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"Fenton. What is the meaning of this?" Torahito scowls as Oda is sitting on his chair at the table while he stands. Danny is at the opposite side of the table, looking down. Danny had to talk with Oda as it is urgent after last night. "You told Kamo that you're going to fight Yuta by yourself! Are you hearing yourself?" He said. Well...more like Kamo told Oda by Danny's request. "I told you that Cyno's men is going to look for him and-"

"I know what you said. " He tells him, cutting him off. Danny didn't like to interrupt anyone, but he had to let them know. Now. But he is also talking to Oda as well, whose bangs are hiding his eyes. "I know that we can leave the search to Cyno's clan members, but I have to join just in case. Like Shukaku said, he might go rogue without realizing due to blood craving fever." He tells him. "You said that we have to prepare for the worst case, Oda...Omida." He said his first name to get his attention.

Omida raises his head, "That I did. But are you willing to go toe to toe with Okkotsu Yuta? He is a student and nephew of Gojo Satoru." He said. "Okkotsu is not a special grade for nothing. Tell me, Danny. Do you know why Shukaku categorizes you as a Special Grade?"

"Because of my background..."

"That, but you are incredibly effective against curses, even those of special grades. Sorcerers, on the other hand...they're a different level." He said. Danny nods, "I know. Shukaku said the grading system is where if the curses are grade one, but if a sorcerer is grade one, they will be considered a semi-grade one since a Grade 1 sorcerer can defeat a grade one curse. It depends if the curse has a cursed techinque and how much cursed energy they have. I remember when we had that ghost from the zone with the guitar?"

"Ember."

"Yes, her. That one is considered a Special Grade in the eyes of sorcerers with that world chanting techinque and how she possesses the crowd. And that's another one with control over technology. Tech..." Omida speaks. Danny smiles a little, "Technus.."

'Yes." Omida said. "I remember him, and I will admit, I never fought anyone like him before. Even my generals have a problem dealing with the robots he took over." "But a special grade fighting a special grade sorcerer, it won't end well, Fenton." He said. Danny nods, "I heard from Rioto that Yuta is pretty strong. Like way stronger. I saw him fight a couple of times and...well...I'm not going to lie to you, Oda. He does scare me more than most ghosts and curses, and that's saying something." He said.

"And yet you still wish to fight him?" He asks him. Danny nods, "Yes."

Omida hums, "I see. Why?"

"Because I am immune to the curseblood curse and not just that..." Danny took a brief pause, "I'm doing this for Rioto, of course." Danny begins. "If it comes down to it..." Since he first met Rioto, he thought the guy was pretty intense..

-------- Flashback -----

"So you're the American!" Rioto said with his arms crossed. Danny had to blink at Rioto's appearance. Are those antlers, and why do they look like glass...wait no...ice? Danny then sees a floating blue seahorse that has a unicorn horn.

"Yep, that's me. Fenton. Danny Fenton."

"Pleased to make your acquaintance. I am Rioto Kirin. This is my shikigami, Miryu, and this is my vice general, Yoshino Junpei."

"Nice to meet you," Junpei said with a smile and a wave. Miryu lets out a bleat, greeting Danny. Danny smiles at them. "Nice to meet you two." At least, Junpei looks way more normal than him.

"Ha! It's good to have a foreigner join Oda! You're going to love it here!" Rioto grins. And so he gives him a tour around Nagoya. Telling Danny about everything and the generals. What is their squad is like. What they do for fun? How they take down curses and curse users.

"Tell me...Fenton. Why did you join Oda?" Rioto asked.

"Well, uh..." Danny said. "I kinda have powers, I took a gh-a curse that is attacking people and..to be honest,." He didn't want to say that he's half ghost. "And I'm here for the space program in Japan!"

Rioto widened his eyes, "As in...you're studying to become an astronaut?!"

"Wow!" Junpei nodded his head, "That's pretty cool!" Junpei said. That makes a lot of sense given the reason for Danny being here.

"Yeah...I guess so." Danny chuckles. Rioto smiles, "I always want to go to space."

Danny blinks, "Really?"

"Of course! My dream is to build a mecha to reach the stars and create a moon base!" Rioto grins.

"Eh?" Danny blinks. Junpei sighs, "Here we go." He said, shaking his head with a smile. Rioto begins, "Sure, it's a pipe dream, but with my techinque and smarts, I will be able to do it! I just need a rocket or a mecha that is enough to reach the skies without melting." He said, creating a small mecha at the palm of his hand. Made out of ice and snow.

"Woah.." Danny blinks. So this is a cursed techinque. Is every sorcerer's techinque different from each other.

"Tell me, Fenton!" Rioto placed his hands on his shoulders, "Have you ever watched Gundam?! YOU SHOULD!" Rioto yells. Danny speaks, "I-uh...know a friend who does." Tucker comes to mind. Rioto grins, "Is that so? I want to meet him!"

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"To be honest, hearing that he wants to make a mecha and to make a space fortress on the moon? That's pretty crazy but admirable." Danny said. "I wanted to become an astronaut, but you know...building a moon fortress sounds pretty amazing," Danny said with a chuckle, "But also...Rioto says the darnest things..."

------- Another Flashback -----

"HAAHAHA! This suit is far out!" It was Technus, and he managed to take over the west sector of Nagoya. What's worse...he has a robot suit. The one that Rioto told him about. Gundam. He stole it from the famous Gundam factory. And well...the ice general is not happy.

"HALT!" Rioto stands before him, "How dare you, SULLY the famed RX-78F00?! How dare you corrupt it!?!" Rioto said, pointing at the Gundamn that is now in green and black thanks to Technus. "THIS IS UNFORGIVABLE! I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUEL!"

Danny sweatdrops as he is floating in the air, facing Technus-Gundam.

"HA! You dare to oppose me?!" Technus laughs, pointing his sword in his mecha suit. "Me, Technus! Master of Science, Technology, and Electrics. Who are you supposed to be, Deer boy?" Rioto is happy to introduce himself, "I am Rioto Kirin! Demon Ice General of the Oda Clan, and I will be the one to defeat you!"

"Demon General. Defeat?! HA! I am master over these robots!" Technus said. "With this, I can reach the power grid and take over this place so you all know my greatness! What are you supposed to do. You're SOOO OUTNUMBERED"

"You think so?!!" Rioto scoffs, "I know way better than you, Technus! You think your robotic minions are enough to overwhelm us!" He snapped his fingers and summoned a giant monster by breaking down three ice golems he created and had it form into something else.

Whatever Rioto is doing, it's working. He has Technus's full attention.

"OH yeah! What's that?!" Technus said as the icy mist covered the streets and soon a huge shadow appeared.

"I can make a better robot than whatever this is! What is with these updated robots! They are nothing before my Kirin Units!" He said.

"Oh yeah! Show me!" "Of course! Iceberg Mammoth!"

A loud trumpeting is heard as heavy footsteps shake the streets as a massive mammoth that rivals the Technus Gundam. Technus laughs, "Oh! This is going to be so delightful! You will receive the full might of Technus!"

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"And despite that...he never gives up." Danny said.

------- Flashback --------

Mammoth fought the Technus Gundam, but it wasn't enough. Danny can see Rioto struggling as he is at the top of the Mammoth. Danny went over to Rioto, "Rioto-"

"Not yet, Fenton. I haven't lost yet!" Rioto said.

"But-"

"I know what you're going to say. He's too fast, and he is flying around in the mobile suit. After getting a good read on this...hehehe...I think I can find a way to defeat him." Rioto grins, "I can finally show you the closest thing to my dream now." He smiles, now looking more motivated. Danny blinks, "What do you mean?"

"Did you charge the core I gave you with your cursed energy?" He gives him the bubble core. Danny nods his head and takes it out of his pocket, giving it to him. This core is the size of a baseball. "Excellent..I think this is enough to create the suit I wanted to build in my head."

"What are you going to make???" Danny said but he has a good feeling. Rioto's Kirin Units are something that of an imagination that nobody can compare to.

"Kirin Winterblade Gundam." He grins. He then snaps his fingers and the Mammoth begins to disppate, now changing form as Rioto goes to raise his hand, holding the bubblecore filled with ectoplasm energy. Soon, the snow and ice begin to swirl around Rioto, including the glowing blue cores that are in the sky. Technus had to stop, watching this unfold. "What is this sorcery?! What is that?!"

"KIRIN WINTERBLADE GUNDAM!"

Soon, things are being constructed, ice is hard as steel, and everything is being formed. Danny watches this with awe as the being that was once a massive mammoth became a mobile suit of ice. It had a helmet with horns, antlers, and a unicorn horn, now revealing itself to be a Bushido. Then the mist breezes through as the mobile is fully formed.

"WOW! Now that's far out!" Technus Gundam never thought to see technology as beautiful as it is. It made him envy Rioto a bit. "You think your mobile will defeat mine!?"

Inside Kirin Gundam is its pilot, Rioto Kirin, as Miryu is above him, acting as a living conduit, transferring all energy from Danny's core and everything into the Gundam's functions. Rioto chuckles as he sees Technus Gundam on the screen. He takes a deep breath and shouts, "That's right! You will never defeat me, Technus!"

Then two mobile suits clash, creating a legendary battle of the century. Danny widened his eyes. This is like straight out of that show that Rioto showed him. Technus laughs, "Ha! A ectoplasm saber beam seems like a ghost boy really helps you, eh!? That's not enought o beat me!"

"We shall see! I make sure you never threaten Nagoya again!" Rioto said.

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"I remember that one..." Oda begins, "It took a lot of time to cover that up. We had to say it was a show not to let people panic. However...I am impressed that Rioto created such a thing despite it taking a lot of cursed energy from him."

"Yeah...he was in bed and took two weeks for him to recover before waking up," Danny remembers quite well when he looks after a sleeping Rioto with Miryu curling up beside him. He had to admit, Rioto is pretty awesome. "And he also knows my secret." "How did he take it?"

"Well..." Danny sweatdrops.

------

After revealing what he is to Rioto, he had to prepare for the worst outcome. He told him about his accident and everything that made him him.

Rioto stares wide-eyed, "So you're like...a Newtype?"

Eh?! Danny just stares at him. And what now?

"Danny...I...that's awesome...I mean no...that's terrible..I mean, sorry...something. It sounds like you died and came back as someone else entirely. You were cursed, but in a way, you didn't die because you..." Rioto had no idea what to say, "I figure that's the case when Technus and those few other ghosts call you, Phantom and Ghost boy." He said. "I knew that you were different from everyone else, but that's okay! It's okay to be different...!"

"Uhhh..." Danny has no words. He expects rejection and tons of question but not this. "You don't think...I'm a freak?"

"No. I mean... look at me! People think I'm a reincarnation of Yuki-Onna..." Rioto makes a face, "I got bullied for something I was born with."

Danny felt stupid as he almost forgot the difficult lives that sorcerer had. That's true. He is told that sorcerers who see curses are alone, especially at a young age when they will be ostracized by the normal populace for revealing that they can see curses that most people can't see. Not to mention, sorcerer are born with traits related to their techinque causing more ostracization. Rioto with his nautral white hair is one of those circumstances.

"Besides...being a half-ghost...is pretty cursed but...you're doing something about that. That's pretty admirable. Did anyone know?"

"My family and friends..." Danny said. "But I had to leave due to the space program and other things..." He said.

Rioto nods, "That's fair. It's a good thing you came here. There aren't a lot of curses in America. You have kinda similar ghosts but! We have a lot of freaks here!"

Then Danny laughs.

"We should tell Junpei..I think he would be stoked!" He said. "I mean...I think he already knew."

"Knew?!" How the heck Junpei knew?

"Yeah...apparently...someone made a web series about you...as....you and inviso-o-Bill look similar to each other." Rioto explained.

"UGHHHH!" Danny groans, hating that nickname. "That's not my name! They're still sticking with that?!" This got Rioto laughing. Danny huffs, "Hahaha...very funny. At least, my name is not Elsa!" He shot back.

Rioto gasps. "Do not say that name in front of me!" He said. Then both pause and laugh with each other.

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Omida smiles, "I'm glad that you and Rioto are good friends." He then became somber, "However, are you sure about this? You're fighting Okkotsu, who is Rioto's partner. Are you okay with Rioto not knowing that you're going to fight Okkotsu and end up getting hurt."

"I'm sure," Danny stated. "It's because I hate seeing Rioto like that...scared of himself and scared of hurting other people. I know...what's that like..." He said, frowning as he recalls his own past back at Amityville. "Not to mention, seeing people who care about each other end up hurting each other...is something I don't want to see. That's why I have to do this. Not just for Rioto but for everyone. I mean...there's someone I care about that too. "A familar werewolf girl who Danny has feelings for.

"Rioto, Junpei, Makou, you and everyone." Danny speaks, "This whole thing is getting worse by the day and I want to make sure nobody gets kidnapped or turn into a monster." He said. "I bet Okkotsu doesn't want to hurt Rioto despite the blood craving fever and that's why I have to stop him. I think Okkotsu would want that." Danny said.

Omida closes his eyes while Torahito frowns more.

"So please..." Danny gets up from the table and went over to Oda then proceeds to go down on his knees and press his head against the floor. "Let me fight Okkotsu if the situation calls for it."

Oda widens his eyes at this. He never had someone requesting like this. It's usually his enemies but not his allies. "Fenton. Lift your head and stand up. There is no need for that." Omida went down to his knees and placed a hand on Danny's shoulder, "Given what you said, I think you're right. As much as I dislike, your reasoning is sound."

"Omida..." Torahito lowers his eyelids.

"I think anyone in your place would understand or rather most people would understand. Even Rioto. Even if he doesn't understand, he will in due time once this entire thing with the cursebloods is over." Omida said. "So here is my order. My request to you, Fento Danny."

Danny raised his eye, looking at Oda's eyes of determination. "Bring Okkotsu back and make it out alive. Do not die on us and come back alive."

Danny smiles before letting out a chuckle, "I die once. Not going to die a second time, dude. Don't you worry, Omida."

"Good," Oda said. "But to make sure, let's form a binding vow. I think it's better time than any to get the Special Privileges."

"Huh?" Danny blinks, "You mean the ones that the generals get."

"Yes...it helps boost their cursed energy output when they're close to death." He said. "I know you're powerful but think of me of giving my cursed energy to you if that something happens. Do you accept?" He gives him a handshake.

"Danny Fenton, your mission is to help Fujiwara clan to bring Okkotsu back alive. If you're close to defeat, you can take my cursed energy." He said. "Do you accept these terms."

Danny did so without hesitation, "I do." He shakes his head. Right away, he hears the rattling of chains and a sharp click is heard in his head. So this is what the binding vow feels like.

"Good. I will inform Cyno that you will be joining them."

-------- A few days later -------

Minsako can't believe that Danny is joining the search and what's crazy is that Danny announced to the clan that he's going to fight Okkotsu on his own. It's crazy. Even Cyno couldn't believe but hearing Danny's reasoning. Danny is the best chance they've got in retrieving Okkotsu.

"Danny...are you sure you're okay with this?" Minsako asks, "I know what you said but-"

"I'm sure." Danny said. "Not just for Rioto but also for you, Minsako." He said making Minsako widen her eyes, "Danny..."

"Yeah...I don't want to see people dying in front of me again..." Danny said, seriously, as they're both with each other alone someplace where they won't be eavesdropped on. They're on the outskirts away from Nagoya as they are searching for clues. But then they receive a call from Misty.

"It's over..." Daichi PheonX began as he had his head in his hands with his eyes sunk, as he is now forever traumatized. He looks like he is in despair "So over..." Rioto Kirin said the same, sharing the same expression as the flame sorcerer, "I cannot show my face in public..."

"Uhhhhh..." "It's so over! My social life, my school life, and my sorcerer life are OVER! FREAKING OVER!" Daichi shouted.

"Oh come on, it isn't that bad!" Junpei said as Rioto and Daichi had their heads down and faces in their hands. They saw it. All of them.

Rioto throw his head back and shouts, "Why did I agree to this?!" Rioto is shaking his fists in the air. "Because we don't have enough people?" Danny answers his question as he is standing next to Junpei with his arms crossed. "I mean, Hayato wanted to help the girls. You can't blame him." "I understand that. BUT WHY DO WE HAVE TO WEAR MAID OUTFITS?!" Rioto shouted at Danny and Junpei. "Because...there aren't enough butler outfits," Junpei answered as he and Danny are wearing butler suits while Rioto and Daichi are wearing maid outfits. At first, they didn't like it, but they thought it would be just fine for one day. One day.

"It's going to be one day they said. Hahaha...one day they said." Daichi laughs, tussling his hair. Danny rolls his eyes, "Come on. They're not going to be here for long. The longer you're going to stay inside, the longer they're going to stay here." By they, Danny meant the customers. However, that's the problem. The customers in question are..... ------ Three hours earlier -----

It all began with a phone call from Rioto Kirin as he called Daichi aka Kisho Hashimoto, for an emergency. It started with Rioto calling Daichi for help as they need people on the job. Hayato said it's super urgent.

Since Daichi has no missions of today, he decide to help his friend out on this day off.

What Daichi and Rioto weren't told is that they came to a restaurant, thinking it's a curse that they needed to exorcise. Well...it's part of it but no....they have to go undercover to oust a curse user that are targeting establishments. So what sort of establishment that this curse user is targeting? Maid Cafes.

Yeah, you read it right, dear audience. Maid Cafes. And the motive and the reason? We're about to find out.

On this mission, Hayato requested help due to one of Hina's friends' requests. The people who are on site are Junpei, Danny, Hina, Sakura, and finally, Rioto and Daichi.

Seems simple enough, right?!

Well...Hina is happy to wear a maid outfit. Junpei and Danny were dressed up as bulters to act as guards. Sakura, Rioto, and Daichi. They ended up dressed up as maids. Of course, they aren't happy about that and demanded to know the reason.

Hina's friend, Rei says.

"Three of you look super cute to act the part." Rei smiles at the shocked expressions given by the trio. All of their faces fell in disbelief. But they can't say no to her or Hina. Daichi doesn't know but he feels saying no to Hina is dangerous. After all, Sakura and Rioto agreed with the quick nod of their heads.

End of story. No arguments.

So the three boys begrudgingly wear their maid outfits before their shift begins. Rioto blushes deeply but makes sure to keep himself cool. Sakura tries not to lash out at the customers but ends up getting compliments from both guys and ladies. As for Daichi, he didn't want to do but over time, he settled into the role. This is just cosplaying for him.

"HAhaha! Thank you, Master, and here's your amazing cat cake!" Daichi smiles at the lady couple who love Daichi's energy. He is wearing a traditional maid outfit with a frilly skirt where his stripe of red bang is out and in the center, making him stand out with some red feathers at the back of his hair. He wears a white ribbon at his chest. "Hope you enjoy, kya-aaa!" He winks at the customers.

As for Sakura, he wears a similar outfit to Daichi but with cat ears, both black and white to match his half-dome of black and white hair, along with heterochromia eyes made everyone give all sorts of compliments. He wears striped stockings. The poor boy keeps blushing nonstop from this; he covers his face and sways side to side. He dons a cat tail that is attached to his belt, swishing back and forth due to the sways. "S-shut up!" He hissed.

"Oh wow...a tsundere!" Said one customer, clasping her hands together, making Sakura blush even harder.

Rioto wears the maid outfit with long white bunny ears that blend in well with his fluffy white hair. He wears white fluffy cuffs and has a fluffy cotton tail attached to his waist. Rioto keeps it cool and gives a kind smile to the costumes. The male costumes were swooned by the cuteness of Rioto. Even though deep down inside, Rioto made sure not to freak, but over time, he is getting used to the environment. This is just one day.

After all, Daichi lifts the boys' spirits and tells them that it's all part of acting and being undercover to lure the curse user into the open. So far so good. This mission will go well! However....

The bell jingles as new customers are coming in. The elemental duo did their heart shape gesture by combining their hand against each other.

"WELCOME HOME MASTER!" Rioto and Daichi said happily with their biggest, adorable smiles as their shikigamis, Eito and Miryu sounded off a chorus of joy. But then their nightmares is about to begin as their next customers were... "Kisho?" Megumi stared in surprise, blinking his green eyes.

"Wait...you guys work?" Yuji said, pointing them.

"Oh wow..." Nobara covers her mouth, shocked and surprised. All three are staring at Daichi and Rioto like they discovered a secret.

Kisho and Rioto's smiles slowly turned upside down, and their faces turned pale. Especially Kisho aka Daichi is wheezing as he becomes ghostly white with widened eyes.

"I thought he is off today!" Nobara tells the two.

"Ah..haa...ah..ha..." Kisho is trying to form words, but he is choking on air. Rioto goes to pat his hand on his back. "Daichi...calm down." But Daichi, or rather Kisho is freaking out, "W-what are you guys doing here?!" He yelled. "Uh...we're off today? Taz recommended us to find this sweet shop." Nobara answered, "I gotta say I almost didn't recognize you. You look kinda pretty." "Yeah sooo..pretty..." Yuji chuckles, "I bet Miko would-"

"YOU'RE NOT WELCOME HERE!!" Daichi said, cutting Yuji off. "I'm on an important mission, here!!"

"Like what...serving people?" Megumi answered coolly. Daichi twitched an eye at this. But before Daichi goes to push these three out the door. Hina comes in and says, "Welcome! Take a seat!" He tells them.

