#and everyone will be fine and this will truly be our jujutsu kaisen

[sashisuse]

okay i read it, so here are some thoughts on satoru gojo. jjk 261 spoilers under the cut.

i think there is something do disgustingly devastating about the fact that satoru has been nothing more than a weapon for jujutsu society his entire life.

he’s not human to anyone (hold on i’m getting to them) for the majority of his life. he grows up and is revered because he’s the first person in centuries to be born with the six eyes. he’s a child god. he has never had any sort of autonomy over his life.

and then he gets to high school and meets suguru and oh. my. god. suguru geto is one of the only people to have ever seen satoru gojo as anything other than the six eyes.

it is so extremely tragic that satoru cannot have any sort of peace, even after death, because his body is being used as a puppet basically by yuta. and please, this is not in any way any type of slander toward any character here. it’s just my thoughts and analysis.

these people all do value satoru but at the end of the day, they were all inevitably down with it. yes, it’s important to note that hakari said this was the very last last LAST resort. that kusakabe said this wasn’t humane. and what really sticks with me the most is that yuta was the one who pointed out that satoru has been forced to be a monster for most of his life. and now yuta is the one saying he’ll take it over, he’ll be the monster so that satoru doesn’t have to anymore.

omfg this is probably really jumbled and not very coherent. my brain is mush right now and i’ll post something better later so i apologize but thanks for bearing with me at the moment 😭

anyway. where was i

okay yeah. the conversation we see between yuta and satoru hurts me too. where he says two things that stick with me. 1. ‘i was mostly surprised shoko was okay with it’ and 2. ‘i don’t really care what happens to my body’.

because it is absolutely devastating to me that satoru has been conditioned to a point where he doesn’t care what happens to his body. and he brushes it off to with stuff like ‘oh it’s fine i don’t care because i’m not going to lose’ but… he admits to suguru in the airport that he wasn’t going to win. and so… AGH.

it just keeps taking me back to this one line i wrote in one of my fics.

( “I don’t want you to be the Strongest,” she told him once. She frowned and said, “I just want you to be Satoru.” )

i’m in so much pain. i’m so sad. my brain is mush. i will talk more about this later. probably. i need to go find some comfort fics to read or something. or maybe sleep because i’m writing this at 12:30 am 😭

[chuuyrr]

hi hii so can i request sumthin,okay so um remember evil!scarlet with reader so how about bonten Infront of their eyes themselves watch reader turns into a daddys girl to an evillest sorcerer in history.

and ya know remember what they say um they need to kill reader so that she can come back so how about them watching gojo having to kill herbut she won't come back because darkness had fully take over her body.thats all HSHSHSHS

bonten executive! scarlet witch! reader doesn't come back (how bonten and gojo reacts)

jujutsu kaisen x reader

masterlist of the series

╰➤ CW(s): possible major spoilers for jujutsu kaisen and tokyo revengers, mentions of death, blood and violence

╰➤ PAIRING(s): mikey x reader, bonten x reader, dad! gojo satoru x reader, jujutsu kaisen x reader

╰➤ SONG SUGGESTION(s): don't blame me by taylor swift

hello there, anon! thank you so much for requesting and for being patient, enjoy reading :) <3

before you read: made evil! scarlet witch! reader into bonten executive! reader as well because i find it fitting to do so

watching you truly become and take after your biological father, fushiguro toji, has got to be the most painful thing for our beloved gojo satoru and sorcerers. they had seen this before, but this time, it was way worse. you had completely turned your back on them and wholeheartedly followed mikey to be with him, using every single means to protect him and bonten, his criminal organization, from both sorcerers and non-sorcerers at all costs, no matter what the costs were.

gojo was incredibly heartbroken. your resemblance to toji and suguru was uncanny. your eyes no longer held the warmth and joy of his precious kikufuku. he realized you were no longer fushiguro [name] when you pledged your loyalty to mikey and bonten and chose to use your chaos magic to kill. you had become his and everyone's nightmare; the scarlet witch.

you have become obsessed with mikey. instead of being the one to guide him, you chose to join him and condone his actions. you looked above all of the crimes he committed and the blood he had shed, loving him no matter what. everything was fine as long as you had mikey and were with him. you would do anything for him, and mikey loved you back all the same. together, the two of you ruled and became known as the king and queen of japan's most feared crime syndicate.

anyone who dared to oppose you would face the wrath of your immense power and bonten. no one, sorcerer or non-sorcerer, was an exception. you didn't care if you were going down as the most evil sorcerer in history, stealing the title that kenjaku or suguru geto holds. painting yourself the villain and watching the world burn was nothing compared to having and being with your lover. you'd gladly kill anyone and everyone, as much as that sounded so twisted.

no one was going to take that away from you.

gojo stressedly ran his fingers through his hair while the words of the higher-ups continued to linger in his head.

