"What's up with Gojo?" Maki questioned "And where are Megumi and Mayumi?"
"Gojos upset because Mayumi isn't speaking to him or Fushiguro right now" Nobara answered "I don't know where Mayumi is though"
"Oh, she's waiting for Zenin Naoshi, they're going on a mission" Yuji answered
"I'm being replaced as the favourite cousin.." maki grumbled, nearly breaking her training stick
"Huh? Whys she not talking to them?" Panda questioned
"Tuna"
"Whilst we were training, fushiguro picked a fight with Mayumi which led to both of them nearly falling to their deaths" Nobara elaborated "but Gojo immediately saved Fushiguro"
"What about Mayumi?" Panda questioned
"That's the thing" yuji frowned "he couldn't carry both of them, so she was kinda forced to save herself"
"Well it's no secret Gojos always favoured Megumi" Maki hummed "Yeah, no wonder she isn't talking to them" Panda muttered
"Is it?" Nobara blinked
"Yeah, one twin is financially supported by him and lived freely whilst the other was slowly sucked in by the Zenin clan" Maki spoke, adjusting her glasses "It's no ones fault in particular but it was still unfair to watch growing up"
"I can imagine.." yuji frowned, feeling sorry for Mayumi
"Naoshi I forgot, what exactly are we looking for again?" Mayumi blinked as her and the zenin walked across a sewer line
"We're looking for what jujutsu tech has labelled disaster curses, remember the park?" He spoke
"Yeah.." Mayumi frowned, thinking back to the early hours of that morning
"You can see it too right? The residuals?" Naoshi questioned
"Mhm! It's overwhelming.." Mayumi gagged "And what is that smell.." She muttered, a hand suddenly being placed over head eyes
"Hey.." She frowned, pushing naoshi a hands down "what is I—"
Her question was answered when they saw the corpses of multiple children that were being consumed by bugs, it was a horrible sight
"I didn't want you to see.." he muttered, ushering her out of the playground
"The curse we're dealing with seems intelligent" Naoshi hummed "Usually any normal curse would eat their victims even if it was just to see how they tasted, but this one"
"Is killing for the fun of it.."
"Exactly" Naoshi nodded "Do you wish for me to send you back to jujutsu tech? I understand if you find this overwhelming"
"No no! It's fine" Mayumi nodded "I want to exorcise this curse, and I'm glad I'm going on a mission with you" She grinned, a hand patting her head
"Very well then" Naoshi hummed
"Stay close by Mayumi" the older zenin spoke "yes!" Mayumi nodded, her uncle suddenly grabbing onto her uniform and jumping onto the other side of the sewer
"You're fast.." a muffled but unsettling voice spoke as Mayumi looked over to see a curse where she and naoshi once stood
The curse had long black straight hair and paper-white skin, its pitch-black pupils taking up most of its eyes and the bottom half of its face being covered by a black face mask that had five spikes running down its centre
It wore a long white trench coat and spiked bracelets that only gave it a more unsettling look
"No! That's things fast! I didn't even sense it in time!" She thought as Naoshi placed her down, taking out his own sword
"Tell me curse," he spoke "how many lives have you taken?"
"Huh? Why would you ask that?" The curse questioned "would you asks a human, how many times in their life they've eaten? Or how many times a day they've blinked, they must've lost count"
That was all naoshi needed to hear, within a flash he sliced at the curse, Mayumi following suit and taking out her divine dogs, the two Shikigami clawing at the curse and managing to land a few hits before it grabbed one and used its bear hands to rip its jaw off, prompting Mayumi to retract them and move in with her sword
"Hiss great serpent!" She spoke, her sword outstretching and bending only for the curse to slap it away, using another hand to grab into naoshi blade, the zenin kneeling the curse in the stomach allowing him and Mayumi to fall back
"Mayumi"
"I'm fine, don't worry about me" She nodded, naoshi giving her a hum and rushing at the curse once more, repeatedly cutting it
"We should get to know eachothers names, since you two are the only sorcerers who've lasted this long around me" The curse smiled
"I'll start, you can call me Osore"
"Did I ask?" Naoshi spat, cutting off the curses arm only for it to easily regrow it
"Nope, but I'll still tell you" he grinned "so what's yours? I already know the girls" He smiled, avoiding an attack from Mayumi only for the girl to use toad to hold him down, managing to slash his shoulder
"Mayumi right?" He grinned, naoshi and Mayumi pausing
Osore took that moment to slash naoshi, the zenin jumping back before he could attack again
"Huh?" He spoke as he saw an image of mayumis rotting corpse in his head for a few moments, causing his body to halt
"Naoshi!" Mayumi called out "charge kanguu!" She yelled, the blade growing in size