"AHHHH! Now hold on.." "Ah..ah...please act the part...Daichi-kun." Hina pats on his head, making Daichi sulk at this. Rioto pats Daichi's back as a way to sympathize with him. Miryu and Eito did too. "At least...it's those three...just serve them..and be done with it. There's no use in arguing with Hina and Rei..." Rioto said. Daichi slumps his shoulder in defeat.

And so...Daichi serves his friends by pouring them tea. "Thanks, Daichi!!" Itadori said.

"Daichi-kun!" Nobara teases, making Daichi's face flushed red as his lip trembles. Megumi closes his eyes with his arms crossed as Daichi is pouring milk tea into Nobara and Yuji's cups. The flame sorcerer knows that Megumi likes coffee. From what he heard, the coffee is good here too.

Daichi is about to pour the coffee into the cup when Megumi said something.

"Hey...aren't you going to do that phrase when pouring our cups." Megumi, opening his green eyes to Daichi looked confused. Daichi blinks, "What?"

"I heard that you have to do something while pouring drinks, you didn't do that for Kugisaki and Itadori." He tells him. "What was that saying? Something about...."

"Oh! Yeah...you do phrase when pouring our drinks with a smile!" Yuji said. Nobara grins a little mischievously.

"Ha?" Daichi had to look at the three with a smile and a twitching eye. Megumi hums, "Can you? Don't you have to listen to what the Master says?"

Daichi is about to bite back, but for the sake of the damn undercover mission. He smiles widely at Megumi, "Of course, Master-!" he said in his cutesy voice.

"Call me Master Fushiguro...also, I want cream in my coffee." Megumi smirk a little.

"And a dance!" Itadori smiles. Megumi nods, "Good idea. And a dance for us...if that's okay.." Megumi smirks a little more.

"Pretty please?" Itadori asks.

Daichi keeps smiling but inside...

Oohh this guy...son of a-no, no, no. Calm down! Calm down. Just do what these guys say. This is just the job. Do it for the sake of the mission...

"Of course, Master Fushiguro~!" Daichi smiles, playing the role and do a tune, "Coffee Coffee Latte Latte..Mocha!!!!" He bounces a little, twirling a teaspoon in his coffee. "And Creammm~♡.." He pours cream into the coffee. "Ta-da! Supa Cutie Cafe Creme!!!" He winks.

"Awwww!" Itadori claps his hands while Nobara is laughing so hard at this. Megumi smiles now with closed eyes, "Thank you, Daichi-kun. That help cheer me up~" He tells Daichi.

Call Megumi petty, but this is payback for what Daichi did to him when it came to that Host Club Mission. He remembers when Daichi convinced him to dress up as a fantasy dark guy to attract a vengeful curse and humiliate him, trying to get the curse even if it meant completing the mission. It felt so long ago. So seeing Daichi in a maid costume is a surprise, if not...a good surprise. It reminds him the crap of that Daichi put him through. So why not revel in his little misery? Even for one day?

Meanwhile...Rioto is attending to the guests and completing their tables. So he's going to greet his next customer, "Welcome home, Master! I'm Maid Rio and-eh?!" Rioto pales now, letting out a horrified gasp as he sees Yuta in front of him. Yuta blinks, "Oh...uh...Rioto? Why are you..."

"Oh wow!" Gojo is here because he wants some sweets and hears this place is upcoming and well-known. Gojo lowers his black glasses and blinks, "Wait..is that Kisho-kun over there???" He said out loud, making Daichi freeze and turn his head around slowly with his lips trembling.

"Oh! It is!" Gojo smiles while his fiancée, Geto, sighs before telling Rioto with a smile. "Table for three..."

"Actually...I would like a table for one by myself, Geto-san." Yuta speaks up. Geto blinks before nodding, "Alright then...table for two, please!" He said. Rioto nods his head slowly.

"Oh ummm...of course.." Rioto leads to one of Sakura's tables. That poor boy is going to suffer when he detects romance between the two. Meanwhile...Rioto has Yuta at his table. Rioto gulps, trying to muster a word, "What can I get you for Master?"

"Milk tea and mocha cake, please?" Yuta smiles, "Also...you're really cute in that dress.."

"URK!" Rioto's imaginary smoke came from his ears as his face flushed red. "O-Of course, thank you, Master!" He said with a smile. "Going to put your order in now!" He excuses himself so he goes to input the order in the POS system.

Yuta smiles brightly, thinking how cute Rioto is in that maid outfit. So precious and adorable!

He does so while Daichi had to excuse himself, while his table of three was looking through the menu. They're going to the staff room, but this is not where they had their breakdown. No...this is before...

"Okay....okay..okay...just a minor setback! No worries and-"

"WHO TOLD YUTA TO COME?!" Rioto yells inside the breakroom. Danny and Junpei look at each other, "Not us..."

"It must be Hayato or Shukaku! I know those two are behind it!" Rioto is shaking his fists furiously in the air. Daichi had to take a breath because he had to do bouncy dances for Megumi whenever he wanted a refill. Who knew Megumi would be this brutal, working him to the bone! It's like he is doing this for revenge or something.

"Even so...we must persevere....we haven't caught the curse user yet." Daichi sighs, taking a breath. "Sooner or later, they're going to come after seeing we got a bunch of customers." He said as

"We should help out Sakura...that guy is going to have heatstroke soon," Danny said as he looked out to see Sakura blushing nonstop, seeing Geto and Gojo complimenting the boy at his table.

"Oh wow! That's natural?" Gojo refers to his hair and eyes.

"Obviously..." Sakura Haruka grumbles.

"How unique..and adorable..." Geto hums with a smile..

"Grrr..." But the nice comments aren't bothering him, oh nooo...it's seeing Geto's hand and Gojo's hand are on top of each other so subtly, it sends his romance meter off. Damn it, Rioto!

"Wow! We got a tsundere maid, Suguru!" Gojo smiles perky.

"Very cute." Geto smiles with a nod.

"Errr..." Sakura blushes deeply.

"Got it. Let's go back out!" Daichi said. But as their shift continues, Daichi goes to greet his new set of customers, "Konnichwa! Welcome home, Master~!" He does a cutesy pose by doing a heart gesture with his hands and does a curtsy. Eito chirps loudly.

"Kisho???" A familar voice made Daichi freeze as Daichi aka Kisho opened his eyes to see a shocking Miko in front of him, along with Hana, Yuria, and Taz staring at Kisho in shock and awe. A record has been scratched in his head, and an imaginary strike of lightning made the flame sorcerer gasp and shudder. His face pales as his smile twitches. Eito squawks.

"Ah....Kisho...you're...why?" Miko can't believe and neither did Daichi/Kisho.

"WAIT! M-miko! I can explain! It's not what it looks like or think!" Daichi/Kisho quickly waved his hands in panic while Miko stared wide-eyed at him. Seeing Daichi/Kisho in the maid outfit while waving his hands non-stop in a panic, getting a few heads turned, it's so...so....so....

CUTE!

Miko hides her smile with her sleeve with her cheeks blushing. Hana had to jump in and exclaim, "Table for Four, please! At your table!" She smiles. Kisho is beside himself as he has no words. To which Hina smiles, "Sure thing! Please come with me..."

And that's how they got there. Both elemental sorcerers in the staff room had their heads in their hands.

"Guys...come on it isn't that bad!" Junpei tells the elemental duo.

"MIKO SAW ME!!!" Daichi shouted. "She thinks I'm a freak and a loser!" He sobs. Junpei sighs with a sweatdrop, "Okay...."

If only Daichi knew it's the complete opposite. "I KNOW THAT ONE OF THEM CALLED MIKO OVER HERE! IT MUST BE KUGASAKI OR FUSHIGURO!"

Danny shakes his head, can't believe this. Who knew these two were going to make a big deal of it?

"Rioto...come on. Yuta is here. It can't be that bad..." Junpei said. "At least it's one person..."

"That's not it..." Rioto begins. "Hina told that Shukaku is going to come here with Oda!!! I CANNOT LET HIM SEE ME LIKE THIS! I'M A DEMON GENERAL FOR GOD'S SAKE! WE NEED TO FIND THAT CURSE USER! THIS IS NOT DOING ANYTHING!!" Rioto exclaimed.

Then right away, Sakura barges in now ticked off,

"HEY! CAN YOU TWO COME OUT AND HELP ME, DAMNIT!" Sakura comes in and shouts at the two. Rioto slams his fists on his knees, "DON'T SHOUT AT ME, SAKURA! I AM HAVING A CRISIS!"

"I DON'T GIVE A SHIT! SHUKAKU IS GOING TO BRING SUO AND UMEMIYA ALONG!!" Sakura yelled.

"IT'S NOT AS BAD AS LORD ODA AND LORD CYNO COMING BY!" Rioto retorted.

"STOP BEING DUMB AND HELP ME, RIOTO!" Sakura shouted at him.

"I WILL!" Rioto shouted as he is crying, getting out, and Sakura goes to drag Daichi out as well, "NOO! I CAN'T LET MIKO SEE-" "SHE ALREADY SAW SO SUCK IT UP!" Sakura shouted back, dragging a poor Daichi back to the floor. The maids are still continuing service, much to their embarrassment.

Then finally...Finally...the curse user makes himself known at home, but nobody knew that or what would happen next until he started to harass Rioto. The undercover sorcerers thought it was just a creepy guy.

"Sir...please...I have to attend to other lovely guests..." Rioto said as the curse user clutched onto the edge of his skirt and tugged it, "Come on...don't be like that. I'm your Master....." Said the creepy curse user. Yuta narrows his eyes at the creep when he starts to harass his poor reindeer. He grips his cup tightly, almost cracking it under his hold. Little did this curse user know...he is in the den of sorcerers.

Daichi sees this and excuses himself from Miko's table. Daichi goes to confront the unruly customer, "Sir...you're making the others uncomfortable." He tells him. The creepy curse user, Denma, smirks and starts to flip his skirt, trying to humiliate the flame sorcerer, "Oh yeah..what are you going to do about it?" Denma scoffs.

Miko glowers at the sight of this, bending her fork. Hana, Yuria, and Taz became startled by this as they were drinking their drinks, knowing this is not going to go well. Taz can smell Miko and Yuta's scents have changed. Taz can see Daichi trying to play cool.

"Sir...." Daichi begins, doing his pan-am smile. "I will ask you to stop what you're doing and-" Then he felt a cut on his shoulder, spilling blood, ruining his dress. This got a startled gasp from the patrons.

"DON'T YOU DARE TALK BACK TO ME, FUCKING SLUTS!"Denma said as he went to tug Rioto's skirt harder as he held a knife, he began to show off his cursed energy in the room. "DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?! That's right! I'm the guy who shuts down other whore houses who don't listen to what I said! You call this customer service? HUH?! I will-"

But before Rioto and Daichi were going to deal with this curse user.

Something grabs his wrist, lifts it, and twists it, forcing him to let go of his knife. Denma lets out a yowl and looks up to see a man with dark, cold eyes staring down at him, his hair parted, and wearing a white shirt. "W-what... who are you?" He is forced to let go of Rioto, who blinks to see Yuta grab the curse user's wrist and tighten his grip on him. "So you're the curse user that is causing trouble..." Yuta speaks coldly.

"Huh?! Hey! Who do you think you are? Don't mess with me! I got a pet monster that is going to eat everyone up like the ones-" But Denma didn't get a chance to finish his threat as someone dropkicks him from behind. At that moment, Yuta lets go of Denma before he spins across the floor and hits the wall. "Ugh..." He slides down to the ground.

Daichi squeaks, seeing Miko land by Yuta's side, who looks also pissed.

"Uh...Miko?" Daichi blinks.

"Yuta?" Rioto said his name.

The elemental duo sees the two approaches the curse user, who is getting up before he is dragged outside of the cafe by the feet by the pair. Out of sight, everyone in the maid cafe heard the pained cries of the curse user begging for mercy. Daichi and Rioto were standing dumbfounded and sweatdropping while everyone, staff and customer alike, are in shock and awe.

The shikigami, Miryu and Eito, were at their masters' side, and even they were taken aback by this turn of events.

"AH! STOP! I'm SORRY! I WON'T DO IT AGAIN! SOMEONE HELP MEEEEE! I DIDN'T MEAN TO-AHHHHH! OH MY SHIN!"

"Damn...they're beating him up..." Yuji said it louder while Nobara said, "Dude...did you see how Miko flew with that dropkick?" Megumi nods, "Yeah...I almost felt sorry for the guy....I mean not really. He kinda deserves for cutting Kisho like that."

Sakura had to stare, "What the fuck?" But then he hears his table where Gojo says to Geto, "Good thing, I called Taz to bring Miko, huh???"

"Oh Satoru..." Geto smiles with his head shake, ignoring the curse user crying for help. Sakura overhears this and makes a face at the two. 'Seriously??!'

Danny goes to text Hayato, "Guess we can tell Hayato that we caught our curse user."

"How are we going to report this?!" Junpei thought as the beatdown sounded painful.

"Wow! It looks like your boyfriend and girlfriend are taking care of it!" Hina cheerfully tells Daichi and Rioto, who are sweatdropping, about hearing this. The beatdown became silent as Miko and Yuta returned and fixed themselves. Both look at each other and nod, shaking hands, and go to their respective partners.

"Daichi...Kisho...are you okay? Let's get you healed up!" Miko said concerned, guiding him to Hana while Yuta asks Rioto if he's okay. "Are you okay, Rioto? He didn't hurt you, did he?"

"Ummmm..." Daichi and Rioto have no words, and the day ended with no incident as the curse user is incapacitated and captured, as Hayato's men are going to take care of it. The poor man has two black eyes, bumps on his head, and bone fractures. Yeah, he's not going to try that pull ever again.

"Wow! You guys did great! Who knew we got extra help!" Hayato laughs while Daichi and Rioto have their lovers at their side, doting on them. Danny and Hina were chuckling while Sakura is blushing non-stop, seeing how lovely dovely the two couples are. Junpei shakes his head with a smile. "Yeah...well.."

The girls, Hina, Yuria, Nobara, and Taz, were giggling amongst themselves.

Megumi and Yuji find it so cute to see how Daichi and Rioto were protected by Miko and Yuta. They snort while Daichi and Rioto were blushing non-stop as Miko holds onto Daichi's arm, while Rioto is pulled closer to Yuta.

Looks like their day at the maid cafe ended on a good note.

"I don't think it's a good idea, Geto-san." Yuta voiced his concerns about the lunch. Having lunch with Rioto while talking to him. The idea of sitting down with an omega suffering from FOS is not good, but Geto insists. "Yuta I know you are worried about me, but I will be fine." He tells him with a smile.

"He threatened you." Yuta reminds him. "It wasn't directly, but it was implied!" He reminds him of what Rioto told him.

"Only if I don't do anything funny," Geto said calmly. Yuta frowns as he doesn't like this, "But still.... "

Geto understood Okkotsu's concerns, but to get to the bottom of this. The cause of Rioto's FOS. "Hm, tell me Yuta. What do you think of him?"

"Him? Rioto?" Yuta replied. Geto nods, "Yes. What is your opinion of him so far? I already know that you fought him, but what is your first impression of him so far now that he's out of the castle?"

Yuta looks unsure, unsure how to answer, but he is going to be honest after watching him for a few days. "From when I first met him at the castle, I thought what he was doing is evil, but after discovering that he's an omega. I was shocked and yet...concerned when I beat him. I hold back because of the look in his eyes. It's fear. He got angry when I told him what he's doing wrong. Telling me that I don't understand. When he got into heat, he was in pain. All I know is that he's angry and did things that won't be forgiven, but also."

Geto waits for him to finish.

"He looks lonely and hurt," Yuta added, recalling him stopping at the garden as he looks over the flowers and entrance gates. "It's just....I don't see him as a very bad person. Just a lonely person." Yuta said, remembering how Rioto is hiding under the blankets, and there is one time, he finds him facing the corner of his cell, lying against the wall and looking out the window bars of the cell towards the sky.

Geto chuckles, "I see.Being omega can be lonely and frustrating for some, as they struggle with their second sex, and in Rioto's case, he doesn't trust anyone because of his second sex and the way he saw how omegas were treated by other sexes. His anger and fears are valid, but what is not justified is the way he went about it." He stated. "So it's my task to find the root cause of it. Some answers could be complicated, but some can be pretty obvious. With Occam's Razor...all things being equal, the simplest solution is usually the best one." Geto stated. "But sometimes...even the simplest one to a complicated problem can be tough to deal with."

"....."

"That said, let's have lunch with Rioto and see what we can find out." Geto smiles. Yuta sighs and nods.

"Also, if you don't mind...I would like to talk to Rioto alone. He might get antsy with you around, so how about you stand outside the door of the cell room?" Geto sees Yuta frown, so he quickly says, "And not to worry, I can handle myself."

"If you say so, Geto-san."

------ An hour later -------

Lunch has arrived. And of course, Rioto is not eating. Again. Yuta wonders why Rioto refuses to eat but he will keep an eye on Rioto and his hands in case if he tries anything. Geto reminds him not to do anything that might threaten Rioto.

Geto is eating with his chopsticks calmly. "Rioto, is something wrong?"

"No," Rioto said simply.

"You're not eating." Geto notes. Rioto didn't look at his food. "I am not hungry," Rioto answered bluntly.

"You haven't eaten these past two days." Geto reminds him. Rioto shrugs, " I lost my appetite."

"If you want to get out of here, Rioto. It's best if you eat." Geto advises him to which the ice sorcerer scoffs, "Oh...now you want to help me out?" He scowls, looking over to him as both males are sitting crossed-legged from each other. With a small folding floor table between them that holds both of their lunch trays. Geto has begun to eat, while Rioto has not.

"I wasn't helping before?" Geto asks.

"You were asking me questions..." Rioto said, frowning.

"That's because I want to know you better, Rioto, so I can help you," Geto tells him.

"Hm." Rioto scowls as he hasn't touched his utensils. Geto took note of this but didn't press further on it, so he went to ask about some things.

"Now let's talk about your castle."

Rioto sighs, "What do you want to know about it?" At this point, he will answer some questions. He hopes this can satisfy Geto in leaving him alone for the time being.

"How long did you live there?" Geto asked. Rioto is hesitant, but couldn't hurt to answer it, "5 years..." Rioto stated.

"And how did you make it?" Geto picks up a piece of beef with his chopsticks.

"With my techinque," Rioto answered. Geto asks, "All by yourself?" He finds this impressive.

"Yeah." He said, holding his arms. Geto nods. "How many floors?"

"15 levels." Rioto recalls. Geto hums, "And do these levels have monsters?"

"Obviously..." Rioto makes a face matter-of-factly. Geto hums. "What floor is Iceberg Mammoth on?" He asks him. Rioto answers, "The tenth floor." He answered. Geto nods, taking that in as he slowly chews before swallowing. "Based on what I was told. Some of the levels have puzzles. Why is that?"

Rioto crosses his arms, not looking at his food, and is facing the side, not sitting in front of the small table. "Because...."

"Because?" Geto raised a brow, drinking his tea. This begins to irritate the young man, and he huffs, "I just want to see if they screw up or not."

"Why?" He asks, "What is the reason?"

Rioto didn't say anything as he looked hesitant to answer. He goes to scratch at his head. "To see if they are smart enough. It makes it easy to figure out who's the smart one and who's not." He tells him, making Geto blink. This got Rioto smirking a little, "The last group didn't bother, so they end up getting punished for it." He said, happy with himself.

"And the one who defeated you?" He asked Rioto. That smile is replaced by a scowl. Both knew who they were talking about Yuta, right now. Yuta stood outside calmly, his eyes closed. "Meh. He's smart, so I gotta prepare for who I'm dealing with." Rioto huffs.

"By preparing...you mean preparing yourself for the battle against him?" Geto said. Rioto nods, "Yeah." He goes to bring up one knee and props an elbow on it. "I see. That's a good plan. By figuring who'se smart and who's not. It helps you to get rid of people that can destabilize the group, does it not?"

"Exactly." He tells them. "Of course, it doesn't appear to be as it seems so...I do my best in getting rid of people who are trying to hurt me."

"A smart plan. And may I ask, what sort of puzzles do you put on these levels?" He asked. Rioto shrugs, "I......don't remember."

"You don't remember the answers to them?" He asked.

"I do when I see them, but I don't remember all of them and which floors. I just lost track of them." He said honestly. Geto nods, "Then let me refresh your memory. The puzzles you put in some of the levels were jigsaw puzzles, putting shapes into the right ones, and putting words into sentences with blanks that are from poems and references. I also heard that the puzzles are word searches or showing pattern routes. Rioto, what is the purpose of these puzzles?"

"Like I said...to figure who's smart and dumb."

"Yes, but why these puzzles? The word searches ones and blank sentence ones. Some sentences and words stand out to me."

"Just to test their IQs?" Rioto sighs. But Geto isn't convinced, "Here is what I was told as there were witnesses who failed to solve your puzzles and a few who did. Let's go by them, shall we?"

Rioto didn't argue so Geto goes with the first one,

No matter how beautiful the _______ are, people will just wipe them out.

No matter how many times they get wiped away, we will never stop ________ the ________." "What was the answer to that question?" He said.

"Don't know," Rioto answers as he looks at the tray and looks up to Geto before looking away.

"Replanting the flowers. You put ice blocks containing letters for others and the number of words on the wall, but most can't solve it. Yet in that puzzle room, there seems to be a garden next to it that might give someone a hint, like Yuta, for example."

"Good for him." Rioto rolls his eyes, not caring about it. Geto lets out a soft exhale, "Here's the next one."

Crying because you care is a totally different matter. I don't _____ anyone who never cries; that's my philosophy

Rioto narrows his eyes but doesn't reply. Geto answers, "The answer is trust."

