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𝐀 𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐌𝐄𝐆𝐔𝐌𝐈 𝐅𝐔𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐔𝐑𝐎, 𝐀 𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍 𝐀 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐑𝐘𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐔𝐊𝐔𝐍𝐀 𝐓𝐎 𝐀 𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐄𝐑 𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐉𝐔𝐉𝐔𝐓𝐒𝐔 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇, 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐀 𝐃𝐄𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄, 𝐀 𝐁𝐎𝐘 𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐃 𝐘𝐔𝐉𝐈 𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐈 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐄𝐘...

𐙚🥀༄ؘ ۪۪۫۫ 🌹 ۪۪۫۫ ༄ؘ🥀𐙚

𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆:

𝘔𝘺 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘋𝘪𝘥 (𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘌𝘮 𝘜𝘱) (𝘏𝘰𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘹) 𝘣𝘺 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘖𝘶𝘵 𝘉𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘱 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

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𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐀 𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐔 𝐆𝐎𝐉𝐎.

𝐘𝐔𝐉𝐈 𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐈 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐒, 𝐑𝐘𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐔𝐊𝐔𝐍𝐀, 𝐎𝐍 𝐀 𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐆𝐔𝐌𝐈 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑.

𝐀 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐄.

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(𝟎𝟏𝟐) 𝐅𝐔𝐍 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓:

𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵, 𝘔𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘪 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴.

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"𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦. 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘎𝘰𝘥"
- 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯

𐙚🥀༄ؘ ۪۪۫۫ 🌹 ۪۪۫۫ ༄ؘ🥀𐙚

...𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐀 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐋 𝐁𝐎𝐘 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄, 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐇𝐈𝐌 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐆.

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"I cannot seem to contort myself back into the shape of a dutiful child. I am coming unraveled. I am coming undone"
- Unknown

(*ೃ༄➹ ☽ ˚ · .✩𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃, 𝐈𝐓 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐌𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘✩ ˚ · .☽ ➷*ೃ༄)

(AKINA'S OUTFIT FOR THIS CHAPTER)

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THE JUJUTSU SOCIETY WHO DRAINS THE BLOOD AND THE YOUTH OF THEIR YOUNG SORCERERS AND THE LIVES OF THEIR GREATEST SORCERERS, THE CORRUPT GOVERNMENT WHO HAVE BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS OF THOSE WHO DIE FOR THEM AND TAKE ALL THEIR POWER AND LIVES AND REWRITE HISTORY AS THEIR SAVIORS AND THEIR HEROES. THEY WILL FALL, THEY WILL FALL WHEN A POWER IS GREATER THAN THEM, THEY ARE SCARED. SHE WILL BE THEIR DOWNFALL ALONG WITH HER STUDENTS AND HER LOVE.

000. |     𝐀𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐮 𝐆𝐨𝐣𝐨'𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘢𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰.

The night time had crept in sooner than Akina Tengan wished it did, her body was aching and sore from her mission earlier which she was required to take alone. This mission was longer than she anticipated and several other opponents came in, as well as her greatest enemy, paperwork and reports to the elderly higher ups she wished would turn to ash already. Her body sunk comfortable into the seat of the limousine car as Kiyotaka Ijichi was driving her back to Jujutsu Tech.

"You want me to put on some music Akina? You look really tired", the chauffeur asked her, noticing how tired she really was as she tried to keep herself awake.

She shook her head as a small smile crossed her lips, "thanks Ijichi but it's all good, I just can't wait to head to bed already", she sighed, her hands rubbing over her tired amethyst eyes as she kept her mind awake but her body could barely keep up with her though.

He chuckled, "Understandable, don't worry, we're here now. Give yourself some rest, you deserve it and try to not let Gojo convince you otherwise", the man with a defined and deathly sculpted face smiled softly at her, assuring her as she left the limousine.

"Thanks Ijichi, you make sure you get some sleep as well. You're gonna need it when you desk work and also deal with Gojo too tomorrow", she joked in return, making the man chuckle softly as a drop of sweat was noticeable on his face.

Usually Akina would stop coworker from annoying the assistant but often times, he would poke fun at him and make him deal with stress bad for his heart. "See you tomorrow, Akina", he nodded before driving off with the limousine, parking it to finish with his job for the night.

Akina's curvaceous figure ached as she stepped through the door of Jujutsu High, the traditional Japanese building halls illuminated with candles all around, the ominous atmosphere didn't bother her too much until she started to hear a muffled voice of a white haired carefree attitude man she knew all too well. The door of the room was closed so she couldn't hear too much behind the door but she decided to try and listen anyway for her curiosity's sake.

"Huh? For real? That's hilarious! Maybe it took a night time stroll", Satoru Gojo's voice spoke in his usual carefree and right now, soft sprightliness as the night was setting in. His humor however made the sorceress sigh in irritation. She knew he wasn't taking something seriously as he should at the moment.

"Well. No going home until it's recovered, okay?", hearing that part of the request, Akina could only guess he was talking to Megumi. Once the line was disconnected, Akina was about to knock on the door of the room but the voice beat her. "Come on in, Aki. I won't bite", he playfully called out to her.

She took his invitation and entered the room, slowly as her siren amethyst eyes noticed how his blindfolded gaze was on her now, watching as her figure slightly blinded by the darkness and the shadows was coming closer to him.

"Hello my sweet Aki, how was your mission? You look absolutely worn out", the man with snowy hair snickered softly, playfully teasing her but with the way her irritated expression barely vanished, he knew it took a toll on her.

"Yeah, I am and this mission was a pain in my ass", she scoffed irritably, she decided to change the subject as talking about the mission would only make her even grumpier. "Who was that on the phone?", she asked him curiously, sitting down on a chair as she allowed her body to relax again.

"It was Megumi. The finger disappeared and now he couldn't find it", he revealed to Akina, slouching back on his seat as he cushioned his head on the palms of his hands.

Hearing this, Akina immediately shot up back from her seat. "Satoru, don't tell me you let him go all alone", she gritted her teeth, first her difficult mission was proving itself to be longer than she wanted it and now her colleague had allowed the only first year of the school this year to go on a mission by himself.

"Relax Aki, he can handle himself", Satoru assured Akina with a grin, "I have faith in him and you should too"

His words did anything but reassure the strongest jujutsu sorceresses, she instead walked towards the door to exit the room. "It's not that I don't have faith in him, you know that better than anyone, it's always better to have a friend capable with him instead of going alone", Akina replied quickly to him as she twisted the knob of the door and walked out, walking into the direction of her bedroom instead.