"we should have had fushiguro [name] executed the first thing you got her!"

"none of this would have happened if the zenin clan took her instead of you."

"that girl you call your child is now a monster."

gojo couldn't protect you anymore, not after you had already killed more than a great number of sorcerers and non-sorcerers. but even so, his head and heart were in conflict with one another. a part of him was still in denial and continued to believe that you were still in there. he just couldn't bring himself to gamble with your life and his chances. you were still his daughter no matter what, adopted or not. hurting you was the last thing he ever wanted to do, but he's left without a choice.

you'd come back right to him again, won't you?

or at least, that's he thought would happen the moment he struck his cursed energy imbued arm through your torso.

gojo had decided to come after you all by himself with the intention of bringing you home. finding where you and bonten were was the easy part, together with dealing with the criminals that guarded the place, considering how he had cursed energy and techniques and all that. however, it became a different story when he faced you for the first time in a long while. you had grown to be a beautiful young woman, yet you resembled fushiguro toji now. he found himself struggling as he fought you.

"[name], please come back home."

"i'm asking you just this once, father, and this will be first and last time i will be reasonable. leave me and mikey alone."

your chaos magic had significantly improved compared to the tremors and shockwaves of red psionics you'd involuntarily cause back when you were still a kid. your power greatly surpasses even the king of curses, not just gojo satoru's limitless and infinity, and unlike before, you are no longer inexperienced. you were sending large blasts of red psionics and utilizing magic at an incredibly seasoned level. your powers were so great, that it can easily bend the laws of physics and render his infinity powerless.

bonten, together with mikey, watched, holding their breaths. everything was a blur of red and blue. the way you fought against your own father without holding anything back was frightening. this fight was rather personal too. so, when the unthinkable happened, when gojo satoru had found an opening and had you killed, bonten was in for a shock, especially mikey.

everyone watched with eyes widened and mouths hanging agape as you dropped to the floor, blood spilling from your mouth and open wound.

"[name], kikufuku, please come back. come back to me like you did before." gojo clasped your bloodied hand, tears filling the brim of his aquamarine eyes. "fight it, [name]. please. don't let it take over you. i need you. we need you."

with your remaining strength, you found yourself chuckling softly, and eventually, your chuckle trickled into a fit of laughter, causing gojo to become even more pale in terms of complexion.

"did you think i had my mind corrupted this whole time? it was me all along."

gojo shook his head, tears now rolling down his cheeks. "no, no. you're lying! don't say that!"

"everything i have done until now was of my own accord. i was one in the control this whole time and i have no regrets." you found yourself scoffing up blood as your eyes began to droop. you have become too exhausted to use your chaos magic at this point.

"[NAME]!!"

mikey ran towards you, shoving the limitless sorcerer away from you as he began to cradle you in his arms. your body was beyond repair, even for your chaos magic. as much as that sounded surreal considering how powerful you were, it looked like, no matter how invincible you were, you had always been human.

or maybe you have just gotten too tired to fight back anymore.

"i'm sorry, mikey, everyone." you extended your bloodied hand towards his face, gently carressing it and staining it with red.

"don't say that [name]. stay with me!" mikey's eyes stared down at you in a frantic. "please."

"[name]? [name]!" the bonten executives muttered in disbelief, watching the life fade from your eyes.

gojo's heart clenched painfully as everyone surrounded you, calling out your name, trying to shake you back awake, but you remained limp in mikey's arms. this cannot be possible. you always come back to him. your chaos magic always refuses to let you die, so why aren't you coming back? what's going on? did he miscalculate something?

"you..."

the limitless sorcerer lifted his head to see mikey, eyes fully taken over by his own dark impulsivity to the point where he couldn't recognize the little gangster boy that his daughter had dated in the past. his heart sank to the floor as he saw mikey looking at him with such rage and atrocity, his hands clenched around a gun pointing directly at him.

"you killed [name]."

gojo swallowed the lump in his throat, watching as the bonten executives saunter towards him, holding the same red haze of revenge in their eyes that mikey has towards him.