Then the third one.

Humanity alone possesses a God. The power to transcend the now… the inner God called '___________.

"What was that answer?" Geto asks him. Rioto sighs, "Ask that guy, he figured it out, didn't he?"

"Do you know the answer?" Geto asks. Rioto answers, "Yeah...Possibility."

"Possibility," Geto repeated the word, finding this quote very interesting. "I think it's an interesting quote..." He tells him truthfully. "Can you tell more about it?"

"Like what?"

"The idea of an inner god. Do you believe that you have an inner god, Rioto?"

"Not literally," Rioto explains, crossing his arms. "It's the idea that humans can do anything. It's more than we're just more than what we are, you know? Lots of possibilities to transcend." He said. "That's what I like about it. It didn't matter if you're a sorcerer, non-sorcerer, member of a clan or not a clan member, or if you're alpha, beta...or omega." He explains. Geto raised his eyelids slightly at this before smiling.

"What? Why are you smiling now?" He asked him, now annoyed.

"I find the reason behind the quote very genuine," Geto says it honestly. "Is it right to say that you want to show others that you can transcend with the inner god that is Possibility?" He tells him. Rioto frowns but slowly nods as he looks at the tray. Geto stopped eating for a moment.

"Then that's a good puzzle if I say so myself." He tells him, with his hands folded. "Most sorcerers struggled with this concept. I don't think most will figure it out. Most sorcerers are arrogant or despondent. They lose sight of things. A certain few will figure out this puzzle. Can you tell which show you watch that inspires you with that quote?"

Rioto turns to the side then answers, "Gundam. Gundam Unicorn."

Geto leans back now, "Gundam. The mecha show?" He asked, surprised by this. Rioto nods, "It's a good show. Gundam...is good where it shows that, despite the bad things that pilots go through, they make sure to transcend for themselves and the people they care about. They have many shows....in different universes that show humanity in the face of war, conflict, and despair by showing how the Gundam pilots use mechas."

Geto became silent at this as he thought about this. "Then...Rioto, do you believe yourself as a Gundam pilot?" He asked him. Rioto scoffs, "No. I mean..I haven't made a mecha yet." There is a small smile tugging at his lips. "If I did, I wouldn't be here."

Geto hums, trying to figure this out but he doesn't assume anything first. Because there is one more phrase that got Geto interested. "Then let's talk about the final phrase."

All I want is for people to _________ each other. Without that, even if they do expand into space, new conflicts will arise. And that would be a very ___ thing

Rioto stays silent as he didn't answer this. Geto continues, "This one stands out to me, and Yuta manages to solve that one as well. Why these phrases?"

"Just to mess with people?" Rioto answers in a matter-of-fact.

Geto hums, "And this is from Gundam?" "Yes. All of the phrases..." Rioto answers. Geto pauses for a moment, "Rioto, correct me if I'm wrong. Were you making these puzzles because you want someone to figure them out...?"

"What the heck would I want someone to figure them out?" Rioto frowns.

"I believe that the last two answers for the fourth puzzle are...'understand' and 'sad'." Geto replied. "What is the reason behind that puzzle, Rioto?" He asks them.

"Like I said-" "I know, but why? Why this puzzle? The other puzzles show me that you wanted something out of this. It's more than just figuring out who's smart and who's not. It's more of reaching out to someone that you can relate to..." This time, Rioto narrows his eyes and he closes his hand into a fist. "What are you implying?"

"I'm saying that you're using the puzzles to find someone-"

"No. I don't." Rioto is shutting that down and making sure to clear this up. "Like I say, it is messing with people. Like you said, most sorcerers are arrogant and depressed, so I use that very thing against them. Their dumbass mindset. Nothing more, nothing less." He frowns at Geto with his arms closed and looks at the Geto's tray again. The man closes his eyes, getting what he needed for today. Any more questions might make Rioto not talk anymore.

"Alright then. It seems like we have been talking for over an hour," He checks the time. Maybe this is a good time to end this first session, but first...there is something to confirm before he leaves.

"Also, I need you to take a bite of your lunch. I won't force you to eat it all, but you should eat so you can become well." Geto tells him. "Not eating might make you weak, and it will make your FOS worse." He tells Rioto, who frowns at this.

"If I don't eat?" Rioto asked. Geto frowns a little, "Like I said, I can't force you, but for everyone's consciousness, please eat." He tells him to which Rioto scowls but then thinks about it, looking over to Geto's tray. Everything is half-eaten. "So you won't leave until I eat huh?" Rioto asked.

"....."

Then a rumble is heard from the winter lord's stomach, making Rioto's face turn red, which makes Geto smile.

Damn it! If that's how it's going to be, then... Rioto thought as he has an idea to how to get around this.

"Fine. But on one condition, give me your tray. I'm going to eat from yours." Rioto tells him. Geto blinks, but then he stares at him, processing what he said. Rioto stands his ground on this, "It's that or I starve." He said. Geto closes his eyes, "Very well." They switched trays. Rioto uses the chopsticks from his own tray and starts to eat Geto's tray. He goes to eat.

Geto watches Rioto eat while mulling over his responses and answers. He thinks. "Anyway...it's good to see you eating."

"Uh-huh," Rioto answers as he continues to eat. He got enough information, but he needs to conduct more sessions with Rioto to formulate a treatment plan for the boy.

"That said, let me leave you alone. I will see you again tomorrow, Rioto." Geto said, getting up and taking the full tray that used to be Rioto.

Rioto chews as he looks up to Geto. He looks down and continues to chew. Geto takes his leave while Rioto eats. In Rioto's mind right now, 'Huh...the food is pretty good..' Rioto thinks, but doesn't think anything of it.

------- 1 hour later ------

"He hasn't eaten his food again?" Gojo asked as Geto is with him now. "Well...not his tray but from mine. Nonetheless, it's a good step."

"So what do you learn?"

"Rioto is protecting himself from the world." He said. "The only people he can trust are his creations and nothing else. It's most likely that he has been hurt too many times from being an omega. And yet..."

"Hmm?"

"He wants to accept others, but in his own way. He said that the puzzles he designed were to discern which ones to watch out for and which ones he can easily take down." Geto said. "However...at the same time, he wants to find out the nature of people who are entering his dungeon and passing the levels."

"In a way, the mammoth serves that purpose in filtering people who are not worthy in Rioto's eyes. The ones who get passed the Mammoth will encounter new challengers, and the puzzles help to gain an understanding of a person's personality and goals."

"And also, Rioto allows himself to prepare. He wanted to see what sort of opponent he would get."

"So...the kid is just bored out of his mind? When I asked Yuta about the puzzles. He said there are ones that stand out to him. And now you're saying that he got it from a series he likes. Gundam?" Gojo asked, looking to the side while holding his cola. "Now thinking about it, the puzzles using quotes from shows are like a deterrent too. Anyone who fails these puzzles ends up getting booted out of the castle."

"Indeed." Geto answers, "But also..it might sound cliche..I think he wants to find someone..."

"Someone?" Gojo questions.

"It's just a theory...but the more pressing matter is..." Geto sighs, thinking back to that Rioto wants his tray and starts to get a sense of why Rioto hasn't been eating these past two days. The way he waited for a moment, and he did see that Rioto took a few glances at his tray.

"Hm?"

"I truly believe that Rioto was drugged before..."

Gojo became silent at that news, to which Geto sighs, "And we have to address this sooner or later; we need to find a thoughtful way about that."

Uncomfortable silence fills the room as they know what it means, so they need to focus on what to do on their next steps moving on.

It's a normal day at Jujutsu High, Yuji and the other three, Kisho, Megumi and Nobara came back from their mission and are now hanging out in the classroom. They heard from Principal Yaga that Taz is on a mission with Miko and Yuria to exorcise a grade 3 curse as part of training.

As they talked and laughed, Gojo-sensei walks in, "Hi there, my adorable students!" Then he looks around, "Wait...Taz, Miko and Yuria?" He asked.

"Out on a mission. A grade 3 curse." Megumi answered. Gojo hums, "That's okay! I brought a cute doll for Taz! I just found in a shop and it looks so cute!" Gojo laughs.

"Are you doing this because the principal gives her better gifts?" Megumi asked. Gojo lets out a gasp, "Of course! I'm not jealous! My Taz always brings me sweets whenever I ask. She's so thoughtful that I can't help in getting something for her!" Gojo smiles happily. "Anyway! I got to do something! A quick job! So I'm going to leave this bag! Can you four look after this for me?! Just don't bring it out of the bag! I want to see Taz's face when she sees it." He smiles.

"Sure can do, Gojo-sensei!" Yuji smiles, happy to hear Gojo got something for Taz. She deserves it after all.

"Okay! Later~!" Gojo said in a singing tone as he leaves out of the room with a wave. Now it's just the bag and the four students.

"So Gojo brought something for Taz, huh?" Nobara smiles.

"It's the least he can do!" Yuji said cheerfully.

"I just wish Taz would stop buying cakes for him..." Megumi sighs.

"Oh come, Fushigoro, Taz says he doesn't mind it." Kisho said. "She and Gojo have something in common, both love sweets! Taz always says that she is glad to have a teacher who loves sweets just like her. She always shares with him."

"Still...I feel like he's taking advantage of her." Megumi grumbled, shaking his head, "Every time he asks, she never says no."

"Hey now! Like Kisho said, Taz doesn't mind it." Yuji said. "Although, I do get worried if Gojo gets any cavities from that. And I always ask her about it and she says no." He said.

"You both are worried about nothing! Taz will be fine!" Nobara crossed her arms and then she smirked, " But you know~" She smiled mischievously, "I want to see what kind of toy that Gojo brought."

"Huh?! He said don't bring it out of the bag!" Yuji reminds her.

"Come on! Aren't you at least curious about what kind of toy it is? We can just put it back like nothing happened!"Nobara argued.

"I'm with Nobara on this one!" Kisho said. "I want to see it too!" He said as his spirit companion, Eito chirped with curiosity.

"It's just going to be another cute doll. Almost the same as Eito here." Megumi points out. Eito tweets in a disagreement to which Kisho says, "Yeah! But not all dolls are plushies!" He said, crossing his arms.

"I don't know guys..." Yuji said.

"Come on, Yuji! You can be the judge if the toy is right for her or not!" Kisho encourages him to join in. Yuji sighs and concedes. "Okay! But once we take a look at it, we're putting it in back before Gojo or Taz comes back."

"Whatever. Do what you want." Megumi said with a sigh, not minding this. He won't admit that he is also curious so all four are in agreement. However, in the next few moments, none of them is prepared for what is in the bag once Nobara pulls it out. The moment that Nobara pulls the doll from the bag. All four faces blinked and turned pale, seeing the object in Nobara's hand.

"Eh?" Nobara blinked stupidly.

"No way..." Megumi begins.

".Hold on.." Yuji trying to process what's he seeing and hoping his eyes aren't playing tricks on him.

"Is that uh..." Kisho begins.

In Nobara's hand, it's a purple cat doll with wide smile with beady eyes and has a long tail. A sudden memory came to mind when they recalled one of Miko's friends, Hana and her ghost stories. One of them involved a toy factory rumored to have kids turned into toys. Not only that, there was one toy that was recalled and it had a disturbing cartoon commercial.

A Catnap doll.

They remember the news talking about this.

Strange and violent nightmares.

Recall.

Your kids. Are. Not. Safe with Catnap.

"......."

A moment passes and then, "AAAAH!"

The three Yuji, Kisho, and Nobara are now screaming making Megumi wince his eyes at the volume of sheer terror from their voices. Nobara throws the doll against the wall. They are now freaking out. Eito is squawking and flying around in a panic.

"What the hell?!" Megumi cursed.

"OH GODDD! I TOUCHED IT!! I TOUCHED IT! EWWWW!" Nobara cried, waving her hands in disgust.

"WHY DID SENSEI HAVE THAT?!" Yuji cried, putting his hands on the sides of his head as he can't believe this.

"NO! THE QUESTION WE SHOULD BE ASKING WHY DID HE BRING THAT HERE!?" Kisho yelled, pointing at Catnap with fearful eyes.

The sudden noise got Sukuna out of his slumber and wondered what is the commotion.

"What the fuck?! It's 2 in the afternoon! Shut up, I'm sleeping! What the hell are you all yelling about?" Sukuna asked annoyed.

"Gojo-sensei brought Catnap to the school!!" He answered with fright.

"Who?!" Sukuna had to open his eyes underneath Yuji's eyes to see what the hell he was looking at. Then he widened his eyes to see the cat doll on the floor, looking at him and the students with its wide grin and black beady eyes. Memories already flood his mind thanks to that cursed commerical.

"OH HELL NO! You gotta be shitting me! Six Eyes brought this thing here?! Has he lost his fucking mind?!"

"I don't think he knows!" Kisho replied. "What should we do?!"

"We can't let Taz see this! Or have Gojo give this to her!" Nobara said, shaking her head. "Nope, Nope. NO WAY!" She yelled.

"S-she's right! I won't let my little sister get this...this thing...it will give her nightmares!" Yuji replied.

But the question is, who's going to get rid of this.

"Nobara! You get rid of it." Kisho begins.

"HA?!" Nobara exclaimed at Kisho in disbelief, "No way!" She jabs a finger at Kisho's chest, "I already touched it! I'm not going to touch it againt! How about you go! Set it on fire!" Nobara pointed at it frantically.

"Do you forget that thing can spray?! I don't even know if it's flammable or not! What happens if I commit arson by accident?!" Kisho said. Megumi curses under his breath, shaking his head.

"Okay! Yuji, you go!" Nobara pointed.

"Huh?! Why me?!" Yuji gasped.

"Don't you care about Taz???" Nobara questions.

"I do! But...what if I squeeze it and the spray stuff comes out?! BESIDES! You're the one who started this! You go get rid of it!" Yuji yelled.

"WHY ME?!" Nobara cried.

"Oh my fucking- you damn brats! Can ONE of YOU get rid of this accursed thing!" Sukuna complained as he couldn't believe what he's hearing.

"You guys are unbelievable." Megumi rolls his eyes and stands up from his chair, "I will do it. Besides...the doll sprays from its mouth if you pull its tail." Megumi goes to get the doll off the floor. "We just need to trash it or something then we can explain to Gojo why Taz can't have this doll without her knowing." He said, leaving the class.

"Good plan." Yuji, Nobara, and Kisho said in unison, liking Megumi's simple plan.

The other three are following now him in the hallway. Megumi is going to trash this, tell Gojo when he comes back — probably show him the commercial so he can see where they're coming from and Taz won't know about the doll-

"Hey guys! We're back from our mission!" A happy voice is heard, making the four freezes in their feet.

"Shit!"

Megumi quickly hides the doll behind his back and hisses lowly at the three to do something. Yuji goes to take the doll quickly and throws it across the hall and out the window. Thanks to Yuji's quick thinking and excellent reflexes, Taz Hellion and the girls, Yuria and Miko don't notice a thing.

"Hi lil sister, how's the mission?" Yuji quickly said, flashing her a smile.

"It was good! Me, Yuria, and Miko exorcised the curse! Miko did a great job!" Taz said.

"Did she now?" Kisho smiles now, putting on his best smile. "How did you do, Miko?"

"It's thanks to Anaconda. He beat it and it's all thanks to Yuria backing us up with her Spirit Gun and Taz distracting it." Miko said. Yuria smiles. "Yeah! It was great! I felt like a sorcerer already!"

"Good for you guys! We're so proud of you!" Nobara nods her head. Then Taz takes a sniff, making the four sweatdrops.

"Is that lavender?" She said, taking a sniff at the air. "What is that? It smells like-"

'Shit! Taz's nose!' Megumi thought.

'This is bad! Really bad!' Yuji thought, freaking out.

'How are we going to explain this?!' Kisho thought.

"Oh! I dragged the boys to a perfume store after the mission. There was this lavender scent and I like it!" Nobara said. "I was thinking of buying it but I love the rose perfume more!" She explained. This made the boys grateful for Nobara's quick answers.

"Thank you, Nobara Kugaski!' All three said in thought, forever grateful.

Taz smiles. "Oh okay! Lavender smells really nice! It helps me sleep!"

This got the four more tense.

"Hmmm...I was thinking we should get a scented candle now thinking about it." Said Miko with a smile.

"Good idea!" Taz said as Yuria nodded. "Anyway! We're going to get washed up. See you later!" Taz said as she and two other girls walked off. After the girls are out of sight, the four are now in clear.

They let out a loud relieved sigh.

"Oh god! That was close!" Yuji said.

"Way too close!" Nobara said.

"Tell me about it!" Kisho said.

"We need to find that doll and put it in the trash. Itadori, where did you throw it?" Megumi asked.

"Uhhh...." Yuji blinked. "Out the window? I think?"

"You think?" Kisho questions. Yuji frowns, "Hey! I am not going to let Taz see that doll! What would you do if Miko saw it?"|

"Hold on! Me and Miko aren't like that, okay!" Kisho retorted but slumped his shoulder when the three raised a brow at him, "But I see your point.." He sighed. Megumi shakes his head and goes to go to the window that Yuji threw Catnap into. It was outside so the four looked for the doll. But it is not found.

"Jeez, how hard did you throw it?" Nobara said.

"Enough for sis not to see it," Yuji said. Several minutes later, no sign of the catnap doll. Megumi sighs, "We can find it later, sooner or later. We need to tell Gojo about this."

Yuji wonders and asks the King of Curses, 'Hey Sukuna, do you think Catnap has any cursed energy.'

'Yes but I don't know how much it is since all of you were freaking out. It's like it has some leftover residue but that's all I can tell. Kinie could of picked up the scent but the smell of lavender might of been a cover." Sukuna theorized. "Also I don't think it's a threat.."

Good to know. Yuji said.

"Just to make sure, how about we get your shikigami to sniff it out." Kisho suggested. Megumi makes a face. Kisho had his hands up, "Just want to make sure, okay? It would be easier besides...that thing has lavender smell on it. Even Taz says so herself. Eito can smell it too."

Eito chirps in agreement.

Sighing, Megumi made a shadow puppet with his hands and summoned his Divine Dog Totality to track down the doll. But then...the dog goes to track right back into the building. The four became confused until they reached the classroom. They open the sliding door and what's there is Catnap is sitting upright on the teacher's desk. The four sorcerers became unnerved by this.

"Uh...Yuji...you did throw out the window, right?" Kisho asked, making sure. Yuji slowly nods, "I did."

"SO WHY IS IT THERE???" Nobara and Kisho shouted, freaking out.

"I DON'T KNOW OkAY?!" Yuji cried as he is also freaking out. Then the doll drops to the side, taking another scream out of the three. All of them hide behind Megumi shaking and scared. The black-haired teen growls and shakes his head,, "Must be Gojo messing with us again!" He said, snatching the doll off the desk. They're seriously taking this thing to the trash. There's no way Gojo would think this is cute. This is a dumb prank of his.

Megumi goes to the nearest biggest recyclable bin and throws the doll into it before closing the lid.

"There? Are we all happy?" He asked the three. The three nodded. "Good. Once Gojo gets here, we will be fine." Megumi said.

---

But it wasn't fine. Tonight is where things get really disturbing. Night falls as everyone is in their rooms, resting.

Yuji is watching a movie with Jennifer Lawerence in it and then...he hears scratching noises.

Weird scratching sounds.

At first, Yuji thought it was some raccoons. But he had to remind himself. Since when Jujutsu High had raccoons? He checks around his room and there is nothing. The scratching has stopped. Yuji sighs. Must be Eito and Kisho again. Or something.

There's no way that Catnap is making trouble, right? He has been thrown in the garbage. Sukuna said it's not a threat.

Yuji shakes his head. Just a stupid ghost story. It's way too convenient to be real. Megumi said that it must be Gojo playing tricks on them. But then...Gojo-sensei hasn't come back to collect the bag and he called Megumi that he won't be back till tomorrow morning. Megumi didn't get a word in because Gojo hung up. It's gotta be a prank. It's gotta be.

He goes to play the video again and then a few seconds, the scratching continues. Yuji tries to ignore it but it is getting incessant right now.

Yuji is annoyed and looks out at the window, "Okay..knock it off-"

But words are caught in his throat as he sees pure white eyes within the dark sockets of a purple feline with a Cheshire grin looking at him in the bushes outside the window.

Catnap.

"AAAH!" Yuji falls off from his bed and looks outside. It is gone.

"Oh my god...Sukuna, did you see that?" Yuji said.

"I did. What the fuck?" Sukuna cursed.

"Can you switch with me so you can check it out?"

"Sur-wait a second! Why am I checking it out? How about you check it out???" Sukuna yelled.

"Because you're the curse!" Yuji whispered.

"And you're the sorcerer!" Sukuna bites back. Yuji grumbles, "Yeah..but..I don't want to go out there alone..."

"Brat...we share the same body, mind you...I'm the King of Curses and you're scared of some creepy little doll?"

"It's not a just doll. It's Catnap!" Yuji hissed. Sukuna groans. Over a freaking doll. I swear to Buddha...'

"Just get Megumi and Kisho." Sukuna tells him. Yuji goes to do that, he leaves his room and is now onto the hallway. Yuji takes a breath and goes to knock on Megumi's door. "Fushigoro? Are you there?" The door creaks open making Yuji tremble a bit. He peeks in. Megumi isn't there, the room is dark. Where is Megumi?

Then a hand lays on his shoulder making Yuji scream in fright, backing up.

"Woah! Yuji! It's me!" Kisho said as Eito chirped on his shoulder. Yuji is gasping and taking breaths, looking at Kisho wide-eyed. "Don't scare me like that, Kisho!"

