Abandoned | Jujutsu Kaisen

Chapter 30

"Follow me," Gojo-sensei says to us one day. 'Us' meaning Fushiguro, Inumaki, and I. We're in the basement, the coolest place in the building as all the air conditioners are broken for the moment. I'm on the edge of the sofa, thoughtlessly staring at the floor. Inumaki is leaning on my shoulders, looking at the YouTube video displayed on his phone. Fushiguro reads his book quietly on a second sofa.

"Why?" I ask, not moving. Where is he taking us this time? Inumaki starts standing up, pocketing his phone away.

"Just come," He says, sighing. I heave myself off of the sofa and stretch my arms. Gojo-sensei sighs again and impatiently pushes me outside.

"Sujiko! Tuna ikura shake?" Toge asks, pulling on Gojo-sensei's sleeve.

[Wait! Where are we going?]_Inumaki

"I'm taking you guys on my mission! Isn't it so interesting?" Gojo-sensei says, smiling really big. Mission? Us? Why? What about Panda and Maki? Before I can ask anything, Gojo-sensei grabbed all three of us by the back of our clothes.

"Sensei!" Fushiguro shoots an angry glare at him. I do the same.

"Don't move," He warned us. Then he shot up into the air, us dangling in the air below him. Then he starts flying. I literally hear a whooshing sound as he picks up speed, the city below us zooming past, no one noticing us. I stare ahead of me, my mind blank. Then a thought pops up in my head: Moving a lot right now = Sensei dropping me = Me falling = Dying. Especially since I can control Itami by 99 percent. Meaning I can use his powers as my own, including regeneration. Except... the one percent seems to be a big one percent. The other powers are fine; it's easy to control. But regeneration... it just hates me. I force the thoughts out of me and just decide to jump. It's either death or no death. Worth a try. Just as I'm about to start my plan, I realize we've landed already.

"We're here!" Gojo-sensei announces, letting go of us.

"Shoot," I mutter under my breath. I should have just jumped when I had the chance.

"Focus," Gojo-sensei says to me, hitting the back of my head lightly. I growl but concentrate more on him.

"The Spirit is inside that building," He says while pointing at a rusty old building that looks like the tiniest wind will knock it down.

"I'm not gonna do anything. It's all up to you three," He points at us one by one, "But I will be outside. Just in case,"

"Are you just making us do your mission 'cause you don't want to do it yourself?" I ask, putting one hand into my pocket.

"Of course not!" He laughs. And of course, I can't read his mind to check if he's telling the truth.

"Then off you go!" He pushes us toward the entrance of the building. When I turn back, he's gone.

"Gyokuken!" Fushiguro immediately summons his dogs, and we follow them, trusting their doggo-noses. We run after the dogs, getting closer to the Spirit with every step we take. We skidded around a corner and finally, come face to face with the Spirit. A huge Spirit. It takes up the entire hallway, and part of the Spirit is still in a room. I can't tell where the body starts and where it ends.

"Okaka... takana?" Inumaki backs up a step, his voice shaking a bit. I look through the Spirit's body.

"The Spirit's weak," I tell him, "It's just the size," Fushiguro nods next to me, and pats the dog's heads, comforting them.

"Krrrrr..." The Spirit growls, and what I think is the head turns to face us. The face only has one giant eye, and it crawls across the face freely, until it catches sight of us. The eye locks in place, its glare aimed at us.

"Karrrr!!" The Spirit gives out a thundering roar, making the building shake, threatening to give out and collapse on us.

"Don't Move," Toge shouts, pulling his scarf down and revealing his usually covered mouth. Fushiguro and I take that as our signal and charge at the immobilized Spirit.

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