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There is no time to think. Everything is moving so quickly; Gojo is jumping around the scene, going back and forth with the volcano head; the blue-haired patchwork face is going at civilians, transfiguring them until they were no longer recognizable; civilians screaming and running everywhere, banging at the barrier and desperately pleading to be let out of the madhouse. Before you can do or say anything else, Yuji jumps into action with the patch-face. You watch as the patch-face laughs at Yuji, as if taunting him. Thoughts whiz through your mind, but you notice that you feel as light as ever, your thoughts were clear and fogless.
To allow yourself more time to process, you activate your cursed technique. Instantly, everything slows down to a processable speed. Your eyes are immediately drawn to Gojo, who you knew wasn't having any trouble fighting the volcano. Or, he wouldn't have, if there weren't so many people around. You notice that not only are the people limiting his movement, but the opponent is using this to their advantage. You watch as Gojo tries his best to avoid any people that he may jump into.
He's really not a bad guy. You think.
Switching your eyes to Yuji, you notice that once patch-face touches a human, that human is as good as dead, sometimes blowing into bits, other times deforming into a mass of slime. It makes you sick.
Then your priority should be getting the people out of the way. That way, you'd be eliminating Gojo's shackles and-
Wait. Aren't I supposed to want him dead?
After all, if you weren't able to kill him yourself, wouldn't it be the second-best choice to have someone else subdue him? You watch as Yuji fights hard, punching patch-face in the stomach and sending the guy flying, and think that there's no way you want to let him down. So you were gonna fight on his side.
Sorry, Sora. I want to be able to make my own decisions once in a while.
You steel your mind. Gojo's no longer an enemy right now. You're fighting with him. First things first, find a way to get the people out of-
"(L/N)-san!" Yuji screams, "don't let Mahito touch you!"
Mahito? You turn to your right to see patch-face running straight at you with a sick grin on his face. Even with your infinitesimal technique activated, he was going really fast; but not fast enough to get you. As he nears you, you brace yourself, ready to kick him back.
It's okay if I touch him with my shoe, right?
You lift your leg and strike him as hard as you can with your leg before punching him in the guts and sending him flying towards the barrier before running to him and following up with one more punch to the face. You back up to where Yuji is before stopping your cursed technique. To him and everyone else, you had done all that in maybe just a second or two.
"Woah, (L/N)-san! I knew you were fast, but that's amazing!" He marvels at your skill. You wipe the sweat from your forehead, smiling, watching as Mahito slowly gets up.
"Listen, Itadori-kun. I want to find a way to get the civilians out of this place before that thing hurts more of them." You gesture to patch-face.
"Sure, but how are you gonna open the barrier?"
"I have an idea." You turn to look at Gojo, who is in the middle of ripping the volcano's head off. "Once Gojo finishes off that guy, have him take on patch-face and at least stop patch-face from deforming more humans. You, gather as many civilians as you can to the opposite side of the barrier of me. I'm gonna try to rip a hole in the barrier with a new technique I learned. Give me a signal when the people are out. Since we don't know where the barrier holder is or what it is, I think we should try this out."
You've never used your new convergence technique like that before, but you had to try something.
"Got it."
"GOJO!" You scream, trying to get the man's attention. He is rolling Jogo's head on the ground and talking, though he was too far away to be heard. At the sound of his name, he turns to you. "KEEP PATCH-FACE BUSY!"
He raises his eyebrow, as if asking "Who are you to be giving orders?" but shoots you a thumbs up. You turn away, towards the barrier, and put your hand to the murky grey. You just have to trust that Yuji and Gojo could take care of your back. This next step would require immense energy and concentration. You try your best to shut out all the sound from the pandemonium and clear your mind.
The hum of cursed energy courses through your body, connecting with the cursed energy of the barrier. It is almost vibrating, responding to your touch. In your mind's eye, you can see the flow of the energy in the spherical shape that maintained the barrier.
"Cursed Technique: Convergence." You murmur, willing the energy to converge towards you. As expected, the energy, as if magnetized to your touch, starts to flow towards your hand. You feel as the energy on the opposite side of the barrier begins to pull thin. You are now holding a dangerous amount of energy in your hands. Were you to stop concentrating now, you have a feeling it would blow you up.
Come on, you block out all noise and close your eyes, and the world is just you and this cursed energy barrier. The barrier begins to fight back, reinforcing the opposite side where the cursed energy is sparse. You concentrate even harder, storing some of the barrier's cursed energy into yourself in order to allow for more energy to gather where you are. Your body begins to heat up and sweat runs down your forehead. The energy humming in you feels dangerous but you keep going, keep magnetizing the barrier energy to you. Suddenly-
A tearing sound.
"GO!" A voice yells, then footsteps, stumbling, panic, screaming. You clench your other fist in concentration. Keep this up. We need everyone to get out. Every muscle in your body is tensed up and on fire, but you hold your ground. Cursed energy slides away from your hands, and you know that you're getting tired, but you will the energy to move to you, even if it's a little bit.
A second passes, or two. Or ten minutes. An eternity, maybe. They say when you're concentrating hard enough, time becomes irrelevant in your mind. That's how it felt to you.
"They're out!" Yuji's voice breaks into your concentration and suddenly everything is flowing out of you, and you feel as if it had pulled your guts away too, and the barrier restores itself with a loud BANG! In a second, you're on the floor, vision black, ears ringing, breathing heavily, and sweat pouring from your palms. That took such an immense toll on your mind and physical body.
The bangs and rumbles continue to sound but suddenly Mahito and the volcano's head are jumping over you, probably fleeing. Mahito somehow grows some wings and flies away. Am I hallucinating?
Suddenly the barrier is gone and a heavy feeling sets on your soul. Yuji is standing over you. You smile weakly and try to pull yourself up. The boy reaches out a hand, which you gladly pull as help.
"It looks like all your cursed energy has been drained." He says. You blink away the blurriness in your eyes as your breath finally evens out.
"Yeah. Thanks for helping out." You say to him. Suddenly Gojo's in your sight, and so are Nanami, Nobara, and Megumi. So many people...
You stand up, and a splitting headache seems to strike you, your vision going black once again as you stumble forward into who seems to be Nobara. She holds you up, and suddenly something in you clears up and you stand up straight. All the sorcerers around you are already looking at you but now they're shocked.
"Do you feel that too? My cursed energy is tugging me!" Yuji exclaims. "No, it's being pulled away from me!"
Your vision and mind are still murky, but you find yourself standing up straight. It is to your horror as you feel your body move without your consent.
So heavy... I feel so heavy...
And suddenly you're punching Gojo. What am I doing? I'm so tired. Why am I attacking him now, of all times?
He easily dodges your move, as you are probably too slow in the state you are in. Everyone's watching in shock. You turn around, looking at Gojo through half-closed eyelids.
You feel your knees buckle beneath you and the ground falls towards your swimming vision. Everything goes black.
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for those of yall reading, hope you enjoyed : )
Word count: 1489 words
Published May 12, 2021
I do not own any of the characters from Jujutsu Kaisen.