beside you , yuji itadori x reader

twenty five

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it's halloween today, the 31st of october. you, yuji, nobara and megumi had plans of going out today, but there was a bit of a mishap.

a curtain with a radius of 400 metres was cast centred at the tokyu department store. you stood there with nanami, megumi and this dude named ino.

ijichi had explained to you guys that the curtain traps humans, which was a problem considering that it was busy due to halloween and civilians would definitely get hurt in the event of fighting off a curse,

"this sounds like quite the pain.." nanami muttered.

you then heard ino repeating your's and megumi's name in a very annoying manner,

"curtains are usually only related to cursed energy! so, basically humans, cursed spirits and cursed objects..." he started rambling trying to explain curtains to the two of you. it was pissing you off a little,

"we know," you said bluntly,

"ino, they are excellent students, stop trying to show off just because you're older," nanami scolded him.

'serves him right..'

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you all went patrolling for a little bit, exorcising weak curses whereever you could find them, though you did come past a transfigured human,

"nanami-san. transfigured human. you reckon patchface is here?" you sighed,

"potentially. i wouldn't be surprised if he is,"

nanami then got a call. he explained to all of you that transfigured humans were inside the barrier and attacking non-sourcerers. it was time to end your standby and start the attack,

"you guys save as many civilians as you can, i will head for the enemy responsible for the curtain,"

you all nodded, walking into the curtain. you were about to part ways with nanami until you all heard an odd call,

"NANAMINNNNN," you already recognised that voice,

"yuji?.." you muttered,

"NA-NA-MIN, NA-NA-MIN," he started chanting, "GOJO SATORU- HAS BEEN SEALED!"

you all literally froze in your tracks,

'sealed?... nah we're fucked'

"change of plans, we'll meet up with itadori. if what he just said is true, all of humankind is doomed," nanami said seriously.

you all ran over to where yuji was, coming up behind him. he was still screaming,

"NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-MIN,"

"hey," megumi tried getting his attention, yet he wasn't listening, "hey!!!!"

yuji took a deep breath, still not hearing megumi,

"NANA-" megumi had cut him off by hitting him in the back of the head, "ACK! huh, fushiguro, nanamin, y/n?!?! and who are you..?" he looked towards ino,

"so you really do refer to him as nanamin," ino sighed.

you all went down from the building you were on top of to discuss more about gojo. yuji walked next to you,

"you okay?" he asked,

"yeah, i'm fine. are you? there's been lots of transfigured humans.." you spoke softly, grabbing his hand,

"i'm okay. i'm glad patchface is back. i'll finally end him," he grinned, looking down. you simply smiled at him.

once you had all gone to a safe place, a mini mechamaru explained what had happened to all of you??? it was pretty strange..

'what the actual fuck is that??? this is scarier than the actual mechamaru..'

once mini mechamaru had told you all everything, nanami decided he would go sort things out with ijichi while the rest of you do something about the veil keeping all jujutsu sorcerers out.

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inspecting the barrier, yuji offered to try break it with a punch. ino told him that he shouldn't and that his punch wouldn't even leave a mark on it, which was probably true, but yuji's got a strong punch so there was no harm in him trying.

he sent a strong punch into the barrier, sending shock waves through it, yet it led to no scratches, dents or cracks,

"damn.. it's no good, the thing won't budge," he muttered. ino stood there wide-eyed,

"well, that was some pretty decent force..." he was clearly shocked,

"look, it's a sturdy veil. we should look for a weak spot and try get a hole in it," megumi spoke. you agreed,

"yeah, even if it's just for a second, that's enough time to at least get in,"

"mhm, we can't get anywhere without getting inside first," he nodded.

you saw yuji run away and go kick a harmless curse in the face before megumi's shikigami got to it,

"huh? why not?" yuji asked,

"why not???" ino said in disbelief, slightly mocking yuji's unawareness, "this is keeping all sourcerers out. it's a barrier. and barriers are supposed to surround you and protect you from anything outside right?" yuji nodded at ino's statement before he continued, "that means that whoever lowered this veil, is inside it,"

yuji then thought back to what happened in harajuku. he explained it to everyone before you all came to another conclusion,

"oh, i see!" ino exclaimed, "so staying outside the veil instead of surrounding themselves with it increases the risk of being defeated and discovered, therefore increasing the strength. that's why yuji's blow didn't break that barrier down," he said.

you agreed before megumi proposed to look around the surrounding area for the source of the veil. it would probably be somewhere that stands out, so your first thought was to go to the shibuya central tower. it had a full view of the city and covered the most area.

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just as you all thought, you found three curse users gathering on top of the tower. they had to have the source of the veil yuji suggested you used wires to get them all in one spot quickly and stealthily. it was actually pretty smart, you wondered where he got that idea from.

yuji and megumi attacked while you and ino searched for the source. earlier, yuji had shown you both waht it looked like, so you knew what to keep an eye out for.

while yuji and megumi were fighting, ino had found one but the veil was still up. you two frantically searched for another one before you spotted it,

"ino-senpai, look," you pointed at one of the curse users with a huge moustache. he held two more of them. he nodded, acknowledging the fact that there were two more you had to get. yuji had thrown the moustache guy off the building, leaving you and ino to fight the old lady and the other guy.

ino pulled his beanie down, turning it into a ski mask sort of thing,

"my underclassmen are here, and they've been entrusted to me. so i'm gonna end this quickly, and become a grade one sorcerer!" he exclaimed,

"i've got your back ino-senpai," you sighed,

"thanks! try not to die,"

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shorter chapter but welcome to the shibuya arc

get ready for angst ❤️❤️