The Priestesses' Voice | a Jujutsu Kaisen fanfiction

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The Mountains, Tokyo, 2018

"Now... what to do about you, hmm?" Noriko hummed, moving her bisento back into the leather holster slung across her back. She dusted off her hands and tucked her pigtails back over her shoulders before taking a quick look at her injuries. Nothing the nurse couldn't fix, she noted, poking her blistered calf. Testing her leg, she put her weight on it a couple times and found it was mostly fine before sauntering over to the corner of clearing where she could sense a steady flow of energy.

"The event - " Noriko paused as she heard the speakers switch on and Gojo began to speak. The voice from the speakers barely got through before it dissipated in crackles; she waited a minute. Still nothing. Taking a moment to determine her best options, Noriko continued on her current task and began to trek through a small crop of bushes.

"Oh? So, it's you!" Noriko peeled back a couple of thick branches of foliage as she laid her eyes on the person in question. Chitose Saito was splayed out behind the bushes, holding a hand to her head as she tried to snap out of her disorientated state. The girl had almost no presence, and Noriko would've almost forgotten her very existence had Noritoshi not spoken to her while she was eavesdropping. 

She was a short girl - maybe 5'4 or 5'3 - with dark, chestnut hair that was cut into a neat bob which curled up at the ends while her bangs were similar to Noriko's, only a couple inches longer which obscured her eyes and almost half her face. Not that it mattered, because a thin black strip of cloth covered her eyes beneath the hair (similar to Gojo's in a sense). She donned the standard uniform (her skirt was the longer option and came down to her just below her knees), however every inch of skin from her neck to her feet was completely covered by black spandex or a similar material.

"N-noriko Kamo?" The girl asked as she stumbled to her feet, holding a gloved hand over one of her ears. A stream of blood trickled down, staining the neck and shoulder of her uniform.

"Yeah, sorry, I didn't have time to warn you," the taller girl apologised, reaching out a hand to stabilise the Kyoto second year as she swayed slightly. "Can you stand?"

The girl nodded and Noriko withdrew her hand before glancing around at her surroundings.

"Did you... did you hear the announcement?" The Tokyo student asked as she began to check her phone. No calls, no messages, no anything from her teammates, but she did have a notification for a forty-eight hour sale for her favourite makeup brand. Chitose brushed her skirt off.

"On the speakers?" She asked quietly, wiping the blood away from her ear - which only served to smear it further over her cheek and neck. Pausing for a second, the girl stared upwards before lifting her hand to point. "Yes, it probably has something to do with that."

Frowning, Noriko's gaze followed her finger up to the sky above. A mass of energy covered the blue abyss and formed a dome above the forest.

"Ah... yeah." The girl hummed, folding her arms across her chest as she tilted her head. "That probably isn't a good sign - wait, can you see anything under that blindfold?"

"Oh, you noticed? I need it... to keep my ability in check, b-but I can see the flow of energy in return." Chitose explained, climbing out of the undergrowth. After a quiet pause, she continued, "...that's how I knew you were eavesdropping."

"Hmmm... you knew?" The dark-haired girl hummed half-heartedly, studying the barrier above them.

"Yes."

"Didn't say anything to your teammates though or they would've changed their strategy."

"I'm... not really interested in things like committing murder."