"Sorry!"Kisho apologizes, backing up with his hands up. "D-did you heard it too?"

"What?"

"The scratching. The weird noises." Kisho asked, looking scared.

Yuji nods, "Yeah I did." To which Kisho lets out a 'whew' and is glad that he isn't going crazy. "The one causing it is that cat," Yuji added.

"You don't mean...."

"What are you guys doing up?" A voice is heard and two boys scream and hug each other in terror. But the two blinked to see Megumi who is twitching an eye. "Do you have any idea what time is it? What in the world are you two doing?"

"Fushigoro!" Kisho and Yuji were smiling with relief. Yuji goes on to explain, "It's Catnap! He was outside my window, looking and staring at him!"

"What?" Megumi said.

"It's true! We have been hearing weird sounds. Scratching and other weird sounds! Eito says that there's something in the bushes outside our rooms" Kisho said.

"And outside! I saw Catnap!" Yuji said. "He had white glowing eyes and I saw him in the bushes!"

Megumi groans, "You two! You guys are allowing this to get to you!" He said.

"No! Sukuna says so! Sukuna saw it too and said it has cursed energy!" Yuji said.

"Then it's a cursed object." Megumi said. "Why didn't you said anything?" He questioned.

"Well..because..Sukuna says it's not a threat and it has leftover residue." Yuji answered. Megumi shakes his head, "Look...the doll is still there in the trash can. Let's get it and-"

"Get it?! All we know is that it's still out there and not in the trash." Kisho cuts him off. "We need to find it and exorcise it! Even Wilson is getting antsy!" He said as a goat lets a bleat.

Megumi frowns, "Then how are we supposed then..." A phone rings, and someone is calling him. Megumi takes his phone out and sees Nobara is calling. He answers and puts it in the speaker, "What's up?"

"Fushigoro! Something is outside my room! It had white eyes!"

"Oh god..." Kisho utters while Yuji widens his eyes.

"And it's purple! I think it's...there. Shit! We should have exorcised it. You and the other two guys gotta come over! NOW!" Nobara said urgently.

"Kugasaki, calm down! We-"

"It was outside Taz's room when she wasn't looking! She was talking to me and I saw it outside her window! I thought I was going crazy but...god...I saw it again!"

That was enough to get the boys over. The boys ran over to the girls' dormitory with Nobara waiting.

"Where's the doll?" Megumi asked.

"Is little sis okay?" Yuji asked, looking worried.

"And the girls?" Kisho added that he is also worried as well.

"Taz is sleeping like a log. Yuria and Miko are hanging out, talking with Hana on a video call. Both don't know what's going on. And I don't know where it is." Nobara said. "I'm freaking out while trying to stay calm and I don't want to freak the other three out." She said.

Megumi nods, "Okay." He goes to summon his divine dog and tells his shikigami to find it. The dog went outside but nothing. The dog whimpers. Eito chirps.

"Eito says something was here but it isn't here anymore. Totality can't find it." Kisho said.

"Where did it go?" Yuji asked.

"What are you guys doing?" The four became startled and looked to see Yuria in her pajamas. "Oh hey! Yuria! What's up?" Kisho laughed.

"Okay? But what are you three doing here?" She asked, raising a brow at them. Who is going to tell her that Catnap is here on campus?

"Oh! Nobara asked us because...there's a roach."

Nobody. The four would rather keep this under wraps before creating a widespread panic that Gojo-sensei brought a creepy doll that is the infamous Catnap that is now on the loose.

"A roach?" Yuria asked, almost looking disgusted. "Yeah! She called us in because she saw it and she called us so you three don't have to worry about it!" Kisho explained. Megumi and Yuji nodded in agreement, going with this story.

"Yeah, it's true! It was so nasty! It had wings!" Nobara said.

"Ugh! Gross! Did you two catch it?!" Yuria asked.

"Eito did!" Kisho grins as Eito chirps in confirmation. Yuria sighs, "Oh that's good then. I don't think I want to see a roach." She said. "Never mind a cursed one." She gagged. "Anyway! I'm glad you three are here!" She smiles.

"Hahahaha! Yeah! No problem! We guys always want to help the ladies!" Kisho smiles. Yuria laughs but then thinks, "Well..I hope you get rid of the rats too. We were hearing sounds." Yuria sighed.

"Rats?"

"Yeah scratching sounds but Miko's shikigami scared them off." Yuria shrugs. "Not a big deal. I can handle rats than roaches."

That's concerning but Kisho doesn't want to show. "That's great! Let us know if it continues!" He smiles. Yuria nods and heads back, "Night!" She said, closing the door behind her.

"Oh god...this thing is now stalking us.."Kisho's voice is now trembling. "We gotta do something! We need to do something! I think it wants vengeance!"

"Vengeance?!" The three repeated.

"Think about it, we throw it not once but twice then we throw it in the trash, and call it all sorts of names! I mean...what if it's a kid turned into a toy like Hana says and we all treat it like crap. Now it wants payback and this is just beginning- and, and-oh god...it's going to come for us ALL-" A smack is heard.

Kisho was slapped across the face by Megumi who then grabbed his collar, "Pull yourself together, Kisho!" He shakes his him, "We're going to find the doll and get rid of it properly! We're not going to die, okay?!"

"M-megumi is right!" Nobara nodded. "We all need to calm down. It's just the doll wants us to freak out and we can't give it what it wants!" She said.

"Yeah! It's just one doll! We're jujutsu sorcerers!" Yuji exclaimed. Kisho blinks and nods, "Right. We're jujutsu sorcerers! We won't let this doll get to us!"

"That's the spirit!" Nobara grins.

"Yeah! We're going to make sure that Catnap doesn't get to Taz." Yuji said. Kisho nods, "And Miko and Yuria!" He said. Okay, time to find Catnap now. They will search from top to bottom to find it. So far, Totality barks, and Eito chirps.

Both Shikigami found it and are tracking it down to the classroom. The classroom where they left the bag.

"Is it here?" Megumi asked. Eito chirps, conversing with Totality to which he lets out a small grunt. "Eito says It is here..." Said Kisho. They looked around but the room was dark so Nobara went to turn on the light since it was too dark.

The light is on and they look for everywhere. But Catnap isn't there. The only thing they can see is the board. It was written in chalk with a scribbling message.

"I was Here."

Eito squawks.

"I know, I know. No need to freak out." Kisho said. "What is Eito saying?" Megumi asked. Kisho translates, "Eito says he has been here!" He said.

Yuji glares, "This thing is messing with us!" He said. Nobara sighs.

"Tell me about it!" Kisho said with his back turned, looking at the board. The three widen their eyes and Eito widen his eyes at this. "I mean....he must been here to send us a message and have us-"

"Kisho..." Nobara's tone became weird as if she was scared.

"What?" Kisho blinked.

"Your back." Yuji begins.

"My back?"

"It's on your back!" Nobara screamed. On Kisho's back, there is a purple thing on his back and stuck on them. Catnap slowly turns its head and looks at the three with its' grin and black beady eyes.

"What's on my back?! Guys?!" Kisho yelled, asking.

"Stay still, Kisho." Megumi said lowly. "Do. Not. Move." He said. Kisho wondered what it was on his back then he felt something crawl on his back. Kisho felt something on his shoulder and he looks from the corner of his eye. He sees Catnap who cackled.

"AAAAH!"

"Kisho! Stay still!" Megumi yelled. "STOP MOVING!"

"GET IT OFF! OH GOD GET IT OFF! IT'S CRAWLING UNDER MY SHIRT!" Kisho is crying as Catnap is now under his shirt, moving everywhere. Nobara goes to hit where Catnap is but ends up hitting Kisho instead.

"NOBARA! OW!"

"Hold still then!!" Nobara gritted her teeth, holding her toy hammer. Then Yuji kicks him in the back and sends him to the floor, thinking he got Catnap.

"OW! YUJI!" Kisho cries.

"I'm SORRY!" Yuji cried.

"God damnit!" Megumi goes to pull Kisho's shrit up and Catnap isn't there. The light flickers.

Totality let out a bark and all four sees Totality brought down and snores with Catnap on top.

"What the fu-" Megumi is cut off as Catnap leaps. Leaps on top of Yuji's head. The pink-haired teen screams, "AAAAHH!"

"Oh god, oh god, oh god!" Kisho yelled as they saw Catnap on top of Yuji's head and bonking on him. "SOMEONE GET IT OFF!" Yuji screams while the Catnap lets out a gaggling sound as if it's having fun at their expense. It's hard to get Catnap off Yuji. Even Sukuna is yelling, "YOU DAMN PEST! HOW DARE YOU LAUGH?!"

"Shit shit! Hold still! HOLD STILL!" Nobara said having nails in her hand.

Eito is squawking at it and starts to peck but the cat wraps its long tail and flungs him across the room, hitting Megumi in the face.

"EITO!" Kisho collects Eito from the floor and Megumi has enough.

Fuck this.

He tightens his fists into balls and lifts them both as if he was driving. What the? Kisho blinked. That's a hand gesture he never saw. What is this? Then Megumi shouts,

"With this treasure, I summon!- "

Then Catnap leaps from Yuji's head and onto Megumi's face. Kisho and Nobara were in shock as Megumi screamed, "DAMNIT! GET THIS LITTLE SHIT OFF ME!" He bumps into a couple of desks and chairs while Catnap is on his face.

"MEGUMI! STOP MOVING!" Kisho said as he saw Catnap trying to wrap his long tail around his neck but then Itadori stepped in after recovering from the bonks, "I got this!"

And makes the biggest mistake of his life, Itadori grabs the tail and pulls it.

"Pchit" A spray is heard silencing everyone.

The spray hits directly on Megumi's face. Everyone sweatdropped.

"ITADORI!" Megumi shouted.

"I'M SORRY!" Yuji cried, now crying and Megumi grabbed the back of Catnap and threw it across the room. The toy crashes through some books. Kisho and Yuji go to Megumi, "Are you okay! I'm so sorry!" Yuji apologized.

"I'm fine!"Then Megumi winces, "Damn it...that thing sprays me with something, and now...I felt...fuck.."

"You're saying that spray really puts people to sleep?!" Kisho said in disbelief as Yuji got Megumi, apologizing over and over. A gaggle is heard and Catnap emerges from the pile of books now, he then crawls over to them on fours. As if its scary sounds weren't enough, white eyes are looking at them. The eyes almost look human.

"GET TO THE CHOPPA!" Kisho shouted.

"WE DON'T HAVE A CHOPPER!" Yuji yelled.

"GET ON THE DESK!" Nobara cried.

All four are getting on the teacher's desk as the Catnap quickly crawls on fours towards them like a quick cockroach while making gaggling and laughing sounds. Megumi is coughing due to the spray while the three are freaking out, holding each other.

"Why did anyone make this thing?!" Nobara cries. "What is wrong with America?!"

"This thing is a curse! A CURSE!" Yuji yelled.

"What are we going to do?!" Kisho said, now crying.

"Can you calm down?! We need to figure out a plan! This thing is no lower than a grade 2!" Megumi said before coughing. "Fuck! Damn thing spray into my mouth!"

"I'm so sorry!" Yuji cried. Sukuna groans, "A plan?! You just need to squash this little infernal thing! And now it's laughing at us with that shit-eating grin!" He yelled as the Catnap lay there like a cat, not moving an inch only his eyes. Which is creeping them out.

"AND IT IS STARING AT US!" Kisho said while Eito was comforting them.

"What the fuck is wrong with you all? You're sorcerers and you're scared of this thing?!"

"Did you not watch the video?!" Nobara cried. "It brought down Megumi and his shikigami!"

Catnap lets out some red gas from his mouth in response, startling them.

"I'm still conscious. you know!" Megumi frowned. "And Sukuna is right! We are not going to get beaten by this thing! Now you pull yourselves together and -"

Footsteps are heard and a sliding door to the classroom slides open. "Guys? Is everything okay? I heard yelling!" Said the familiar petite with the orange marks on her right cheek.

At the doorway, it's Taz. Everyone froze. Not only Taz, but Miko and Yuria.

"What's going on? Y-you were all yelling." Said Miko.

"Yeah! What the heck-what is that?!" Yuria begins as he points at Catnap who turns its head at the girls. Taz Miko and Yuria blinked and pales, both took a huge step back.

Oh no! This is the worst! Nobara said.

"Get out of here!" Megumi shouted at the girls.

Catnap goes to crawl over to where Taz is. Taz looks at the Catnap and blinks her eyes at it. Catnap stays and looks up at her in silence. Taz stares at it.

"Sis!" Yuji said, now scared for her. The girl clasped her eyes and smiled with imaginary hearts coming off. "Awwww so cute!" Taz smiles. She walks then goes to pick up Catnap and pets it. Catnap purrs while Taz giggles.

Everyone suddenly faces fault, falling to the ground and twitching.

DID SHE SAID CUTE?!

"LIL SIS! NOOOOO!" Yuji cried so dramatically.

"That's cute?!" Megumi questioning Taz right now.

Kisho cries. "She has been brainwashed!"

Even Yuria and Miko were befuddled by this. Everyone can't believe what they're hearing! Taz giggles while Catnap mews.

"Yo! I came back!" Gojo-sensei arrives back, "I brought snacks!" Then he looks around, "Wow! What happened here?" He said, perplexed by this.

"Gojo-sensei! Look!" Taz said, holding up Catnap. Gojo smiles. "Oh! You found the present! I was meant to give it to you but my mission went on! Did you like it?"

"Uh-huh!" Taz smiles.

"Taz! Do you have any idea who that is?!" Nobara asked, questioning Taz's mental state.

"Well...yeah...but he looks so cute for some reason! He looks like a cat, he smells like lavender and flowers and he is so fluffy!" She said. "As long as you don't pull the tail, it's fine!" She goes to stroke Catnap's chin to which the doll purrs under her touch. To the others, Catnap looks like a creepy doll but to Taz, he looks so adorable in chibi kawaai form.

Even Kinie is questioning this.

"I'm going to take him to my plushie collection!" She said, now skipping away while holding Catnap to her chest with a giggle. The four see Taz holding Catnap where they can see his face.

They see his eyes narrow at the four with a mischievous glint of his white eyes, letting them know silently this is far from over.

Gojo laughs, "Wow! Can't believe she likes it! I thought the doll was a little creepy. But looks like she really likes it, I'm glad."

Upon hearing this, the five looked at their teacher with a look. Gojo blinked, "What is it?"

They exploded.

"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'VE DONE?!" Nobara yelled.

"THAT THING IS A NIGHTMARE!" Kisho shouted while holding a crying Miko.

"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING OF BUYING THAT FOR TAZ!" Yuji cried. "NOW SHE JOINED THE DARK SIDE!"

"HOW COULD YOU!" Yuria said.

"THAT THING SPRAY ME!" Megumi shouted. "Oh come on! She likes it! What's the problem?!" Gojo said, having his hands up.

"The problem is that you gave her a cursed doll!" Megumi said. Gojo stood there. "I mean...how is that different from when the principal gives her one?"

"UGGH!" The students groaned meanwhile Taz added her newest addition to the collection. "Good night, Catnap~! X3" She tells him.

Catnap purrs happily and goes to sleep soundly.

In Nagoya City, where the Oda clan ruled. Three middle-school delinquents are hanging out near the vending machine, vaping and talking about current events.

"Hey! Did you heard?" One delinquent said with messy bangs.

"What?" A second asked with a pompadour haircut.

"I heard some Oda demons went to Tokyo and got into a fight with some school, guys" He informs his two buddies.

"Huh?! How is that news, Jin?" Said the third who has bleached blue hair.

"Yeah! I bet the fraction already beat them up!"

"Yeah, but that's the thing...I heard one of the students there beat up Hayato the Wind Blade!" Said the man with the messy bangs named Jin talking to Seiya with the pompadour and Teru who has blue hair.

"Shit, for real? Whose is it?" Seiya asked.

"I don't know but there are rumors that it must be the Tiger of West High."

"Hah? Isn't the Tiger of West High from Sendai? The hell he's doing in Tokyo?" Teru asked.

"Maybe he must of move to Tokyo due to school or some shit." Said Seiya.

"I don't know, man. But I'm telling ya, it's a rumor. Don't know if it's real or not but I saw Hayato came back with a cast. So it's gotta be." Said Jin.

"You should keep quiet man, you can't let one of the Oda guys hear you, or else we get beat up. Besides! We're going to join them, remember?! We can't go in if we talk shit about their upper ranks!" Said Seiya.

"Yeah, yeah. Sorry!" Jin sighed.

"Hey, you three!" The three became startled as a voice calls them out. Shit! The three prepared themselves that it must be the Oda faction. But they were surprised to see something unexpected. A different group approached. A huge group. Three boys and three girls. What the? Jin narrows his eyes at this. Their uniforms. They seemed familiar but he couldn't pinpoint which.

"Yeah? Whaddya want?" Seiya said, looking at them with a scowl, didn't like to be spooked. But for some reason, Jin senses there's something is going on. The three boys and two girls look a bit pissed while one girl looks worried.

"Where can we find the Oda clan around her?" Said a brunette with her hands on her hips, frowning.

The three delinquents blinked at the group and looked confused. The tall dark one whose hair is spiky like a sea unchrin, crossed his arms, "Well? Do you?" He asked.

Then Teru goes, "You wanna know WHERE the Oda fraction is? You gotta be out of your damn mind!"

"Yeah! What business ya got with them?!" Seiya said. Is this another rival faction or what?!

"Something we need to talk about." Said black sea unchrin. The three look at the group like they're crazy. Because they know what a 'talk' means and it is anything but. Jin goes, "Man, if you wanna know. The Oda faction is in charge of pachikos, arcades, and some shitty loan sharks! You guys will be screwed-"

"It's fine." This time, Jin gulped and so did his friends. They see a guy with pink hair with an undercut. He has scars...under his eyes. That guy looks serious and had that look where you don't want to fuck with him. "So...where. are. they?" The pink-haired guy questioned.

"Er..well...they must be in one of the izakaya next to King Maō Parlor. That's their usual spot. Izakaya Bandai. You won't miss them." Said Jin with his two friends nodding in agreement. Then the pink-haired guy smiles, "Thank you." And so the group leaves with the foreigner girl saying a quiet thank you to them with a bow. The three delinquents look at each other, "Do you think?"

"Nah. Couldn't be it...." Then the three delinquents decided to go to iazkaya where the members of the Oda fraction hangs out.

----- Izakaya Bandai ----

Hayato and his teammates, Moudo, Iku, Shukaku, and Syuuta were hanging out. Hayato is eating his meal which is goyza. His favorite food along with some tomato juice and miso soup.

Iku is sulking. After his display at the Jujutsu High, he was punished and suspended from his usual activities for the time being He is drinking his coffee can. Shukaku is talking with Moudo and Syuuta about the meeting and Rioto.

"So..hold on. Rioto goes to a school for sorcerers. Jujutsu Sorcerers? The ones that beat Hayato?"

"Only one!" Hayato interjects. He will acknowledge Yuuji Itadori won fair and square so he needs to recover and train so it won't happen again. The other two don't count as much as he hates to admit.

Shukaku nods, "Yes. Only one and two gave Hayato some trouble." To which Hayato groans but keeps on eating, "Plus Iku..."

Iku clicks his tongue.

"Got defeated by a man named Sukuna, a demon inside Itadori Yuuji. He's seriously stronger than a normal demon! It got my tail between my legs." Shukaku smiles wryly. "But...Rioto went to the one in Kyoto and he told me that there are interesting humans there as well. One that manipulates blood, one that controls human-sized puppets. He called them cursed corpses, non-living objects." The boy continues, "Then there's one that can fly on a broomstick, and oh! There is one who claps his hands to switch objects and people's positions! He said it's disorienting. Almost like my ability!" Shukaku chuckles.

"What about the ones from Tokyo?" Syuuta said. Shukaku begins, "I saw three of them first hand and Rioto's intel proves to be correct. There is one named Fushguro which Rioto nicknames...Dark Lord who summons creatures from the darkness. Or rather....from my observation, he uses shadows as a medium to summon otherworldly creatures. So he isn't too far off." Shukaku chuckles.

"Guess Dark Lord fits, huh?" Syuuta laughed. Moudo speaks up, "And there's a girl who uses nails and hammers! She's really scary."

"Doesn't sound that scary! Nails and hammer?!" Syuuta hums. Shukaku chuckles, "Actually...she is. For some reason, her nails are imbued with cursed energy. Plus, I saw her carrying a straw doll. I was tailing the folks for a while...like a few hours and got a gist of their abilities. But the interesting one is Itadori, he is a fighter much like Hayato yet a human housing a cursed spirit like Sukuna. I wouldn't be surprised if this Sukuna is a demon. It makes me wonder why Sukuna hasn't Yuji signed a contract with him"

"Where is Rioto getting all this information from?"

"Most likely his idol, Daichi who doesn't mind telling him about it."

"You mean that cringed hero guy that Rioto watches every day?"

"That cringed hero guy bested Rioto in a duel. Rioto tells me that Daichi is as strong as his friends." Shukaku reminds him. "How long he's going to be there?" Moudo asked. Moudo likes Rioto. He's nice and helps him out with his mud-earth abilities. In a way, he looks up to Rioto as a fellow brother.

"Until he graduates..." Shukaku said. "But...it's not bad. He visits from time to time after he is followed for a moment. I made sure to erase any suspicion. Oh! I meet his friend, Kamo Noritoshi! He's pretty nice!" He said.

