wasteland, baby! [fushiguro megumi]

03: deja vu

sendai city

sugisawa municipal high school #3

third person pov

"the flesh of the curse is too weak. where are the women and children? what a great era to be in, women and children walk around like maggots!" sukuna had climbed onto a railing, overlooking the city below as he guffawed. "it'll be a massacre!"

keiko gritted her teeth and pushed herself up, her hands shaking from the horror she just witnessed.

no time to black out, i have to exorcise him quickly!

steadying her hands, keiko focused all the cursed energy she had left to them and left out a quivered breath, ready to exorcise.

"wait a minute!" megumi startled her as she lost concentration and furrowed her brows at the boy. "huh-"

"!!!"

her brief moment of distraction had given sukuna enough time for his hands to reach her neck, squeezing it tightly. keiko desperately gasped for air as she was being lifted off the ground, a sadistic smile plastered on sukuna's face.

"why have i been blessed with a beautiful woman right here!" sukuna tightened his grip, his long black fingernails digging into keiko's neck and leaving blood to trickle down slowly.

megumi stood in his spot dumbfounded, his mind and hands struggling to summon any of his shikigami as the scene before him had paralysed him with deja vu from years ago. he knew he had to do something but his body said otherwise and all he could do was watch the king of curses decapitate his long lost friend.

why the hell can't i do anything?!

"i hate it ... when disgusting people touch me!" keiko cried as she dug her own hands into sukuna's wrist, her eyes now glowing a familiar dark crimson with a tiny red butterfly in the centre of her irises before setting his hand on fire, causing sukuna to release his grip and drop the girl.

keiko had one hand on her bleeding neck, her breathing now shallow and restricted, while her other hand had already slid out one of her rings, morphing it into a small dagger with the remaining of her cursed energy she could muster.

"you're feisty, i like it hehehehe" was all sukuna said before throwing his claws towards her.

not being as agile as before, keiko swung her dagger forward to strike sukuna but lost her balance as she stumbled back, giving it just enough space for sukuna's nails to knick at her cheek. she tumbled to the ground, her hand still around her neck as she struggled to catch her breath. sukuna wasted no time to swing his leg towards keiko's torso, sending the girl flying back and crashing into the fallen debris. the king of curses was ready to feast before he was abruptly interrupted when itadori's hand clenched on his jaw.

"what do you think you're doing to my body? give it back." a familiar, innocent voice called out.

"wait, how are you doing that?"

"well its my body,"

"he's suppressing me?"

"don't move!" megumi yelled, putting his hands together as shadows formed a dark circle around him. "you're no longer human. under the regulations of jujutsu, itadori yuji, as a cursed spirit, you will be exorcised!"

"huh? woah! wait a minute!" itadori raised his hands up as if surrendering, the black markings on his body slowly disappearing. "i feel perfectly fine! more importantly the both of us are pretty beat up and- hold on is that a girl over there?"