"I can hear the river!" Yuji shouted
The act of crossing a river or barrier in this case sypbolises a home of a watchful spirit in jujutsu, as the four of them crossed the river an electric like feeling coursed through their feet as the ground beneath them crumbled a curse enveloping around them
The four young sorcerers found themselves In a cave like place surrounded by wholes on the ground but no curse in sight
Sensing another presence Shiori immediately pulled megumi out of the way as a curse came running at them like a bull
"This is unrelated to the curse, right fushiguro?" Yuji asked as Shiori crushed a few of the curses
She continued her attack on the multiple curses appearing from the ground with the help of megumi and nobara, opting to create a crater in one part of the ground in order to take out more while Yuji went after the uglier curse
"We should keep going like it's whack-a-mole huh?" Nobara started
"Yeah, keep expecting them for me we'll kill every last one, it likely won't retaliate" megumi said
"You mean it's main body doesn't have much offence since it technique covers a wide area, even limited as it is?" Nobara questioned as she looked around
"I'm only saying it's likely" megumi stated before a black hole appeared in the wall dragging nobara in
"Kugisaki!" Megumi said rushing towards her
"I'm fine! More importantly, deal with the whack a mole"
"Why are you always getting sucked away??" Megumi sighed as she turned to Megumi giving him a reassuring look before moving her hands around, squchibg three different curses
Before either of them could collect their thoughts, the other cursed spirit made it's was into the hole yuji chasing after it
"It got away! Should I let it go?" Yuji questioned
"Chase after it!" Megumi yelled "kugisaki and that thing both went outside the barrier, she might be battaling against something more troublesome than we expected"
"I'm contrast, things are far easier here than anticipated I can handle this easily and so can Megumi" Shiori nodded
"Prioritise kugisaki and go after it!" Megumi shouted as yuji nodded
"If things get back in here then you come out too" yuji said
"Yeah we will" Shipri spoke, many anamalisitc curses suddenly jumping at her but finding themselves stuck and crushed
"Amazing" a voice spoke, prompting her to turn around and hit the curse square in its face
"Shiori!"
"I'll be fine" She nodded "focus in that curse"
"I didn't expect such a strong hit from a girl that looked like you" the curse giggled, it was a wears humanoid curse with what seemed to be a bear head hanging around its own
The curse didn't waste time creating more shikigami to attack the girl that resembled different beasts, they didn't get far as with a swift movement they were cursed, Shiori directing her finger at the curse, crushing both of its arms
"Huh.." It huffed, desperately restoring its fingers and bring them together
"Domain expansion!" The curse cried out as Shiori heard Megumi shout her name
"Don't worry about me" She stated "focus on yourself"
Shiori didn't waste time admiring or observing the domain, as long as she could uphold he'd barrier shed be able to get out
It was a forest, and she could see the course looming over her, a giant, beautiful sword appearing and charging at her only to be blacked by her technique
"What.." the curse muttered, feeling someone come up behind him
"I told you it wouldn't work" She yawned, bring a fist to her right palm and reverting the curse to a blood splatter
Megumi lay on the cold, wet and rocks ground clutchubh into sukunas finger, fading in and out of consciousness
The only thing that he could hear was a familiar voice calling his name
"Shiori..." He muttered
"Megumi??" Shiori said with wide eyes, kneeling down and holding the zenin in her arms as if he was about to die
"You're doing horrible! I'll call shoko" She frowned
"Are you okay shioro" megumi smiled ashe girlfriend stared at him blinking for a few seconds.
"Sorry I couldn't help you out.."
"Don't worry about it megumi" She smiled, placing a kiss in his lips You were amazing"
"Shiori, can I kiss you?" Please?"
"You're my boyfriend, of course you can" She hummed, pushing some of his hair out of his face
"..Thank you" He muttered, pulling her closer and pressing his lips on hers, it didn't take long for Megumi to deepen the kiss, a smile spreading across shioris face and running her fingers through his hair, Megumi letting out a small hum due to this actions
The two lovers looked at each other with glossy eyes as they placed their foreheads against one another, Shiori eventually burying her head in his neck
They didn't need to say anything, they just wanted to stay like that, forever
Until their classmates arrived
"Fushiguo?! Gojo?!"
"Huh?Oh you guys are back" Megumi grumbled, shiori letting go of Megumi and looking up her classmates
"You shouldn't be in such close contact with sukunas finger" nobara pointed out
"How do you know about sukunas finger?" Megumi questioned
"You really have the energy to still be asking questions?"
"You're right " megumi yawned
"Should I eat it?" Yuji proposed
"No!" All of them said at the same time
"I'll let you hold it as you're the most energetic out off all of us right now" megumi said
"Itadori, Do. Not. Eat. It"
"you're treating me like somekind of puppy" he pouted as he reached out to grab the finger, sukana appearing on his hand and slurping it up
Everyone went silent for a second only to see black lines forming on yujis face
"He didn't even help this time!" yuji sighed
"We told you not to eat it!!"
"hey you four!???" They heard Nittas voice scream as they tuned out her scolding
"She's lost it" nobara said as her and yuji stretched, Shiori helping megumi up
"Shall we go home?" Megumi said as the four of them began to walk
"I'm hungry" Shiori yawned
"I wonder if there's splendid sushi around here" nobara said
"Splendid sushi bullet train was awesome wasn't it?" Yuji cheered