Chapter Thirty-Two: Nap of a Star

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You open your eyes and see a bright light. You blink a couple of times and sit up, feeling everything in you ache. You look around and see your dad by your bedside? His head is in his hands as you hear a beeping sound. Wait a minute, white walls, white sheets...you're in the hospital. 


'It was all a dream?' you thought, your eyes tearing up. 


You couldn't control yourself as you cry in your hands. What happened were you in some coma this whole time and your brain played a cruel dream? Sobbing, you couldn't control your body shaking with hiccups and you wipe your tears away. You had found someone to love and love you, found your ride or die soulmate, met good people.


It wasn't real...


"Dad?" you asked, turning to him.


He didn't move from his spot  as he rubs his head, clearly stressed out. "Dad what happened?" you asked,  reaching for him. But he was muttering something that made you stop in place. 


"Y/N please wake up," he whispers. 


"Huh? Dad I am awake."


"He can't hear you."


You flinch and turn around to see the elderly man from your dream state coma. Completely in shocked, you rubbed your eyes to see if it's really him! It is Gramps! "Gramps?" you asked, getting out of the bed. The nice old man is sitting in one of the hospital chairs as he knits a red scarf. 


"Poor fellow, from one father to another, it's hard to see your children in a state like this," he mutters. You look at him confused and you turn around, your expression dropping into shock. 


You, or in better terms, your body is lying still on the bed. Your face is sunken in, your body lost so much weight, and your skin is pale in comparison to your natural tone.


"What happened?" you asked, shocked. 


"Well to put it in simple terms," the old man spoke in a gentle tone. "The longer you were in the world of Jujutsu Kaisen, the more your body deteriorated here." You look down and you're still wearing your jujutsu uniform, holy shit.


"Doctors can't explain why your body is slowly failing. It's because Chaos stole your soul and took you to the other world."


"But...Sukuna had my soul?"


"Your soul mingled with two other souls," he explains. "Yuji and Sukuna, because of their strong souls, you managed to stay alive. Or you could say Sukuna was keeping it alive without even realizing it. Or you could say it was pure luck, but who knows how you really stayed alive."


You hated how you didn't get a straight answer from him and you turn back to the hospital bed. 


"How did dad find me?" you asked, surprised.


"Mm, your family came to find you when you weren't answering their calls for days. They found you on the sofa with a bottle of wine." You were in that position for days? You can just imagine that was not a pretty picture. You were barely alive here? This whole time? 


"It was all real?" you asked, your voice barely a whisper. 


"Yes," he hums, holding up the scarf to see if it was the proper length he wanted. "Everything you experienced was real, I brought you here so you can make a final decision."


"Decision? Wait where's B/N was he....is he...?"


"He did die, but what Chaos did was inexcusable so as part of my apology for letting it get this far I brought him back. However B/N didn't wake up from his coma yet. But your father refused to pull the plug while you were withering away in that bed. You body is barely hanging in there. He refuses to pull the plug on both of you."


This information was too much. You and B/N were withering away in this world and your father didn't give up on both of you. You thought B/N died because you were so weak, no he did die but gramps brought him back? 


Who...is this guy?


"Okay you are clearly some powerful entity and not a regular grandpa, please can you please save him?" The elder man stands up and suddenly wraps the scarf around your neck. You let him as he hums a soft tune.


"I can, but I need you to make a decision," he said. "Would you like to stay in your reality? Or go back to Jujutsu?" You open your mouth to speak but he holds up his finger. "You're interference with realities are helping tearing the worlds apart. One should never mess with them yet my stupid son decided to do just that because it's in his nature."


You're here...now given the chose to stay in your old life or your new life. 



But you made your decision long ago.



You walk around the bed and reach out to gently squeeze your father's shoulder. He didn't move in his spot, unable to feel your touch. Despite the issues, you'll miss your family. But here you were miserable, feeling so out of place, like your life had no meaning. 