(Akina Tengan's bedroom, walk-in closet and bathroom)

When she reached her bedroom, she whipped her cellphone out of her own bag and started to dial Megumi's cellphone number.

Letting the other side of the line ring, she was relieved when her student picked up on the line. "Hello? Akina-sensei?", the boy's deep and irked voice spoke on the other line.

"Hey Megumi, I heard Gojo said you're not allowed to come home until you find the finger. I apologize for this decision, was this his or the higher ups?", she asked him, her attentive and caring voice made Megumi soften a bit, much like a child softening to his mother's soothing voice.

"The higher ups are desperate to get them, so I think if I come empty handed they won't be happy. That's why he probably doesn't want me to return", Megumi answered, sighing softly as he answered the sensei he favored more than the other.

"Ah, I understand now", she tiredly replied, "Do you have a place to stay or money for vacancy?", she asked him curiously, making sure her student had what he needed for the mission.

"I have money for food but I haven't booked a hotel or vacancy, I thought I could get the finger tonight but I was wrong", he sighed, feeling angry and frustrated with himself for not preparing in advance.

"Don't worry, I'll help you out right now", she assured him and in the process, she helped him book a vacant spot where he could sleep for the night and gave him extra money on the side for food, especially breakfast for the morning. Megumi didn't say it but he was grateful for his sensei, he didn't always express it but he appreciated it and was happy that she was his teacher. Sure her pranks alongside Satoru Gojo could be insufferable, but he knew she was more mature and sensible than him.

As she continued sorting out everything for her only first year student at the moment as she sent him money and then started to get herself ready for bed once she was sorted with her student, Satoru Gojo passed by her bedroom, making sure the woman he worked years alongside was taking the time to rewind instead of doing any work at all.

Knocking on her door, Satoru awaited for an answer. "Hello?", the man with white hair and masked eyes heard her soft sultry voice answer curiously.

"Aki it's me, can I come in?", he asked her politely in a slight sing song tone, next awaiting her consent to come in and see her.

"Yeah sure", giving him consent to enter her bedroom, he placed his hand on the knob and entered. His eyes were greeted with the sight of Akina laying in her bed, already wearing black silk pajamas in a matching long sleeved button up shirt and pants with her long jet black hair straightened in a soft silky texture as it carefully cascaded over her shoulders. Her eyes focused on the book she was reading and then gave their attention to Satoru who entered her bedroom.

The man's who towering height entered her room had his smile softening towards her, "Good to see you not overworking yourself tonight, you've been exhausted these past few days", Satoru walked up to her, his voice soft as he understood how tired she was.

"Hey, Satoru. What brings you here?", she asked him curiously, knowing well he wasn't a stranger in her bedroom but she could sense he wanted something from her, but often times he would ask her directly but at times he would beat around the bush if it was a silly request.

"Well, I just want to know this one simple thing from the most amazing woman in the world. I know you've taken on a lot more missions lately, especially the really dangerous missions and you've been worrying about your dear students more, plus you've been locking yourself up more often", the man with the six eyes technique surmised observantly. This has taken Akina back slightly as she shut her book carefully on the page she was on and leaving a bookmark in the center.

"Well, okay yes, I guess I have been busier than usual lately but it's in our titles Satoru, we are the strongest sorcerer and sorceress after all", the ebony haired Afro-Arab Japanese woman shook her head.

"Yes, but you usually don't do it unless you've got something on your mind. That's why you bury yourself in work, so please, Akina if you want too you can talk to me. You always let me talk to you if my mind has a lot on it", Satoru reassured her, sitting down next to her on her bed as he slipped his feet out of his slippers and looked at her, his eyes soft yet attentive towards her.

Giving in with how tired she was, Akina laid her head on his tall shoulder as he lowered his height purposely for it. "Sorry, I guess my mind has been on a lot. I've been having visions of Sukuna, including other dangerous cursed spirits. I haven't seen them too clearly as I still need to get better looks at them in my vision, but something in my gut has been extremely uneasy as of late. Like an impending sense of doom, and yes I know it's not from my anxiety as it's a daily struggle, but this is worse than usual", as she continued speaking, Satoru listened closely and carefully at every word that came out of her mouth.

"I'm sorry, I know I sound crazy saying all of these. I know I can't tell these visions to the higher ups because who knows what they will do instead of just calling me crazy", she chuckled bitterly, lifting her head up from his shoulder slowly.

"Akina, you're not crazy", he stopped her speaking in her tracks before she could say anything more, his hand finding her own and holding it in a soft reassuring squeeze. "Your visions have been right many times, they've helped me out and the students. If they're really making you feel uneasy now, do not worry, we'll defeat this threat that could come now or later, together as we are the strongest together", the unwavering softness in his voice, Akina swore that she could feel herself melt into it and how it easy lulled her to a sleepier slate.

"If these visions are still scaring you, please tell me so you don't have to go through it alone. Why don't I sleep next to you tonight, would you like that?", he offered to her, seeing how tired she was.

"Yeah, I actually would appreciate that", she nodded sleepily, reaching her arm out and turning off the light.

A small smile crawled on his face, happy that she accepted his request as he laid himself properly on her bed, this bed was luckily large enough to accompany his tall height as Akina gently curled herself into his body. Her arms wrapping his strong torso as he wrapped his arms around her body in return, feeling her body and soul surrender to his warmth and the safety of his arms and his presence.

Akina Tengan didn't know how long she slept, her body felt her heavy and sluggish from exhaustion, her amethyst colored eyes felt too heavy to be opened a little everyday task she struggled for a few moments as her body tossed and turned.

Strangely as she turned, the space that was once occupied on the other side was now empty. Sitting up, she opened her eyes fully, the room was still dark only filled with small cracks of morning light from her curtains. She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, frowning slightly as Satoru wasn't beside her this morning as she preferred it when he stayed with her during the mornings but she understood that he was often a busy man and she was a busy woman too, so they often didn't have the privilege to have the soft lazy mornings to spend together.

Taking her time to get out of bed, Akina stretched her body over her phone. "What time is it?", she asked herself, but her body jolted up when she saw the time being 10:30 a.m., was it really that late? "Satoru? Why didn't he wake me up?", she sighed, jumping out of her bed, allowing the adrenaline of the moment to course through her body and putting the energy into her morning routine.

Taking the speed to clean herself in her shower as well as brushing her teeth and washing her face, giving her hair a quick wash as it was straightened to her choice and then changing into her uniform.

Akina opened her curtains, allowing the gentle morning afterglow illuminate her bedroom before she walked out of her chambers and into the hallways. Through the hallways, she reached to the teachers kitchen to hurriedly eat a snack, but unexpectedly she saw Satoru Gojo in the kitchen already making breakfast.