"So it's naoshi huh? You're pretty strong willed" the curse grinned "usually one hit is enough, you see my technique allows me to bring out my opponent's deepest fears and cause it to repeat inside their heads until their heart give up on them" He hummed
"But strong willed sorcerers are always such pests" He groaned, naoshi shakily getting up
"Did you really think, one attack would knock me down?" He spat, the smile on Osores face disappearing once two horn-like blades pierced through his stomach and right out, leaving a hole in his stomach
"Huh.." he muttered, Mayumi grabbing onto her blade
And rushing towards naoshi "Shit naoshi are you okay??" She questioned, summoning rabbit escape in order to fit in case the duo and buy her enough time
"I'm fine Mayumi" he nodded "That was very impressive" He said with a small smile making the younger zenin smile aswell
"You're the one who gave me the tools to learn it" She smiled, naoshi letting out a dry chuckle before grabbing his sword
"I did didn't I?" He hummed, giving her a nod which allowed her to remove her shikigami
"I hope you two aren't hiding in there!!" Osore yelled, his smile being evident through his mask as he jumped down, getting ready to attack Naoshi who brought his sword up
"Thousand cherry blossoms" Naoshi spoke, his sword suddenly disappearing, only leaving behind his casing
"Scatter"
No one could see his attack without the sunlight except for him, that was the beauty of it, and now, in these dingy sewers, Osore had no way of escaping it
"Eh?" He spoke before blood started seeping out of every nook and cranny in his body, as if thousands of sharp razors had cut him
"What is th—" Osore began before he felt electricity cording through his veins "screech nue!!" Mayumi yelled as she plunged her sword into the special grade, electrocuting it
"Good job Mayumi" Naoshi spoke, holding his blade out and allowing it to solidify again, slicing through Osore lower half
"Thanks!" Mayumi smiled, her eyes sparkling at her role models praise
"I'm going to die.." Osore thought
"I'm going to die!!" He grinned, opening up his mouth
"Domain expansion, Tataforasu" He spoke, a large black space separating Mayumi from the two
"Huh??" She spoke, banding ok the domain "naoshi!!" She yelled, the zenin looking at his surroundings
The entire domain was covered in eyes similar to that of their creator, blinking profusely and looking around
"Tell me naoshi, do you believe in a world after death?" The curse smiled
"I for one do, hence the name fear of God" he grinned, naoshi letting out a small sigh
"I do hope you don't think you're the only one with a domain" He smiled, outstretching his sword and dropping it
"Domain expansion" He spoke, the sword passing through the ground as if it were water "Vibrant scape of a thousand cherry blossoms" He stated, thousands of swords emerging from the ground and surrounding the two
"Hah?" Osore smiled, naoshi outstretching a hand and allowing hundreds of thousands of cherry blossom petals to pour down on them, the petals only effects Osore
It felt like hell, every single one cutting deeper into his body, almost as if it was meant to hurt but not kill him
No, that's exactly what it was
As the attacks finally stopped, naoshi made his way towards the mangled curse, lifting him up "I intend to question you, that's the only reason you're alive" He spoke, a large cut in his domain catching his attention as Mayumi made her way in
"Naoshi!" She said in a desperate tone before letting out a sigh of relief
"You opened your domain! Of course" She smiled, finally noticing the curse
"Oh, he's still alive?" She blinked
"Only for questioning" Naoshi spoke before flowers began to bloom in the room
"What's with the flowers?" Mayumi scowled "is it apart of its technique?"
"Most likely." Naoshi spoke, raisng his sword
"It appears my technique had the opposite effects on you two" a female voice spoke, one that Mayumi recognised
"I know that voice! She spoke, drawing her sword only for the curse to grab Osore out of naoshis hands and run
"It's the one I thought at the exchange event!" She stated , about to run after it before Naoshi placed his hand on her shoulder
"Don't chase it, there's no point in trying to right now" Naoshi hummed
"Hanami.." Osore spoke as he healed himself with reversed cursed technique
"I told you it would be no use to go up against the zenin girl"
"A zenin eh?" He smiled "I'm guessing the man is too"
"And don't lump me up with you!"
Jujutsu scroll!!
Summer 2015
"And now for the next performance! Naoshi zenin!" Ranta spoke as the children of the clan excitedly waited for the next show
As the curtains were drawn back, naoshi stood there with his usual stone cold expression, taking one of his head peices off and bringing it to his ear
"Hello? This is naoshi" He spoke, the children staring back at him in complete horror
The curtain were drawn
"I told you not to do that one" Mayumi who had been seated backstage spoke
"Shut up" her cousin pouted making her laugh