There though...you met wonderful people, you have a best friend who is your soulmate, and you have someone who loves you. You had adventures, sure it wasn't a picnic dying over and over again, but you can say you're more alive there than here.


You were free.


"Dad....you won't have to worry about me anymore," you said, smiling. "I found a family of my own, someone I love so much. I can't leave them. I'll be fine, take care of my siblings for me will ya? I'll miss you..."


The moment you removed your hand and walked back towards gramps, your father suddenly looks up from this sudden feeling that someone was touching him. Gramps walks into a light and you follow him.


Your father looks around, wondering if something was actually touching him or it was all in his head.


"Mr. L/N, you're son woke up."


Your father turns around and follows the nurse out of your room.


-


Purple, yellow, pink, and sky blue all swirling together, not mixing together but flow together in many direction. The dark night sky is littered of stars, it's all so beautiful... You two are walking along a beach that never seems to end. The sound of the ocean catches your attention, making you look to the left. The water reflects the colorful night sky, almost like the ocean is not even there but the sky instead.


Where the hell are you?


"So uh gramps who are you exactly?" you asked, nervously. "Is it alright to call you gramps? Is that like dishonoring you?!"


The old man suddenly laughs, holding his stomach. "You know of all the names I had in my life, being called gramps is funny." You blink in confusion as he laughs and stands up straight. "Well you did say Chaos is your son...." Your eyes widen as you piece it together. 


"Wait, wait, wait a damn minute!" you said, holding your hands up. "If Chaos is your son does that mean you're the big guy?! And Order is your daughter too?!" He laughs and nods. "You're very perceptive dear, I am God. Or what you just said, the big guy."


"Holy shit you're God!? I mean oh god, no wait I mean sons of oranges you're God?!" you scream, gripping your hair. 


He laughs as you try to correct yourself and not curse in front of him. Stunned into silence you look at him from head to toe. He looks completely harmless, like your every day small, meek old man. 


"Oh...I didn't expect you to look like that," you spoke. "N-Not that there's anything wrong with how you look!" 


He laughs and holds his stomach again. "Would you prefer me to look like someone you're comfortable with?" Before you can stop him he suddenly changed into a much younger man, build with muscles. His white hair turned brown and his clothes fitted him, a simple shirt with some jeans. Though there are many scars on his arms like he's been in many battles.


"Wow that was so cool!" you said, looking at him in astonished. You did blink and rub your neck a little embarrassed. "My comfort is hot dudes?" God laughs, shaking his head lightly. "I seem to remember you saying how you like gentle giants type of men."


.....how long was he watching you?


"So are we in heaven?"


"No my dear you're in the space between life and the afterlife, the Plain. You're not in the afterlife just yet."


"...do you know if I'm going up or down?" you asked, uneasy.


God raises his brow, but did not give you an answer. Well that's comforting. "Walk with me dear." He walks down the beach, you following close behind, the beach is endless. "I truly am sorry for the trouble my son has caused it is in his nature after all."


"It's uh okay?" No it's not okay but this is God we're talking about! You worry if you make him mad, he'll zap you right here! "But what about the worlds?!"


"Ah don't worry I am in the process of fixing it and erasing the memories of other realities. My daughter is actually down to the last world with many tears."


"Oh that's good, what about Jujutsu's world?"


"Also in the process, my worker's are just avoiding the fight between Sukuna and my son. I am going there to put an end to it once and for all." You grew nervous and nod. "I'll be there to help, I can fight..." 


Your words trails off as you remember Chaos took his powers back. 


You have no curse energy or powers. "Or it's best I don't get involved with the fight," you mutter. God nods and with the wave of his hand a bright light appears in front of you two. It was so cool that you just got too excited. But when you see inside of you it see Sukuna repeatedly tearing Chaos's flesh his claws.


"Oh god I mean oh crap, no wait I mean oh no!" you quickly try to change your wording. God waves you off, crossing his arms. "My son will be fine, he needs an ass whooping anyways." Choas punches Sukuna off of him and like God said, he's fine as his wounds heal quickly. 