"n-no, i just did what i had to do to save [name]. it should have worked." gojo shook his head, still in denial. "it worked before."

"you didn't save her. you killed her, and now, we're going to have to kill you too, strongest jujutsu sorcerer or not."

[violettelueur]

— FUSHIGURO MEGUMI + GOJO SATORU + NANAMI KENTO || S/O THAT HAS A CURVY FIGURE

↳ featuring : fushiguro megumi + gojo satoru + nanami kento from jujutsu kaisen

↳ warnings : grammar issues

↳ form : headcanons

↳ published : 7 january

↳ pronouns : non specified in headcanon

↳ request : Your blog is my favorite on tumblr♡ You have a great talent, and really your writing has helped me to go through some tough times. I can only say, Thank you so much!!! If its okay, can I make a request please? Can I have Gojo, Nanami and Megumi with a curvy fem! S/o? Oh but if you feel unconfortable writing this, its totally fine! You dont have to write it, dont worry! Is just that I have that type of body and I have always been really insecure about it. Thank you♡ You really are the best!!

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To be completely honest, Mr Fushiguro Megumi doesn’t really care about how your body looks and this is because he really doesn’t focus on that aspect like Itadori - the classic ‘tall girls with a big butt’.....I’m 5’4 with an Oikawa flatbread.

Fushiguro is really observant and he does quickly notice when you are feeling insecure about yourself and is lowkey confused about why you are self-conscious.

He isn’t the type to question why you are insecure but he will compliment you the moment he notices you are feeling down about yourself.

For example, if you look yourself into the mirror with your hands outlining your body continuously - I’ll admit, I do that a lot - he would wrap his arms around your waist and just look at you fondly in the mirror.

“You look really cute today, the outfit really suits you a lot,” and, of course, there will be a light blush upon his face because our baby is a shy one - he isn’t one to openly express what he is thinking but anything for you.

If Fushiguro is feeling more confident, he would place a light kiss on your cheek to seal his words before resting his chin on your shoulder to admire you again in the mirror - now it is your turn to blush.

He doesn’t mention this at all since he is shy about this thought of his, but he really loves your body and if you do something to change/hide it in some way, he will find a way to prevent it. 

Like if you are eating less than you usually did, Fushiguro will bring home takeaway for you and will make an excuse by saying “me and Gojo ordered too much, so I brought some home for you” - and when you open the damn box, don’t be surprised to see your favourite food.

In conclusion, Fushiguro will be confused on why you are insecure about your curvy body, but will do anything to make you feel comfortable and beautiful - even if he does get embarrassed during the process because seeing you smile is worth it.

Just like Fushiguro Megumi, Mr Gojo Satoru does not care what your body looks like that all but will admit to you every day that he finds you sexy.

Gojo is really touchy with you - that’s just because it’s his language of love and it is in his nature to be - and has no shame in being so at all.

Whenever in public or private, this man will run his hands around your body with no shame and will focus on your curve quite a bit because once again, he finds you really sexy.

Compared to both Fushiguro and Nanami, I don’t think you even have the time to feel insecure because Gojo will continuously compliment you before you would even complain about yourself.

Gojo will cup your face with his palms before bombarding you with kisses to the point where you can’t even get a word in.

You *kiss* are *kiss* so *kiss* pretty *kiss* the *kiss* prettiest *kiss* of *kiss* them *kiss* all 

And he will finish his little speech with a big smooch on your lips before picking you up off your feet and twirling you around in glee.

He will 100% show you off to everyone that comes by and meets the both of you but will tease them by reminding them that you are his and his only.

Gojo is the type that will hype you up when you go clothes shopping together - maybe he is also the type to pick out an outfit that will showcase your curves and will tell you that you look beautiful and in his words ‘hella attractive’.

Except him to bring extra clothes after his mission for you to try because ‘you don’t have enough outfits to show yourself off with’ - there will be some expensive brand within the mix of bags that he has brought for you because we call know Gojo Satoru has moneyyyyyyy

In conclusion, expect Gojo to be your hype man 24/7 because he knows that you are the most gorgeous person in the whole world.

And once again, just like both Fushiguro Megumi and Gojo Satoru. Nanami wouldn’t care about how your body looks but unlike Gojo, he wouldn’t verbally admit that he thinks you look really sexy.

