Satoru made his way up the steps of jujutsu tech with a solemn expression
The year was 2007, after his awakening the higher ups began to send him on longer and far more dangerous missions, further isolating him
He hadn't even had time to go visit his now deceased underclassman Haibara and grieving one nanami and due to the business and mentally straining nature of her job, shoko was often too tired to hang out
But he did have his best friend, his one and only, suguru ge—
"Satoru" a small voice called out as he felt someone tug at his trousers, this prompted the white haired male to look down
Not the geto he was looking for but oh well
Instead of suguru, his younger five year old sister saeri stood behind Gojo, looking up at him with a concerned expression whilst she pressed the giant book in her hands close to her chest
"Oh hey Saeri! Is Suguru babysitting you today? He didn't tell me" Satoru hummed
"Yeah he is" Saeri frowned "but he's being weird"
"How so?"
"Well, Sugurus the best big brother ever and I love him so I'm worried" the five year old articulated, nearly dropping her book "he's become skinnier and sadder he's even angry now! I've never seen him angry before" She muttered
Satoru had picked up on his best friends change in behaviour, but had it really gotten so bad that his own little sister had come to acknowledge it?
"And satoru" She spoke, waving her hand in order to beckon him over "don't tell suguru this because he said sorry and I forgave him but.." She whispered
"When he was stressed, he got mad and called me a monkey"
"A monkey?" Satoru repeated "what does that mean??" He questioned Saeri shrugging
"I don't know but I don't want him to hate me" She said with teary eyes, satoru patting the top of her head
"Awe Saeri, he could never hate you" he reassured her "how about..I go and talk to him and then the three of us including shoko get ice cream afterwards"
"I'd like that" The five-year-old finally smiled, her worried expression dissolving
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"Saeri, Sugurus coming to visit us today so make sure you have that drawing you wanted to show him from school" her mother spoke as her father helped her fix their chairs
"Yeah I have it in my room" The five year old smiled as she happily kicked her feet, anticipating her beloved brothers arrival
"He's here!" She said before the bell rang, sending his cursed energy, something their parents couldn't do and opening the door
There suguru stood with his usual polite smile "Suguru!!" Saeri cheered as she held onto his leg, her brother letting out a soft chuckle as he patted her hair, their parents coming to greet him
Seeing as he was the only sorcerer in the family it was rare for him to visit but he still tried to make time
"So, how's school going?" Their father asked as the four sat down to eat, Saeri insisting on sitting next to suguru, playing with his hair that'd grown longer
"It's good dad"
"How're Satoru and shoko? We haven't seen them in a while" Their mother smiled as she poured the two geto siblings a drink,
Saeri flicking a pea at her older brother brother whilst their parents were looking, geto pulling a fake offended face to make her giggle, something they did each time they were on the table
"They're fine"
He said once more, still wearing his usual smile, Saeri bursting with excitement as she planned to show him the drawing she'd completed
"The food was amazing mum" He hummed as he helped her tidy up, Saeri being entrusted to carry two plates
"It was great mum, I love curry" She smiled as Suguru took the plates off of her and placed them in the sink before going to play with her
"It's no problem, I'm lucky to be blessed with such amazing children" Their mother smiled "and bonus is they get along great" Their father added "Saeri didn't you have a drawing you wanted to show suguru?"
"Oh yeah!! It's in my room, I'll go get it!" She gasped, getting up and running towards her room,
It took her a little longer to reach the drawing as her father had placed it in a higher part of the wall, but just as she managed to snatch it off, the sound of squelching followed by her mothers screams and silence caught her attention
"What's wrong?" Saeri asked as she placed her hand on the corner of the wall only to feel a warm and slimy liquid, bringing her hand away and looking to see it was coated in blood
"Suguru??" Saeri said, attempting to scream but only a hoarse and petrified voice coming out as she looked at the mangled corpses of her parents, her eyes meeting her older brother who sat on the sofa with a dead look in his eyes
His now messy hair sticking onto his blood soaked face as he 'watched' tv
"Suguru.." Saeri muttered, finally catching her brother's attention
"Ah, there you are Eri" He smiled, using their mothers nickname for her
"What's going on?" The five year old blinked as she walked towards her brother, chasing the comfort of his arms
And like he always did when she was scared, he embraced her and patted her head
"You don't need to worry about it" he said in a gentle tone "it'll all be over soon"
"What will be over?.." She blinked, Sugurus silence worrying her
Instinctively, she tried to back away, but he was stronger, his arm acting as a cage whilst he used the other to draw a sword
"I'm sorry" He whispered "but if I need to create a world with no monkeys, it'd only be right to start with my family"
"Goodbye, eri"
With that, he plunged the sword into her chest with such force that the handle was practically inside her chest
She couldn't say anything, all she could do was meet the cold eyes of her brother as he withdrew the sword, Saeris body hitting the floor with a thud
"Such a shame, if only you were sorcerers" Suguru sighed, placing the murder weapon next to his dying sister and dead parents before walking out of the house, renouncing his past life in favour of a new one
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Saeri couldn't think straight, she could barely breath, she couldn't talk and she was beginning to choke on her own blood
Her brother had chosen to kill her, without any hesitation
"Why.." a whispy voice spoke "how..could you?" It continued, a huge terrifying but oddly comforting creature appearing infront of the girl
Was this a curse? Was this what suguru always talked about? What he had to consume
"How could you?!" The curse screamed once more
It had a hallowed skeletal face, a pair of glowing yellow eyes lying behind its mask, its body was huge and skeletal like with multiple diamond like patterns
"How could he?" It repeated, staying close to saeri, almost as if it was talking to her
"What are you?" She thought, unable to make the words come out, but to her astonishment, it seemed to understand her
"Hensetsu" It stated
"Betrayal?" She thought
"Hensetsu! Hensetsu!" The curse repeated, grabbing the girl and shaking her which only worsened her injuries, upon realising what it was doing, it halted in its movement and placed her down, suddenly disappearing
Except it didn't, instead it almost felt like it was merging with her
"If you wish to live, we will work as one master" the curse spoke, or rather a voice in saeris head spoke as the pain in her chest began to subside
Was she dying?
No..something, it was healing her
"Master?.." she managed to cough out
"You created me, I live to serve you" the curse stated, saeris world going dark
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"Saeri?? Saeri can you hear me??" Satorus voice bellowed as the child finally came to, opening her eyes to see a panicked shoko and satoru and concerned yaga
"Huh.." She muttered, sitting upright only for shoko to place her hands on her back
"Woah there" She said in a gentle tone, pushing the hair out of her face "be careful saeri, you just received some pretty dangerous wounds to your heart, no one knows how your still alive" Shoko stated whist Gojo looked at her with both disbelieving and rage filled eyes
In disbelief at the fact suguru could do that to his kid sister and anger at his stupid corse of actions
"Do you have any idea how you got better?" Yaga asked Saeri as she looked at her brothers teacher
"I did it.." she muttered, the adult and two teens sharing a look of confusion
"No..it did it" Saeri shook her head
"It?" Shoko questioned, a cursed presence so devastating it made shoko, yaga and Gojo raise their arms in defence surrounding the young girl
It was an erie one, but it also felt heartbreaking, like they wanted to cry, it could only be described as deep blue
"It" A distorted voice spoke as a curse emerged from saeri who wore a downcast expression
"She's cursed" yaga muttered
"No, I think she created that curse" Gojo hummed "it seems like lovely Saeri has developed her cursed technique" he hummed