"That's weird he wasn't able to heal that fast before," you mutter in confusion.


"Ah because you had some of his power remember?" he reminds you. "Chaos had the bright idea to split some of his powers and give it to you."


"Yeah why did he do that?" you asked, annoyed. "I mean I'm grateful because I was able to defend myself." God walks closer to the light, watching you follow him from behind. "Exactly, my dear if my son hadn't done that you would have died a long time ago." 


You open your mouth in offended, but you know the G man was right. Especially when Sukuna was killing you at the juvenile center, Mahito also stabbing you in the nape, damn you really had some extra lives like a cat.


"We just need to walk through this light dear and you'll be back to seeing your friends and lover." You take a step forward as he said, "Ah! I forgot, we'll be separated when we enter so whatever you do, do not take off that scarf." You blink and grip the scarf that's around your neck. 


"Trust me you will need it in the future," he spoke serious.


"Actually God um before we go through can you do me a favor?"


God rubs his chin thinking and shrugs his shoulders. "Seeing what my idiot son has done, sure I can grant you a favor."


"Thank you," you mutter, bowing deeply. 


"What is it you want dear?"


"Well...."


-


You open your eyes, seeing you're gone from the Plain and glance around your surroundings. In fact you feel like you're being suffocated right now. Your world is moving up and down as you feel something wet hitting your face. 


Looking up, you see Yuji's lip trembling as he's looking ahead. You groan in pain and feel the scarf around your neck, holy shit it all happened. It feels like a dream when you went through the realities and the Plain. 


You tap his chest. 


"Yuji?" you call out to him.


He starts crying as he stops walking. "Great now I'm hearing you!" he cries, gripping you tighter. It feels like he's going to snap you in half! "Megumi I have officially lost my mind!" He pulls you tighter into his chest, making your body bruise heavily.


"Yuji you damn muscle tiger you're hurting me!" you screamed.


He gasps and loosens his grip, making you curl up as your body screams in agony. "Ow dammit what the hell man?!" you scream as you feel the bruises immediately form. "Were you trying to assault my dead body with your brute strength?!"


"You're alive!" he screams, hugging you tight again.


"Ow! Bruises, bruises!" 


You feel weight behind you, making you see short brown hair on your shoulder, letting you know Nobara is hugging you as well. "I knew you would come back!" she cried, snot running on your shoulder. What surprises you is seeing black spiky hair in your vision as you feel more weight added to you.


"Stop dying on us," Megumi whispers, hugging you.


"Guys I just died, it's not like I haven't died before!" you said, trying to wiggle out of their hold. 


"You don't understand," Yuji whimpers, his arms hugging your waist tightly. "You were dead for good, your soul was transfigured. I...I lost you, we lost you..." You soften and rest your head on his chest, reaching up to run your fingers through Megmui's and Nobara's hair. 


"I know, I thought I was dead for good too," you whisper. "But I'm back now and I don't plan on dying anymore." 


They pull away and you see an orange glow in the distance. "I-Is the woods on fire?" you asked, looking at it.


"Y/N...that's where Sukuna is."


You grip your scarf and start to head there. "Whoa where are you going?" Yuji asked, grabbing your shoulder. "Sukuna is losing his damn mind right now, Gojo is taking care of him."


"Yuji if he sees me he could calm down!" 


"Or he could be so lost in his madness he won't know you're real." 


You turn around to see Kento there, adjusting his glasses. "It's a high risk, especially when you're not a sorcerer anymore." Kento walks up to you and rests his hand on top of your head. Your expression saddens as you know they're worried for you. 


But you're worried about Sukuna.


"But I have to try, he's fighting Chaos right now and he could literally kill himself in the fight," you argued. Megumi raises his brow when he notices how you suddenly have a red scarf around your neck. "Please I have to see him!"


