The Zen'in Clan

Chapter Five: The Past.

Hiiii! Friendly reminder that this chapter will strictly be based on the past. Happy reading!
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I poured the hot water in our cups and sat down. "Thanks for the tea." Hoshiyomi said. "No problem." "Okay how should I start this?" I trailed off. "Alright. So Jujutsu Sorcerers exercise curses. Like I did with that Mount Fuji looking one." "His name was Jogo." Fushigiro added. "Who cares? Anyway. There were four Jujutsu Sorcerer clans. Ours, The Gojo, The Zen'in and one more....I can't remember. We belonged to the Takahashi Clan. Very elite. Everything was top notch. As he said, our clan built Jujutsu High and also created a prison realm to seal away strong curses. But the curses got ahold of it and tampered with it, making it now seal away strong Jujutsu Sorcerers. Our clan was extremely vile. They were known for calling kids who didn't possess cursed energy nor cursed technique, failures. What they did was kill those failures with no mercy. When I was born, I was possessed with the twelve eyes. So I was given special contacts to wear and to never take them off unless I have to. I've been wearing them all my life. Growing up I used to see kids that I played with disappear. I was told they moved but eventually I saw what happened. That's how I found out they killed those who were "failures." This was going on for generations and is known as one of the Takahashi traditions. Everyone accepted that whether they liked it or not. They weren't fond of starting a new tradition." I air quoted. "Wow. That's brutal." I laughed. "You don't even know the half. Thankfully I was the only child. Everyone praised me. Especially our elders. They said I was going to surpass everyone especially with my unusual eyes. Those who weren't killed, still played with me. We'd sneak off to look for curses and I'd kill them like you saw tonight. I thought I was the shit back then. When we got older, things changed. They started to be jealous of me because I was favored the most. The special child. The gifted. The prophecy and all that. Oh I guess I forgot to mention, my parents died by the hands of a curse....what was his name?" I thought for a minute. "It's crazy cause I can remember everything as part of my twelve eyes abilities but for some reason I cannot remember his name. Guess since I haven't used my twelve eyes in years, I'm a little rusty and my memory is shot. Your mom Emiko raised me. We were so close and she was my favorite aunt. She was exactly like her name was. Passionate and graceful. But all of that changed when she fell pregnant. I kept reassuring her that her child would be born with cursed energy because she worried so much. Fast forward two years, you was a toddler still didn't have cursed energy. By then she was ashamed of you. I did everything I could to change her mind but it was set. During that time, they wanted me to be head of the Takahashi Clan. I kept refusing. One day we were having a chat while I was drinking orange juice when suddenly I was knocked out. When I came to, I was in an abandoned building and the entire clan was there. Emiko had your hand. I asked how could she and she said nothing. They wanted to see if I truly qualified to become head. And to do that, I was ordered to kill you. Of course I kept refusing, you were an innocent baby. They tortured me or as they called: "Eradicating emotions out of me" but that was bullshit. God it was so gruesome I won't explain it to you. But I still have the scars, the burns and bruises. Anyway something clicked in my head and I just lost it. My eyes made them foresee their deaths before I made it to a reality. That's another thing. Not that you really need to know but my eyes make everyone see their death before I kill them. Only when I'm about to kill. Back to the story, I was beyond raging mad. When I came to, they were all dead. I had a Katana in one hand and you in my other. I left out of there after dropping the sword and ran as fast as I could. That's when I ran into Aiya and her husband. I begged her to take you, still having fear they were going to come and kill you. I didn't realize I was unconscious again until I woke up in the hospital and Aiya was holding you. I told her everything that happened and she promised to take good care of you. We made a deal that if she dies and you look for me, I'll be there. I just didn't expect her to go so soon. She legally adopted you and gave you her last name. I told her I didn't want to meet you just so your life would be as normal as possible." I explained. Hoshiyomi was quiet. "This is a lot to take in." He finally said. "Take your time." "So my own birth mother was going to let me be killed?" "Yes." I firmly said. "That's horrifying. I mean I was her child!" I nodded. "I know I know. But that was our clan's tradition as they weren't going to change that. And I certainly did not want to be the head of if meant I had to kill you and other future failures." "Where was my dad during all of this?" "Ran away when