Book 1 of 【Then There Was You】
『Gojo Satoru was a man that brimmed of confidence, he knew he was the most powerful Jujutsu Sorcerer and nothing could ever shake him down- 'till he met you. 』
You were the girl that made him feel unfamiliar emotions...
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"You have a decision to make."
Those were the words that echoed in Master Tengen's chambers. It was so quiet, that the two individuals in that room could hear a pin drop. "There's no way of opening the front gate, is there?" The young black haired woman asked the being trying to embody what a human could potentially look like.
"Unless you can force the user that sealed Gojo Satoru in there to unlock the prison realm, there's no other way of opening the prison realm from the front." They walked around their chambers, their hands behind their back, looking up as if they were in deep thought.
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"But you can potentially unlock the back gate."
Then there it was, the answer she had been waiting for. "How do I do that?" The 1200-year-old being stopped dead in their tracks, "Unfortunately for you, Gojo Satoru destroyed the two artifacts that could've potentially opened the back portion of that prison realm." .. And there's the catch to a solution that sounded too good to be true.
".. Although, I do believe that given with your family history, you may just be able to open the prison realm all on your own." The young woman stared at Master Tengen, with one of her eyebrows raised, confused by their statement. Master Tengen smiled at her, "Both the inverted spear of heaven and the black rope were imbued with a cursed technique that can nullify other cursed techniques." (Y/N) crossed her arms in front of her, becoming even more confused by their statement.
"I'm well aware of what those artifacts.. Weapons were imbued with, we studied them. That's why Satoru was asked to destroy the only things that could open the box." She stared dead at Master Tengen's so-called eyes, her voice stressing that she's now getting tired of his riddles that made no sense. "So that when Sukuna was sealed, no one could let him out at will... But that plan has now gone wayward, since a young kid ate his finger.. Several of his fingers..." She sighed, wondering what Master Tengen was getting at, because she was slowly growing irritated of these riddles.
The master stepped closer to her, now being only an arm lengths away from her. "Hana Kurusu." The young woman furrowed her eyebrows together, "I know who she is-" And before she can even finish her sentence, "You can copy Hana Kurusu's cursed technique." The woman put her hand on her forehead and rubbed the creases in between her eyebrows, confused, agitated, almost any word in the dictionary that can describe her utter annoyance with the master.
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"Isn't that a bit counterintuitive, using my gift to copy a user's gift that's suppose to cancel our very powers?"
She spoke with displease, forgetting her formalities towards the 1200-year-old being. "Your grandmother from your mother's side came from a family that was once a part of the big three clans, except it was during the time before your grandmother was born- they were stronger than the Inumaki Clan." This was in fact something that (Y/N) never knew about, all she knew was that her grandfather was the one that carried all of the curse energy in the family and eventually got passed unto her.
"Your grandmother's clan was known to be able to copy any curse technique, but it was rare. Your grandmother's brothers and sisters, their generation didn't have an heir that was able to carry on this technique; neither did the generation before." Now ain't that the truth, (Y/N) shot Master Tengen with the utmost 'well no shit, Sherlock' look.
"It's a technique that was thought to be long forgotten, but I'm guessing with your suppressed cursed energy... You've been able to copy someones cursed technique at least once, even if it was momentary." Now that struck a chord in your heart, because Master Tengen was in fact correct. Once, just once, you copied Gojo's infinity on accident. You were so afraid that you didn't even know what happened, until the impact of the attack occurred- and you weren't hurt, not a single mark on you.
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"Master Tengen, you know well that I'm not able to control it."
She smiled at you, "That's exactly why you forcefully sealed it. So that there wouldn't be any accidental surges of that cursed technique, correct?" She then started pacing back and forth in her chambers once more. "That's the decision that you have to make, Hanasaki (Y/N)." The dark haired woman frowned, knowing well what they're going to say next. "This is the only way I'm afraid. Now, there has never been an account of a nullifying technique being copied- even momentarily."
Master Tengen stopped in their tracks, "I cannot assure that you will come back in one piece. We don't know how much energy it'll require, or if it'll even be possible- but I do know that it's a technique that has been able to copy almost any cursed technique known to mankind." Then Master Tengen looked at you in the eye, "you may die trying to copy it, because Hana will not help you just like that."
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