"Where's Rioto, anyway?" Hayato asked.

"With Oda as we speak." Shukaku smiles. The members of Oda were drinking and talking until they hear comottion from outside. Hayato stops eating and hears comottion. That smell.

Doors opened with two Oda followers thrown down onto the floor. Then several people came in. Hayato blinks while Iku is in disbelief before glaring, "Oh what the hell?"

"Eh?" Shukaku blinked and so did Moudo and Syuuta. Shukaku knows those faces. Speak of the devil...

"Where's Oda?!" Yuuji Itadori yelled.

"What the hell?" Hayato said, standing up. "What are you doing here?"

"Don't give us that! You came to our school, you creep!" Nobara shouted.

"Creep?!" Hayato growls, standing up now. "What the hell are you talking about?! We didn't do anything since the match!"

"You came to the girls' room and took their stuff!" Daichi yelled. Shukaku widen his eyes at this. But it isn't because his bangs are covering his eyes. "Wait what?' Moudo is shocked by this. Syuuta laughs, "Wow! Who are these punks?" He stands up. "Do you have any idea who we are?!"

"Um...Syuuta!" Moudo warns him. Syuuta laughs, not hearing Moudo as he walks over to the group. "You guys come here and accuse us of shit without proof. Who do you think are! Even if we, it's not girls like you! You ain't that pretty!"

"Um...Syuuta!" Shukaki goes to interject as Syuuta starts to manipulate water from his glass and starts to form at the top of his palm. Syuuta is wearing his beak mask and it opens, revealing sharp teeth. "Now how about you-"

BAM!

Several feet flying and Syuuta hits the wall. Syuuta with widen eyes made contact with the wall after Yuuji threw a punch to shut him up. Syuuta crashes onto the ground. "W-what?!" Syuuta asked stunned.

"Yeah.....sorry! Those are the guys we're talking about." Shukaku informs him.

"That's him?!" Syuuta yelled. Hayato grits his teeth, "I don't know where you get the idea like that but we didn't steal anything! Hell! I don't even come near your school!" Hayato said.

"Then explain this." Megumi shows Hayato a purple armband with the bright gold-yellow Oda crest on that. Shukaku raised a brow at this.

"I don't know anything about someone stealing and your girls' stuff!" Hayato said. "What kind of stuff did we steal anyway?!"

'You stole our panties and bras!" Noabra yelled. This silences the Oda faction as they look at them in disbelief.

"P-panties?' Moudo choked as Hayato's face turned red, "We didn't stole something like that! What the hell?!"

Iku scoffs, "Look at these stupid morons." Iku begins, getting most of Jujutsu High students to glare at Iku while Taz is worried. "Why in the hell do we have to go so much trouble to steal your underwear? That's the dumbest shit I ever heard. Do you hear yourself?"

"Then how do you explain the armband-"

"Maybe because you wanna find a fucking excuse to mess with us! Shit, we already apologize and now you come here with this?! Do you think we're the kind of people who do something like this?! If we're stealing something, it wouldn't be shit. It would be weapons and other important stuff."

"That's a good point." Megumi said coldly. "So you stole weapons?"

"Ha?! If we did, we will admit! But we didn't steal shit!" Iku points out, "if anything, it must be from your school and someone doesn't have the balls to fess up!"

"You bastard..." Yuuji is getting sick of tired of Iku's attitude. Iku stand his ground. He remember last time when he got hit. Not by this punk but that fucker named Sukuna. Of course, he is not in the mood to bring him out. But he did see one red eye under Yuji's eye as if daring him to say something to him.

"Okay then. Let me tell you this! First off, Moudo is too chickenshit to try that shit." Iku begins, so the other party can see some sense at least.

"HUH?!" Moudo blinked.

"Shukaku over here doesn't do that shit because he's not into that." Said Iku.

Shukaku nods, "Yep, yep! I wouldn't do that. I have standards!"

"Hayato is a skirt-chasing girl-obsessed dumbass."

"HEY!" Hayato yelled. But Iku continues, "But he won't cross a line of breaking into some girl's house and stealing someone's underwear. Hayato considered that some fucked-up shit!" The Oda members were surprised that Iku stood up for him. Yuuji widen his eyes slightly at him. The last time they met, Iku didn't want to apologize and blames Hayato entirely even if he had some part in it.

"AND! Syuuta over here just met you for the first time!" Iku jabs a finger at Yuuji's chest while jerking a thumb at a Syuuta who is being helped up by his squadron.

"As for me! That kinda thing is so fucking low, I don't do shit like that." Iku said. Shukaku adds, "And besides...wouldn't your school know who enters your school regarding that field spell?" He points out this with a question.

By field spell, they must mean the barrier that detects anyone passing through that has cursed energy. Demons carried cursed energy however...their other members either have low or no cursed energy.

Taz did tell her friend that the smell didn't come from any of the key members since the smell was new ever since the armband is discovered. So her friends suspect, it must be a non-demon member that Taz hasn't smelled before. But there is someone that can do this.

It couldn't be...right? She did say that Mineta was involved but when he did join the Oda clan? Maybe Mineta was hired to get panties. They need to get to the bottom of this.

"Hayato-sama!" A member of Hayato's squad barges in, "We got a problem!"

Oh now what...

"What is it?" Hayato asked.

"Someone is messing with our girls! Some guy tried hitting on one of them and kidnapped one! It's Tsuru! She got kidnapped!"

Kidnapped?! The jujutsu sorcerers thought.

"WHAT?!" Hayato shouted this time in anger, getting up from his seat. First the sorcerers, now this?! Today is not his day. Hayato goes to leave not before looking at Yuji and the others, "I will deal with this later but right now, I gotta save one of my own first! Also, I will track that fucker who went into your girls' rooms with my smell, deal?!"

Yuuji blinked but nods. "Okay....deal." He said,. Yuuji is a patient person and hearing that Hayato got mad that someone of their own got kidnapped, he can't get in between that. It's much bigger than stolen underwear. The two groups walked out and hoping Hayato keeps the end of his deal.

"You know...this reminds me of something..like a week ago" Shukaku begins to which Megumi looks over to him with a look. "What's that?" He asked before Shukaku went to explain the way there.

------ Somewhere -----

Inside a restaurant where they sell fried chicken. Two boys treat themselves on a job well-done One of them is Mineta, the infamous pervert known for stealing the panties of the opposite sex. He and Bradley are with two other boys who are of a similar mindset.

"I told you the plan worked didn't it?" He said. Mineta laughs as his new friend, Bradley is laughing. Both clink their glasses together while Bradley has his arm wrapped around a fair-skinned beautiful girl in a school uniform with brown short hair wearing a feather hairclip who is uncomfortable being here.

"Yeah...I couldn't believe it. I didn't think that planting an armband you took off from a gang like that would work. We haven't been caught yet!" Mineta said as he had the goods in his bag. The goods he nabbed from the Jujutsu High girls.

"Yeah! I told you it's a smart move! Nobody will know it's us. Once they find it, they're going to go down and fight them!" Said Bradley with a grin. "Instead of us!"

"Anyway! How do you know those Oda guys?"

"Everyone in Nagoya knows about them! I came here in search of beauties and they stopped me! A guy named Hayato always taking the girls and the girls around here loved him! It pisses me off"

"Hayato?"

"Yeah! One time, I was messing around in a host club and that damn bastard stepped in and throw my ass out of there!" Bradley said. "I saw him again when I was asking some high school girls to hang out with me. Got my ass kicked again! So I got mad and came across one of their group, beating them up. Some of their members are so weak. Nobody knows who though but me!" Bradley laughed.

"Wow! You're a genius!" Mineta said with two boys nodding their heads in agreement.

"Yeah! I got my revenge and you got your goods! Hayato is going to be pissed when accused of stealing panties! That is going ruin that bastard's reputation with the ladies, alright. Hayato wouldn't let that shit down and beat the shit out of those Jujutsu High guys. Ain't I great, sexy?" He asked. The girl narrows her eyes, "You're disgusting."

"Hey! If you get to know me then you would be all over me. I don't get why you see in that guy, Hayato!" Bradley goes on. Tsuru glares at them but then her eyes light up, starting to smile, and to which Mineta and two other pervert pales.

"Uh......"

"I mean! I'm the toughest and the smartest. Those Jujutsu guys have no idea what we did! Mineta said that they're the scariest but to me, they're so dumb that their so-called magic didn't realize that we entered their school last night. I mean...what do they do? Curse people? It's so lame. Yeah, the girls were so cute, I can't help but take pictures of them." Bradley laughs.

"Hey...Bradley..."

"And you managed to snag the goods! I mean...we both got we what wanted. I bet those Jujutsu students had no idea that they were tricked into believing it. Not only that, I took into the fact that those two groups fought each other once over some girls! So yeah! I did it!" He laughs.

"Bradley!" Mineta starts to tremble in fear as two angry people stand behind a sitting Bradley too invested in bragging about his so-called executed plan.

"Saying what?"

"What?! It's true! Hey! You know! We should see the fight and see who owns it. After that, maybe I should snag that raven-haired cutie from that school, or maybe that brunette with the short hair or oh! That cutie with orange markings on her cheek! Or that blondie. She looks super cute! I wanna grope her a-"

"BRADLEY! STOP!" Mineta screamed with tears in his eyes. Bradley blinks, "What! I'm just saying-"

Bradely's words were caught in his throat as he slowly turned over to his shoulder, seeing two pissed-off guys. Hayato and a guy wearing a Jujutsu High uniform as he has pink-haired hair with an undercut fashion. Hold on...he sees this guy somewhere.

"W-wait...you're that guy from New York." Bradely stammered. Yuji glares at him. "Yeah. I never thought you were the one behind it. But I can't be surprised."

"Oh well...."

"You fucking little shit, you got some guts framing us." Hayato growls.

"And break into our school and try to trick us with that plan of yours by having us fight against the Oda guys!" Yuji scowls. And they're not the only ones. There were people from the Jujutsu High and Oda faction pissed off. Looks like they heard it all straight from Bradley's mouth.

"Oh yeah! That's the guy that my squad talked about. He snatches one of our armbands from us." Shukaku said in a cheerful voice. Megumi cracks his knuckles, "You don't say?" He said, glaring at the creeps right now.

"Heh." Bradley grins nervously while Tsuru snakes out of Bradely's hold. "Hayato! You're here! This creep groped us and took me to this place!" Said Tsuru holding his arm and pointed at Bradely angrily.

"Did he now? Don't worry, I got this." Hayato said, patting Tsuru on the head, assuring her that everything was going to be fine while baring his teeth at Bradley.

Sweating bullets, Bradley laughs now, "Oh come on! I was joking! I didn't mean all that. It was a prank bro! I-" A resounding smack is heard as Yuji smacked the shit out of Bradley. Out of his chair and onto the floor. Mineta screams, telling his friends to run.

"MINETA! GET BACK HERE!" Yuji shouted, seeing him run or rather crawl under the tables of people sitting there, causing panic to escape to the outside.

"No way! I won't get caught again! Not again!' Mineta thought because he didn't want to bear the full brunt of Itadori's fury. Bradley can deal with that!

But he and his accomplices didn't get very far. His escape route is cut off when a giant skeletal hand blocks his path in the alleyway. Mineta and his friends cried out in terror seeing a huge skull with glowing red eyes looking down on them. Iku is standing in their way, glaring at them with a sneer. "Think you can outrun us in our turf?" Iku said.

Megumi grabs one creep and knocks him out with a punch. Another creep that is like a lizard tries to scale the walls but Nobara hits that one with her nails using her hammer, impaling the lizard creep's sleeves to the wall Iku helps out by taking the lizard off the wall and drops him between the two angry sorceresses.

"This is what you get for taking pictures!" Nobara yelled, hitting the creep with her toy hammer. Meanwhile, Daichi keeps firing at Mineta which the little pervert hero student keeps dodging. "HOLD STILL! YOU LITTLE-!" He yelled as Eito squawked angrily. Moudo helps out by trapping Mineta in mud. Mineta gasps, "NO!" He yells before he got blasted by a fireball.

Meanwhile, Bradley tries to fight Yuji and Hayato off.

"You bastards! I ain't afraid of you! You never stop me from getting sexy women! I am HIM!!" Bradley activates his quirk by turning his arms into metal and preparing to duke it out against the two.

But he was no match for the unlikely tag team beatdown that Yuji and Hayato delivered. It was straight-up jumping to which Tsuru and Taz saw justice being served. Tsuru is cheering for Hayato while Taz hopes her big brother will be alright and win this fight.

"You piece of shit! Who do you think you are?!" Hayato hits Bradley with a whirlwind punch, making the pervert spin in the air.

"Take this, you asshole! How dare you do that to my little sister and my friends!" Yuji punches him in the gut making Bradley bounced across the ground roughly.

Both boys were cursing Bradley out while beating the shit out of him in the process. Soon, the one-sided fight is over and Mineta, Bradley, and their accomplices are rounded up and tied up with rope in the middle of the street. Beaten and scared.

----

"Ugh! I can't believe I have to buy another set of panties!" Nobara groans, glaring at Mineta and Bradley. Taz is upset while Maki comforts her. Tsuru goes to the girls, "I can help you guys buy new ones! I can show you some stores that sell them affordable and of good quality." She tells them.

"Please do." Said Maki. With that, the girls left with Tsuru leading the way. Now it's the boys taking care of this mess.

"What should we do with them, Itadori?" Megumi asked. Daichi is frowning, "We should curse them! Gojo-sensei gave us permission to beat them up."

"Hmmmm...." Yuji thinks. Already, he can hear Sukuna suggesting punishments for him to enact. Very visual and a bit gory for his taste.

"Now..boys...can we..." Bradley starts to negotiate but nobody wants to hear it.

"SHUT UP!" Three boys shouted at Bradley angrily. Mineta is shaking and is ready to cry.

"If I may...." Shukaku said. "How about you lend these troublemakers to us?" He suggested to the three sorcerers. Hayato nods, "Yeah! We can put these little shits to work!" He tells Yuji and his friends.

"After all...these guys think they're so smart that they thought their plan can work. Trying to mess with us both." Iku added. Syuuta nods. Now thinking about it, Yuji makes his decision. He looks to Hayato, "If you want them, take them. These guys brought trouble to your town and took your friend so I'm not against that, to be honest."

"Good." Hayato nods. "Anyway...nice...uh...bitchslap you give this creep! That was good."

"Thanks!" Yuji grins, "Also that whirlwind knock the air out of him! And oh! Sorry about barging in and accusing you of something you didn't do." He apologies.

"Eh. It's fine. I would be pissed too if something happened to my friends who are girls." Hayato said. After that match, Hayato did a lot of reflection. "Like Tsuru for example." Tsuru wouldn't like it if she knew what he did back at Tokyo. Ugh. Seeing Bradley reminds him about the bad choices he made. It really hit him personally.

Iku snaps his fingers for the Oda members to take Mineta, Bradley, and their two accomplices away.

"Wait! Where are we going?!" Mineta cries, panicking.

"Yeah! You can't do this!" Bradley yells. Shukaku chuckles, "Don't worry! You're going to pay for your crimes with some community service!"

"Meaning you guys...especially you two going somewhere far away that nobody will save you. Not even the pro-heroes." Iku smirks so evilly. This got Mineta and Bradley scared shitless. Mineta looks to Yuji and his friends, "Hey...hey! Come on, Yuji! I'm sorry! I promise I won't do it again! Think about my classmates! What will they think if I go missing?!"

"Yeah! Mineta is a pro-hero! He has friends." Bradley nods.

Yuji stared blankly at the two before sighing, "I will let Midoriya know. But you know? You two need to think about what you did" He said it.

"Midoriya might agree with us that you need help so this is a better time than ever." Said Megumi sternly. Daichi nods in agreement.

"Take him away," Megumi said. Iku grins. Bradley and Mineta were crying and pleading with the Oda members but their words fell on deaf ears as they were being taken away. And so this leaves, Hayato, Moudo, and Shukaku with the Jujutsu High boys. There was this awkward silence...

"So!" Shukaku smiles, "You guys must come a long way! How about you and your group stay for the night? We will offer to pay for the hotel!" He smiles at the group. Yuji, Megumi, and Daichi look at each other.

"You know! I'm kinda tired." Daichi replied to which Megumi sighed, "Fine." He shrugs.

"Okay! Why not? We can tell Sensei about it." Yuji smiles.

"Great! Follow us!" Shukaku gestured for them to follow. Hayato follows them along with Moudo. And so, the relationship between the Oda faction and Jujtusu High is the start of getting on good terms with each other after dealing with a common enemy. Bringing a truce between them.

As for Mineta and Bradley, they are forced to do hard labor by the Oda faction with Iku watching over them. "You miss a spot!"

"This freakin sucks!" Mineta cries.

"Don't worry...we will find a way out of here," Bradley said. Mineta huffs, "Yeah right!" As they continue to clean.

A camera is turned on revealing a peitie girl sitting on a comfy chair. She has medium-length hair in a messy ponytail on the side. She has three orange marks on the right side of her cheek.

"So.....Taz! Can you tell me what happened during your mission with Van Ink The Dragon!" The interviewer is behind the camera as the young man zooms in.

"Sure thing! But it's a crazy story!" Taz said. "It all started with Ink visiting me!"

----- Tokyo Jujutsu High -----

This month, Ink decide to pay Taz a visit as she wants to see how the youngest member of the team is doing. After hearing about her missions and seeing her sparring with her classmates. Ink never been so proud of her teammate learning so much. Taz's fellow classmates; Yuji Itadori, Megumi Fushigoro, Nobara Kugisaki and Kisho Hashimoto. They were all happy to see Taz so happy to meet Ink again.

Then one day, Gojo requested her to be on a mission to accompany her students to which Ink happily accepted. But before all that...let's look into the accounts of the students' impressions of Ink.

------ Yuji, Nobara and Megumi -----

"It's good to see Ink again! I heard about the story when she fought a spirit kraken and otherscool!" Yuji said. "I even got to spar with her!"

"Plus I love her jacket! Hell...her friends have some good fashion sense." Nobara asked. "She even brought me gifts because Taz told her of what he wanted. She is so cool!"

"Hm. She alright." Megumi said, "But she is very important to Taz. Ink is a good friend. But..."

Nobara and Yuji became silent.

"It's that sword of hers..." Megumi sighed to which Yuji and Nobara nodded vigorously.

----- Kisho ------

"Okay! So I was like so excited because this is Van Ink the Dragon we're talking about here!" Kisho Hashimoto aka Daichi Pheon-X as he is with Eito. The bird chirps in excitement, "I even got her autograph! Like holy shit" Kisho shows Ink's signature, it has an undecipherable signature. There were added initials of V.I.D but it has a cute doodle of a dragon, "She's the type of person I wanna be!

"I even saw her famous greatsword! Wyvern! Dude! It is like straight out of a Fantasy MMORPG game! It looks so cool!" Kisho said.

"I even took a picture with her!" Kisho gushed.

----- Maki Zenin ------

"Yeah, she's nice...." Maki Zenin pushes her glasses, shrugging, "She even let me hold her greatsword, Wyvern for a moment when I asked. I have to say. I never felt a sword like Wyvern before. It felt....I can't describe it. It's out of this world. I don't know why but it took a liking to me for some reason. It respects me. But you know I was surprised when I heard a rumor about it."

----- Panada and Toge ------

"She's super nice! I thought she would be wild. I remember seeing her when she almost burned down the school after trying the Jujutsu Spicy Curse Ramen challenge! But hey! The girl is super chill and cool to hang out with!"

"Salmon!" Toge Inumaki chirped in agreement.

"But I heard about a crazy rumor regarding that sword of hers! I heard what happened on a mission where she and the first-years went on." Panda said.

"Salmon." Toge nods.

-------

Following the events of the mission; the ones who went were Yuji Itadori, Megumi Fushigoro, Nobara Kugisaki, Taz Hellion, and Ink Vanguard. They were sent to deal with a curse haunting an old mall.

------ Yuji Itadori ----

"So I was with Ink one time. From what Taz told me...she really likes to fight!" He smiles. " During the mission, we were fighting curses and a big curse came! Look like some kind of Frankenstein! We were all fighting. Then Ink says.....something. Wyvern! Right! I know that's the name of her sword. Butt...."

---- Taz Hellion ----

"She forgot where she put her sword." She sighs. "I mean! I know! But..my friends didn't know about this....but...."

----- Nobara Kugisaki -----

"HOW DO YOU FORGET YOUR SWORD?!" Nobara exclaimed with her hands up as she can't believe. "Then she tries to call for it! I suspect something cool but..."

---- Megumi Fushigoro ----

"She calls it over and over again." Megumi rubbing his temples, mumbling a bit. He speaks, "Nothing happened and the sword still didn't come. She got frustrated and she yelled loudly. We were all watching and the curses too." Megumi shook his head. Noting how embarrassing and shocking that was. "I thought there was a 1st-grade curse that expanded its domain. But Taz told me...it happens."

Megumi pauses.

"I...don't how to respond to that." Megumi made a face.

----- Yuji -----

"And I heard a huge crash coming from the top. A boom sound! And I was like...what? Then what came crashing through the ceiling is Ink's sword! I was like 'Okay cool! Now we can get to see her fight for real!'" He smiles before he chuckles nervously.

"And I thought it would go straight to her hand like those main characters in an anime! BAM!" He smacks his hands together, "It hit her right on the forehead! She got knocked out and there was blood everywhere!"

"And I was 'Oh my god! Ink!" Yuji cried. "What happened?!"