Being the professional man he is, he would replace ‘sexy’ with ‘beautiful’, ‘gorgeous’ and ‘charming’ 

Like Fushiguro, Nanami is quite observant - may be more observant than Fushiguro - and will instantly notice the second you confidence drops - quicker than Fushiguro would, those glasses ain’t just for exorcising curses you know.

Nanami will pull you into a warm embrace and rock you side to side to comfort you while telling you how beautiful you are to him and why you shouldn’t be ashamed of the way your body is.

I feel like he is also the type to play with your hair. So, while he was hugging you, he would stroke your hair to add extra comfort to the whole fluff scene that was going on between the both of you.

“You are so beautiful you know that right? So beautiful,” and he says this with such awe in his voice - even if it is somewhat out of character for him, he does truly think you are beautiful.

He will also gently smile at you to inform you that he is being truthful to you which leads you to smile back at him since you can’t help it - it is Nanami Kento after all.

Nanami will slyly run his hands over your body as a sign of his appreciation to you and to express how much he loves you and your body no matter what - also that is kinda sexy can’t lie, like who doesn’t want that?

Sometimes he would guide you to the mirror and tell you how beautiful your body is and how much he loves every inch of it.

Overall, he is a man of his word and will continuously remind you how much he finds you beautiful every day since he knows you are beautiful inside and out.

© violettelueur 2021 : written and published by violettelueur - do not steal or repost

[ootahime]

what is utahime’s role in the future? — a prediction (manga spoilers)

part 1 (unedited)

I WAS ABOUT TO POST IT BUT I ACCIDENTALLY DELETED IT AND I WAS SO HURT FR!!!!! I HAD REWRITE THIS ENTIRE THING </33

part 2 is here!

in this post, i will be analyzing the information we’ve been given about utahime so far to form a prediction about her future role in the jujutsu kaisen series. if you’re as interested in utahime’s character as i am, please feel free to keep reading :3 (i’ll also be talking about her relationship with gojo a bit too)

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utahime iori is a semi-grade 1 sorcerer working as a student supervisor/teacher at kyoto jujutsu high school. she loves drinking beer and going to karaoke. she’s also close friends with shoko and she’s not particularly fond of gojo most of the time. what else do we know about her?

hates sweets (funny she’s the complete opposite of gojo)

she’s great at singing and it’s a huge part of her technique

squabbling with gojo became a reflex :3

everyone absolutely adores utahime

loves watching soccer and baseball

a terrible drunk (worse than naobito zenin)

gojo is her main source of stress

let’s dive into her personality and abilities!

chapter 65

before i get into it, i think it’d be best if i were to explain the timeline because a lot of people seem to be confused about this one particular thing. utahime is born on february 18th, 1987. contrary to popular belief, she is not 3 years older than gojo. it is november 2018 in the story because gojo was sealed on halloween. if gojo was born on december 7th, 1989, that would mean that right now, he is only 28 years old. he has yet to turn 29.

the year is 2007. gojo satoru is a second year at tokyo jujutsu high school. the japanese school year begins in april which suggests that gojo is only 17 at the time (even if it’s not april, it doesn’t look like winter yet so it’s unlikely that he’s already 18). utahime is 20 because it is past february. she is a 2nd grade sorcerer at the age of 20. that’s not bad at all!

chapter 65 introduces young utahime and mei on a mission together within a cursed site. in real time, they’ve been gone for two days which is a cause of concern for gojo, shoko, and geto because the two haven’t contacted anyone since the beginning of their mission.  the two begin to suspect something is wrong because the hallway markers they’ve set in place disappeared, and no matter how far they travel within the halls, the end is nowhere in sight.  mei theorizes that the cursed spirit is overlapping the space as they travel forward.  utahime agrees with this speculation and proposes a plan to escape the cursed spirit’s grasp by moving erratically.  notice how she says that if one of them should escape, they can try to attack from the outside or call for help.  if utahime was not capable of inflicting damage on anything then she would have told mei to escape and attack if she can while she waited to be rescued.  however, she didn’t.  she included herself in the sentence which leads me to believe that she is capable of going on the offense if needed.  

keep in mind that at this point in time, mei is a grade 1 sorcerer.  she is knowledgeable about all things involving jujutsu because she is experienced and skillful.  we can see this aspect of her character illustrated when she theorizes that the cursed spirit is messing with the space they’re in.  she chooses to go with utahime’s plan because she agrees that it’s the best action moving forward.  this verifies that utahime is an intelligent girl that’s able to get along with pretty much anyone.  

