Comfortable Silence (Inumaki x Fem!Reader)

|•Chapter 26: Spiraling•|

Second Person POV

'It is a simple curse sweep up mission, although it's in a rather large building so it was suggested by Gojo-san that Inumaki-kun joins you Ms Fushiguro.
Initial reports have stated that its mostly grade
three and two curse lingering. Many ordinary
school students have been going missing along
with little children as well so there is a possibility
of a few grade ones. The mission should go
smoothly with you two. Gojo-san says the best
of luck as well.'

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The car pulled up to the sweeping site as it was an
old run down hospital with shattered windows, vines
that grew randomly, and chipped paint just like
any other abandoned places. "I'll cast the veil
whilst you two go ahead." You nod along to Inumaki
as Ijichi begins to chant for casting down the veil. Entering into the building felt a bit too normal for comfort, the sun filtered through each crack almost
giving it some warmth. Upon inspecting the interior
it just looked like any other place you would hang
out with friends after school to get a away from
the world's loudness. Doing whatever relaxes you.
"Okay you take the first two floors whilst I'll take
the third and fourth okay?"Asking Inumaki to see
if he agrees as he had pulled out his phone, typing away what you assumed to be his responses.
Soon enough he flipped his phone towards you, beginning to read his message. 'You should be
careful though and not go too far.' It read causing
you to suppress a chuckle from slipping right
past your lips.

"Don't worry and also you should be careful to,
if you need help don't even hesitate to call out okay?
I rather you not out do yourself with curse speech.
Well let's not delay this any further than it need
to be." Patting his back; drawing out your two sai
and beginning to take the stairs up the hospital,
the further you went up the more the energy shifts.
It was suffocating. Like rough and calloused hands
were brushing you lightly from every angle. It
didn't take too long to reach the third floor, from
the designs of butterflies on the wall it was the
paediatric ward. Meaning this was where the
grade one is residing. Suddenly the lights begin
to flicker, "This place shouldn't have power..."
You murmur whilst blinking you saw a shadowy
figure appear every time the light was off. Just
like the horror movies.

In an instance you felt those same hands from
earlier; harshly holding your arm, using your free
one to stab the sai into whatever was grabbing you.
Yet the weapon was only met with air, it's presence
had disappeared. Then there was the sudden urge
to itch your limbs, skin burning up as if you were
getting hives. Checking your arms in legs, seeing
a deep reddish purple coloured rash developing.
Decorating on your skin in splotches; gloved
fingers grazing over it, causing you to wince
when started to give a burning sensation. Next
thing you know your already the floor; it was now
paralysing your legs. The lights then briefly
flicker again; a flock of curses enter the hallway, coming from the opposing end.

"Destruction Technique:Pretegious Shock."

Stabbing the sai down into the ground, destructive
curse energy coming through like a wave.
Immediately exorcising the small group upon the
destructive energy's impact. Now you had a
moment to think of what to do; the reddish purple
rashes were most certainly caused by the previous
curse. And from what you can tell it moves
throughout the building, Toge wasn't safe from
it either. Along with that thought reverse curse
technique isn't able to heal it; then a solution had
came to your mind. Sitting the sai down, you
remove the glove off your right hand and go to
touch the rash.

"Fuck," cursing to your self as it the burning
sensation was more intense than it previously was.
You focused your cursed energy more, heightening
its output. Watching the skin shrivel up whilst the
colour of the rash fades away along with the sense
of being paralysed in your one leg. The lights
then blink for a third time whilst the floor begins to shake with a bigger curse travelling toward wards
you. Freakishly like a scorpion. "Give me a break."
You get up onto one foot, using the wall to stabilise
yourself.

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"What are you two talking about?" Entering room
that Gojo and Megumi were talking in; lounging
with the sliding doors to the outdoor area were.
"Just the history between the Ze'nin and the Gojo
clan."Gojo answers, you already knew all about
it as he told you once before. It exactly wasn't
anything friendly. "How's training going along?"
He then inquires as you sigh, "Don't even get me
started, it's so difficult utilising curse energy to
target more stronger things. Haven't been able
to do what I did to him." You refer to what
happened on the 24th of December.

"You don't need to be in a rush to directly inflict someone's soul with destructive curses energy,
work your way up." Gojo advises as he gets off his
lounging chair, now standing a few metres away
from you. He stretched his arms across his chest
and shook his legs outwards, "Make his me with
cursed energy." He simply states. Making you
wanna question his sanity for a moment but it is
Gojo Satoru asking you to hit him after all.
Deciding to shrug it off and go in for a punch,
flowing a significant amount of curse energy into
it. Yet your hand was immediately met with
infinity.

"I see your problem now, you're not evenly
distributing your curse energy in the arm so
when you're hitting infinity it's not coming at it
at once." He slyly moves to the side, causing you
to fall face first into the ground. You turn over
onto your back to shoot him glare; Gojo crouches
down to your level. "Train with Megumi and I
again, your other teacher clearly doesn't know
how to give you advice." You huff as he wasn't
wrong but the feeling of your ass getting handed
to you felt like utter shameful. Yet the tug at your
cheeks draws your attention back to the white
haired man.

"Don't be like that, one day you'll be stronger than
me. Just keep pushing yourself, okay?" Gojo then
ruffles your head, not bothering to swat it away
as you let his word soak into your brain and
engrave itself into your memory.

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You hid in one of the rooms swiftly, making an effort
to conceal yourself as you formulate a plan to handle
the curse. It was by it self so it's definitely strong,
a grade one curse. Yet with one of your legs not
capable with being able to deal with it was definitely
a problem. You check around the room as it was
an old private room, everything was left there and
untouched. "Wait..." You look down at your right
hand at it was completely uncovered, remembering
you took off your glove earlier. Destructive energy
was practically leaking everywhere. You were
completely exposing yourself now.

"Shit." Cursing to yourself even more as time wasn't
to be wasted as you. Slipping off the glove on your
left hand, everything begun to shake as you were
now at 100%.

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A/n- Hey y'all I'm releasing this at like one
am so like I'm super tired right now, also
this one took a while to write. I was gonna
do a Valentines Day Chapter but got too
caught up with school unfortunately.
Updates won't be consistent so please
bare with me if I don't update for long than
it probably means I'm busy. Love ya'll 🫶