• Authors note •
Hey guys! Since it's been a while since I've posted. I would recommend rereading my last chapter to remember what happened. But if you already know, please continue :)

If you're a new reader you have nothing to worry about.

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Seiichi stood atop the stairs glaring down at Yemiko. His own markings exposing themselves. They seemed to react towards (y/n)'s when being revealed. (y/n) was suprised that he came. After last night...she was sure not to see him again.

"You dare reveal our binding vowel, you wreched human." From the tip of his long nails, a ball of blue fire engulfed itself.

Seiichi was completely shrouded in his anger as his pupils dileighted. He seemed to be completely unaware of Gojo and the others around him as he gradually moved closer to Yemiko.

"Seiichi!" (y/n) calls out, stumbling between him and Yemiko.

Seiichi notices her pleading eyes, telling him not to harm the woman. He lowers his palm that held the fire, and his pupils went back to normal. He crouched down infront of (y/n), gazing at her markings. He goes to touch her before a sharp blade is placed under his neck.

(y/n)'s eyes widen at the familier blade and looked up to the wielder. Itadori clenched the blades handle with a displeased face. His brows were crossed and his eyes spoke of nothing but anger. (y/n) saw Sukuna reflect in his posture and energy, but it wasn't Sukuna that pointed the blade at Seiichi.

"I-Itadori? What are you doing?" (y/n) calmly says, fearful of him. For the first time ever, itadori scared her more than Sukuna. She was confused. Why would he point a blade towards Seiichi.

After Seiichi observed Itadori's face, a smile spreads across his lips. He pushes the blade away with two fingers. When touching the blade, smoke exeded from his finger tips, like pinching a flame from a candle.

"Did you forget?" Itadori blantly says, sheathing the blade back into it's holder, before throwing it by (y/n)'s side. Gojo frowns, stepping in front of Megumi and the first year.

Seiichi frowns at the cockyness that came from him. He sighs, before lifting himself up from his crouch and stepped closer to Itadori, so close they could feel each others heat.

"And have you forgotten who you're talking to, boy." Seiichi spits out his words harshly as the look in Itadori's eyes pissed him off. His eyes however did not faulter from the intense gaze.

"Oh my. Do not tell me this little quaral is because of who she chose last night? As far as I'm aware nothing was written or vowed." Yemiko laughs slyly at the two.
"Technically Yuji, the bond or vow, whatever you prefer to call it, can not be overwritten. Even someone like Sukuna can't undo it." She continues to say.

"Dont tell me something I already know..." Yuji scoffs back at the woman,
"You think Sukuna is so dumb to just ask who she'd prefer to be protected by without any form of agreement or contract?" Itadori pulls away from Seiichi and glares at the woman.
"One thing you need to understand about Sukuna, is that he's manipulative and thrives off his own binding vows."

"Your point here is?" Yemiko goes to say, crossing her arms.

"To prevent Seiichi from going back on the deal that (y/n) had chosen Sukuna. They made a binding vow...He is to not touch her, be within 100 metres of her, nor talk to her... Sukuna is very possesive as you may know." He sits down on the stairs, gazing up at the clouds. Seiichi clenched his fists, holding the urge to attack him.

You know, I'm not an object. I'm not a rag that can be thrown around.

(y/n) frowns at his words.

How can he look so innocent but yet sound like Sukuna? What's wrong with him?

Gojo who had stayed quiet until now steps forward.

"Chose Sukuna?" He says, glaring down at (y/n). Her heart stops, hearing those words.

The one person she didn't want to let know, was the first to find out. Her stomach twists in pain as the thought of trying to explain everything to him passes her mind.

"I-agh, yea. It was... I guess complicated. I chose Sukuna so he would tell me more about my past." (y/n) stutters. Gojo studies her face wanting to say more, but thought best not to.

"You on the other hand. What stick is so far up your ass, that's making you act this way?" Gojo stands tall beside Itadori with a frown.

"It seems, the more he hangs around her, the stronger he gets. I can feel him ease his way to the front almost." Itadori squints his eyes, as if he was concentrating on Sukuna in his mind.