The man with snowy white hair and eyes blue as the summer skies turned to the woman he loved dearly, "Oh morning Aki, glad you're up now. I made some crepes, I even filled them with Nutella and cream as I know that's the way you like it" a soft grin spread across his lips as his cerulean hues landed on her.

Akina walked up to the man, "Satoru, did you let me sleep in to make breakfast for me?", she asked him, he turned to her and a soft kiss landed on her cheek.

"Yes of course, you were so tired last night I couldn't let my sweet Aki exhaust herself with even more work. So I even did that for her", Satoru's smile beamed even brighter as he looked at her stunned expression, realizing he did all that for her because she was really tired.

Akina was silent for a moment before she leaned in, hugging him from behind. The action caught Satoru by surprise but a smile crossed his lips as he loved when she showed her affection to him. "I see you're really happy", he teased her softly yet his smile had only grown softer.

"Of course I am, you make me a delicious breakfast and you also do all my work for me. How can I repay you back?", she asked him, before walking away and grabbing them each a plate, allowing him to put their breakfast in them.

"Well, now that you mention it. I heard that there's new ice cream place, how about we to there once our next batch of students come in and we can try it, just the two of us", Satoru offered, the soft grin never leaving his face.

"I like the sound of that", her confirmation not only sealed in her words but a soft kiss she placed on his lips, making the white haired man chuckle softly before his hands cupped her cheeks and he sealed his lips onto her own again.

She gave into the kiss as well, her hands soft and gentle as they cupped his face. His height towering her own but he removed his hands and put them on her waist instead, thinking nothing of it at first as she wrapped her arms around his neck but a soft gasp of surprise fell from her lips as he used the strength in his arms to lift her body effortlessly.

"Oh my, Satoru", soft giggles fell from her lips after the gasp before he settled her down, sitting her down on the kitchen counter.

"There we are, I can kiss you better like this now princess", his smile was softer and his cerulean eyes stared into own amethyst hues, looking at her with only love and adoration before his lips landed on her again, kissing her again with the same softness but more passion which she shared within the kiss.

Her fingers gently tangling themselves in his pure white locks of hair and grazing the undercut ever so lightly while he angled his face to deepen the kiss, his hands large and powerful touched her with such tenderness as they held her backside and lowered themselves, going lower to her sides and reaching her thighs, gently spreading them apart as he got himself between them, their bodies fully clothed and a need to be closer.

"Satoru, not here. Someone could walk in on us", as much as she loved it when they had their moments and nights of passion together, they had more important work to get done.

A small pout pursed Satoru's lips, knowing well that they weren't in a private space and anyone could walk in to see them. He honestly would love it, if it weren't for her father being the principal of the school.

"Alright my princess", a mischievous smile replaced his pout as he leaned in, leaning a soft yet intense kiss on Akina's lips. "Come on, let's eat some breakfast. We need to deal with the higher ups and your father on a full stomach", he put his hands on h both sides of her body and carried her princess style, soft giggles fell from her lips as he walked, placing a soft kiss on her lips before he settled her down on the teachers lounge couch.

Akina turned her body around, resting her arms on the top back of the couch and her head nuzzled into her arms. Her attention on Satoru, just being himself and allowing himself to smile and have fun with her as they made breakfast together. It was such a soft and sweet sight to behold, how someone who shielded his heart with cheerful smiles and his carefree attitude, yet he could truly be himself around her. It made her feel privileged, to be the luckiest woman in the world to have him in her life.

Noticing her staring, a playful smirk crawled on the strongest jujutsu's sorcerers face, "you see something you like, Aki?", his voice rang a sing-song tone, poking playful fun at the woman who was staring at him.

Akina playfully rolled her eyes in return, "Yes, yes I do actually", she responded, responding in the same playful tone he used on her. This made the man chuckle softly as he finished making breakfast for the both of them before he walked to the couch, giving Akina her plate of her crepes.

Taking a bite of her crepe on her fork, with a layer of Nutella and strawberries, a soft moan fell from her lips at the taste. "Satoru, these are absolutely delicious. Your cooking may even beat mine", Akina praised the man whom she not only worked with but had truly fallen in love with as well.

Satoru looked at her, his jaw dropping slightly and his eyes widened like she had told him a jaw dropping secret. "My cooking beats yours? Absolutely not princess, well I appreciate the compliment but your cooking is absolutely heavenly", he didn't even bite into his crepe as he looked at her, disbelief in his eyes.

Soft giggles fell from her lips, "thank you Satoru but every time you cook, I always enjoy your food it's absolutely delicious every time", she playfully poked at his cheek.

Satoru couldn't help but feel his heart swell at the praise he was getting, along with the shy grin that grew wider on his face.

Akina smiled softly, noticing how he loved the praise and how it got him all flustered. She often did this as much as she could because she loved seeing this side of him, the man who often got her flustered and it came her turn to make him shy and blushing.

Conversing of laughter and teasing as well as Akina teasing and praising the man next to her whilst enjoying their Nutella crepes filled their early morning. Mornings like this is what they loved and even their coworkers of the school who were often annoyed by their chemistry couldn't deny it, there was something special with their two souls connected together.

The later hours of the day came faster than Akina could blink, at times it went too slowly or when she was working on her novels it went faster than she wanted. Her work however, was far from over as she had a finger of the King Of Curses, Ryomen Sukuna in her possession as she held her grimoire titled "The Scarlet Rose" in her hands.

Her hands over the cursed finger covered in dirt and grave wax, not even able to seal his powerful cursed energy that was capable of destroying everything the king wished to do so. Red mist formed around her hand, surrounding the cursed finger that haunted many areas still yet to be found but possibly found by other cursed spirits that are abusing its power to hunt down other humans and sorcerers.

Concentrating her powers as best as possible on the finger, Akina shot as much energy as possible to the finger hoping to receive some of its own in return however as she followed in doing so, the cursed energy sent a powerful surge back to the jujutsu sorceress.

The surge of cursed energy was a dark wave hollowing out in Akina Tengan's body, a loud gasp fell from her lips as she fell to the ground. Her hand clutching on her chest as the cursed energy wrapped itself around her body and attempted to enter through the blood in her veins. Loud pants and heavy breathing fell from Akina's lips as she continued clutching her heart.

'Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit'

Her mind uttered over and over again. Her body growing weaker as she could barely lift herself up, the strength she uttered as much as possible as she clutched her heart. Her lips speaking soft words in a spell over her heart, white energy radiating onto her hand and coursing through her body.