you were born." "That bastard! And this woman. Mo-Aiya took care of me without judgement." "It's okay. You can call her mom. She's still your mom legally." "She was the best mom I ever had." "I bet she was." "So you single handly took out our entire clan? By yourself?" "Yup." "That's incredible. I thought I would feel sorry for them all including my birth mother but...I-I don't. She never tried to defend me. She just turned on me. I hate her. I hate them all!" "And you have every right to." "I'm sorry you had to go through all of that because of me. I'm such a nuisance." "Hey don't beat yourself up over it. You can't help it." "So what about these glasses?" "Those glasses help determine who can see curses. If you can see them before someone puts them on you, then you produce cursed energy. If you can only see curses after wearing the glasses, then you're a failure. That was every child's fate." "That's messed up. Truly." "Mhm." I agreed. "Then I want to go to Jujutsu High." "What?!" "I want to show those bastards in hell that even someone without cursed energy like me can successfully be a Jujutsu Sorcerer." Fushiguro chuckled and I groaned. "Look at what you did Fushiguro!" I yelled. "The kid's got spirit. Besides what could go wrong?" "He dies." "Come on Y/N we all die. Even by curses. At least let him learn how to take down a few." "Fine. I won't stop you." "I'll take him down there-it's best if you do it." Fushiguro said. He swirled his finger in his second round of tea I gave him. There goes that feeling again. "Are-Are you two-" Hoshiyomi asked. "Oh god no!" I quickly shouted. "Come on now Y/N what's wrong with me?" Fushiguro asked. "I don't even know you." "But he knows you." Hoshiyomi asked. "You mean he stalk me." I corrected. "I think you two would be a cute couple. That's too bad." I looked at Hoshiyomi terrified. "You take that back!" He got up and stretched. "Well I guess I'm going to go home." He announced. "At this hour? With those curses crawling? Did you forget you almost died?!" "You're right." "Listen this is a one bed room but you can take the couch. Tomorrow after breakfast I'll take you to Jujutsu High." I looked over at Fushiguro. "And as for you, you can do whatever the hell you want. It's clear you're a Jujutsu Sorcerer as well so you'll be fine if you leave." "Why don't I just stay?" "That's fine. The other couch is free." "In your bed." I froze. "Whoa back up now. My bed is off limits and I don't even know you. At least take a girl out to dinner first." "I was kidding. The couch is fine." "Oh thank god." I headed upstairs. I got undressed and took a quick shower. When I was done, I slipped into my night clothes. I headed back downstairs, getting thirsty. I stopped in my tracks. Fushiguro was taking his shirt off as he was cracking his muscles. He turned to me. "Oh I thought you were asleep. "I-I got thirsty." I stuttered. Dammit, I cursed myself. This was the first time I was seeing him like this and his body is amazing. His shirt was between his teeth, revealing his entire chest. I looked off. "What's stopping you?" He asked. "I'm sorry do you always use your teeth to take off your shirt? Are you even normal?" "Yes to the first question and no to the second." "You're a real handful Fushiguro." He chuckled. "So you know my entire backstory, do I get to hear yours?" "No. But you will in due time." "Oh so you do plan on telling me. I thought you were going to stalk me forever."  "Well I want you to help me out with something and you're the perfect candidate." "What is it?" "You'll find out." I rolled my eyes. Fushiguro turned the tv on. It was blasting. Hoshiyomi stirred in his sleep. I snatched it out of his hands and turned it off. "Are you trying to wake him?" I asked. "Well I was getting kind of bored." I took a deep breath. "Fine if you want to watch tv, we can watch it in my room." The words flew out of my mouth before I even had time to think. His eyes lit up as a smirk spread across his face. I went upstairs. "In your bed?" I heard him behind me. I stoped and turned to him. "If you try anything funny, I will kill you." I threatened. "I won't do anything. Just what type of person do you think I am?" "I don't know, considering I don't know you at all." I headed into my room. Fushiguro slammed the door behind him. "Way to go!" "Y/N he's a teenager not a toddler calm down." "I don't know if he's a heavy sleeper or not." "You worry too much." I climbed into bed and turned on the tv. Fushiguro got in. He was freakishly close. I pushed him over. "We have enough space." "I respect that." He said. "What do you want to watch?" I asked. "Anything." "You pick." I handed him the remote. He flipped through the channels and stopped at a horror movie. "Hope you're not scared." He teased. I rolled my eyes. "Oh please."  I watched as he twirled his wedding ring around his finger again. He seemed deep in thought. "You can talk about her when you're ready. I'm all ears." I said as I pulled the blanket over us. He nodded and got comfortable. We started watching the movie in silence.