her intellect is demonstrated once again in chapter 79.  she was able to deduce the possibility of there being more than one traitor and the fact that one is probably a higher up.  she also narrowed down the mechamaru as the mole of kyoto not because he was acting suspicious but by process of elimination.  she thought thoroughly of his technique and how easy it would be for him to manipulate devices small enough to be undetectable.  

sure you can argue that she should already know all her students’ abilities and whatnot but you have to admit that it’s hard trying to sniff out the traitor when no one is acting suspicious.  in addition to that, how did she know that there was a traitor in the top brass?  i would have never guessed that tbh LOL (maybe bc im an idiot).

okay, now that we have established that she’s intelligent, let’s answer a more important question.  is utahime weak?

chapter 33

if gojo calls utahime weak, does that mean there is some truth to it?  well it is true that she is weaker than him because he’s the strongest and all.  in my opinion, he’s just teasing her.  he probably found that calling her weak is what really riles her up.  maybe i’ll talk about why he loves teasing her so much in a later post.  but anyway, gojo calls everybody and their mom weak.  he even said jogo was weak and we know how powerful that guy is.  gojo’s words alone do not indicate much about utahime’s power.  in fact, i don’t even think he has seen her use her technique yet.  he’s probably only ever heard of how it works.  this is what i think their conversation about her technique was like:

gojo: hm?  ur cursed technique is singing?  can u show me?

utahime: what!  no way!  

gojo: why not?

*one of the classmates tells him that she can only use her CT once in a while because it consumes a lot of energy*

gojo: hahaha!  u have to conserve cursed energy to use ur CT?  why are u so weak, utahime?

utahime: i!  am!  your!  senpai!  respect!  me!

what i’m trying to say is that gojo loves poking fun of people.  we should not believe him when he calls someone weak because compared to him, everyone is weak.  

this is a little off topic but let’s examine him telling her, “and you don’t have the nerves, utahime.”  i think he’s trying to say that there’s no way she’ll ever do something like that because she’s not the type to put her students in danger.  remember the soft expression and relieved smile on her lips when she said that she was glad the students were safe after the kyoto incident?  gojo was directly in front of her so not only did he hear her say that, but he could have seen the look on her face too.  even if he told her that she didn’t have the guts to betray the school to get on her nerves, he knew that utahime simply cared too much about the students so he ruled her out as a suspect right away.  this is why he ultimately decided to confide in her and ask her to help him.  

i’m a person who loves over-analyzing things.  i really enjoy the dynamic between gojo and utahime.  they’ve known each other for more than 11 years and although they always bicker, there is an unspoken feeling of trust between the two.  gojo can do anything and everything by himself because he is truly the strongest person alive, but he still knows when to rely on others.  him deciding to entrust utahime with such a job implies that he believes in utahime’s abilities.

chapter 52

she’s not using any cursed energy here--not to our knowledge at least.  this is just pure skill.  she was able to swiftly evade the swing from haruta.  he was surprised himself considering the fact that he was right behind her.  how do we know her CT isn’t speed?  after haruta swung at her, we can see that some of her hair got cut off.  if she was using her CT then speed should be her specialty.  she should have been able to completely avoid the attack altogether but she didn’t.  of course this isn’t a wow moment because jujutsu sorcerers should know how to dodge attacks, however, i’m just trying to get the point across that she’s not a defenseless person without her technique or others.  let’s not forget that semi-grade 1 isn’t a weak rank either.  you can’t simply be recommended to be a grade 1 sorcerer if you only can support others.  

chapter 48

i want to bring up this panel. it suggests that utahime and takuma are sorcerers who have not experienced black flash and therefore, do not understand the essence of cursed energy as well as those who have like gojo and nanami.  i find it strange how takuma and utahime were used to represent sorcerers who haven’t experienced it yet.  is the purpose to demonstrate that there is a clear difference in skill between adult sorcerers like utahime and takuma compared to gojo and nanami?  i could be nitpicking but the order of todo’s statement doesn’t line up with the sorcerers being shown.  let me explain in depth.  todo starts off by saying, “for those who have experienced black flash as compared to those who have not...” wouldn’t it make more sense to show gojo and nanami on the right side to represent sorcerers who have experienced black flash?  that was mentioned first, after all.  gojo and nanami should appear when todo says “for those who have experience black flash” while utahime and takuma should be shown right after to personify the second part, “as compared to those who have not.”  i’m just making it more complicated than it actually is LOLOL i’m sure it really just means they haven’t experienced black flash yet, which is completely fine.  i also find it fascinating how they used utahime to contrast gojo.  with nanami and takuma it makes sense.  nanami is someone takuma looks up to, he wants to gain nanami’s approval before he deems himself worthy of a promotion. what about utahime and gojo?  what’s the purpose of comparing those two together when it’s obvious that gojo knows more about the essence of cursed energy more than anyone else?  i might be delusional whoops

