A Dead Man's Return

XIII: Obscurity

Nobody's POV:

First day of the Goodwill Event - Monday

...

8:00 AM

"Ah, Utahime, you're looking as beautiful as ever!"

"Can't say the same about you."

Gojo pouted, but it quickly went away when the woman gave him an endearing smile. He then turned his attention to the space behind Iori, where her students filed out of the train doors and stood behind her.

"And could you maybe not say that so loudly. The last thing I want is for them to hear anything regarding us, understood?" Utahime whispered, Satoru giving her a toothy grin and a thumbs up. She once again asked herself how she ended up in this situation, but nonetheless shrugged it off and turned towards her students.

...

After his conversation with Yuji an hour and a half ago, the white haired sensei had left school grounds and headed towards the Tokyo Station, where he would meet up with Utahime and her students. Of course, this wasn't the plan at first– they were simply supposed to be picked up by Ijichi in a bus and brought to the Tokyo campus. However, Gojo insisted he recieve them with open arms himself. He obviously wanted to thoroughly meet and scout the other students, and totally didn't have any ulterior motive when it came to the beautiful Kyoto school teacher.

"So, how are we all doing? Short and sweet trip I hope?" Satoru smiled, everyone thoroughly looking bored and done with life. There were two missing from the group of students– Todo and Mai. Perhaps they had gone ahead and arrived in Tokyo a little earlier to do some sightseeing...

"Th-Th-The... Satoru Gojo!"

Gojo turned his head to the shy sounding feminine voice, a light blue haired girl sprinting towards him with her arms flailing all over the place. He laughed at the girl's reaction, returning her enthusiasm. "That's me!"

"Ohmygosh... OHMYGOSH CAN I HAVE A PICTURE WITH YOU?! PRETTY PLEASE?!"

"Miwa, please leave him alone, I'm sure he's–"

"Of course young lady! Can't ever turn one of my loyal fans down." Satoru laughed, Miwa jumping for joy as she fished for her phone and quickly navigated through it towards the camera app. She posed for the selfie, Gojo giving his usual peace sign with his thumb outwards, while Utahime watched in a deadpan.

Kasumi excitedly snapped the picture and skipped away, Iori rolling her eyes and Gojo giving the teacher a wide smile.

"So where's Gakuganji? Don't tell me he got cold feet meeting with me?" Satoru pouted sarcastically, but was met with a loud cough and an annoyed grunt. He looked over Utahime's shoulder, gasping loudly at the sight that graced him. "Gakuganji, what a pleasure to grace your majesty! I thought you would've croaked on your way here... unfortunate."

Utahime quickly turned away while holding in a laugh, the principal of the Kyoto school and his gnarly beard appearing in between her and Gojo in an instant.

"You insolent brat..." The old man shook in anger, Gojo placing two fingers on his chin and leaning down.

"You don't think I forgot what you and the higher-ups did, right? You're so fucking lucky I'm joking around instead of–." Gojo paused, Iori quickly stepping forward and holding her hand out. The white haired teacher looked up at a disappointed Utahime, then exhaled and stood straight, turning around. "Well whatever, nothing I can do about it now! Let's get a move on!" Gojo ushered the students forward, followed by a quiet Gakuganji, as they headed towards the bus that was waiting for them up the stairs and towards the front of the station.