"Kento?" Shiloh asked her older cousin who sat opposite her with a cup of black tea and toast while she chowed down on some orange juice and homemade pancakes
"Yes Shiloh?" Nanami asked as he looked up from his food to be met with the distant expression of his younger cousin
"When are we going to see megumi again?" Shiloh asked, sitting upright and waiting for her cousin's reply
"I actually wanted to keep it a surprise, but they're coming over for dinner, since it's summer break Megumi pretty free" Nanami smiled as he watched his cousins try and contain her smile
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As per her request, nanami had to sit and watch the spectacular spider man with his younger cousin for a good hour until a knock on the door saved him, only for him to remember a white haired menace stood on the other side
"Come in" Nanami said in a groggy voice, remembering this was all for his precious cousins who was basically a sister to him at this point
"You could atleast pretend your happy to see me" Gojo sulked as he made his way in, megumi who'd been told they were going to an old friend, not knowing it was nanami, was completely caught off guard when he saw a familiar young black haired girl staring back at him with her usual sleepy smile
"Megumi!" She smiled, making her way over to the boy
"Wow, no hi for me?" Gojo pouted, Shiloh quickly greeting him before her and megumi made their way to the living room
"Sorry it's in another language" Shiloh said apologetically as she fumbled with the remote to look for Japanese subtitles
"Don't worry, this way we can both learn each others languages" Megumi smiled, the two closely watching tv
"This is the nicest I've seen megumi with any kid other than his sister" Gojo muttered as him and nanami spied from the living room
"You know, my aunt has a vegetable garden in a backyard, I cut some tomatoes from there on Saturday" Shiloh smiled as she pointed towards the bowl
"They look extra nice" Megumi nodded before he began explaining his hoards of bunny shikigami to Shiloh who listened intently
"So do you think you could ever name all of them?" She asked
"Nope, they all look the same and there's too many" Megumi sighed
"Do you have any pets?" The dark haired male asked
"Back home i have a cat, but here I have a stuffed penguin called gunther" Shiloh smiled pointing to the stuffed animal on the sofa
"Gunther? What type of name is that?" Megumi questioned
"I think it's a great name! No! I know it's a great name" Shiloh stated, megumis smiling at how she still didn't change her opinion
"Guys, takeaways here" Gojo yelled as the group sat down to eat
"Can we change the channel?" Gojo asked being met with the two childrens frown
"No" megumi Shiloh and even nanami said
"Nanamin why did you say no??" Gojo questioned
"I just like disagreeing with you" Nanami hummed making Shiloh and megumi laugh
"Shiloh, could you please help me dry the plates?" Nanami asked, the young girl nodding and following after him
"I'll help" Megumi said getting up
"Huh? You don't even help at home" Gojo said earning a scowl from the boy who was obviously trying to look good infront of Shiloh and her family
"I do, but I only help tsumiki" Megumi stated earning a chuckle from nanami "well your good manners are appreciated" he smiled
"Megumi can I tie your hair in a top not after this? We'll have sort of matching hairstyles" Shiloh smiled
"Okay, but don't make it too tight because I'll become bald" Megumi stated
Eventually the two children fell asleep whilst watching the tv leaving nanami to finish some office work whilst Gojo bothered him, the two flicking through channels whilst discussing the current state of the jujutsu world
"Listen up" Shiloh mumbled "master tengen is me and I am master tengen."
"Hey nanamin, what's Shiloh mumbling?" Gojo asked as the two peered down on the child who was sprawled on the floor next to megumi
"You talk about merger and death as if they're the same but you're sorely mistaken! I will become master tengen but master tengen will also become me!" Shiloh declared in her sleep, Gojo feeling his heart drop
"My will! My heart! Spirit! All will live on after merging!!"
"What the hell?" Nanami said going to wake the girl up only for Gojo to stop him
"I want to stay with everyone a little bit longer" Shiloh spoke, tears falling from her eyes "I want to go to more places and see more things with everyone! More!!"
"Since when was her Japanese that clear?" Nanami mumbled, noticing Gojo had taken of his glasses and was staring at the girl intently
"Yeah, let's go home" Shiloh smiled in her sleep outstretching her hand only for some type of unknown force to wake her up, her breathing was erratic and her eyes were wide, she placed a hand to the side of her head presumably looking for blood only to see none
"I got shot.." she mumbled looking at her hand once more and shrugging, before she could fully doze off again Gojo shook her awake
"Hey shi!!" He said with a sweet smile "You seemed to be having a nice dream"
"What are you doing?" Nanami questioned
"Who were you talking to?" Gojo asked, the child looking around
"Uhm, Riko was talking to Geto" She stated before going back to bed, both nanami and Gojos faces turning pale
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"Megumi! You remember Shiloh right?" Gojo said to the now twelve year old megumi who sat on his bed reading a book, memories from his short summer break with the girl flooding into his mind
"Yeah, why?"
