"Where are we going Sensei?" Sensei looked at me through the rearview mirror and smirked, I'm surrounded by scary women...
"Aokigahara." The suicide forest?! If what Sensei told us earlier about negative emotions, I guess the suicide forest would be filled with Cursed Spirits.
"How long will be training for?" Sensei smirked again and even Yumi shivered.
"You will train until you two are Grade 1 sorcerers." Aren't we grade 4 right now? That's going to take years! Then again, once we are that strong we can take down Title Creations much easier.
"Your training will consist of daily spirit exorcising, field missions with students from Jujutsu High, and a final test I won't go into detail about." That doesn't sound too bad. Training is fun anyway! After talking about training, Sensei explained the Jujutsu Sorcerer world to Yumi and I. I should've watched more JJK when I had the chance. Sensei explained that the grading system works for jujutsu sorcerers, cursed spirits, cursed tools, and cursed objects. She also explained domains to us and how they work. In short, she explained everything about the jujutsu society.
"And we have arrived." Woah, that explanation was that long? Sensei parked the car in the parking lot, and once we got out of the car a Grade 4 cursed spirit bursted from the ground.
"Monkey fight it. Yumi don't help him." I don't need Yumi's help anyway! I coated my fist in cursed energy and sprinted forward.
"Serpentine Fist!" My fist struck the cursed spirit in the chest and a large hole was created. From what sensei told us earlier, I have to decapitate it or it will continue to regenerate. I plucked one of my hairs and crossed my fingers.
"72 Technique: Homing Shot!" My hair turned into a pebble, I'm going to test a new technique. The pebble hit the cursed spirit in the head but didn't dissipate, now for the next act of this play.
"Burst." The pebble exploded and the cursed spirit's head was blown to bits. I watched as its body turned to dust. Good job me!
"Impressive, grade 4 cursed spirits stand no chance against you so we may have to step it up a notch." A notch? Yumi and I followed Sensei into the forest and I could just feel the negative emotions crawling on my skin.
"Alright, you two will fight this one together. Don't want my students dying too early." Soon after Sensei said that, a Grade 3 cursed spirit dropped from the trees.
"M-Mar...k-ket..." Market? I plucked one of my hairs and created a copy of myself.
"You ready Yumi?" Yumi looked at me and nodded, alright! I sprinted forward with my clone and we began hitting the cursed spirit's body. I punched its abdomen and my copy kicked its face. I continued the combo by uppercutting it and my copy kicked it into a tree.
"Disruption: Tengoku!" Yumi appeared from above and punched the cursed spirit in its head. Its head began to bloat and exploded in a gory exit.
"I wasn't expecting you two to be so skilled in hand-to-hand combat. Looks like I'll really have to edit the training plan I had set." I feel like showing off was a bad idea, mistakes are meant to be learned from.
"Now I do have one tiny issue. If I don't fix it now, it'll probably get you two killed in the future." What is she talking about?
"What issue sensei?" Yumi asked and Sensei walked over to us. She put her hand out and pointed.
"Hit my hand with a cursed energy-coated fist." Yumi didn't hesitate and punched Sensei's hand with all her might.
"You to Monkey." I guess. I coated my fist with cursed energy and struck Sensei's hand.
"Now do you guys know the problem?" Yumi and I shook our heads.
"There is a delay between your punch and your cursed energy, in short, your body isn't in tune with your cursed energy causing that delay. Now the delay isn't bad, but it's a lot better to control the delay." I think I sorta understand what she's saying.
"Now I want you two to close your eyes and connect. Connect with everything, but stay grounded." What does she mean? I closed my eyes and tried what Sensei said. I began to feel. Feel the wind blowing against my skin, the ground below me, the ambient sounds of a thriving forest, the sounds of my heart beating, the air filling my lungs, I felt everything. For a split second, I felt as if I was in control of everything. Once I opened my eyes I saw my Sensei smiling.
"You did it," Sensei whispered, "You connect with yourself and your surroundings." I felt a tad bit stronger than I did before. Moments later, Yumi opened her eyes and smiled.
"Now it's time for you two to undergo the worst training you will ever experience." I doubt it, the training in their underground arena was hell. Yumi and I followed Sensei deeper into the forest and our training began from there.
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[2 days later]
"72 Technique: Explosive Shot!" The nail I created with my hair pierced a Cursed Spirit's eye. I snapped my fingers and the nail exploded, seconds later another Cursed Spirit appeared. This was the training Sensei put us through. Constant fighting without breaks, I had to make my own breaks and those were around five minutes. The only time we really stopped is at night but stopped is an overstatement, we just fought a lot less.