----- Megumi ----

"I was seriously...worried right there. Yuji try to shake Ink awake and I was worried about Taz. And then...I looked towards Taz and she had that expression as if she knew it was going to happen."

----- Taz ----

"Whenever Ink calls for her sword, it always hits her in the face or nose," Taz said, twiddling her thumbs. "I told them...that happens! Like.... A lot...."

"I mean...I didn't like saying that because it makes Ink look bad. But Kinie was being mean and was laughing when it happened and she told Sukuna about it. Even Mister Sukuna laughed."

------ Flashback -----

That's not funny, Sukuna!" Yuji yelled. 'Stop laughing!'

It sure is! What kind of idiot has their OWN sword knocked them out! What an idiot! Sukuna howled with laughter as he rolled across his skull pile like a maniac. What the hell is that?! So much for Van Ink The Dragon! BWAHAHAHAHA! What a dumbass!"

"This happens, King. The sword has a bad habit." Kinie snickering.

"WAIT! IT HAPPENS?! LIKE EVERY DAY WHENEVER SHE SUMMONS IT?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!' Sukuna laughed even harder.

------ Nobara -----

"I...I....I....don't know what to think!" Nobara said. "I mean....it happens?! As if that's a normal thing?! Then does she beat someone if she gets knocked out?! HOW DOES THAT WORK?!"

------ Megumi -----

"Then Yuji said something to Sukuna about....."

------ Yuji ------

"I told him! If you're so better how about you hold the sword then! And...uh...this is where I messed up. Or rather....Sukuna messed up!"

"I didn't mess up!!" Sukuna said as his mouth appears on his cheek "That damn sword..."

------- Flashback-----

"Ha! Foolish demon brat!" The curse refers to Ink still on the ground who is knocked out. He switched and took over his body, "I will show you how a true demon handles a demonic weapon. The King of Curses himself!" Sukuna laughed as he went to grab the sword. He whistled. Not bad. He felt the power radiating from this sword. He never expected Ink to have a sword like this. He has to give this dragon brat some credit.

"Alright...you low-grade curse! I will be taking over and borrowing this weakling's sword." But the moment he swings. He misses.The trio blinks. Huh?!

Then Sukuna swings. He misses again. And again.

"Sukuna! Stop messing around-" Megumi said.

"I'm not.!" Sukuna said.

Sukuna narrows his eyes at this sword, he tries to pull it but for some reason, the sword gets heavy. Hold on...it is making itself heavy with cursed energy?!

"Hey! You sword! You're alive, aren't you?! Your so-called master is knocked out! What do you think you're doing?! I'm stronger than her! So I command you to obey me!" Sukuna commanded.

---- Yuuji Itadori with Megumi and Nobara------

"Okay! When me and Sukuna switched. The moment he tries to talk to the sword. it talk." Yuji said it which fills the room with silence.

"Wait really?" Nobara asked.

"Hm..." Megumi said.

"I'm not kidding! It talks! The sword really talks!" Yuji exclaimed, getting up from the sofa. "I can remember the voice in my head. It was so demon-like. Like...like...like those movies you watched, right? It had that gnarly sound, really sound garbled and when Sukuna try to order it around Ink was knocked out. It said...like this!"

-----

"WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU????"

Sukuna and Yuji widen their eyes at the voice. It's male, demonic, loud, and quite frankly pissed off.

"What the fu-" Before they knew it, the dim lights within eye sockets of the dragon skull of the sword grew and looked at the duo dead in the eye. It jerked suddenly and took the duo on a wild flight in the building. The loud sound of crashes and things being broken are heard.

---- Nobara -----

"Okay! Let me tell you how I see it!" Nobara waved her hands in a gesture.

"It's like holding a magic broom and it took Sukuna with Yuji's body through the building. Through the walls! It's like that wizard movie with the boy with the lighting scar on it with no control over his broom. I had never seen a sword that gave Sukuna. Sukuna of all people that much trouble!" Nobara exclaimed.

"Like! I never seen that!"'

---- Flashback -------

Sukuna! Let go of the sword!" Megumi shouted.

"LIKE HELL I WILL! I AM NOT GOING TO TOLERATE AN ATTITUDE FROM A DAMN SWORD!" Sukuna shouted before he was taken to another room. Taz, Megumi, and Nobara were stunned. More crashes are heard shaking the building.

"GODDAMNIT! WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!" Sukuna roared but the sword didn't listen. Oh no. It hits Sukuna in the gut, forcing him to crash into the wall. This is getting ridiculous.

"Someone wake Ink up, right now!" Megumi shouted as Ink was knocked out with swirls in her eyes.

------ Megumi ----

"It took time for us to wake Ink up before the whole building collapses I never knew a sword like that when Taz told me about it. I mean....she forgot her sword. That didn't bother me. Ink is capable of it without it. But for a sword to act like that. It's unheard of it. It's like dealing with a cursed tool but acts like a cursed object." Megumi said, sighing.

------ Flashback ----

"INK! WAKE UP! YOUR SWORD IS BEATING UP MY BIG BROTHER AND MISTER SUKANA!" Taz shakes her shoulders violently trying to wake Ink up in a panic. "WAKE UP!"

"Uh...Taz. Now..calm down. We can find a way to wake her up. Let's get out of here." Nobara tries to calm her down but she and Megumi don't expect the next thing of what Taz did.

"WAKE UP!" Taz then slaps Ink across the face. It is like the sound of a whip cracked against skin echoing the hallway.

----- Nobara and Megumi----

"Just to remind you all. That was all Taz. Kinzie Ger played no part in." Nobara said. "I didn't know she can slap so hard! Even I feel it!" Nobara giggled making Megumi sigh with a deadpanned.

"Yes. And it did wake Ink up." Megumi said.

------ Back to Flashback ----

"OW! THAT HURTS!" Ink yelled as she woke up, sitting up. Ink looks around frantically. "Wait! What happened?! What did I miss?!"

"Your sword," Megumi answered.

"My sword?!" Ink said then remembers. "Oh! Wyvern! Ugh! He knocked me out again!"

Again??! Nobara and Megumi stared.

"Where is he?!"

"Big brother has it!" Taz said. Ink blinks, "Wait...big brother? Wait why does Yuji have it?!" Ink asked.

"Actually...it's Sukuna that has it." Megumi corrected.

"Why does SUKUNA have it?!" Ink asked.

"He tried to show it off after you got knocked out and your sword wasn't having it." Nobara explains, "Sooo...." She points her hammer towards the direction where Sukuna is being dragged across the mall while still holding onto the sword.

"WHAT?! I HAVE TO STOP THEM!" Ink yelled, getting back on her feet and running down, chasing after her sword.

"I think we should stop them." Megumi said.

"No way! I wanna see what happens!" Nobara said.

"Hrmmm..." Taz looks worried.

----- Taz ------

"Come to think of it, I do remember Ink bringing it with me on the mission instead of leaving it somewhere! I really do remember! I even tell her so I don't know where it went before she called for it!" Taz said, scratching her head.

---- Gojo Saturo -----

Gojo is snickering as he sits down with his legs crossed on the lounge chair.

"Yeah~ I kinda borrow the sword a little. Just a little I mean!" Gojo waved his hands playfully and looked innocent, "I was really curious when I felt its cursed energy so I inspected it!" He had his hands up as he continued, "Because the sword has some interesting cursed energy on it. It's an aggressive one mind you. So I just check it out and even hold it with infinity. It even likes me~!" Gojo laughed. "I never thought Ink would need it until she called for it! But I didn't know Sukuna tried to hold it and hearing that Sukuna failed to bring it under control and taken on a ride is pretty funny. The way my students described it to me was......pfffftt..." He snorts before bursting out laughing.

Gojo laughs his head off, "HAHAHAHAHA! The King of Curses got humbled by a sword. Sure...it's a demon sword. But come on! You have to admit that's pretty hilarious!" He sniggered.

----- Megumi -----

Megumi makes a face at how that happened. "After hearing what Gojo did. I wanted to hit him. So bad." Megumi facepalmed as his eye twitched, "It almost jeopardizes the mission!" Megumi shook his head. "So Gojo-sensei took the sword off Ink's back where she isn't looking and wants to 'inspect'." Megumi uses fingers as a way to express inspection in double quotes.

"I don't know what that man is thinking! Seriously?!"

------ Yuuji -----

"I heard that sword mention Gojo along the way...." Yuji said. "It said something like..."

-----

"I AM NOT TOY LIKE THAT SIX-EYED WIZARD THINK!" The sword roared inside the minds of Sukuna and Yuji before it took them up, smashing through the ceilings and reaching the skies before taking them straight back into the building.

"DAMN YOU!" Sukuna said. "OBEY ME!"

----- Nobara ---

"Now thinking about it. I think Ink's sword decides to mess with Sukuna." Nobara chuckled. "I mean...come on! The way Sukuna acted like makes it sound the sword wants to give him a hard time after he dissed Ink. Or maybe because Gojo treated it like a toy. That cursed energy tells me that sword is pissed off" She shrugged.

"But it gets crazy when Ink gets involved, trying to get it back!"

---- Flashback ----

In the one of rooms....Megumi, Nobara, and Taz hear it all from the next room below.

"HEY! LET GO OF MY SWORD! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" Ink yelled.

"TELL YOUR SWORD TO HEEL, BRAT!!" Sukuna yelled.

"WYVERN DOESN'T LISTEN TO ME!" Ink retorted.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT DOESN'T LISTEN TO YOU?!" Sukuna asked.

"I mean he listens to me most of the time - some of the time - but not all the time! He's moody like that!" Ink quickly explains. Silence fills the room. Nobara and Megumi stared in disbleief.

"Ehhhh....it's kinda true." Taz scratched her cheek sheepishly.

Kinda???? The two sorcerers and Kinie Ger thought. Sukuna cannot believe this!

"WHAT KIND OF SWORD THAT DOESN'T LISTEN EVEN TO ITS OWN MASTER?! WHAT IS THIS BULLSHIT!? WHAT KIND OF SWORD IS THIS?!" Sukuna shouted.

"HEY! WYVERN IS HIS OWN PERSON, OKAY?! NOW LET GO OF HIM!" Ink retorted.

"NEVER! I WILL HAVE THE SWORD SUBMITTED TO ME! I WILL SHOW YOU HOW A KING DOES IT!"

"WAIT! DON'T!" More chaos ensues. "SUKUNA LET GO OF THE SWORD!"

------ Gojo -----

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" The teacher is still laughing, holding his sides. He lifted his blindfold as he couldn't stop laughing. There were tears in his eyes.

"Just to be fair. I was holding it with infinity when the sword called before letting it go! So yeah! I kinda believe it was pissed off and decides to take out on poor Sukuna~"

------ Megumi ------

"Did the sword sumbit to Sukuna?" Asked the interviewer.

Megumi had a blank expression before giving his answer. "No." He shakes his head quickly. "He didn't. The sword...was too.....even I have to say it..too much." He sips his milk tea.

"Ink got it back and quickly defeated the curse. When Yuji got...um"

----- Nobara ----

"Yuji took control of his body and he got bonked on the head when thrown against the wall after he let go of the sword. Taz went over and checked his wounds. It wasn't serious but I know Sukuna's ego got hurt! "

"But after that mission! Oooh! This is where..." Nobara snickering. "It gets really scary for the guys."

------ Flashback to one morning ----

A brand new day! Yuji Itadori yawns loudly as he looks to see it's early today. Maybe a jog around the campus would do some good. He didn't hear Sukuna in his head today but only he can hear some grumbling last night after failing to take control of Ink's sword. Yuji put on his sweatpants, running shoes, and a hoodie. As he exits his dorm, he does a few stretches by twisting his body side to side before putting his hands on his hips. But before he continues, he stops.

What the?

Then Yuji pales as he sees what's up ahead at the end of the hallway. Standing against the wall, staring straight away. Dim light eyes staring into his soul..

"Oh no." Yuji said. "No, no, no, no! NOPE! Not today, Satan!" Right away, he enters the next door of Megumi's room, "Megumi! Wake up!" Yuji shakes him awake.

----- Megumi -----

"Yuji woke me up, by shaking me with panic in his voice and almost dragged me into the hallway. At first, I thought it was a cursed spirit until...I saw what Yuji is pointing at."

------ Flashback -----

"Ugh....Yuji...what now? What's wrong?" He rubbed at his eyes, he got up groggily as his arm is being tugged by Yuji.

"It's the sword!" He whispered frantically.

"Sword?" Megumi yawned as he got into the hallway. "What are you talking?"

"Ink's sword! It's in our dormitory!" He panicked, pointing at the object at the end of the hallway. Megumi slowly blinked and shook his head, squinting his eyes at it, "Wait...why is that in our dormitory?"

---- Kisho ----

"So I heard some yelling and I woke up, and left my room." Kisho rubs his head while petting Eito.

"I was like....what's wrong. The guys didn't hear me but I heard what they were saying. It's some sword. I saw the sword was at the end of the hallway, leaning against the wall like.. standing upright. I thought it was mounted against the wall. Yuji is freaking out and Megumi is trying to calm him down. I am like...."

-----

"I am telling you! It is here for a fight!" Yuji cried, shaking his shoulders.

"Yuji, calm down!" Megumi hissed, grabbing his wrists and calming him down. "The sword was probably put by Gojo just to mess with us." He answered.

"Isn't that Ink's sword?" Kisho asked. "Why is it doing here?"

"Kisho! You're here! The sword is here for us!!!"

"What are you talking? It's a sword! What is it going to do?" Kisho said as Eito flew over to his shoulder.

"I don't know! But it's here for a reason!" Yuji said. "I don't think Gojo will take Ink's sword without her knowing."

"Taz did tell us that Ink forgot where she put her sword most of the time," Megumi grumbled. "I mean Gojo took it off her back without even noticing it was gone."

"But why would she come to the boys' dormitory, it doesn't make sense to leave it here by accident!"

That's a good point.

"Like I said...Gojo must put it there!" Megumi said.

"Look. I don't know what's going on with the sword?!" Kisho asked. "Did something happen on the mission?"

------ Megumi -----

"I told Kisho and....."Megumi sighs loudly, "That was a mistake on my part." Megumi said. "Because Kisho rile up Sukuna."

-----

"Wait....wait...wait. So Ink's sword knocked her out then Sukuna tries to use it to kill the curse and then all of sudden, the sword went berserk???" Kisho asked. The boys both nod.

"So....you're telling...Sukuna tries to get the sword to stop but can't and that happened."

"Yes." Megumi said.

"Uh-huh." Yuji nods.

"So you're saying that Sukuna got beat up by a sword?! A SWORD!"

"I DIDN'T GET BEAT UP BY NOTHING!" Sukuna roared as his eye and mouth appeared on Yuji's cheek. "AND DON'T YOU DARE LAUGH, YOU LITTLE SHIT!"

"I'm NOT!" Kisho said as his face cracked. The corners of the mouth went upwards.

"Daichi.." Megumi warns. Then Eito is tweeting or bawking as if it's laughing. Sukuna inside Yuji twitched an eye.

"DAMN TURKEY!"

"I'm sorry! But come on, Megumi! Sukuna got beat up with a sword!" Kisho said. "I mean that can't be true! If it's true, man! That's gotta..."

"Gotta what, brat?!" Sukuna growled. "Finish the sentence, I dare you!" Kisho didn't finish his sentence as he held his tongue. "Ha! That's what I thought! Let me tell you brats something! I wouldn't want that stupid sword, anyway! After all, it belongs to an idiotic girl who doesn't know any better and those deserve each other! If you ask me...that sword can go to hell for all I care and — what's up with you two now??"

Then Megumi and Kisho's eyes widen when Yuji blinks at their expressions. "Uh...guys?"

"Hey...uh...is the sword supposed to do that?" Kisho asked pointing shakily as Yuji turned around to see the sword leviating. Sukuna stared. Yuji and Megumi sweatdropped seeing this.

"What the fu-" But then the group sees the sword turn so slowly and suddenly it flips. Aiming its blade at the boys making them nervous. They took a step back. The moment they took a step, the sword is coming towards them like a missile.

"OH SHIT! RUN!" Yuji ran. The boys are running in pure terror from a flying sword.

"Switch with me, brat!" Sukuna yelled. Yuji smacks him on the cheek.

"HELL NO! I AM NOT LETTING YOU DESTROY OUR DORMS!" Yuji yelled. "YOU SAID ENOUGH ALREADY!"

----- Kisho -----

"Oh god! It's like a horror movie! We were running in our pajamas except for Yuji! He was going to go for a jog. The worst part is we're Jujutsu sorcerers! We don't run from stuff like this! But how are you going to fight a sword?! That belongs to Van Ink the Dragon?! Like c'mon!" Kisho leans back as he can't believe this.

----- Megumi ----

"We decided to look for Ink at the girls' dormitory so maybe...there's a chance that Ink can stop it. As we arrived, we ran into Nobara and try to explain.."

----- Nobara ----

"I heard shouting that woke me up. The boys burst into our dormitory and I'm like; What do you think you perverts are doing and then they ask...where's Ink?!"

------ Flashback ------

"Ink?! What the hell do you want with her?! She's sleeping!" Nobara growled, ready to kick their asses."

"The sword, Nobara!" Yuji cries.

"The sword?! What sword?!"

"Ink's sword! Wyvern! It's chasing us!" Kisho cried.

"Huh?! Are you guys serious?! Do you know what time it is?!"

"JUST WAKE HER!" Said the boys in unison!

"What's going on?" It's Taz.

----- Taz -----

"I woke Ink up and took her to get her to stop Wyvern outside but we waited for Wyvern to come and the sword didn't come. We waited and we waited. Until Ink says it's probably in her room. We followed Ink back to her room and the sword was there."

------ Megumi -----

"It was there.....next to an open window." Megumi scowled. "Yuji is still freaking out."

----- Yuji ----

"It pretended like it didn't do anything like seconds ago!" Yuji yelled.

----- Flashback -----

"DON'T PRETEND YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!!" Yuji said, pointing at the sword accusingly.

"HE's RIGHT! IT'S A DEMON SWORD!" Kisho yelled.

"I'm really sorry!" Ink cried.

"You have nothing to apologize, Ink! The guys are being stupid." Nobara rolled her eyes. "They're just messing with you!"

"We are not making this up!" Megumi said. Then a thud is heard making Kisho and Yuji scream and Nobara and Megumi are startled.

'I mean if it's Wyvern, I have to believe it!" Ink said. "Let me make it up to you guys!"

----- Gojo -----

"Okay! I will admit it! I did move the sword to the dormitory just to mess with them but I didn't know it could do that! I mean...I saw the whole thing from my window to see what happened while eating a donut. I didn't stop it because the boys were going to the girls' dormitory! And I thought the problem would sort itself out! Which it did!" He said cheerfully.

"WHAT KIND OF TEACHER ARE YOU?!" It's Kisho from the background, yelling comically. "WE COULD'VE OF DIE!" The camera switches to Megumi holding Kisho back.

"I just want to see if Sukuna will come out, little Daichi." Gojo snickered. "And Wyvern react to his insults!"

"SCREW YOU!" Sukuna shouted before his mouth was covered by Yuji when Sukuna let out a lot of swear words at Gojo. The camera switches back to Gojo chuckling.

"But anyway! I'm going to look at Wyvern as a cursed tool In my educated profession, I have never seen it before. There were weapons imbued with cursed energy but Wyvern is out of this word. It's like its cursed energy matches the same of Ink's A fitting pair though I wonder why it keeps hitting her on the face! It probably needs the wielder's emotions to match his thrill or maybe her blood to activate every time. I use 'he' because I also felt the sword. The sword sleeps before being summoned. After fighting for so long, the sword syncs with the wielder along the way when things get really exciting! It gets powerful thanks to the wielder. Is it Pride? Aggression? Thrill? Ambition? Anger? It's a mix of extreme emotions. It can take on cursed energy to itself as well.

"This reminds me. I heard there was an incident. An urban legend about a sword. In Yokohama! It almost wrecked three buildings if I recall." Gojo taps on his chin. "I wonder if that's Ink's sword responsible for it."

---------- Ink Vanguard -----

"Not going to comment on that!" Ink shakes her head as she chuckles.

------ Gojo -------

"That said. I find Ink and Wyvern an exciting pair! If Ink was a sorcerer, she might take on Special Grades or rather...Wyvern can become a Special Grade itself."

"Wow sensei, really?" Yuji asked from the background. The camera switches to his students.

"Of course! And I mean that." Gojo chuckled. "That's why I want to examine it.

"You mean when you were messing around with Ink's sword?" Megumi asked, crossing his arms.

"And make it mad enough to give Sukuna a run for his money?" Noabra crossed her arms.

"When you put that sword in our dormitory?!" Kisho scowled.

"Precisely!" Gojo laughed, snapping his fingers making his students groan.

----- Taz Hellion -----

"If that's true! Ink must be really amazing! I hope I can become as strong as she is! Anyway! I gotta go! I got to do my training so I can become strong in my fraction and at Jujutsu High! Later!" Taz gets up and leaves the room to join her Jujutsu High classmates.

"Wait! He's going to do what??!" Atsushi couldn't believe his ears as he overhear this between Dazai and Kunkida. "I said...Chuya told me that Matt....you know..aka..Killer Night..is fighting Ink again. He slipped up when I was teasing him. Something about him having to deal with Pete...the bug guy bugging him." Dazai chuckles.

"But why?!" Atsushi said.

"Why was I teasing him?" Dazai asked making the weretiger sighs.

"I mean why Matt is fighting Ink?!" Atsushi asked seriously.