"Absolutely not," Kento argues. "We are evacuating the area, the whole city actually because we dont' know the destruction Sukuna can cause." Kento's phone vibrates his his pocket and he turns around to answer it.


Okay time for plan B.


You glance at everyone lost in their own thoughts, but Yuji is watching you like a hawk. You need to divert his attention somehow and get to Sukuna. "Look it's a special grade curse," Megumi whispers, looking in the distance. 


You turn to look, but you can't see anything. Everyone gets into positions as Yuji puts you behind him. Nobara gets out her hammer and you can see she doesn't have many nails left. You take a couple steps back as they fight the curse, you guess but because you don't have Chaos's power so you can't see curses. 


This is bad.


When they were so invested in the fight you turn and ran into the woods where the fire is burning brightly. What you didn't know is Yuji saw you run into the woods and screamed your name. 


Hearing his scream it made you run faster because you know he can catch you fast. You have to stop Sukuna, if he doesn't know you're actually alive he will literally burn this world down. You keep running, the dark woods soon bright because of how close you get to the fire.


"Y/N hey!" 


You stop running and see Todo with Maki. Both are panting as Todo gives you a big smile. "I see you're okay! I knew my besto friendo would save you!" He wipes some tears from his eyes as Maki looks annoyed. 


"How did I get stuck with you?" she grumbles. 


"Uh yeah, Maki can I ask you something?"


"Hm?" she raises her brow.


"Do you have an extra pair of glasses?"


-


Adjusting the glasses, your feet carries you to the blaze, covering your mouth with the scarf so you don't inhale the smoke. You feel the fire's blaze against your skin. Animals run from the fire in fear and you see curses burning from the flames. Bodies of fallen sorcerers either from the fire or the smoke, or something else killed them.


Your eyes sting from the smoke and you see two large shadows in the distance and a very familiar laugh. You get closer to the shadows and stay hidden behind a tree to see what's going on.


Sukuna and Chaos are doing incredible amount of damage to each other. Their blood stains the grass and theirs burns all over Chaos. Sukuna grins as he punches Chaos so hard his hand pierces through his stomach. 


Chaos coughs up blood and grows weak. Your eyes widen in horror as you see this. Sukuna has officially lost it.


He headbutts Chaos, making blood spill out of his nose. Sukuna wasted no time grabbing Chaos by the throat and repeatedly slams his face into his cheek. He then grabs his skull and slams him into the ground, over and over again. 


Chaos tried to get up and before you can stop Sukuna you feel hands grab you by your waist and pull you back. Before you could yell a hand covers your mouth as you struggle. "Do you like dying why the hell are you here?!" a voice hisses in your ear. 


You look up to see Yuji looking down with a harsh gaze. You take his hand off of your mouth. "I have to calm Sukuna down," you whisper, frowning. "Look I hate Chaos alright, I want him dead but I don't think God would appreciate it if we killed his son. God might just kill all of us next."


You and Yuji peek over the tree and see Chaos is thrown across the field as Sukuna raises his hand to form a powerful curse energy ball.


"Y/N he might kill you," Yuji whispers. 


"Trust me Yuji I know, but...I have to do this please."


"Yeah, yeah but if you do this I will never....." His bottom lip trembles and you gently squeeze his hands.


"Whatever you do, stay here and don't move," you hissed, gripping Yuji's hands tightly. "Y/N-" Your hand reaches behind him and gently grip the back of his head. You pull him close to the point your guy's foreheads are pressed against each other. "Please, please whatever happens do not leave this spot."


He frowns, but nods. "But if he hurts you I will kill him," he growls. You smile and kisses his cheek before running out onto the battlefield. 


Sukuna presses his foot against Chaos's head and lifts it in the air, ready to stomp his skull in.


"S-Sukuna!" 


Sukuna freezes when he hears your voice and he turns around to see you standing there, your eyes wide, body shaking in fear. You raise your hands as you slowly walk to him.

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