𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲'𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐭 | ＧＯＪＯ

38: Conflicted

Maki gingerly held onto the cerulean dragons flank, she took silent breathes trying to regulate her breathing to prepare for the worst. Her mind raced with thoughts. Do I say something? Do I wait? How do I call for help?
She glanced over to Yuta who seemed to be frozen in fear, clearly he wasn't going be any help today.

"So how did you recognise me, young Yuna?"

Yuna beamed, happy to niavely converse with her newly found Uncle. "Mom and Dad have lots of pictures around the house. You, Uncle Kento, Auntie Shoko, Uncle Yu"

Suguru flinched at the mention of Haibara's name, his lips pursing into a thin line. He hadn't thought of his dear friend in a long time, the memory made his heart ache. Yuna watched the man intently, noticing his sudden change in demeanor she began to lift her leg over the dragons back to dismount. Her sense was keenly intune to Geto's pain and she hated to see it. A hug wouldn't hurt, right?

Just as her leg arched over Vermax's spines, a hand grasps her ankle preventing her from moving.
"Don't move Yuna. This man is dangerous". The girl quickly turned to face the familiar voice, Maki.

"It's ok Maki-chan, Suguru is Daddy's best friend, Mom's too. He's a good person" the girl innocently smiled at her friend. Vermax shifted his large wing to nestle comfortably into his flank exposing the student to the intruder.
Suguru's eyes narrowed in frustration.
"Ahhh the monkey.. clinging onto the future's most powerful Jujutsu Sorcerer. As if I expected better"
The slander hissed out of Geto's lips in disgust. "Come to me Yuna, let me get a better look at you"

A bright twinkle shone from her deep plum iris' at hearing her Uncle wanting her to come closer. All of the stories about him, she was finally going to get her Uncle Geto and be able to take pictures of her own.

"Over my dead body will she go anywhere you" Maki flipped the large polearm from behind her shoulders and planted her feet into attack position.
Yuta only a few foot away was watching the altercation wide eyed.
Geto laughed demonically at Maki's bold stance.

"Get out of my way you damn monkey!"

As quick as lightening the sorcerer advanced to within an inch of the plum haired teen, using the back of his hand he landed a smack around her jaw causing her body to fly to the ground several feet away. She winced, blood seeping from a freshly opened gash on her lower lip. Stuffing her hands into the gravel she stood up and made her way back in front of Yuna and Vermax.
"I said, you won't go near her"

The student jabbed the sharpened end of her cursed tool at Geto, narrowly missing his abdomen. He raised his palms summoning multiple low level curses to deal with the pesky human, the girl wasn't worth wasting any time on.
He'd come here for Yuta, but now he had another prize to win.

Yuna's faced flushed with horror as she watched the man she thought was her caring uncle visciously attack her friend.
She felt frozen not knowing where to turn. Small tears gathered on her lower lid when her vision caught sight of Yuta. "Yuta.." she croaked.

Little did the girl know, Yuta had already made up his mind on his plan of action. Any person who made an enemy of his friends was going down, no questions asked."It's ok Yuna, we've got this".
Yuta's body became shrouded by a black mist, a huge white creature assimilated in front of the young girls eyes. An evil cackle ripped through the atmosphere. "Yuu-yuttaaa? I love you Yuta"
The gigantic special grade cast a shadow over the courtyard, it didn't go unseen by Geto.

"So the human girl is your weak spot hm? Better give her some more attention then" he snarled. Geto lurched toward Maki with more curses at his side, easily enough to take her down for good.
"No.. Maki" a small whisper escaped Yuna's lips.
Vermax's wings stretched out at his masters dispair. His large body pushed up from the ground and into the air as he soared towards the threat. The dragons talons planted into the earth, his entire body shielding Maki from the onslaught.

Suguru's face changed from one of pure bliss to one of intense worry. Not Yuna, he couldn't hurt Yuna. She was special, she was both of the people he cared about most. "Out of the way!" He screeched, summoning his rainbow dragon curse at the fire drake.
Geto's dragon knocked back Vermax but not without slicing a large chunk of membrane from his tender wing.
A blood curdling roar erupted from the fledgling dragons jaws causing the surrounding plant life to rustle violently.

Yuna looked in horror to Maki's bruised body discarded on the ground. "Yuna.. Yuna, run"

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You stared up at the group of Sorcerer's casually riding ontop of the giant curse engolfing the skyline when Cyrax's head shot up and stared wide eyed at the horizon. Her nostrils flared, inhaling the scent around her as mighty jaws opened. A pained howl escaped her throat.

"Satoru! Satoru something's wrong!" You yelled down at your boyfriend who had already turned to face you at the commotion.
Cyrax's crimson wings unfolded, narrowly missing multiple faculty members heads in doing so. She arched her large hind legs back in preparation to launch. "It's Vermax and Yuna. The school.. they're in trouble" the words shakily rattled off your tongue.

You'd only ever seen his face look like this once before. The day he saved you from Toji Fushiguro.
Anxiety and fear was something Gojo never showed, but not when it came to you and certainly not when it came to his baby girl.

You couldn't stop her. Your mighty drake whipped up a minor whirlwind as she took off into the amber evening sky in direction of Jujutsu High.
"Toge, Panda. I'm going to warp you to the school, help your sensai, protect your classmates"
The two students nodded in agreement before Gojo transported the pair to school grounds.

"They've figured it out already?" The long haired female sorcerer questioned her comrade. "Hm. Looks like it.. Hey, Satoru Gojo. I'll be your opponent for this evening. Name's Miguel"
The male sorcerer curled a long leather rope around his fingers with a smug grin on his face.

"Sorry Miguel.. but I'm in a hurry"