"I can't help but feel the things he feels right now." He looks up, staring at Gojo.
"Anger, rage." His eyes dart towards Seiichi and clenches his teeth.
"Jealousy..." Then finally, his eye rest on (y/n). He goes to open his mouth, but his hand claps against his lips and Sukuna appears on his cheek.

"Say anymore and I'll rip your tongue out." He says before disappearing back into Itadori's mind.

Sukuna?

(y/n) ponders to herself. Worry glooming over her eyes.

Is this how he feels? He hasn't changed has he... Huh! Wait I remember?

"Awkward." Gojo says, still standing beside Itadori. He looks over at (y/n) waiting for her to say something, but nothing escaped her lips. She was too busy daydreaming. Her eyes saw a different scene then what he was seeing, and her mind tinkered in a way he couldn't understand.

"Well anyway. Yuji, you go back to Nanami and we'll continue our training...Agh, Seiichi." Gojo continues but slowly looks at Seiichi who had been standing beside (y/n) the entire time; unbothered about Sukuna's 100 meter rule.

"I dont know what quarrels you have with Sukuna, but if any of it involves my students...I'll kill you. And I don't care what (y/n) says about it." Gojo walks up to the frowning Seiichi and smirks.

"Got that...pup?" Seiichi glours at Gojo's words, restraining himself from attacking him.

"You're not the only powerful one here Satoru. Give your ego a break." Seiichi snarls back. He turns his back on Gojo and walks right up to Yemiko and takes her neck in a firm grip.

"Seiichi what are you doing!" (y/n) stands up and runs over to them, but Seiichi blows her back to the ground with a gust of wind.

"Play something like that again, and I'll kill you. And if you're not careful," Seiichi slightly looks behind him and stares Yuji through to Sukuna.
"He won't be able to help himself but kill everyone that exposes her location to Akio by doing dumb shit like that." He continues to say releasing the woman and disappearing in his mist. (y/n) sighs and picks up her sword, placing it in her belt.

"Akio? That's his name?" Yemiko says stepping forward, completely unfazed by the threat Seiichi gave her. (y/n) turns around with a frown and nods.

"Yes it is. What of it?" She says. Yemiko smiles at her reply and sucks her teeth.

"You just keep getting more and more interesting miss (l/n). I guess for now I'll leave you be... But in the mean time, consider my offer. I'll be waiting." Yemiko turns her heel and elegantly walks up the stairs, away from the crowd. (y/n)'s markings begin to fade back into her skin and her eyes slowly reform their natural shape.

Like id'e ever do that. If Gojo is right, she'll just use me for Seiichi.

"You alright?" Megumi walks up from behind (y/n) and crosses his arms, watching the women disappear in the distance.

"Hm? Yea I'm good...Well honestly I have no idea." Her eyes land on the ground, unsure how to feel.

She was confused, scared and unsure with herself and who she really is. Sukuna was her only reliable source, which obviously didn't help her at all. But most importantly, she's lost her best friend.

(y/n) slumps herself down on the stairs and really thought her decision over. Did she make the right choice?

The lady from so long ago entrusted me to Seiichi. What Sukuna knows, surely Seiichi knew too.

"Hey, stop looking so depressed. All you need to worry about right now is our training. Complete our training and surely you'll figure everything out by then." The boy with blonde hair says, walking up to the two.

"(y/n)." Gojo calls out with a small frown stitched onto his brows. It was rare seeing Gojo unhappy. Something was on his mind and the only person who could answer him was (y/n).

"What has Sukuna told you so far?" He stands above the others, looking down at them.

(y/n) couldn't lift her eyes from the ground. She didn't want to tell him. Not because she was scared but she was afraid the sorcerers would take advantage of this power. She didn't even know how to use it.

"(y/n). If Sukuna has told you something, we need to know what." Megumi says. He didn't really care what would happen to her, but she was still his friend, and the last thing he wanted, was for Sukuna to take her away.