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let me know what you guys think?  this is only a part 1 so i haven’t gotten around to answering the question.  i’m pretty much done with the second part, i just need to revise it a little.  i think after i post part 2, i’ll try to interpret all the gojo and utahime moments in the manga >.<

[cursedwriter]

Cursed! - Gojo Satoru

Jujutsu Kaisen Masterlist 

Synopsis: After running some errands you’re caught off guard by a curse user. Unbeknownst to you, he has something up his sleeve that would mean a fate worse than death to you. How will you get out of this? And what role does your boyfriend - the Satoru Gojo - play in all of this? 

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Author’s Note: Feeback is - as always - highly appreciated! I’d love to hear your thoughts! Requests are still open, btw! 

“Hey, there. Are you okay?” You hesitantly approached a man who had just stumbled upon a protruding cobble stone on the sidewalk. The street lamps were just lighting up, signaling for another day to approach its end. The air felt chillier on your skin and you briefly wished you had taken a scarf with you, or at least put on a warmer jacket.

“I’m fine. No worries,” the man grunted and waved you off, but you didn’t stop, opting to check on him nonetheless.  

“Are you sure?” Your feet stopped just a few inches away from him, hand already outstretched to help him get up and off the ground. Hesitantly, he reached out for it. His movements slow, but not in a timid kind of way. It was more like he was anticipating something to jump at him at any given moment if he touched you. As if he was scared you could poison him with a single touch.

Suddenly an uneasy feeling swept through your body. A shiver ran down your spine and the hair in your neck stood up. A familiar sensation overwhelming your senses. Blood running cold in your veins, freezing still, numbing your nerves. The chill of the night was suddenly no longer noticeable on your skin. Instead, the breeze felt almost warm now. This was the presence of a curse. An acidic taste spread through your mouth, making you swallow hard as you subtly roamed your eyes around the neighborhood, trying to find out where the curse could be hiding.

To your surprise, nothing seemed too out of the ordinary. The only thing that was ticking you off was that there were no longer any people in sight. It was just you and the man in front of you now. Everyone else had suddenly vanished. Cursed energy was flowing through the air, probably causing everyone else to feel uneasy too, hence why they left in a hurry. People relied on instinct much like animals did. So even though they might not know why, they could definitely tell when something bad was about to happen. Much like how animals could sense when a storm was approaching. Therefore, this really wasn’t all that surprising.  What surprised you was that everyone else had been quicker than you to notice the alien presence in your midst. It was almost like someone had been concealing it from you specifically. That was what was worrisome. And then it hit you… the lack of a curse running around, you alone in an empty neighborhood with only one other man right in front of you and the fact that you had only been able to even sense the cursed energy floating around the moment you had reached out for him… This was a trap. A trap specifically designed for you.

Everything inside of you was screaming for you to run away. Just run. Run. RUN!

But you couldn’t move.

You couldn’t even retract your hand that was still outstretched to help the stranger get to his feet. You looked down at him. The shock in your eyes as the realization hit you must’ve been obvious, because as soon as he noticed the fear glimmer in your eyes, a menacing smile spread across his face. It almost looked like he was bearing his teeth at you.

Without breaking eye contact, he got up from the pavement, ignoring your hand and dusting his pants off.

“Ugh, the look on your face,” he laughed. “It’s truly hilarious, I wish you could see it.” His eyes lit up and he held his index finger in the air as if he just remembered something groundbreaking. “Wait, hold on. A right,” he laughed again, “as if you have another choice.” He stalked around you, reaching for your back pocket, hand lingering on your ass longer than was necessary in order for him to get your phone. Bile was rising up in your throat as you send a million death threats his way. You wanted to scream at him to tell you what he wanted, but even your tongue remained unmoving, pressed to the roof of your mouth. It felt like you had transformed into a stone statue.

It was obvious that the man in front of you wasn’t a cursed spirit. So he either had to be a curse user or, like Yuji, swallowed a cursed object and absorbed its power. Whatever he was, whatever he wanted, though, by the way he looked at you, it wasn’t anything good.

