𝑾𝑯𝑶 𝑰𝑺 𝑺𝑯𝑬? 𝑴.𝑭𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒐

000

"I'm here to save you! Utahime" Gojo said with a grin as he peered down at the recent graduate, a tiny four year old with snowy white hair and the trademark Gojo eyes being carried by the special grade

"Utahime!" The child smiled

"Shiori!!" Utahime gasped, completely ignoring her underclassman

"You crying?"

Gojos pressing only led to Utahime becoming more frustrated, forcing her to direct her attention from the youngest sibling to the oldest "No I'm not crying! Be more polite!"

That was until Mei cut her off  "if I was crying, would you console me? I'd definitely like that"

"Yeah, but you wouldn't cry Mei, you're strong" Gojo stated earning a chuckle from the girl

"Is that so?"

"Gojo! You listen to me! I don't need your help!!" Utahime yelled, a giant curse emerged from the ground, catching her off guard until a large clock appeared, the curses beginning to shrink until it was a cursed womb

"Don't swallow it I'll absorb it later" Geto smiled making his way up the stairs with Satorus other younger sister and Shioris twin, Sayuri on his shoulders

"Utahime! Suguru! Did you see what I did there??" Sayuri smiled as she pointed to the weakened curse

"Sayuri your nose is bleeding!" Shiori said as she and her brother checked on their sister

Suguru having already cleaned the blood

"I wanted to impress Suguru" She pouted, suguru lightly chuckling

"I'm very impressed Sayuri!" He smiled, lifting her up "But don't do risky things, you need to first manage your cursed energy output"

"Okay" She grinned, her siblings deadpanning at how easily she listened to him

"Satoru it's not nice to pick on the weak" Geto stated as Shiori nodded her head

"Okay, but what kind of idiot picks on the Strong??" Gojo stated

"That's true!" Sayuri gasped

"You two are confusing the poor girls" Utahime sighed

"You're the one naturally fanning the flames geto" Mei Mei chuckled Utahime gradually getting more annoyed until she heard the voice of Shoko

"Utahime! Are you okay?" Shoko said

"Shoko!"

"I was so worried about you we hadn't heard from you in almost two days" Shoko smiled

"Shoko!!" Utahime wailed running up the stairs and hugging the brunette "Shoko! Don't let yourself turn out like those two!" Utahime pleaded earning a chuckle from the brunette

"Don't worry, I'm not trash like they are, and I never will be"

"You too Sayuri, shirori!" Utahime reminded the children as she lifted them off of Suguru and Satoru

"Don't let yourself turn out like Utahime" Gojo snickered

"Eh, shut up" Suguru smiled

"Huh? Wait two days?" Utahime said, finally clocking how long they'd been gone

"Oh was the cursed spirits barrier one of those that messes with time?" Gojo questioned

"they're rare but they do happen, though it's odd it took so much time since Mei was with you." Gojo shrugged

"That would make sense.." Mei Mei said deep in thought

"Something wrong Mei?"

"Not really but actually that would mean it involved two full days of labour so I was just thinking of how to rewrite the envoys now owed to me for two extra days of labour" Mei Mei explained

"She's planning to overcharge again.." Utahime sighed

"Mei says overcharging isn't a bad thing" Shiori hummed

"because it's not, smart people overcharge Shion" Mei Mei smiled as she played with the young girl's white hair, putting it into a ponytail similar to hers

"Like right now, Sayuri helped Geto get rid of that curse, so he should give her 35% of his pay" Mei instructed her, Sayuri nodding in agreement

"More importantly, where's the curtain?" She questioned, the three second years staring at her blankly

"Satorus in trouble" Sayuri snickered

"When is he not" Shiori sighed

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"Why Did Suguru leave??" Sayuri wailed as Shiori tried to comfort her "Why would he leave us?? And Satoru?? Why would he leave Satoru and shoko?"

"I don't know Sayuri, but we have to help out Satoru, or else he'll be sad forever" Shiori stated, feeling a certain sense of responsibility due to how distraught her siblings were

"I don't want Satoru to be sad" Sayuri sniffled

"Yeah, Because when you and Satoru are sad, I'm sad" Shiori stated

"so you go sit with Satoru in his room and I'll bring a bunch of sweets for us to eat"

"Should I get mum and dad?"

"They won't understand!" Shiori shrilled knowing how mean their parents could be especially their father when they were too emotional

"satoru needs us, so we need to help him."

"..okay" Sayuri nodded, getting up and making her way over to Satoru who was sitting in the living room in a haze

"Satoru!!" She yelled, tackling her older brother

"Woah Sayuri what's up? You sad about Suguru?" Satoru frowned

"We are, but you're worse." Shiori stated as she walked in with her secret stash of sweets for when her siblings were upset

"Shiori?" Her brother blinked

"We're sorry we can't help more" the five-year-old spoke

"But we don't want you to suffer alone! Because if you cry, I'll cry and if Shiori sees us cry, she'll cry!" Sayuri wailed, squeezing her brother

"It's fine you two" Satoru said with a soft smile

"Your big brothers super strong, I'll get us through it!" He declared with a warm smile

"Satoru you might be strong, but strong people cry too" Shiori hummed "And, I don't want you to pretend not to be sad, it'll only make you more upset"

"Are you sure you're just five Shiori" Gojo smiled

"Mhm, like when dad tried on my Princess dress and broke it, I pretended not to be sad and then I became angry" Sayuri nodded

"So it's better to be sad than try and keep it in, and then you have an angry explosion!!" She stated, spreading her arms wide and Shiori made a "boom!!" Sound

Satoru could not help but tear up, a genuine, sad, grateful and relieved laugh erupting from him catching his two younger twin sisters off guard

"Is that a good thing?" Sayuri questioned, Shiori shrugging

"It worked" Satoru smiled, pulling his sisters in for a hug