"Well..Nanamis bringing her to Japan again!!" Gojo cheered, the dark haired male staring at him with wide eyes
"What day?" He asked trying to sound like he didn't really care
"Tomorrow" Gojo grinned
"You always tell me stuff on the day or the day before" Megumi sighed
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"Why am I out here?" Megumi sighed as he stared at the white haired male beside him
"Because!! We're going to meet Shiloh!" Gojo jumped, megumi wishing he would've told his so he'd put more effort into his looks
"There she is!" Gojo grinned as both nanami and Shiloh made their way up the stairs of jujutsu tech
"Shiloh you've grown so much!" Gojo gasped as he greeted the girl with a huge hug
"It's nice to see you too" She wheezed, feeling like Gojo would crush all her ribs
Megumi didn't think it was possible for her to become more pretty but the Shiloh infront of him exceeded his seven year old minds expectations. She had lost most of the baby fat on her face that was evident in their first encounter and she had matured not only in that physical way but also her features, yet she still had those cute half lidded eyes
"Megumi" She smiled, noticing the dark haired boy and giving him a hug, prompting him to turn a dark shade of red
"It's nice to see you again, my Japanese has gotten better" Shiloh smiled
"I can tell" megumi smiled back, the two sitting down on a nearby bench and catching up as if nothing had happened, there was no few moments of awkward silence or hesitation, it was like they'd been around each other for years
"Hey Nanamin, I've noticed you've been talking about Shiloh less, how come? You thinking too much into the future again?" Gojo asked as the two sat down
"Nothings wrong, and I don't think I'm necessarily paranoid about my future, just worried for her" Nanami hummed
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2006
Shiloh: five
The sound of glass breaking echoed through the hallway causing Shiloh to wince
"Remember Shi, vandalism is wrong" Kento stated as he carried his younger cousin on his back, making his way inside an abandoned shop, having chosen to go on this mission to showcase his strength to her after she begged for him to
"Okay!" Shiloh responded
"Watch this" Nanami stated placing his cousin down and standing right infront of the curse creating a barrier between it and Shiloh as he took out his blunt knife, running towards the curse and slicing it sideways to Shilohs astonishment
"Woah!!" She gasped making her way over to Kento who was dusting himself off, flicking a bit of his long emo hair out of his face
"pretty cool huh?" He smiled "now, try and channel your cursed energy into this punch, just like we practiced" He said directing shiloh to a grade four curse that was approaching
"Okay" Shiloh shrugged, running towards the curse and punching it in the stomach, Brad ding into some of its flesh and turning it into a small dagger that she used to cut through the curses stomach and slice the back of its neck
"Where did you learn that from??" Nanami asked taken aback
"I don't know" She shrugged "why? Is it bad?" She questioned with a worried tone
"No no, it's very good!" He said patting her head
Shiloh flashed her cousin a toothy grin before she noticed a stuffed penguin that was lying at the bottom of one of the shelves
"D'you want it?" Nanami questioned noticing her eyeing it
"Isn't it stealing?" Shiloh questioned
"I don't think anyone's coming back to get it" He smiled handing her the doll
"Mum says stealing's alright as long as the place doesn't have cameras" Shiloh stated earning a laugh from her cousin "your mums something else" he sighed
"So what are you gonna name it?" He questioned, Shiloh taking a long and hard look at the penguin
"Gunther" she grinned "what type of name it that??" Nanami questioned
"I think it's nice!" Shiloh said in a defensive tone as the button on her dungaree popped off causing her to frown
"Awe"
"Not to worry, guess who always carries around a sewing kit" Nanami smiled taking one out of his pocket
"I forgot you know how to sew" Shiloh giggled as her cousin picked up the button and sewed it back into place
"I know how to do everything that helps you" Nanami smiled
"Kento, what would I do without you?" The young girl smiled
"You'd be just fine, I promise" Nanami hummed
"Even better than fine. You're so great Shiloh, i wouldn't be surprised if you even became better without me"
"Well I'm very glad you're here" Shiloh stated
"But if you die, I'll die too, so that you won't be alone" Shiloh said holding onto Nanamis had whilst they made their way back to jujutsu tech
"Don't say that Shi" Nanami frowned "I want you to live a fulfilling life"
ON THE PLAIN RIDE TO TOKYO
"Shiloh, what would you do if I died?" Nanami asked after recalling that memory
"I'll steal your watch" She snickered pointing towards his expensive item, making the blonde laugh
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"You're starting junior high in spring no?" Shiloh asked megumi, the two of the having sat down on the bleachers watching Gojo try and failing to convince nanami to go out for drinks until he mentioned Utahime Mei shoko and ijichi were going
"Yeah, I'm going to the same one as my sister" Megumi smiled
"How is your sister? I met her once and she was really sweet" Shiloh smiled
"Yeah she is, she's annoyingly nice" Megumi sighed
"So, did you end up getting a younger sister?" The dark haired male smiled, reminding her of their last conversation
"Oh no, the stork was too tired" Shiloh giggled realising how dumb they sounded back then
"When are you going back this time?" Megumi asked, the dark haired girl staring into his eyes "I'm only staying for a month this time" Shiloh hummed
"So how many shikigami have you tamed now? Did I say shikigami right?" She asked
"Yeah you did, and I've managed to exorcise my divine dogs, my frog, a huge bird called nue and my great serpent" Megumi smiled
"That's good, can I see them?" Shiloh asked as megumi gave her a nod, taking out his shikigami to the horror of nanami that didn't understand what he was doing at first
"Shiloh get down from there!!" Nanami screamed as he saw the young girl onto of the flying curse
"I'm fine Kento!! I'm with megumi" She cheered, nanamis face softening
"Loosen up nanamin!!" Gojo nudged the blonde