“Okay, now say cheese.” He held your phone in front of your face. It was close enough for you to reach out and swat it out of his hands, but much to your dismay, your body just wouldn’t listen to your commands. Everything you could do was stand there helplessly and watch as he did whatever he pleased. “Ah, right. Almost forgot, you can’t talk,” he shrugged unimpressed. “Well, no matter. This’ll do just fine.” The clicking sound of your phone camera rang through your ears. The sound completely out of place compared to the eerie silence that surrounded you.

The man turned your phone around to show you the picture he’d just taken. At first glance, you almost didn’t recognize yourself. Your eyes were blown wide in horror, mouth slightly opened in a silent scream.

“So, what do you think’ll happen if I forward that little picture of you and send it… let’s say, to your boyfriend?” He raised one eyebrow in amusement, gauging your reaction, obviously toying with you. “What do you think he’d do if I’d do that?” This guy evidently knew who you were and he also knew who your boyfriend was… Then why did he sound so delighted at the prospect of Gojo – the Satoru Gojo – coming here and probably tearing his limbs off? It seemed to you that he was almost counting on it. That he, in fact, looked forward to it.

Okay, so this guy wasn’t actually trapping you. You were just the bait and Gojo seemed to be his real target. Which got you thinking… Was he just another egomaniac thinking he could take on Gojo and defeat him and in return make a name for himself? Did he have a death wish? Or could he be that one in a million to have an actual chance at defeating him?

“It’s really not any fun when the conversation is this one sided,” he complained, scratching the back of his neck in thought. “Okay, because I’m in such a good mood today, I’ll let you talk. But no funny business, alright?” He held a daunting finger up in the air as if he was an adult scolding a child for misbehaving.

Suddenly your tongue felt loose again and you could move your mouth, though, the bitter taste remained. It felt like someone had poured acid down your throat, leaving your tongue to feel like sandpaper in your mouth. Except for that, everything remained the same. Not a single muscle in your body would follow your commands of making a run for it or, at the very least, get a good punch in.

“What the hell are you doing to me?” You croaked out, voice hoarse and cracking at the end. “What do you want with Gojo?”

“Uh uh.”  He shook his head in displeasure, though, the sick grin on his face remained. “One thing at a time, love. Don’t get ahead of yourself or I might revoke your talking rights.” The way he referred to you as ‘love’ made you physically sick. And the way he talked so happily, as if you were old friends catching up on lost time, made you want to punch him all the more. What was his goal? What could he possibly want?

“Just spit it out!” Your patience was wearing very thin at this point. And though, it might be reckless to talk to this visibly crazy man in such a manner, you didn’t really care. You always had a problem with your temper.

“My, you’re a feisty one, aren’t you?” The man cooed in delight. He was still holding your phone tightly in his hand, looking through God knew what. Ugh, now you really wished you had put a password on it, but before now you never really had a reason to. You weren’t hiding anything in it, but still, it felt like he was roaming through your head while you had no idea what he was searching for.

“Aren’t you two just adorable?” He dangled your phone in front of your face again, fake sweetness dripping off his words like poison disguised as honey. On your screen was a picture of you and Gojo where he was kissing your cheek. Your face was flushed, totally embarrassed when Gojo made Fushiguro take the picture a couple days back. But still, there was this love drunken smile on your face, eyes glistening in a way that radiated pure joy. You remembered how happy you were that day. Actually, you were always happy when you were around Satoru. “You’re so cute together, it makes me sick!” He stood up straight again, nose wrinkling in disgust as he scrolled through your phone some more. “You know, you’re a hard woman to get alone. You’re always with him… Frankly, it was quite frustrating to watch you two be all lovey dovey. But here we are at last, right? So I guess, it was worth it in the end.” A throaty laugh escaped his throat, causing every hair on your body to stand up. So this guy has been watching you? Following you around for God knew how long? A shiver ran down your spine at the thought of all your intimate moments being tainted by some weirdo watching you from afar.

“So, what is it that you want from us?”