I coated my fist in cursed energy and engaged the cursed spirit. I think it was around grade 3, which is the highest grade I can fight on my own. The cursed spirit swung one of its large tentacle arms causing me to duck. I dodged the other tentacles and jumped into the air. I concentrated the cursed energy on my fist for a finishing attack.
"Striking Cobra!" My fist struck the cursed spirit hundreds of times, turning it into swiss cheese. That move takes a lot out of me, clearly I need to train more...
I felt an overwhelming sense of danger and tilted my body to the left. Looking over, I saw that I dodged Yumi's fist, good.
"Let's spar again!" What happened to her being all quiet and reserved? Now all I see is a battle maniac! Not a problem though, battle maniacs are cool.
"Fine," I put my hands up to prepare, "But don't complain when I whoop your ass again." Yumi didn't hesitate and jumped forward as she tried to hit me. Before she could land a blow on my body, I plucked one of my hairs and created a clone as a sacrifice, sorry dude.
The clone died immediately, and I created another one to help me fight Yumi. I performed a right hook that Yumi ducked under and tried to uppercut me but clone stepped in and kicked her into a tree. She bursted from the tree and made an X with her fingers.
"Disruption: Negative Boost!" Yumi's fists were covered in cursed energy but in the opposite color scheme. My clone and I ran forward and once Yumi's fist hit my clone, it died on contact. Was shocked me was I didn't feel my cursed energy return. Focus! While I was in my thoughts, Yumi's fist came dangerously close to my face. I used every muscle in my body to dodge her fist and that was only by a hair. I jumped back to prepare another move I've been working on.
"72 Technique: Split Ends!" I turned my hair into a rubber bullet and fired it at Yumi.
"This again? I already know how it works!" Yumi defended herself with cursed energy. I win. Once the rubber bullet got close to her, I snapped my fingers and it split into two. I closed my fist and both rubber bullets turned into flashbangs. Once they exploded, Yumi was blind for a split second but that's all I need. I concentrated the cursed energy around my fist and hit Yumi in the face, sending her into a nearby tree.
"Haaa...haaa...haaa..." That attack isn't as easy as you think. It's also very easy to read if you're skilled enough, it needs to be worked on.
"SARU!! HOW DARE YOU HIT MY FACE!!!" I heard Yumi's yelling from across the forest, who is she calling a monkey!?
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A MONKEY YOU BLONDE BIMBO!" Heh, I know she's mad now. Yumi bursted from the tree fuming. Mistakes have been made once again, I hope my funeral is nice.
"Alright, that's enough." Sensei appeared out of thin air, how does she do that?
"I have a field mission for you two." Yes! I can finally leave this God-forsaken forest!
"What is the mission Sensei?" Yumi asked and Sensei smiled.
"You two will be joining Gojo's students at some juvenile detention center." Huh? I'm already meeting the main cast, wow.
"Aren't they older than us? Why can't they handle it themselves?" Yumi does make a good point.
"I'm pretty sure they can handle it by themselves but Gojo believes it some kind of scheme to kill one of his students whose a vessel of Sukuna." Oh, Sukuna the big bad cursed spirit king right? I hope he isn't a huge dickhead.
"Sensei, who is Sukuna?" Yumi asked and Sensei put her hand on her chin.
"Ryomen Sukuna is the stronger cursed spirit to ever live, well one of the strongest. There was another but she vanished soon after." Another cursed spirit equal to Sukuna? Is she mentioned later in the show?
"Oh, well what's the other one's name?" Yumi asked.
"Hinokagutsuchi." Woah, that's a badass name. I hope that she's better than Sukuna.
"Now that you know who Sukuna is, let's go!" Sensei snapped her fingers and we appeared at the parking lot. Sensei's myriad of abilities comes in handy. We drove to the detention center, and once we got out of the car we were met with three teenagers and a middle-aged man.
"That's our help?! They are children!" I think the orange-haired girl was called Nobara right? Nobara pointed at Yumi and I in complaint.
"Yeah I agree, I don't think two children can do much." I hate being looked down upon. It's annoying me.
"Oi, I'm positive my students could beat your asses." Thank you Sensei! I knew you would have our backs.
Nobara and Megumi clicked their tongues and Yuji looked at me with interest.
"That's a cool outfit." I was still in my prisoner uniform but I heavily modified it with the help of Sensei.
"Thanks." Yuji gave me a thumbs up for some reason, is this the result of low brain cell count? Sensei got back into her car after telling Yumi and I she won't interfere at all.
"Well, let's begin the mission shall we?" The middle-aged man put up a veil over the detention center and our mission began.