"Begone cursed and dark energy, my body is a vessel of pure energy. Release and heal me now"

The words came out softly yet powerfully as the spell came from her lips, white Magic and energy on command started to spread through Akina's body, the King Of Curses cursed energy that overwhelmed her body started to dissipate. Soft pants fell from her lips as her body stayed on the ground, her hand still clutching tightly on her chest.

Slowly, she started to let go, her sharp fingernails no longer digging into her uniform as she turned around, her back lying on the hard wooden floor that supported the heaviness that forced her down. "Okay, change of plans", she croaked weakly to herself, sitting up slowly, grabbing her desk topped up with her grimoire, notebooks, pens and pencils along with other stationary and art supplies and other items to help with her spells and Magic.

Slowly standing up from the ground, starting from her knees and getting to her feet, her hand stayed on her heart as she sat down on her desk. "Fuck", she muttered softly, "that was really risky, I need to be careful next time", the strongest jujutsu sorceress reached for her pen and attempted to write down in her records of what she experienced in her failed attempts to take the cursed energy out of the fingers, however as she attempted to reach for the finger her hand gently brushed against the ancient monstrous finger.

Suddenly an apprehension of darkness colored her vision, a loud gasp fell from her lips as she saw it come to her so suddenly. A divination of darkness and evil energy surrounding her, her amethyst gems seeing in a vision of dark night, Megumi Fushiguro her student and another boy next to her, possessing pink hair and seemingly normal. No, she had seen him before in another vision she brought to herself about Ryomen Sukuna when she wanted to track the fingers. The boy threw the finger in the air and devoured it, swallowing it, but strangely instead of the cursed energy destroying him as it would for a normal person it instead became one with his body and that's when she saw the menacing face of the cursed spirit of the finger he swallowed. A smirk that leaked with blood, eyes glowing red of blood lust and hungry for power and his true form coming to life slowly but surely.

When the vision was over, Akina panted heavily as her hand clutched her heart. Her eyes shooting wider in panic as she finally came back to reality, her throat releasing a violent cough that she covered with her mouth. A sigh fell from her lips in relief as she could breathe again after a few violent coughs that escaped her airways, but her amethyst gems caught the sight of blood that splattered all over her hand that she used to cover her mouth. Luckily it wasn't too much but the sight was still alarming, "not again, not this again", she weakly pleaded, grabbing a cloth that she used to wipe her hands.

Standing up quickly, Akina's body felt a bit heavier than usual on her feet. The sorceress walked to her door, getting closer as she grabbed the handle and opened it, walking out of her secret study that she kept away from others (besides her father, Satoru and very other few trusted individuals) and headed towards the hallways to find Satoru, she needed to tell him what she saw in her vision.

Her plans were however disrupted as she saw her father, Principal of Jujutsu High Masamichi Yaga walk in. "Ah, Akina. I was wondering where you were", his voice was at first, soft yet still formal to his daughter but upon seeing her state, seeing how exhausted she looked and how the color of her face drained, the man who was built much larger but still stayed the same height as Gojo sped the pace of his footsteps to catch his daughter who was close to collapsing in exhaustion.

A sigh fell from Yaga's lips, "Akina did you have another vision?", he asked, knowing well that the visions could drain Akina's energy from her body. It was a curse for Jujutsu Sorceresses, despite their great powers and abilities that could even surpass the strongest jujutsu sorcerers and their capabilities that none of them could do, their bodies could sometimes not handle their cursed energies.

Akina nodded hesitantly towards her father, "Megumi, please, this mission has to be called off. He could be in danger later", the sorceress spoke softly to her father, the burly man listened softly as he put her arm over his shoulder and supported her weight.

"I'll let Satoru know, we'll ask him to join Megumi on this mission to be safe. Please tell me the specifics you saw in your vision", Yaga asked in a more serious tone, but his voice and actions still held care towards his daughter as he took her to her bedroom.

"I was trying to collect the cursed energy of Ryomen Sukuna, to hopefully find a way with it to find their locations in a much easier way but", Akina sighed, feeling frustrated with herself on her failures, "It didn't work and now I'm like this".

"Akina, I told you to be careful with the spells and the Magic that drain you like this. I know I said I would leave you to it, but Akina can you see how much this is draining your overall energy", Yaga scoffed, his eyes strain at his daughter with concern.

"Yes I know, I'm sorry Dad but I really wanted to try", she answered, her voice holding sadness and frustration towards her failures.

Yaga in return sighed, "I know you want to help everyone, and I know you want to do things by yourself but you really don't have to be so stubborn", the man who proudly called himself Akina's father finally reached his goal to get to her bedroom and opened the door with his free hand, twisting the knob and walking in with his daughters exhausted body.

"Well at least I know where I get that from", Akina joked softly, looking at up at the sorcerer who has taken care of her for years and she proudly called him her father despite them not being related by blood.

Masamichi Yaga chuckled softly, sitting her down on her bed, propping her up as he walked back to the doorway to retrieve her slippers. "You're not wrong about that. Now you stay here and take it easy, I'll bring you herbal tea and some food, and you tell me about your vision and what you saw", the principal of the school spoke to her before leaving her bedroom, after taking off her boots and handing her slippers to her bedside for when she had enough energy to get out of her bed again.

Akina didn't wait too long for her father to return; as he came in with a bottle of water and her iron deficiency medication to help her with her energy when her Magic drained it too much and a fruit platter, enough to help her feel enough energy but also small enough for her to eat if she felt too tired to continue.

Akina truly felt grateful for her father and how much he truly cared for her. "Here, you need to regain your energy", he handed her the fruit platter, placing it neatly on her bed alongside a small plate for her to eat from. Taking a chair from her desk and sitting down, Yaga's hard yet caring gaze never left her.

"Now Akina, please tell me what you saw in your vision", Yaga asked the question to her daughter, his voice holding gentleness in it but also an urgency for information if it meant his and her own students would be in danger.

Akina did her best to recall her vision, explaining to her father about what she had seen in her vision and how she saw it. In the nighttime how Megumi would encounter danger and the boy who would become the vessel of the King Of Curses. Yaga listened carefully and intentionally, when she finished explaining everything and speaking on what she witnessed in her divination, the older and larger built man stood up and walked towards her.

"I will go and talk to Gojo, I will ask him to go and get Megumi for this mission. And he will finish it himself", Yaga assured her, bending down in front of her and holding her hands softly.

Akina nodded in return, "Thank you, but I should also come too. I saw some of the background of place and hopefully I can find it", the sorceress insisted, feeling some of her energy returning as she took her medication and fruit, it wasn't too significant but it was enough for the fatigue to slowly fade away.

