COTE x JJK: The Witnessed Monster

Chapter 3.1

"Hey, Itadori." says Ayanokouji, knocking on the door to the maskeshift-movie room. "Can I come in?"

An affirmation comes from behind the door, and Ayanokouji enters to see an Itadori swamped in chips and coke, lying comfortably against the sofa. And around his arms, there was am odd bear-looking thing with boxing gloves—

"Ah—Tyson!?"

Suddenly, the bear wakes up from under Itadori, jumps off the sofa and launches itself towards Ayanokouji, barreling into him with a raised fist.

Ayanokouji catches the bear by it's head before it could reach his face. 

"Tyson? Who's Tyson?"

"Oh, this bear. I named it." Says Itadori, walking over. "You know, like Mike Ty—" he says, getting cut off by a sudden turnaround right hook from 'Tyson'. Itadori quickly reestablishes his cursed energy, though, and the bear turns back to making futile swings at Ayanokouji.

"Good naming sense." says Ayanokouji, swinging his arms to put Tyson behind his back. The moment he does, the moment Tyson was completely covered from Itadori's view, it...

...?

...Wait, was there supposed to be something else here, other than just Itadori and Ayanokouji?

"Here, a gift." he says, pulling out a grotesque pair of... brass knuckles(?) that look like mummified bone. "It's a cursed tool. Your previous one broke, right? This one's quite a bit stronger." he says, placing the malicious thing in Itadori's hands.

Notably, when he gave the item to Itadori, their hands touched for a moment. And though no one but Ayanokouji noticed, the moment they touched, a bit of static flashed around Itadori's outline. Only for a moment, however.

"Hey, thanks!" says Itadori, trying on the boney knuckles without hesitation.

"Don't use them now. Complete your training first." says Ayanokouji, grabbing Itadori's arm. "Here's your bear. Go back to watching movies." he says, pulling the swinging bear out from under his coat.

"Hey, thanks...? Wait a moment, did Tyson just... wait, Tyson? ...?" mused Itadori, falling into a confusing spiral until Tyson interrupts him with another right hook.

"Hold onto that thing. Until I get far away it's going to keep swinging at me."

"Oh, uh, alright!" Confused but responsive, Itadori grabs the swinging bear and drags him to the sofa. "But man, what was that? Was that your technique, Ayanokouji? I forgot all about Tyson for a moment!"

"Yes, that was me." says Ayanokouji. "Are you curious?"

"Well I mean, yeah, but it's ok if you don't want to tell me."

"I don't mind." says Ayanokouji, pulling out a scroll of all things from his pocket. "Here. You can read about my technique on this." he says, throwing the thing to Itadori.

Catching the scroll mid-air, Itadori grabs both ends and prepares to pull it open.

"Don't worry about Sukuna. Go ahead."

Getting permission, Itadori unrolls the paper and begins reading the hand-written notes fully explaining Ayanokouji's cursed technique. After a few moments, he looks up and says—

"I don't get it."

"I didn't expect you to." says Ayanokouji, taking the scroll back and hiding it behind his back. A moment later, Itadori...

...?

...Wait, what was he doing a few seconds ago?

"Anyway, before I leave, I had one thing I wanted to ask you." says Ayanokouji, ignoring Itadori's confusion.