“Right,” he clicked his tongue, shoving your phone in his back pocket and out of sight. A small sigh of relief left your lips. Finally, it didn’t feel like he was digging through your head anymore. “You see; I was in love once, too. We were as happy as you can imagine. Our future together was already within reach.” Suddenly the man reached forward to hold onto your shoulder. At first it seemed like he needed the additional support to keep himself upright, but as his fingertips dug deeper into your skin, you guessed this wasn’t all there was to it. He needed a vent to release some of the anger that was burning in his eyes… and you just so happened to be the closest thing nearby. “Everything was perfect. Suki was pregnant and we were planning to get married… Everything was perfect,” he repeated. There was a strain on his voice now as he talked about the woman that he loved. But you were still confused as to what that had to do with you. “Suki was a good person. The best, in fact. There wasn’t a single bad bone in her body and still… and still, someone cursed her. And not just any curse… No! They turned her into one! Into a monster! My Suki! MY SUKI!” Describing him as furious wouldn’t even come close to the burning hatred you saw searing in his eyes. The grip on your shoulder impossibly painful at this point.

“I’m sorry for your loss.” The sincerity in your voice caught him off guard. You could feel his grip loosening ever so slightly, but the flame in his eyes seemed to blaze more intensely than ever before.

“You don’t get to say sorry!” He spat in your face. “Because your precious excuse of a boyfriend was the one to kill her! HE KILLED HER WITHOUT BATTING AN EYE! WITHOUT EVEN TRYING TO FIX HER! HE KILLED HER! AND HE DID IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME! SO, YOU DON’T GET TO SAY YOU’RE SORRY!”

Suddenly everything clicked together. Everything started to make sense. This was a man with nothing to lose and he was out for retribution. If you weren’t scared before, you were definitely scared now. People with nowhere to go, people who didn’t fear death or didn’t care for it were the most unpredictable ones. He probably already knew that there was no way for him to defeat Gojo… and that in turn meant that he must have something planned that would make him suffer the same way he had. Because what do you do if you can’t kill your opponent? Right… You make them wish they were dead. And you had the dreadful feeling that the role you’d be playing in all of this wasn’t merely to lure Gojo in.

You tried to gulp, but a lump was forming in your throat that made it hard to swallow or even breathe. You didn’t care about the things that could happen to you, but if you were to be the reason Gojo had to suffer, you would never be able to forgive yourself.

The wheels in your head started turning, eyes blown wide in horror. The man in front of you could visibly feel your distress. He wet his lips in anticipation. Almost like a famished animal waiting to finally feast on its prey.

“Please, I beg you… just let me go, okay? Please!” It was a pathetic attempt, you knew that. There was no way in hell he would let you go now, but you still had to try, at the very least. “This won’t bring her back, okay? Torturing me won’t bring your Suki back… So please, I beg you… just let me go.”

His head fell back in his neck as a bitter laugh ripped through the night. His whole body shook with the action. The sight caused your heart rate to speed up, hammering against your rip cage like the wings of a hummingbird. This was a mad man with nothing to lose and with nowhere to go.

“Torture you? No, no!” He shook his head, finally letting go off your shoulder as he clasped both his hands together in pure delight. “I have something way better planned for you… You see, my cursed technique is mind manipulation which you might have already noticed.” Ah, now it made sense why you couldn’t move and only talk once he allowed you to. “It’s a rather straining technique, but that won’t matter…” The smile on his face didn’t falter, if anything, it got even bigger. His eyes almost sparkling with perverse glee as he hungrily looked you up and down. His hand reached for his back pocket again, getting a hold of your phone. The screen illuminated his face, highlighting a single scar that traveled across his right cheek. “So, I’ll call your boyfriend now, okay? I think you two have a little catching up to do.” He winked at you. “But before that…” He lowered your phone slightly, intently looking you in the eyes and capturing all your attention. Even if you wanted to look away – and you did – you couldn’t will your body to do so. Never in your life have you felt so helpless. “Y/N, when you see Satoru Gojo’s face again, you’re overcome with the sudden and unbearable desire to kill him and you will stop at nothing until you accomplish your task… or you die trying.”

You stopped breathing, blood freezing in your veins as your brain absorbed these horrible words.

No. No! NO!

This was a fate worse than death! Not only did he make you fight his sick battle, he probably counted on Gojo having to kill you which would… break him. If you can’t kill your enemy… make them wish they were dead. And God did you wish he would’ve just killed you and left you for Gojo to find you. This would’ve been more merciful.

“Oh, he picked up.” Your eyes snapped up to see he was already holding your phone flat against his ear. “Gojo Satoru, I believe I have something of yours in my possession. Please be so kind and pick it up, okay? She really can’t wait to see you.”

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Part Two