The Veil: Reimagined

Chapter # 5

It was still dark outside, (Name) jogged down the path on her morning stroll. Her days at Jujutsu high were passing by in the usual patterns. She enjoyed her time at the school more than she liked to acknowledge. She made some great friends and even greater memories that she is sure to miss after her departure. But she did not like thinking about it.

She took a left turn, her headphones blasting her favorite song in them. She wasn't a morning person at all but due to her tough conditioning since very young to be a sorcerer, waking up early was something engraved in her.

"(NAME)-CHAN!!!" she ignored the enthusiastic voice, "(NAME), stop running away!"

She came to a halt, looking back only to find her senior sprinting towards her. For some strange reason, he often stumbled into her during her morning jogs. What was even stranger was that she never saw him or even knew he walked in the morning. He does not even look like an early-rising person.
He was wearing his black tracksuit, with a grey headband supporting his hair over his head like spikes.

He stopped just a few feet away and smiled widely, "(Name), I thought you'll never stop!"

"Maybe I shouldn't have." (Name) started jogging again.

"That'll be disrespectful to your senpai."

"I don't see any respected senpai here?"

He came to a halt, suddenly grabbing her cheeks, and looking closely into her eyes, "your eyes seemed to be working, I know where the issue is." with his knuckles he knocked over her skull, "just as expected, it's empty."

"Get your hands off! you are a nuisance."

"Name-chan, you still love me, right?"

"Don't go around throwing that word like that, it appears as if the word does not mean anything to you."

"But it does," he spoke sincerely, "I love Suguru, Shokko, and sweets, also I'm quite certain I love other things as well like rain."

"you like rain?"

"Yeah, I love it when the smell of rain blends with the warm, sweet fragrance of pastries and pies." a gentle smile graced his lips, unlike any other she has ever seen on him.
"I can imagine that."

"you know what, (Name)-chan, if it rains in near future, I promise to take you to my favorite sweets shop just so you can truly partake in my favorite activities!" he added smiling, "and this time, I'm paying."

"Of course, you are."

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Some time passed as the teens were sitting in the training grounds, the other students were still asleep.

"You know, (Name)-chan, it's been quite some time since you've arrived and we never combated."

"You wanna fight me?" (Name) looked thoughtful, biting her lips.

"Of course, it's only natural. I respect you as a sorcerer and I wanna see how strong you are firsthand in battle."

"Alright, I don't have any issue with fighting you." (Name) answered, "I'm looking forward to it, you happen to be one of the strongest people here."

"(Name)-chan, tell me when you are ready!" Gojo shouted, from the other end of the day of the training area. The area was open, it allowed the contestants to move freely. (Name) pondering over how to make use of this attribute.

She did not know anything about his cursed technique, the only thing she has noticed watching his training was that he was deemed physically stronger than her. If he got hold of her during the fight, it'll be an end for her. But that has less chance of happening because he might be physically superior yet she was faster and more agile.