"Didn't Ink told you? " Kunkida asked to which the weretiger shake his head. Dazai explains, "Chuya told me that she and he always do sparring matches every three months." Dazai explained. Atsushi blinked. Three months. "Then when she and his fight be at? When?"

"I didn't ask. Maybe you could ask her, Atsushi. Knowing you, you probably worried sick!" Dazai smiles.

"Of course! I am worried sick! Did you all forget what Killer Night is capable of?!"

"We know quite well..." Kunkida had to recall that disturbing memory when Matt show up in Yokohama. He also brought down several gangs. It helped Port Mafia in some way in getting rid of their rivals without getting their hands dirty. From what he heard, the Lovely Horrors are a criminal organization but aren't focus on gaining money or power. Just killing for the sake of it. A way to live. He doesn't know why such a group exists. Their ideals is something that clashes with his. But it's a good thing that they stayed inside a forest.

"Hmmmm...." Atsushi needs to talk to Ink. Maybe he should call her. Right away, Atsushi goes to do that.

"Where are you going?"

"Calling Ink!"

"Ah...young love~!" Dazai hums making Kunkida sigh. Minutes later, Atsushi calls and wants to meet up with her over something important. They meet up on a rooftop.

"Yeah! We have to fight." Ink said it as if she isn't concerned about it making the weretiger more worried.

"But why?!" Atsushi didn't understand. From what he heard from Ranpo and Dazai, Matt is a killer. A monster of his own. He had to recall what happened when Iron Titan is defeated. Matt came by and just kill him like nothing. So why would Ink want to fight Matt or rather...why did Matt wanted to fight her? No, why do both have to fight each other?!

"It's a demon thing." Ink said making Atsushi dumbfounded. Huh?

"Besides...it's a just fight! I always fight him every three months or when he calls me. It's more like trying to one up on me!" Ink smiles.

"But.... from what I heard on the presentation you guys did. You sound like enemies."

"Not anymore but we're not friends either. It's more like....having boundaries. My friends don't like them. As for me...I don't hate them or like them. Matt especially. Hmmm...." Ink tries to think of this, "He's like a rival to me. I don't like his way of life but he doesn't make excuses for it. He's just a guy who does what he wants to do. Also....he gives it his all and puts effort into it. I kinda respect that so I will not hold nothing back too.."

"I see." Atsushi tries to understand where Ink is coming from. But Matt is a murderer and a killer from the darkness and Ink is.....the light. Atsushi couldn't describe it. The idea of someone hurting Ink like Matt made him anxious. No, upset.

"If it's alright...can I come?" Atsushi asked, making Ink turn her head at him, "I'm afraid don't understand." He admits. "But if I can come, I can understand a little further." But that's not entirely the reason. He wants to make sure the Lovely Horrors don't try anything.

Ink then smiles. "Alright, Atsushi. Shdwkyz is going to be with us too so I will let him know that you're coming as well." Ink smiles. Atsushi nods with a small smile. "Okay." With that, Atsushi is now joining as he now knows the date, place, and time of their fight.

He needs to make sure to protect her if anything goes wrong.

--- Pine Barrens, New Jeresy ----

When Shdwkyz heard that Atsushi is joining. He is surprised to hear this and isn't against it. Shdwkyz is aware of this along with a few others like Hellmare and Fosh. If the entire fraction knew, they would act recklessly. Shdwkyz wonders if Atsushi knows anything besides the PowerPoint presentation he was presented. Ink had to take a different path to meet up with Matt on the clearing.

"So how are you feeling?" Shdwkyz asked him and sees Atsushi blink.

"Well...a bit nervous." He answers.

"You mean anxious?" Shdwkyz replied.

"Hm?" Atsushi blinked. Shdwkyz clarifies, "I know why you're doing this. You don't trust the Lovely Horror not to butt on this one-on-one. I know because you saw how Matt dealt with Iron Titan." He said. Atsushi sighs. "Yes. I still don't understand why Ink has to fight him. Why is that?"

"If you want the whole story. It all started when the Lovely Horrors attacked the West Upper side of Manhattan, Harlem, and Washington Heights."

"That's where the Lupins lived!" Atsushi exclaimed. Shdwkyz nods and continues, "Yes. Apparently, one of the LH's members is a former member of the Lupins who has a grudge against them. Jason. Sometimes about being involved in the death of their former leader and being exiled. So it's revenge. Jason brought his squadron and attack their turf. Jason and Joshua happened to be there so we came over. Then Jason kidnapped some of our friends and brought them to New Jersey. So we planned a rescue mission. Along the way, we first had another fraction from Philly who had issues dealing with them as well. We managed to get into one of the New Jeresian strongholds. That's where Ink fought Matt. I wasn't there, Rust who saw the fight."

"Then what happened?" Atsushi asked.

"Both almost killed each other to the point where their injuries looked to be fatal. They didn't stop until they used up every bit of their strength before fainting." Shdwkyz said it made Atsushi's eyes widen, "Ink managed to pull through despite losing a lot of blood and suffering injuries thanks to Ophelia and others from the Philly fractions."

"And Matt?" Atsushi heard this as he couldn't believe this.

"Survived too. Don't know how but Rust told me that he should of died when Ink slash vertically. It's like those two are in a league of their own. From what I tell you, they made a deal before their fight. If Ink wins, Matt should not attack New York ever again. But there is some kind of deal between them."

"I see." Atsushi sighed. "Then....what if Matt wins?"

Shdwkyz looks away before looking at him saying, "If Matt wins, he would get her head as a trophy." That made Atsushi freeze when he told him straight out.

Shdwkyz almost thought that Atsushi is going to kill somebody with that look in his eyes. He swore that he saw his eyes change tiger when he widen his eyes. Scary.

"And....Ink is okay with that?!" He asked angrily. The idea of Matt getting her head as a trophy to mount somewhere. It made the tiger within growl at such a deal.

Shdwkyz sighs, staring into his tiger eyes with his serpentine eyes. "You know Ink as much as I do, Atsushi. Ink is straightforward as she gets."

Atsushi closes his fists. It's true. Ink is the kind of person to put herself on the line like that. Even if it gets her to kill. But why didn't she mention that? Matt is also her rival just like Kali. "Okay...since Ink wins. Why is she continuing to fight him? Is Matt trying to win to overturn that deal?"

"Not exactly..." Shdwkyz said.

"But why???" Atsushi asked making the masked phantom sigh. "Even I don't know maybe...because they like fighting each other without holding back. I can't explain because Ink tells me that you should know when you feel it."

Atsushi raises a brow at this.

"And even watching their fights...I kinda get it but don't get it. Every time I see them fight, it's like watching monsters going at me. I think both of them are adrenaline junkies. That's what I think." He said, leave it at that. Atsushi still doesn't like this but he would support Ink from the sidelines. As they got to the meeting point. They're on top of a great hill where below from a distance. There's the battlefield. A clearing where it is surrounded by pine trees. Standing in the middle, Atsushi recgonized that figure. It's Matt Knack. And coming out of the forest, Ink is walking towards them. They begin to talk with smiles on their faces.

Are they truly rivals? Atsushi narrows his eyes at this, grabbing at his chest.

"Atsushi," Shdwkyz called his name, getting his attention. "Yes?" Then someone steps forward, someone wearing a black cloth and a ghostly mask approaches and what's followed by a hulking monster with a boar's face and insectoid body.

"Hello. My name is Sid. I'm here to act as a referee and make sure that no one interferes in this fight. This is Pete who would be monitoring." Pete, the boar monster bows his head at the group, "Are you part of Van Ink the Dragon's fraction? I know you are, Phantom Slasher. But who is this? I think I see you before." Sid speaks.

"This is Atsushi Nakajima." Shdwkyz introduces him to Sid.

"Uh yes! I'm here as support like Shdwkyz." Atsushi nods his head, "My name is Atsushi Nakajima. It's uh..nice to meet you?" Atsushi is a bit unsettled by the other's attire but he did hear that Lovely Horror can be a scary group of people.

"A pleasure to meet you." Sid bowed and then the two heard a voice.

"I never expected to see you, weretiger." This got Atsushi to blink. One that is familiar to Atsushi. He looks over to Sid's right and widens his eyes.

"Ryunsouke Akutagawa???" Atsushi sees the hellhound of Port Mafia. "What are you doing here?!" He asked him suspiciously but before he transforms. Ryunosuke holds up his hand which confuses him.

"I'm here to watch the fight." Ryunosuke explained himself.

"Huh?"

"I'm with Killer Night and Lovely Horrors, weretiger. So I'm not interested in fighting you for tonight, weretiger." Ryunosuke said looking over to Ink and Matt speaking to one another down there. This got Atsushi dumbfounded. Shdwkyz narrows his eyes at this. "Ah. You're with Port Mafia." Shdwkyz said, finally remembering.

"Indeed I am," Ryunosuke answered.

"And don't forget me! But I'm not part of it anymore!" A child that is no older than 13 is sitting on top of Pete. Their hair is duo-tone, left side white and right side black. Wearing a small hat tilted on the side and wears clothes such as a white shirt with suspenders. Plus they are carrying a weird odd doll. "Name's Yumeno."

Wait! He's here too?! Atsushi looks nervous.

Shdwkyz looks over to Atsushi for an explanation. "Yes. Akutagawa Ryunsouke is part of Port Mafia and part of the attack group, the Black Lizard. Yumeno is also part of Port Mafia as well." The white-haired male explains to the masked phantom.

"Not anymore." Ryunosuke corrects him."

"I see. Interesting. But why are you here? I never thought Port Mafia and Lovely Horrors would continue their relationship after what happened in Japan." Shdwkyz asked.

"We benefit from each other, yes, and still are. But I am here of my own volition, that's all." Ryunosuke said, putting his hands in his pockets.

"Ryunosuke is correct. We are on friendly terms with Port Mafia and Mr. Akutagawa here is here of his own choice, watching the fight." Sid confirms. Shdwkyz sighs, accepting that for now.

"Shall we get started? I will let Matt that we're all here." Sid said and Pete orders a firefly to let Matt know that everyone is in place.

---

"Oh. Looks like they're all up there." Matt smiles as he has a firefly on his finger, flickering its lightbulb. Ink sees this and grips her greatsword tightly. The firefly flies away and then Matt brings out his dual combat knives, twirling them in his hands and gripping them in his grasp. Both fighters are in position.

"Get ready...." Ink whose face is now into a thrill-seeker smile as Matt grins, matching her expression

The fight has now begun as Matt brings up his two knives and Ink holds her greatsword, Wyvern.

-----

"Let us begin," Sid said. And with that! Two fighters lunged at each other. Right now, Shdwkyz and Sid watched the fight with amused expressions. Ryunosuke watched the battle with intent while Atsushi watched in amazment. During this fight, Matt is going to swipe at Ink with his knives but Ink is on the defensive before she goes to slam her sword, using the flat side of her blade as a shield holding it sideways but in an offensive way, slamming him away from her. When Matt pushed away, Ink raises her sword and slams down but the killer quickly moves away and stabs her on the leg.

This got Atsushi widen his eyes. First blood!

Ink counters attacks by elbowing Matt in the face the moment Matt stabs her leg before she kicks him with her uninjured leg. Matt hits the tree making Ryunosuke bite his bottom lip. Already the match started and these two are going at it. Shdwkyz is unphased by this, knowing how these fights go. But he is concerned about how Atsushi is taking this as he watches.

Ink and Matt go at it each other, parrying each other with their respective weapons. Matt jumps back and uses the tree bark as a launching pad before he kicks Ink with two feet like a straight cannon, sending her into the trees. Matt lands back on his feet. With a roar, Ink rushes in with great force and swings downwards at the ground, upheaving the ground under them. Matt staggers a bit giving Ink a chance as she jumps up and swings her sword once more. Matt darted under her and grabs her leg, slamming her across the ground, pushing one rubble down. Making the ground more uneven due to the sheer power of these demons.

This is...Atsushi can't believe what he's looking at. They're fighting like it's real. Yet and yet....they keep on smiling no matter the injuries.

"I think Matt will win this round even after several draws." Ryunosuke calmly said, snapping Atsushi out of it. He listens to him. "Matt is too fast for her. Her swings give her too much leeway for him to attack." Ryunosuke keeps talking. "She's strong no doubt but Matt is stronger than her in terms of speed and strength. Her strength and optimism could only get her so far. "

"I disagreed."

"Hm?" Ryunosuke raised a brow at this.

"I think Ink would beat Matt. She is the strongest. I know for sure.." Said Atsushi. "After everything so far, Ink can defeat Matt. After all, she did beat him before? No matter how much Matt trains. Ink always pulls through." Then he hears a scoff. A scoff from Ryunosuke Akutagawa. "You think so?"

"O-of course! If there's one thing that Ink has is enduring all those hits and keep on going. Look!" Atsushi said as Ink grips her sword and tries to slash but misses Matt as he quickly evades. Ink rolls over and stands up. She stabs the sword into the ground and lifts herself up, using the sword's grip as a pole to spin her body around and kick Matt to which the killer holds up his arm to defend himself from the hit.

"If that was true, why is she holding back? Sure I admit that she fought well in Yokohama but she isn't versatile like Matt. He doesn't only use knives you know. He is good in hand-to-hand combat and quick at his feet." Ryunosuke said as Matt goes to dive a knife in Ink's shoulder when Ink is on her feet. Ink winces before she kicks him at the knee before she pulls her sword out from the ground, delivering an arc swing at his waist. Since the blade is thick. It doesn't cut when using the flat side of it. She sent Matt flying across the trees. A loud crash is heard.

"Yes well...I could say the same for Matt though. Ink is quick on her feet." Atusshi retorted."

"If that's what you think. Fine, but Matt defeated Iron Titan." Ryunosuke brings a point up.

"You mean...Ink defeated Iron Titan." Atsushi corrects him. Shdwkyz raises a brow hearing Atsushi's curt retort while Sid stands there, not saying anything. Pete and Yumeno just blinked.

"When I mean by defeat. I mean kill. She hasn't killed him. Matt finished the job for her." Ryunsouke narrows his eyes at him.

"There is no reason to-"

"There was. That corrupt pro-hero has threatened New York twice. If I were her, I would end the threat by killing him. Matt did so, and he doesn't live in the state of New York. If she continues to hold back, she will lose. I expect more from her though."

"We just started the match!" Atsushi said angrily.

"And your point is?" Ryunosuke asked.

"My point is...sooner or later, Ink will win this match and beat Matt!" Atsushi said. "That's my point."

"You sound so sure..." Ryunosuke said, narrowing his eyes at him.

"I am! Besides...why are you really here anyway?!" Atsushi asked.

"It's quite obvious. I'm here as a support like you are." Ryunosuke said. Support? Does that mean...Ryunosuke is here for Matt?! But why? He doesn't see Ryunosuke caring for Matt. He only cares about Dazai and his sister, Gin. But Killer Night of all people?

"You seem surprised. I admired his strength and I want to see him go full out against this dragon." Ryunosuke said. Atsushi crosses his arms, "W-well...so I am! I always want to see Ink too going full-out at this insane killer!"

"Insane. Killer?" Ryunosuke twitched an eye. Sid sees this. Yumeno goes 'uh-oh' while Pete knows for sure, Ryunosuke didn't like that. It sounded like Atsushi talks about Matt like some lowly criminal.

"First off...I don't know where you get off acting so arrogant, weretiger. Matt would skin that dragon alive if she is not careful." This made Atsushi grit his teeth at this as Ryunosuke keeps on talking, "From what I heard, she is a reckless buffoon waving a sword around without a plan. If you asked me, she is lucky that Matt killed that lowly pro-hero. She should be grateful to him!"

"Grateful?!" Atsushi exclaimed. "Last time I checked, wasn't Matt there because one of his members messing around and spreading drugs in Yokohoma causing a mess. If anything, Matt should be grateful to her and her friends for helping him out and everything by cleaning up his mess!" Atsushi argued.

"What?!" Ryunosuke glares. Shdwkyz and Sid watched this with pure amusement. It's like....two lovers talking about their partners and comparing them who's the best at fighting and who beats who.

"That's right! Ink has done a lot more for Japan than Matt ever has! What does he do?! Kill some rival gang members! That's not new! How is that impressive?! That's what you and Port Mafia do every day."

"You-! And what about Ink?! Hm? What kind of person do reckless things! Besides...with her great attack, she didn't knock Iron Titan out of commission! So no...she hasn't won against Iron Titan in Yokohama! I don't count that as a win at all. "

"Winning doesn't mean killing someone! It means either being knocked out or giving up. Ink hasn't given up!" Atsushi points out.

"Oh! And what about when Ink got attacked at her party-" This got Atsushi glowered hearing, "You-!"

"Now come on...there is no uh..." Pete begins to break them up, stepping forward.

"Stay out of this!" Atsushi and Ryunosuke told Pete who is surprised by this. Yumeno is eating popcorn watching this.

"Pete. Please stay back." Sid said.

"Why's that?" Pete asked.

"I have a feeling there's going to be a second match here," Sid replied calmly.

"Oh?" Shdwkyz said as he seems interested in this turn of events. He can see Atsushi and Ryunosuke ready to fight now. "So should we do something about this?"

"Hmmm....I suppose a match would be in order. Stopping them now won't do much. I think letting them fight to release their pent-up energy might work." Sid said while Ryunosuke and Atsushi kept on arguing.

"You know what?! I had enough of this! If you're so sure if the dragon win, weretiger! I challenge you! I won't allow you to insult Matt like that any further!" Ryunosuke summoned Rashmon who now growls at the weretiger

"Is that right! That's fine by me! I won't let you talk badly about Ink either!"

Should I do something? Shdwkyz stares. 'Probably not...'

------ Hospital Room ------

After things are now settled between her fraction and the boys. While Fosh is getting things set up for Navarro and the boys to live together.

Ink needs to focus on another matter to deal with. Kali Vin-Shia aka the Wrathful Baroness. Out of everyone, Ink never knew that Kali would done this at people’s expense. Yuuka inform her that thinking that Kali wants something out of this. Because of that, she remembers at the party that Kali wanted one of the boys for herself if she pick the one she loved the most. Ink grips on her pants and narrows her eyes. Not cool. 

She didn’t know why. But the way Kali said it....she treating them like they’re objects or something. Ink never had this feeling before. 

 Ink thinks of her as rival but right now...she needs to set things straight with her.

“I’m going to fight her....” She uttered.

“Ink, are you up?” Rin asked.

Ink blinks and looks to see Rin Okinia who is at the door. 

“Oh uh! Sorry! I was thinking out loud.” Ink said.

“That’s okay, Ink.” Rin said, “Also! I got you something!” Rin grins. “My speciality and favorite food for lunch!” He sets it on the bed table. It is a black pot so it made Ink’s eyes filled with anciptiation. Rin lifts the lid up. “Sukiyaki!!” Ink sees  and is at awe at what she seeing. Well-marbled beef with vegetables like cabbage and other greens, tofu, egg yolk and mushrooms. She sees liquid. Soup? Wait, there’s noodles!!

“It’s a broth.” Rin explained. “Perfect for your recovery. It has everything you need to get strength back up.” 

“Wow! That looks so amazing, Rin!” Ink clasped her hands with her eyes sparkling together making Rin proudly. “Careful...it’s hot!”

“Okay!” Ink picks up the chopsticks and digs in. She widen her eyes and lets out a pleasing hum as she tried the noodles and broth. “So good! This is the best! Thank you so much, Rin! You’re so awesome!”

Rin is now proud as his cheeks blush a little pink as he rubs his nose. Hearing that Ink loves his cooking fills him with pride and love, no doubt! Take that, Bakugo! Top that! Rin smirked.

Outside the room, Bakugo is seething while gripping on the edge of the door while Midoriya is trying to calm him down. “Easy Kacchan. Your cooking would be great when dinner comes!” Midoriya laughs. But then Midoriya stops laugh while Bakugo is snickering. 

“Yeah...I’m going to wipe that smirk off his face when Ink gets a taste of my cooking!” Bakugo cackles menacingly making Midoriya sweat-dropped as he chuckles. There he goes...The green pro-hero thought.

“It’s not a competition...” Atsushi sighed.

“IT IS TO ME!” Bakugo exclaimed. Right now, the boys are having cook-off with each other to see Ink react to their cooking. And no...Kali has no part in this. The boys decide this among themselves when they see what Ink would be eating give by the hospital.

----- Yesterday  -----

“This is what she’s eating?! No way in hell she’s eating this!” Said Bakugo seeing the hospital food, he twitched an eye at this....food being served to Ink. “The fuck is this? What the hell is this?! The fuck am I seeing?! WHO COOK THIS?!” Bakugo points at the tray in disgust, ready to burn it and throw it straight to the trash. 

“Hospital food...” Ren answered while Midoriya sweats drops a little with a chuckle. 

“That’s a rtheroical question!” Bakugo yelled. 

“Is this what food is like here in American hospitals???” Atsushi can’t believe this seeing the food. It looks and smells of disappointment. Mushy rice, baked chicken that looks dry and overcooked, overcooked vegetables, a fruit cup and milk carton. This can make any person cry and make them leave the hospital early! They will be better off with a glass of water. 

“Yeah....screw that.” Rin shaking his head and decides this. “I’m going to be the one cooking her meals.”

“HUH?!” Bakugo looks at Rin, “The hell you will, I will be cooking her meals!”

“Oh yeah! What are you going to cook for her, huh?!” Rin retorted. “She needs a full meal for breakfast, lunch and dinner! Can you cook all that?! You cook only spicy food!”