Yaga knowing and understanding how stubborn his daughter truly was, sighed in return. "Okay, but no major spells and if you're in a fight, let Gojo handle the rest. Just do that for me, okay?", in his request, his voice was softer and his gaze was gentle, looking up at the young woman with darker hair and the appearance that resembled his two closest friends in their youth and what their love created.

Heading his request, Akina nodded her head and smiled softly. "Okay Dad, I won't go too hard on my body today. I'll just get Megumi and find the vessel of Ryomen Sukuna", she assured him, telling him of her quick and easy plan.

Yaga nodded in approval, "Good. I'll go and tell Gojo now, I'll urge him to leave right now", with leaving a soft kiss on the crown of her head before exiting her bedroom, allowing her to take her medication and finish her fruit platter; regaining her energy in peace.

Hours passed, Akina felt her body regaining energy slowly but surely as Satoru encouraged her to take it easy while they were in the city for a shortwhile. The sorceress sat down, calling Megumi Fushiguro on the progress of his mission, traveling to Sendai as that's where he was supposed to be for his mission.

"Akina-sensei. Good news, I think I found where the cursed object is, I just stopped by the hospital and I'm getting it now", hearing her students blurred voice through the phone made her sigh in relief.

"That's good Megumi, when you get the finger, just make sure to tell me first thing", the sorceress assured her student, just like a mother would to her child.

Akina didn't see it but Megumi nodded his head as he hummed in response, "Yes I will. If anything goes south, I will let you know immediately", he responded, with a few words in and Megumi was off of the phone. Even though he was fine, Akina couldn't shake a strange feeling off, like something could go wrong at any moment.

As she sat on the bench in silence, Satoru came in holding packs of three skewers in his hands and a brown paper bags in his hands. "Aki!", he called to the woman sitting on the bench, a bright grin still beaming on his blindfolded face.

"Hey Satoru", the sorceress in return smiled softly to her coworker, looking curiously at the skewers in his hands.

"Here you go, tteokbokki skewers for you. Two for you, one for me because you need the most food, I found this in a Korean fast food stall and I hope this makes you happy", handing the ebony haired and the golden skinned woman the Korean food she absolutely loved.

Akina couldn't help but the bright smile that spread across her face at the Korean snack Satoru handed to her, "thank you Satoru, just what I needed", with those words, Akina started to slowly munching down on the first skewer with rice cakes and small slabs of beef covered in the spicy sauce she absolutely loved. The taste itself made Akina sigh in relief, feeling her teeth sinking into her favorite Korean food in a form of a street stall snack.

Satoru's blindfolded gaze stared fondly at the woman who sat beside him as he ate his own tteokbokki. A soft snicker fell from his lips as he joked with her, "You're eating it like it will run away, don't worry it won't", he playfully poked at her.

Akina rolled her eyes at her more carefree and childlike coworker, finishing the first tteokbokki skewer before downing a bottle of water and went on eating her second skewer, the food fueling her energy more and more as she started to feel better, slowly but surely.

"You feeling better Aki?", Satoru asked her, his eyes keeping an eye on her change in mood and energy to make sure she was truly sure in her answer.

She nodded her head so rely on response as she quietly chewed on her and took a moment before answering, "Yeah, I do feel a lot better. I do feel I can cast some spells but I won't cast too many because I don't want to get cocky", the sorceress chuckled softly in speaking the last part, the white haired man chuckled softly in return.

Seeing she was true in her answer, how the color returned to her cheeks and she proved herself to have more energy, Satoru was genuinely satisfied with her answer. "Good, now let's get some more food. I don't want us to be too hungry on our way home", the white haired man announced enthusiastically.

Akina chuckled softly at this, "Okay, but let's not too be too long. Remember, right?", the sorceress asked him, the seriousness in her tone and her eyes visible as the blindfolded man nodded her head.

"Yup! Not too long, Aki-Chan! Got it!", he playfully saluted, knowing to trust his coworkers visions as he has trusted them before, seeing how what she has seen in her divinations before had come true.

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As time passed, unfortunately Satoru Gojo and Akina Tengan took a bit longer than they wanted. Time passed the both of them faster than they could catch up with it, letting peace and silence come to the anxious mind to the jujutsu sorceress who felt anxious for her student. Yet it didn't take much convincing as she kindly asked Satoru to leave when she noticed Megumi had taken too long to answer either of them on his situation. The ebony haired woman felt uneasy and decided to trust her gut feeling this time.

Satoru Gojo, listening to Akina's request to head to Megumi's location, grabbed her by the waist as they were in an area with no one around and disappeared from the current area they were standing in and managed to go the location where their current only first year student was during the point of this mission, to make sure he was safe or see if her vision had come true.

"What's the situation?", Satoru's voice broke the intensity of the atmosphere as Megumi Fushiguro was kneeling down, cursed energy surrounding him and his hands were in fists. A soft gasp escaped the black haired boys lips as he turned his head to his two teachers.

"Satoru Gojo and Akina Tengan. What are you two doing here?", even though the student asked the question, he was grateful that they had come, as he was truly in a pickle.

"Megumi, you're beat up. Are you okay?", the Japanese Afro-Arab woman gasped softly, seeing how her student had been injured, blood leaking from his head and staining not only his face but his long hair as well tied in a bun for this mission.

Megumi almost felt himself melt at the older woman's gentle affection, how she rushed towards him to make sure he was truly okay. The dark haired prodigy nodded, "Yes, I'm fine. I was roughed up a bit but we've got more serious business on our hands", he answered his teacher, his voice rough with exhaustion as his dark blue hues had his attention on her.

"Oh wow Megumi, you really got roughed up", Satoru snickered before pulling out his phone, "I'll show the second-years. Say cheese", the white haired man wearing the blindfold announced, guffawing loudly alongside the camera shutter clicking while Megumi shielded his eyes from the brightness.

Akina rolled her eyes at her coworkers actions but knew he felt relieved knowing Megumi was okay, but just had a rather, unique, way of showing it.

"Aki and I got an earful from the higher ups and not to mention, she also had a divination of seeing something happening with the cursed object, and then we decided to do a little sight seeing and pass by", the strongest jujutsu sorcerer announced, his blindfolded eyes glued to his phone as attention fully on his screen but as Akina looked up, she noticed the cursed object wasn't to be seen.

