𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲'𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐭 | ＧＯＪＯ

30: Newbie

~ 10 Years Later ~

"Auntie Shoko and Mom look so pretty" Yuna had taken one of the pictures you'd displayed under the window and brought it to the couch to show her dad.
"When was this?" She enquired, looking up at him with her huge damson eyes.
Gojo wrapped his arm around his daughter, pulling her in close.
"This was taken about two years before you were born, so your Mom would of been around 17"
She smiled, running her fingers across the glass she began to name the people. "Auntie Shoko, Mom, Uncle Kento, Uncle Yu, Daddy and Uncle Suguru"
Satoru nodded and brushed some of her white bangs from her eyes.
"Daddy, where is Uncle Suguru?"

This was a question you got asked often and for a while you struggled to answer. There was no way you were going to tell a ten year old the truth but at the same time Suguru still meant a lot to you both and you couldn't bare the thought of cutting him out of your life completely.

"Uncle Suguru had to leave the school, he moved away because he had to take care of his family".
Yuna looked up from the picture with a huge smile on her face "that's so kind of him! He has a happy face"
Satoru looked at the old photo with fond memories filling his mind "Yeah, they were the good old days".

A knocking on the front door broke him out of his thoughts. "That'll be Ms Eguchi". The young girl frowned, "I don't want you to go.."
Satoru leaned in and planted a kiss against her forehead, "I know baby but I've got to teach now. You love Ms Eguchi, I'm sure you'll get up to so much fun! And remember you've got training with Mom and Maki later"
Her eyes widened with excitement. "Yay Maki-chan! Ok daddy, I'll be good"

He let the female nanny in and said his goodbyes before making his way to class.

"Time to introduce the new student"

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"I'm still not sure this is a good idea Satoru" you hushed as you walked with your partner down the dark hallway, an unfamiliar teen boy lingering a few feet behind you.
Satoru intertwined his fingers with yours and gave your hand a squeeze. "Have I ever let you down before? Trust me y/n, this kid is something special"

The dark haired male trailing behind was barely your age when you'd started Jujutsu High. His frame was scrawny with pale washed out skin, body hunched over as if he was carrying a huge mental burden. You noticed him fiddling nervously with a solid silver ring on his finger.

The three of you ended up outside a classroom, you could hear muffled noises coming from students inside.
"Ok my man, just wait out here for a minute and we'll call you in"

The boy nodded as you and Satoru slid open the beige door and went inside.

"Y/n-sensei!" A young female chirped as she saw you. "I'm looking forward to our weapons training later, is Yuna still joining us with Vermax?
Maki was your pride and joy student. You knew she was destined for great things despite her tiny amounts of cursed energy, she reminded you of yourself when you were younger. Full of determination, never to be told you couldn't do something.
"What? Why do I not get a hi" Gojo pouted, dramatically throwing his hands over his face fiegning sadness.
"Because your an idiot" Maki retorts not even making eye contact with him.

You chuckled to yourself, "Yup, still on for this evening. Yuna's really looking forward to sparring with you"
Maki grinned, she had an affinity for your daughter and you adored that Yuna had another strong female to help her grow.

"Yada yada, borrrinnggg! Anyway!" Gojo spread his arms wide dramatically. "We haaaaaveee... A new student!"
The three teens in the room looked at eachother expectantly.
"Bonito flakes" the smaller snowy haired male stated bluntly.
Gojo slapped a hand over his blindfold, "well yeah I know he's not in here right now. Come in kid!"

The door to the classroom gradually slid open and as soon as his sneaker hit the floor the atmosphere became ominous. He hesitantly walked through and for the first time you could clearly see the huge curse looming over his body.

Holy shit, no wonder the guy was hunching.

A bead of sweat trickled down your temple at the sight of the curse, it was intimidating that's for sure, it had to be a special grade. You turned to the students who'd instantly reacted to the presence of the curse. Maki had drawn her weapon, Inumaki pulled down his turtle neck to expose the markings around his mouth and Panda had teeth bared in aggression.
The new student pivoted in front of the blackboard to face the room but not before Maki's polearm smashed into the wall, barely missing his head.
"Is this some kind of a joke?" Maki growled. "This place is to learn about curses, not a place for the cursed"
The boy stood frozen with fear plastered onto his features. "You know your cursed, right?" The purple haired girl enquired.

He looked to Gojo in confusion.
"This is Jujutsu High, a place to learn how to exercise curses."

"Class, I'd like you to meet Yuta Okkotsu"