punch at its back, sending it flying forward and exploding where it lands.
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The cures waves his arm to clear the smoke only to be struck by Megumi relentlessly swinging his weapon. The curse dodges some of the swings but is hit by most. It tries slamming its fists down on Megumi but he quickly jumps out of the way, making the curses fist hit the ground, crumbling it. Megumi starts to swing even faster, making his attempts harder to avoid, the curse is hit multiple times and pushed back.
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Yuji thinks for a moment looking at the fire around his fists. He then decides to try something, he starts to hover his hand above the other and moves it in a circular motion collecting the flames into a sphere. Yuji’s eyes widen at the fact that it actually worked, and he collects more of the flames into the sphere. He then aims at the curse, who's still trying to avoid Megumi’s strikes or land a hit. Yuji pulls his hands back and chucks the sphere at the curse.
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Megumi senses the attack coming and quickly jumps back when the fireball hits the curse and creates a massive explosion. Megumi lands on the ground, taking back his position.
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Megumi: “Good, so you’ve finally learned long range attacks, keep it up. More of those pronto.”
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Yuji nods, collecting more flames creating another sphere. The curse lets out an enraged yell and rushes forward at Yuji. he acts quick and once it gets close enough he smacks the sphere against its face, causing an explosion that Yuji is pushed back by. The curse emerges from the smoke, severely weakened. Megumi rushes in and relentlessly starts swinging his weapon at the curse, it fails to dodge any of his attacks.
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Megumi drops down and sweeps its legs, making it fall flat on its back. Megumi leaps back as Yuji flung another sphere at the curse, it of course exploding doing more damage than before. He flings more and more at the curse, weakening it further and further. Once the last one is sent, Megumi puts the Playful Cloud away and brings out a normal sword. He goes over to the curse who lies on the ground too weak to move anymore.
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He immediately shoves the sword through its head, killing it off immediately and destroying the womb in the process. The large inside of the building melts down, revealing its true destroyed form as seen on the outside. Yuji walks over, looking down at the corpse.
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Yuji: “So, we get the finger from its guts or something?”
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Megumi: “Pretty much..”
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Megumi pulls the sword out of the curses head, then cuts open its stomach. He starts to dig through it and after a while of searching he takes out the finger.
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Megumi: “Got it, lets get it back to Gojo..”
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Yuji nods, Megumi puts the finger in his pocket and picks up his sword. They make their way out of the building, and eventually off the site all together.
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10:40.. Back at Gojo’s Hidden area..
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The two enter the building, Gojo is watching videos on his phone, Maki is sitting down with her cheek resting against her fist having a short nap. Megumi and Yuji make their way before Gojo, and Megumi presents him with the finger.
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Gojo: “Oh, wow! Great job you two!”
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Gojo takes the finger, and consumes it immediately. He stands up, placing his hands on both of their shoulders.
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Gojo: “You two may want to brace yourselves..” He smirks.
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Megumi and Yuji immediately tense up, prepared for whatever he’s about to do. Gojo’s hands get enveloped in the cursed flames. He transfers an absolutely large amount of cursed energy to them, which they take better this time, feeling significantly less pain than before. Once he’s done he lets them go, and gives a thumbs up.
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Gojo: “Enjoy your rewards! And you’ll have all the time you need to get used to it. Tomorrow we’re gonna just chill out, we have all the time we need to carry out our search anyways.”
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Megumi nods, and Yuji sighs in relief at being given a break.
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