Suddenly, she felt a strange energy coming from another direction, following it instinctively as she lifted her head up and in front of her was a boy about the same age as Megumi as it seemed. His hair was in a slight spiky style, a soft pink color while his face was nicely shaped, it had a rather soft look assuring of his gentle and friendly nature as she could tell he possessed. His eyes were glued to her, as the dark haired boy he met not too long ago today and the strange man wearing a blindfold that just appeared.

"So, did you find it, yet?", Satoru asked the question to Megumi but he was met with silence, as the first year student lowered his head.

"Um Satoru, remember what I told you I saw", Akina cleared her throat, recalling her coworker on her divination lifting her hand as she pointed to the boy. "It's inside him", the sorceress was confident in her answer, the amount of times she had attempted to purify the cursed energy of the fingers or to use to track others, it wasn't as strong as most cursed spirits but her ability to track down the fingers thanks to the magic she used, it was more than enough to help her continuously keep track of them.

The boy face displayed a confused expression, but he did understand what they were speaking about. "Um, sorry but she is right, I ate that thing", he answered, his eyes narrowing and his lips straightening in embarrassment.

The silence stayed there for a moment, Satoru's face straightened as he heard this. What Akina saw in her vision was correct, it happened before they could stop it. "Really?", Satoru asked, baffled slightly out of all the oddities he has witnessed himself or heard of from other sorcerers in the jujutsu world, this was definitely a peculiar case.

"He / I did", as both boys answered simultaneously, Akina stayed silent as she watched how Satoru slowly took mediated steps towards the pink haired boy. 'So he's the vessel I saw in my dreams. It has to be him, I saw exactly his face' the sorceress's lips stayed silent yet her mind was wired with questions and queries, yet it was evident. The King Of Curses had taken its home, not fully but still a comfortable spot for now, in this ordinary (or so he seemed) teenage boy's body.

Satoru Gojo had now come closer, the ivory haired man with pale skin that glowed serenely under the moonlight with his lean muscular figure hidden underneath his jujutsu tech uniform, his eyes covered with a black blindfold that matched the same color as his uniform. The teenage boy with pink hair leaned back nervously, not knowing what the strange man with white hair was planning as his face was not close his own. His hand on his chin in a thoughtful manner, his lips releasing a low hum as if he were concentrating on something.

Suddenly and luckily the silence was broken was Satoru's soft confident chuckling, leaving the sorceress relieved knowing it wasn't too serious for her coworker, otherwise they would truly be in trouble. "Damn, it really did combine with you. That's hilarious", satisfied with his confirmed answer from sensing the strange amount from cursed energy from the teenage boy, Satoru stepped away with the boy slowly.

"Excuse me", Akina raised her voice slowly, her attention on the pink haired boy who turned his head towards her, alongside her coworker and her student. "Would you mind telling me your name, please", the sorceress with ebony hair now straightened and silky, glowing under the moonlight and golden skin that put the colors and hues of sunsets and sunrises to shame, requested politely.

"Oh yes sorry, my name is Yuji Itadori", he lifted his hand waving it politely but his eyes never left the woman with golden skin and a beauty that he had left him truly hypnotized.

"Alright, Yuji Itadori", as the older woman spoke his name, Yuji couldn't help but fall in love with the same her soft voice said his name. The heels of her boots clicked on the marble concrete floor beneath them as she walked towards the boy who bared the curse that would possibly change his life for the worst. "Do you feel anything strange about your body?", she asked him the first question, leaning her hand towards his head, "may I?", she asked for his consent on a touch for his head.

Hearing her question, Yuji nodded his head, a bit too enthusiastically as he knew but seeing her up close he couldn't help but feel his face heat up slightly as a soft shade of pink temporarily dusted his cheeks.

Upon hearing his consent, Akina's hand leaned closer, touching the boy's forehead in the same manner a person would detect another person's fever. The gloves of her hands were leathery and cold, yet her actions were gentle like a mothers', making the boy almost lean into her touch. Her eyes closing softly as she stayed silent for a moment, "do you feel anything weird with your body?", although Akina could feel the presence of the King Of Curses, she needed to know if there was personal discomfort or distress from the teenage boy himself.

"No, it seems okay to me", Yuji answered honestly, chuckling softly as he moved his face away slightly hoping the older woman wouldn't notice his blush.

Satoru noticed how Akina was making sure the students were okay and in seeing how she wasn't using healing magic on the pink haired boy, he knew he could continue his task he wanted. "Yuji, can you swap with Sukuna at will?", the ivory haired sorcerer asked curiously, breaking his silence first.

"Sukuna?", Yuji asked curiously, turning his attention to the man who asked him the question.

"Yeah, the curse you ate", Satoru answered his question.

"Oh? Mmm-hmm", Yuji hummed and nodded in response, "Yeah, I think I can do that", his answer was not cocky or arrogant but still a moderate level of confidence.

Hearing the answer to his question, a confident smirk appeared on Satoru's face that always complimented his handsome features while his tall and lanky body leaned down on his knees, stretching out his clothed muscles. "Okay, give us ten seconds and change right back into yourself", his instructions were close and concise to the boy, yet he was only focused on the woman he worked alongside.

"You wanna join me on this, Aki?", he asked her, hoping she was okay enough to enjoy a friendly spar with the King Of Curses, carefully watching how she lifted Megumi's body giving the dark haired boy enough support to stand up for a short amount to move to a more comfortable spot and position to watch them battle.

"Of course Satoru, I want to see what the King Of Curses is truly capable of", as the sorceress answered, her amethyst colored siren eyes turned to the man she worked alongside for years and grew to trust with her life. Her voice in her answer was strong and unwavering, despite her depletion of energy earlier today.

"Yes, but-", Yuji watched in silence as the two adults who wore almost the same type of uniform interacting, while the white haired man with the blindfold was simple yet the golden skinned and jet black haired woman's was more stylish and unique yet it barely looked like it would hinder her in combat.

"Yeah, don't worry. Aki and I are way too strong for him", his confidence was unwavering between a fine balance of having faith in oneself and arrogance, yet Akina couldn't help but find it attractive. Yes, his arrogance did annoy her in some situations yet she couldn't help but find it so attractive in this moment, she kept herself professional for the sake of the mission.

"Megumi, hold onto this for me", he carefully tossed aside the bag Akina had seen him holding while they were in the city of Sendai as she enjoyed her small yet nice and filling dinner with him, the teenage boy caught it as his sensei went to stand next to her coworker.

"So what is this?", the boy with dark hair tied in a bun asked curiously, his hands holding the brown paper bag while his dark blue eyes scanned inside it for a potential answer.