“Do not! I can cook anything than just spicy food!” Bakugo retorted.

“I can bring her honey toast with raspberry jam, plum jam, orange jam, strawberry jam, honey, and butter!” Denji said with his hand raised.

All the boy stared at him in bewilderment hearing that. 

“You can’t be serious! That’s too much sugar!!” Rin stared at Denji right now. “That’s not a meal! What is wrong with you?” Rin yelled comedically.

“Huh! It’s breakfast!” Denji yelled back comedically. “It’s good! It’s fluffy heaven!” Then Ren sighs. “I think curry with rice would be good.” Ren said. “It might help.” He said.

“Yeah that works but needs to be par with something..” Rin said. 

“Maybe miso soup with fish and rice! Like seaweed soup or tea over rice! ” Atsushi said.

“Good but not enough.” Rin said. Denji wrinkle his nose, furrows his brows and points at the half-demon accusingly, “You son of- I know what you’re doing! You want to cook the meals for Ink by yourself! You don’t want anyone else to cook so Ink can praise yer cooking!!!”

“HUUHH?! Are you dumb?!” Rin yelled but the tip of his pointy ears were blushing red. Busted. 

“You rat tail demon bastard! Think you slick and can pull a fast one on us, HUH?!” Bakugo yelled as he flexes his palms ready to blast out explosions. Ren, Atsushi and Midoriya sighed in unison. This is getting nowhere....

“You guys...” Shdwkyz groans, he can’t believe they’re arguing about this while Vivi is shaking her head. She had to admit it’s pretty amusing. Then someone steps forward and provides a situation.

“How about you guys pick a meal at the time of the day and just serve it to her. Like Denji makes breakfast, Rin makes lunch and Bakugo makes her dinner.” Oblivion said it. “Knowing Ink, she can eat anything by you guys. Maybe...share your favorite food with her or a food that is best for her recovery. You can ask Jaron for advice or Ophelia.” She said. The boys heard and contemplate Oblivion’s words. 

“That does make sense.” Ren said, tapping his chin.

“That actually works!” Midoriya said, nodding with a smile. 

“I taste Jaron’s cooking. I tried it myself!” Atsushi said honestly. “It’s really good! He might know what would Ink like!” He added.

“Hell yeah! Let’s go.” Denji grinned. 

“Yes but remember he will not cook since it’s part of his punishment. But we can ask him to tell us.” Ren reminded them. The boys take this into account and agree. 

Mission: Making Ink homemade meals by theirs truly! 

----- Morning -----

And so, the boys compromise between each other in which one will cook one meal for breakfast, lunch and dinner. This morning, Denji already serve Ink with his honey toast with direction of Jaron by serving her eggs, bacon and honey, strawberry, and raspberry jam on the toast sprinkled with cinnamon served with almond milk. 

“Woah! This tastes amazing, Denji! Thank you so much!” Ink smiles. “And man! You’re not kidding about the honey toast special! It tastes so good! I think this wake me right up!” Ink after taking a bite out of him. “Thanks a lot!” 

“Happy that you like it!” Denji said with a grin as his cheeks flush a little pink. Score! I did it! Denji thought. ‘Nobody will beat me in breakfast! Hahahaha! I’m the best!!’

Minutes later, Ink is done with breakfast as the plate is clean. “All done! Thanks for the food!” Ink smiles.

----- Present Afternoon -----

Ink eats non-stop making Rin so happy that Ink loves his cooking. Now he’s pumped. Now he needs to see how Bakugo is going to top this. It better be good than lunch. 

“Phew! All done! Thank you for the meal!” Ink smiles as she sets the chopsticks down. Rin sees that Ink ate the entire meal. No scarp of meat, no remains of soup and nothing. Ink clean the entire bowl. Rin wanted to cry of happiness. 

---- Outside ----

“Damn! I thought I had it in the bag!” Denji gritted his teeth while Ren pats on his back. “There, there, there. Lunch and breakfast are two different things. At least Ink ate everything.” Ren tells him. At the same time, Oblivion, Shdwkyz  and Fosh just watching this.

“Should we do something about this?” Fosh asked, looking a bit worried.

“Nope. We done enough damage.” Shdwkyz shakes his head, And besides...this is way better and all in good fun for once.” 

“I agree.” Vivi smiles a bit. “Seeing them compete and not fight each other like this is way better.” 

Oblivion nods.”Uh-huh.” She has to admit, those two meals are good. She wonders what Bakugo will come up for dinner.

----- Ink’s room, a hour later ----

“Alright! I will be going! Get some more exercise and rest, Ink.” Rin smiles, waving at him.

“Okay! Thanks for visiting, Rin! ” Ink smiles before Rin leaves. Several minutes later, a group of girls came to the room. Ink smiles at their familar faces.

“Jinx! Ashely and Yuuka! You came!” Ink smiles. 

“Hey! I’m here for my best friend and sis!” Jinx grinned as she had flowers and goes to change them. 

“I-It’s good to see you doing well, Ink. You seem happier today than yesterday.” Ashely noticed. 

“Yeah! You wouldn’t believe it. Denji made me breakfast and then afternoon came by, Rin made me lunch. I had a great time talking with them too.” Ink smiles. 

Oh! Yuuka, Ashely and Jinx are surprised to heard this and happy to hear it. Denji and Rin can cook. Ink is a one lucky girl. “So Oblivion wasn’t kidding...” Yuuka whispered.

“Right?!” Jinx whispered. 

“That’s w-wonderful, Ink. It seems like they really care about you.” Ashely smiles. Ink chuckles as she blushes a little. “I never had something like this. I hope it doesn’t take up too much of their time. The food is really good and I can’t waste all of it. Rin and Denji put a lot of effort in their food. I don’t know, I can sense it when I eat it.” 

This must be the power of love. Ashely thought happily.

“Wow! I wish someone can cook like that for me!” 

Then Yuuka got a text message to which she sighs. Ink blinks. “Yuuka? Is everything okay?”

“It’s nothing but-”

“But?”

“It’s Kali. She wants to meet you.” Yuuka sighed making Ashely and Jinx slient as they are worried. Ink is silent and then makes a decision.

----- Central Park ----

“Ink!” Yuuka catches up with her. “Where are you going?! You can’t just leave the hospital like that!” She yelled as she is now concerned. 

“Y-yes! She’s right. You aren’t discharged yet.” Ashely said as the three girls are following after Ink.

“I’m fine. We’re just going to talk.” Ink assures them. By talking, Ink is going to fight Kali since she asked where her greatsword, Wyvern is. Ink has it on her back. Jinx can tell this is going to be a fight between them. She can feel it in her bones.

They found Kali sitting at the bench, drinking her lemonade. Kali looks over to Ink whom smiles at her. “Well, well, you got discharged already?”

Ink smiles, “Not really. I need some fresh air and this is a good excuse to do it.” This got Ashely and Yuuka nervous. 

“Really? Anyway, I call you here because I have no way to contact you.”

And the three girls knew why. Fosh didn’t want to send message sent over to Ink because of what Kali did by Navarro’s orders since he felt responsible for letting Kali go about the games. It made sense for Ink to recover first before dealing with Kali first. So Kali’s first point of contact is Yuuka.

“Don’t worry, Yuuka told me.” Ink smiles, “Anyway, Kali. I need to know something.” Said Ink.

“By needing to know something, you want to know why I helped Navarro with his plan.” Kali asked, not beating around the bush as she can already tell what Ink wants to know.

“Yeah....” Ink nods. 

“It’s simple, Ink.” Kali begins, “Because you have no idea how lucky you are.” Kali said as she narrows her eyes. This got Jinx, Ashely and Yuuka tense hearing this. Ink didn’t move nor say anything. “For someone so strong, you should’ve notice it after what Yuuka and Oblivion told me when they came asking around just to confirm your right hand’s worries. I mean...I have to admit! I’m was really surprised but not surprised at all.”

Ink is silent and looks at her questionable.

“Ever since you came back from Japan, you’re the talk of the town! Now only that, you were talk of Japan ever since you defeated Iron TItan which everyone is so happy about. But at the same time, you’re too dense of not noticing their feelings.” Kali explained.

By feelings. She meant the boys’ feelings.

“Jeez...how can you miss that! There were hints!” Kali raised her hands in disbelief.

“I-” Ink asked. 

“The flowers, the gifts, the plushie and the chocolate cupcakes with the heart sprinkles on them!!” Kali made number of her fingers as she makes her points. Yeah that last part, she will never let that go. “And on the party, you can’t pick one! You want all of them?!” Kali asked. 

“Yeah....” Ink narrows her eyes, wondering what’s her point right now. 

“Are you saying that because you don’t want to hurt their feelings, or you can’t choose or that’s how you really feel?” Kali asked. Ink is silent to which Yuuka, Jinx and Ashely comes to her defense.

“We all heard it, Kali.” Jinx said.

“Yes! We were all there!” Said Yuuka. 

“Y-yes, Ink gave her answer.” Ashely stammered. But Kali’s eyes shut them down, “I’m asking Ink. Not you three.” She tells them before going to Ink, “Well? What’s your answer?”

Ink thinks deeply on this before giving her answer, “It’s what...I really feel, Kali.” Ink said it. “When I spend time with each and every one of them, I felt happy.” Ink said honestly, “At first, the first time you ask me that question. I didn’t want to pick because if I say all, I feel like I’m hurting their feelings but I shouldn’t hide my feelings. ”

“And you’re not going to say whose the best out of the six?” Kali tapping her foot.

“No. They’re all the best to me in their own way.” Ink said.

“Oh my god...” Kali rolls her eyes. “And how you are going to spend with them! It takes a lot of energy! You really don’t think this through! What the heck are you trying to pull?!” “I’m not trying to pull anything!” Ink retorted.

“Yes you are! With your mokkori body, do you have any idea what is it like to spend time with a person who has the hots for you?!” Kali pointed. “Do you?!”

“Mokkori-?!” Yuuka had to do a double take as she trips herself. Jinx caught Yuuka in her arms.

“Y-yuuka! Are you alright?” Ashely asked making Yuuka, “Y-yeah...sorta.” Yuuka had to twitch an eye. Where did the hell did Kali got that word from?! 

“Well...no...I mean....” Ink begins.

“Of course you don’t! You have no experience with men! You don’t how to date! You have no game! You have no concept of dating!” Kali said. “That’s what I did this for you so as a fellow rival, to cut down their numbers so you can handle one!”

“H-handle?” Ashely blinks. 

“That’s right! After all, as your rival. I deserve to have-

“To have one of them for yourself.” Ink cuts her off, making Kali blink. The girl huffs away from her and nods, “Yes. I said that and I won’t take it back.” 

“Why? You didn’t know any of them that much.” Ink said. “Why would you-

“So?! If one of them are mine, then I will and make sure they will be pleased by me. After all, they need someone who isn’t an immature, reckless, and oblivious person on earth.”

“Kali!” Yuuka yelled, can’t believe what she’s hearing. Ashely is now worried while Jinx is now worried about Ink. They never heard Kali talked like this. Kali is crossing the line here.

“That’s why if you are honest, I can take them off your hands and-” 

“Kali.....” Ink begins. “The guys aren’t objects.” She said emotionless making Kali look at Ink now having a serious expression, “They aren’t yours to take....”

“Oh...” Kali blinked her eyes, now surprising to hear her rival now. “And what are you going to do about it?” Kali sneers. It’s about time!

“To set the record straight!” Ink said as she grips her greatsword, Wyvern. “The guys can make their decisions on who they want to go with! You can’t force them to! If I said I like them all! I like them all and you’re not going to have any of them to yourself!” Ink roared as she unleashes a surge of demonic energy towards Kali who now laughs as she unleashes her own demonic energy as well.

“Then prove it to me! Beat me in a fight then!” Kali laughs as she pulls out her twin sabres, Ravanna. The three girls take cover behind a rock as the two girls went at each other as their weapons clashes. “It’s about time you’re taking this seriously!

“Not good! We have to do something!” Yuuka said but she and Ashely were stopped by Jinx. “J-JInx?” Ashely questioned. Jinx shakes her head, “I say let them fight it out. Ink and Kali needs this.” She said.

“But-”

“Look Yuuka. Ink is serious in fighting Kali and Kali wants to know her resolve.”

“But still...” Yuuka said.

“Don’t worry! Since Central Park is part of Cursed Vixens’ turf! I will act as a refeere!” Jinx grinned with a thumbs up making the two fraction leaders sigh.

----- two hours later ----

“I swear Ink- you little-” A clash is heard that sends shockwaves throughout Central Park. A explosion is heard as Yuuka, Ashely and Jinx watch. 

“I WON’T LOSE!!” Ink yelled as she slams her greatsword down on Kali but Kali blocks with her sabres, Ravanna and pushes her away.

“HA! I’M SURPRISED YOU CAN STILL MOVE AFTER THROWING YOU ACROSS THE BRIDGE!” Kali said, rushing her and delivers slashes at her but Ink blocks them away. “That’s because I got to solve one more problem to solve !” Ink yelled. 

“HA! ME A PROBLEM?!” Kali laughed. 

“YOU HURT THEM, KALI! WITH YOUR DUMB GAMES!! I WON’T LET YOU GET AWAY WITH THAT! ONCE I BEAT YOU, YOU’RE GOING TO SAY SORRY!” Ink yelled. 

“NOT IF I BEAT YOU!” Kali yelled. Trees are being cut down and the grass is being upturned as dirt is around. “WHEN I BEAT YOU, I WILL TAKE THEM FOR MYSELF!”

“NO WAY! THAT’S NOT-” Ink yelled.

“NOT WHAT?!” Kali said. 

“THAT’S NOT WHAT LIKING SOMEONE IS ABOUT! YOU CAN’T FORCE SOMEONE TO LIKE YOU, KALI!” 

“WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IS CALLED LOVE!” Kali said. “YOU DUMB IDIOT!” Kali forces Ink against a tree and pins there. “Do you have any idea how I feel about it?! Do you?! I spend a lot of time dating and I can’t get one guy to stay with me! But you?! You managed to have five...no...six guys without even trying! While me having experience, I got nothing but damn catfishes and creeps!!”

“Y-you...need to be yourself, I mean you can find people and”

“BE MYSELF?!” Kali yelled before throwing Ink to the dirt. “That’s a load of crap I ever heard! Didn’t I told you before. You’re lucky!” Kali said as she brings her Ravanna down but Ink rolls to the side dodging it before coming back up.

“You need to go out and find them not online! You need to go outside and meet people!” Ink said.

“I can’t find anyone who likes me!” Kali screeched. 

“There’s someone who does!” Ink said. 

“LIKE WHO?!” Kali said. 

“I don’t know but you gotta try! You can’t sit there and complain about finding guys you don’t meet face-to-face!” Ink said as she blocks an attack. Yuuka, Ashely and Jinx watches the fight. Yuuka begins to realize what this is about.

Kali is jealous. Or rather envious of Ink. Did she do this because she’s upset that she doesn’t have no one that looks at her like the boys look at Ink. Affection? and love?

“As your fellow rival, those guys want nothing but your body! I don’t want that for you!”

“That’s not true! You don’t know them like I do!” Ink roared before slamming her sword against Kali, sending her flying. Kali recovers as she flips and lands her feet on the trunk of the tree. Using it as a launchpad and launches herself at Ink. 

“I know because it’s true! Because I have been used like that! Nobody cares about me!” Kali screamed as she swings her sabres at Ink so quickly, it look like the attacks were multiple but Ink manages to block them by swinging her greatsword in front of her body. Then with a growl, Ink slams Kali against the tree.

“Then I’m sorry that you feel that way!” Ink said, making sure Kali is pin against the tree. “Kali! I talk to them and I can see it in their eyes that they don’t think like that!” Ink said seriously.

“And how do you know?” Kali said angrily. 

The three girls can’t overhear but it looks like Ink whispered something to Kali that made her quiet and widen her eyes. Kali said, “I...you...what?”

“Yeah. I seen it and deal with it.” Ink said. “That’s why I’m telling you this. The guys are different and someday...you find someone like them who likes you for who you are.” Ink tells her seriously as she pulls away and Kali slides down, contemplating this. Kali narrows her eyes.

“Really?”

“Really. Someday...you will find them and get to know them. I know I’m lucky, Kali. That’s why I make sure I will like them as much as they like me. I will support their dreams and goals. If they don’t love me anymore, that’s fine. I want them to be happy.” 

“Hah...this is why I can’t compete with your optimistic attitude.” Kali huffs as she dusts herself. “Well if this is what you want then as your rival, I’m going to make sure to give you advice in men and dating.”

“Not till you say sorry.” Ink crosses her arms.

“After I say sorry.” Kali nods in agreement. The girls sees that the fight is over. Jinx had to whistle, “Wow...you guys make a mess. Did you two got it out of your system?”

“Yeah...” Ink and Kali said in unison.

“D-does that mean....we’re good now?” Ashely asked. Kali and Ink nods. “Well that is...I have to apologize to the people and Ink’s harem.” Kali said with a frown. 

“That’s good to know...” Said Yuuka. Before the girls say anything, they heard a shout.

“INK!”

Ink heard explosions and a whoosh. She can already sense who came. 

Midoriya and Bakugo lands on the ground, looking concerned or rather Bakugo looks mad.  “Ink! What the hell?!” Ink and Kali jumped along with Yuuka, Jinx and Ashely hearing Bakugo’s voice as he is on the field. 

“Uh! Bakugo!  Midoriya! What’s up? Are you-”

“Were you just fighting right now?” Bakugo asked frowning. 

“Uh yes! But I was fighting Kali because...HUH?!!” Then Ink is lifted up and hostled over Bakugo’s shoulder. “Hey Bakugo! What are you doing?!” Ink yelled.

“Taking you back to hospital! That’s what!” Bakugo yelled. 

“But I’m fine!” Ink retorted

“You haven’t heal properly from your injuries!” Midoriya cried. 

“I was just sparring! Besides Dr. Yosano took care of them.”

“That’s sparring?!” Bakugo points comically, pointing to several trees that are cut down and rocks being destroyed from their fight making Ink sweat-dropped as she chuckles. “Well...uh...we’re just talking???!” Ink laughs nervously. 

“Uh-huh. Anyway...we’re getting your ass back to bed!” Bakugo said while carrying Ink back while Midoriya sighed. “B-b-but!” Ink tries to argue.

“No buts!” Bakugo told her firmly making Ink sigh in defeat. 

Kali stares in disbelief while Jinx, Yuuka and Ashely are just watching stunned when Ink is being dragged back to hospital like a kid being reprimanding about not taking care of herself. Midoriya addresses the girls including Kali. “Are you four alright? We heard from Oblivion that Ink is missing and-”

“Yeah! Ink and Kali were really sparring.” Jinx smiled.

“Y-yes. Sorry for the scare.” Ashely said. 

“Yeah...Ink is fine.” Yuuka said. Kali huffs as she crosses her arms, “Like they said, we’re sparring. That said, I owe you an apology, hero.” Kali tells Midoriya. “For my actions at the party, I was getting overboarding and my feelings got the best of me. That said...if you continue this relationship with Ink, I will support it!”

Huh? Midoriya blinked. “Oh...okay.” Midoriya nods. Seems like Kali is apologizing. If that’s what Ink is planning to do based on their so-called sparring, it makes sense. 

“That said! If you’re planning on doing it with Ink! Make sure to use protection! She has no experience in it if you know what I mean!” Kali said it wisely with a wink. 

The green hero had to do a double take while the girls blushed, knowing what Kali meant. Soon, Midoirya’s cheeks flushed red as he understood what Kali is talking about. 

“EEEEH?!” Midoriya widens his eyes. 

Looks like Ink’s problem with Kali is settled.

------- Later that night  ------

It is dinnertime as Bakugo presents his dish to Ink.

“Here! My favorite sweet and spicy chicken.” Bakugo presents his dish to Ink after getting her to the hospital. “I have a thing for spicy food but I don’t want to upset your stomach so sweet goes well. I found this recipe with onion and radish that keeps it cool.” Bakugo explains his dish to her. The sweet and spicy chicken is not what you think. He use chicken breasts and uses the sweet and spicy seasoning to marinate the chicken, leaving it in the fridge for two hours so the juices to soak into the meat. Then he cooks the rice and adds some pickled plum into it to make each bite refreshing. 

“Plus I made you some pudding for dessert to help to cool your mouth and finish the day off.” He said making Ink amazed at the effort that Bakugo put into this dish. “Ooohh!”

“Wow! That’s so cool! I love some spicy food!” Ink smiles happily. She goes to cut into her chicken and scoops up some rice then eats it. “Wow! So good! This is the best food I ever had! You’re like a chef, Bakugo! This helps me after the fight I had with Kali.”

“Heh.” Bakugo smirked as he can’t wait to tell how Ink likes his cooking. Take that you derp-face bastard and rat tail demon punk! I WIN!’ Bakugo thought while Ink eats, having no idea about this cook-off contest.

Meanwhile....

“Son of a bitch...” Rin growled. “I told you...he’s going to make a spicy dish! I just knew it!” He said making Yukio chuckle. “There, there, big brother! At least Ink likes your dish. Lunch is the most memorable meal.” He said cheering him up as he can.

“Damnit....” Denji muttered while Atsushi sighs. 

“Looks like it’s our turn tomorrow.” Said Ren while Midoriya laughs sheephisly. “Yeah...”

“I can take the breakfast.” Atsushi volunteered.

“Lunch for me.” Said Midoriya.

“Fair enough. I can take care of dinner then.” Said Ren, pushing his glasses up. 

And so another day goes by....