(y/n) takes a deep breath, as she told herself that she can trust these people. She had to tell someone. Maybe it can help them fight against Akio.

"The reason why Sukuna and I are connected...Is because." She looks over at Itadori, waiting to see if Sukuna would stop her from telling them, but Itadori was just watching her calmly as if he knew exactly what was going to be said.

"In the past, Sukuna was given a task to protect my soul, only it's not mine. It is the lady Inari's. A yoki women who Seiichi followed." Megumi steps back as (y/n) told her story.

"Her soul gives me these powers that... That can be used as a weapon." Gojo's lips part and he unfolds his arms, as a new window in his head opens up.

"It's the reason why Akio wants me, and the reason why Sukuna is protecting me. This power as Sukuna described, is like a nuclear bomb if used correctly." Megumi gasps lightly under his breath. Then Itadori who had been listening, walks away, as if he had heard the story before.

"A weapon? Why doesn't that surprise me. Of course, why else would this curse be after you." Gojo's mind began to think of a million things as he tried to calculate every factor that involved her powers.
"Though I'm not quite convinced...what other motive does Sukuna have protecting you, other than using the power for himself." Gojo laughs as he shakes his head.

You could tell he was shocked, but he had been expecting it. He saw potential in (y/n) when he first looked at her with his eyes, but he didn't realise there was that amount of energy stored in her.

"And what of Seiichi?" He adds.

"He was assigned to me by the Lady Inari for protection. She knew Sukuna would use my powers for deeds unimaginable or against the sorcerers." (y/n) watches the red marking on her fingers disappear as she spoke.
"So she had one of her own to watch over me..." She looks back up and watches Itadori's back disappear over the stairs then sighs, before turning back to Gojo.

"As far as I know, Seiichi gave 7 tails to me. Each tail condensed with pure energy. He did this in order to hide my powers. To hide them from Akio and other curses who may want it for their own." (y/n) says.

"Or even sorcerers... I have a feeling though that, that Yemiko is up to something. A normal sorcerer shouldn't be able to temporarily subdue my contract with Seiichi " She quietly says to herself; hoping the others wouldn't hear. Megumi's expression wavered as he knew exactly how it felt for someone to use you for their abilities.

"I'm sorry, I didn't tell you sooner... I was just afraid-"

"It would be best to keep quiet about this." Gojo abruptly says, cutting off (y/n). He was stern and felt that if anyone else heard about her, they would use her. However he thought of another possibility.

Can we use that power against Akio?

He thinks to himself, looking down at her confused expression. It looked like regret was written on her face and she was completely hopeless to it. She knew just as much as them and wanted to know more.

"Why did she choose me?" (y/n) quietly says to herself. She looks down at the blade that Sukuna made all those years ago and loses herself in thought.

"Look kid. I can't tell if you chose right or wrong. But if you spent a lifetime with Sukuna already and lived. I'm sure your choice was that of an understanding one." Gojo says. Her eyes were drawn away from the blade and focused on him.

"Even if I chose right, I still forced a binding Vow
on Seichii. He trusted me; sacrificed his life for me... And I chose the person he hates the most." Her voice raised, wanting to yell at herself for the choice she chose, but there was nothing she could do now.

The only thing she can do is make use of her choice and get every answer she can get from him. She straightens her back, clenching the blade. She drops her head in a deep bow as she faced towards the three.

"I'm so sorry for all of this! The reason for everything that's happened recently is because of me. If you die in this up and coming battle. It's my fault!" She yells, continuing to bow deeply. The three stand in shock as their eyes gaze upon her.

"Don't be an idiot. Continue to think like that and you'll end up like Itadori back during his 1st year." Megumi says, blushing lightly. She looks up and sees the others smiling, completely unbothered by all the things that have happened.

"(y/n)... It's our job. This is what it means to be a Sorcerer." Gojo continues to say after Megumi.

Her eyes dilate at their surprising responses. She knew she was a burden, but these guys still continue to support her? She's an unknown transfer student who barely knows anything about these guys, but they still except her.

"Thank you..." She says softly, with a small smile.