"Kikufuku from Kikusuian", Gojo answered his student, working out the muscles in his hands next cracking them while Akina also started to quickly stretch her muscles, working from her legs, to her arms and shoulders. "It's Sendai's specialty and it's super good. I recommend the zunda and cream flavor but I noticed Aki also loves the pineapple and the manga flavor, which I agree are also delicious", Satoru had taken note, observing how Akina liked some flavors more than the others.

Megumi's thoughts trailed in disbelief, seeing how this man bought souvenirs while he himself was battling powerful cursed spirits that nearly killed two students.

"Don't worry Megumi, we bought some food for you and that's our food on the bullet train home, if Satoru doesn't eat mine first", Akina teased her coworker playfully, as she finished stretching her body.

"Don't be mean Aki-Chan, I wouldn't steal your favorite sweets from you", Satoru playfully pouted in return. However as their playful banter continued, neither of them truly noticed (or didn't fully bother too) how the King Of Curses started to take over Yuji Itadori's body, slowly but surely as the cursed marks painted themselves in different areas of where they would appear on Ryomen Sukuna.

In normal circumstances, Megumi Fushiguro would've rolled his eyes and scoffed slightly at Akina Tengan and Satoru Gojo's playful bantering, however as he noticed how Ryomen Sukuna had taken over Yuji Itadori's body. His consciousness temporarily taken over by the powerful thousands of years old entity who took the opportunity to attack the strongest jujutsu sorcerer and sorceress.

"Look out!", Megumi called out to both of his teachers, warning them of the attack that was coming his way.

"We'll continue this later, Satoru", Akina her coworker of many years, seeing how Ryomen Sukuna in a much weaker form was brave enough to attack the both of them, an explosion of gravel and dust traveling the air as Megumi held the brown paper bag tightly and braced himself for himself for the impact. He however felt nothing, opening his darkened hues as red mist flowed around the king of curses, binding his body down as he sat down.

"Awww, let me have some of the fun", Satoru Gojo, even though he was grown adult, playfully whined as he looked at his coworker with a small pout.

"I wasn't even getting started Satoru", Akina laughed lightly at his attitude, holding the king of curses down with her magic.

Ryomen Sukuna in return let out a malicious sadistic growl, thrashing his body forward as Akina released him from her Magic. Lunging his body forward, his blood ruby hues staring at her face, one that was all too familiar.

"Ayaka Amamiya?", he asked himself curiously, the woman in front of him looked so much like her. Her face shape, her eyes and her hair, yet their skin tone and her cursed energy felt different. A carnivorous smirk crawled over his face, a predator eyeing its prey. "No, you're not Ayaka", he mused himself laughing evilly as his eyes grew darker, "but I know I will have fun destroying you, Akina Tengan"

Hearing him speak her name, Akina was brought to silence. How did he know of her? They only met now and he only learnt her name when Satoru called her "Aki", there was something off. Using her magic to stop him, her hands moved in elegant motions as red mist circled around his wrists, binding him once again.

Satoru took in the opportunity and threw a punch at Sukuna's face, the confident smirk still evident on his face. "Geez, ominous much?", he snickered to himself, however his confusion was also buried deep in his heart, understanding well that the King Of Curses was never supposed to know the name of the Jujutsu Sorceress.

Ryomen Sukuna was thrown off guard, in the air as his wrists were behind him bound by the sorceress Akina's scarlet Magic. 'Is the blind folded guy too fast? No, that's not it. He's annoying but her, she's the real problem here for me' The King Of Curses let out a violent thrash of cursed energy, roaring loudly, "I will destroy you, Jujutsu Sorceress Akina Tengan! Even if kills me!", using his cursed energy to escape his binds, throwing himself to the ground where the jujutsu sorceress was standing and waiting for him to strike.

"Hey Sukuna, normally I'm a guy who likes to be carefree and laidback, who also just wants to show off to his student and get the job done", the voice of the jujutsu sorcerer who possessed ghostly yet ethereal and angelic features and beauty was behind him, falling from the air besides Sukuna and in return, the king attempted to slash his clawed fingers at him which Satoru easily dodged even in the air, "But I don't suggest insulting or threatening my lady so carelessly, you won't be so lucky to get away with it next time but I'd rather not kill this boy you're possessing", Satoru's voice which was usually fun and carefree, suddenly turned cold and serious as he warned the cursed spirit.

Instead, he laughed sardonically in response, before landing on the group, attempting to attack both the jujutsu sorcerer and sorceress in one lucky shot. He was never more unlucky in his attempt to attack, his body leaning down on all fours as Satoru Gojo was using him as a chair while Akina stood in front of him, his hand holding hers in front his face.

"My lady, apologies for making you wait. This guy is really annoying", Satoru joked playfully to the woman he worked with for years, his blindfolded gaze never leaving hers as his lips touched the back of her own gloved ones.

Akina let out a soft and hearty laugh, "Don't worry, Satoru. He is quite annoying, all talk and no action", the sorceress didn't know why she wanted to push the buttons of the King Of Curses, but the thrill of the battle and her bloodlust was coursing through her veins as the adrenaline truly started to kick in, yet she knew to be careful after today's earlier task she put herself through.

The conversation itself caused Sukuna to thrash his body up, attempting to throw a punch and a swing towards the jujutsu sorcerer who had the audacity to even treat him like a chair. "Oh for crying out loud, you jujutsu sorcerers are always such a pain in the ass in any era, however all of you sorceresses are the most aggravating hindrances of all of them!", the spirit possessing the teenage boy, shouted loudly as his frustrations boiled with his pride and bloodlust, used his claws fueled with the adrenaline and anger to create a wind of force, throwing grovel and debris their way.

Akina sighed in return as she jumped away, "I hate getting my clothes dirty on missions", the sorceress muttered to herself.

"Don't worry, Akina. I'll get him for you. This will be all over soon", Satoru warped himself and the woman he loved dearly, wrapping an arm around her waist as his infinity pulled her close but the effect of it caused the rubble to float around them, leaving the king in an ignorant victory for the moment.

"Well doesn't make that much of a difference for me", the spirit smirked arrogantly yet, realization had hit him widening his vermillion gaze.

His eyes witnessed before him, how Satoru Gojo, Akina Tengan and their student Megumi Fushiguro had taken safeguard on another pillar of the building partially untouched from the battle, gravel floating around them as one arm held Akina close to him, his arm snaked around her waist as the other was lifted into the air. "Seven. Eight. Nine", as Satoru counted the numbers forward, Akina was taken by surprise of their positions as she felt the blood rush to her golden cheeks. Luckily it was dark so her flustered face wouldn't too noticeable to Satoru, however her stillness in their position did make her heart beat erratically out of her control.

Megumi however sat behind them, groaning in pain and annoyance of their constant flirtation but he understood why the other students like them together, but often didn't say anything in return.

"And that should do it", with the sudden little announcement, Yuji Itadori's heart stopped within a moment as his body had filled stilled.

'Damn it! Again?' The King Of Curses shouted to himself internally, hating and despising the very fact he was reawakened yet was much weaker in this current form against a teenage boy. 'Why can't I seem to take over this body? Who the hell is this "'Itadori" punk?' The King Of Curses slowly slipped into an unconscious state, the marks of his curse disappearing from Yuji Itadori's body as his head lowered and his once tense body, loosened and became more relaxed.

It only took a second, not even longer in that time frame before Yuji Itadori shot his head up as if he nothing changed, not even fatigue or a single struggle to change to his current body as if he were still conscious. "Oh, how did it go?", he asked curiously, noticing the destruction around him and the debris and concrete of the school roof floating around him.

Satoru chuckled in response, letting his hand down and deactivating his infinity and allowing the debris and concrete to collapse, protecting himself, Akina Tengan, Megumi Fushguro and Yuji Itadori from the impact of their harsh falls on the ground. "How about that? So you really can control that guy?", the carefree smile and attitude still stayed on Satoru, however his arm gripped tightly around Akina's waist after hearing the cursed spirits threat towards her and how he knew her name so easily, despite having them only met just now. His heart and gut felt uneasy, but he kept himself carefree for the sake of Akina and his student Megumi.

Yuji in return was lightly smacking his head, his eyes pointing upwards. "He's kind of annoying, though, to tell the truth", the pink haired boy admitted honestly, "and I keep hearing his voice".

Akina knew they were safe, her hand gently lifting Satoru's off of her waist but squeezing it in reassurance in return as she walks towards Yuji Itadori, no longer sensing Ryomen Sukuna's hostile and predatory aura that attempted to battle against her and her partner in crime.

"It's a miracle that's all he's doing to you", Satoru replied shortly, allowing Akina to walk in front of him but followed behind her at a safe distance.

The sorceress stood in front of Yuji Itadori a safe distance as she fisted her hand and put it in front of her mouth, releasing a slow soft breath with her hand opening. A gush of gentle wind blew into his face, red dust and particles that smelled of floral hues causing his body to become more relaxed, his eyes fighting to stay opened as the aroma filled his senses.

Before he could fully collapse, Akina caught the teenage boy in her arms and Satoru behind her, helped in keeping him carried. Witnessing this, Fushiguro furrowed his brows as he stared at his two teachers holding the unconscious pink haired boy. "What'd you do?", Megumi asked his teacher, the woman he admired truly.

"I used Poppy Scent to knock him out, he's fine though", Akina assured her student, her siren eyes staring down at the boy whom she battled against not too long ago as an entity possessed him, the answer allowed Megumi Fushiguro to release a sigh of relief that he didn't realize he was holding.

"If he isn't possessed by Sukuna when he wakes up, then he might have potential as a vessel", Satoru observed, knowing well the chances in reality could be slim but he held faith in this boy. Killing someone in their youthful years was never an easy choice but if it needed to be done, him and Akina would bare the choice and the burden together.

Satoru took the weight of Yuji to himself as Akina walked to Megumi, both of them agreeing to take one of the other.

"Now, I have a question for you", Satoru turned his head to Megumi, as Akina reached him and lifted his body up gently. "What do you think we should do with him?", hearing the question come from her coworker asking their student, the sorceress nearly tensed up as she knelt down to the ground.

The jujutsu prodigy student stood up, allowing Akina to support his weight as she lifted him up before answering Satoru Gojo. A thoughtful short gruff came first before he started to clearly speak his mind, "Well, even if he is a vessel, Jujutsu regulations demand that Itadori be executed. However... I don't want him to die", his words countered the logical choice, his heart was speaking over his brain.

Hearing those words, Satoru's smile never disappeared as he carefully watched how Akina lifted him up, his arm locked over her shoulder and she used one hand to hold the wrist of his arm over her shoulder and the other on his waist, lifting his weight in support for his injuries. "Personal?", Satoru asked him, knowing his student and his choice quite well.

"I suppose. So, can you two save him?", the prodigy asked, turning to both of his teachers for their answer.

"We'll do as best as we can Megumi", Akina's eyes were soft, knowing well this boy saw something in the vessel that they didn't, she wouldn't even doubt that.

Satoru laughed softly, throwing Yuji's body over his shoulder. "A request from a previous student! Leave it to me and Aki!", the teacher shot a thumbs up and confident optimistic smile towards his student. Little did either of them know, how this choice made by Yuji Itadori to not only eat the finger but willingly become the vessel of Ryomen Sukuna, would cause a fate worse than death for the strongest jujutsu sorcerer and the most powerful jujutsu sorceress, their love and teamwork to truly be tested and trialed.

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QUESTION FOR CHAPTER:

I CHANGED A BIT OF THE BATTLE?

DID YOU GUYS LIKE IT? DID I DO IT JUSTICE?

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EXTRA NOTES ON THE CHAPTER (ANA RANTS):

HELLO MY DARLINGS!

I'M SO SORRY THIS TOOK ME SO FREAKING LONG TO PUBLISH!

I WAS BUSY WITH LIFE AND MY LOVE AND DEEPSPACE ADDICTION AND HYPERFIXATION HAS TAKEN OVER MY LIFE!🥲

ANYWHORE, HERE IS CHAPTER TWELVE AND I CAN HOPEFULLY GET CHAPTER THIRTEEN OUT FOR AKINA'S BIRTHDAY!💃🏼

THIS CHAPTER IS 10000+ WORDS SO TIME TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK BEFORE I CONTINUE WITH MY OTHER FICS!💃🏼😴

AND YES, AKINA IS POWERFUL BUT HER HEALTH IS ALSO A GREAT WEAKNESS WHEN IT COMES TO HER POWER AND MORE WILL BE SHOWN WHY IN LATER CHAPTERS AND ARCS!🫢

I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE A BALANCE OF PROTECTIVE OVER HER STUDENTS AND ALSO HER WANTING HER TO HAVE FAITH IN THEM TOO!😭 SHE'S JUST A BIG MAMA BEAR WHEN IT COMES TO THEM!😤

FOR THE REST OF THE STORY, ALMOST EVERYTHING IS THE SAME BUT I CHANGED MEGUMI'S HAIR TO THIS!

I SAW MEGUMI WITH THIS HAIRSTYLE AND I THOUGHT "fuck yes, let's use it"

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