Affection

"I can't afford to be seen by anyone by anyone from that school... So i'll be going now," Geto smiled talking to the curse who's name was Hanami.

"If you want to help him, help him. I don't know if you cursed spirits feel affection for each other, though."

Geto got up and walked past Hanami who was speaking in gibberish.

As he started to walk away Hanami headed for Jogo.

"Talking big. Know your place, cursed spirit," Geto smiled cockily.

"Not the type to take orders, huh?" Gojo asked stepping on Jogo.

"Is there something nice waiting for you if you kill me? Anyway, who're we looking for?" Gojo asked putting his blindfold back on.

"Hurry up! I'm gonna exorcise you! I'll exorcise you either way thought," saying the last part to himself.

"So other curses can talk huh?" Azure asked more to himself.

*THUNKK

A tree-like object attacked right in front of Gojo

"!!"

*KRIK

*KRIK

*KRIKK

flowers started spreading from the objects surrounding both Azure and Gojo.

They started being in a trance.

"Flowers..." Azure said.

"Whee...!!" Gojo voiced.

Gojo quickly slapped himself getting out of the trance.

'This is Jujutsu, right? I don't sense any killing intent,' Gojo thought.

"Whoa..!" Azure exclaimed as a tree trunk grabbed his leg flipping him upside down, he saw Hanami quickly grab Jogo and begin to run away.

"I'm fine, Sensei! Go after them!" Azure exclaimed as he tried to get unstuck before the same trunk formed into a monster-looking curse going in to attack him.

"Wait! Kidding! Help me...!" Azure exclaimed as it lunged at Azure.

*WHAKK

*WHAKK

Gojo easily destroyed the tree trunk curse making Azure fall to the ground.

As he did that Hanami was able to escape.

"Hm..." Gojo voiced.

'It got away. It's good at erasing its presence. And, it's a lot more creepy than volcano head.' Gojo thought.

"Sorry, it got away because of me..." Azure said.

Gojo ignored him lost in thought.

"High-level cursed spirits working together? This is getting fun."

"Azure... It's not just you– I want all of you kids to get strong enough to beat something like that," Gojo told him.

"Win against that...?" Azure asked in surprise.

"It's better to have a solid goal, right?" Gojo smiled.

"Glad I brought ya!"

"...I had no idea what was going on... Is this guy serious..." Azure said lowly to Kuro.

"Set a goal and work hard to get there," Gojo told him.

"Okay..."

*******

Geto walked in an apartment door to find himself on a beach.

"This is quite the calm domain," Geto said looking around smiling.

He walked up to the man with lots of stitches all around his body and was sitting down on a chair looking at the ocean.

"What's happening to Jogo, Geto?" The man asked.

"At death's door. But Hanami went after him, so. he's probably okay."

"How irresponsible, you encouraged him, right?" The man asked.

"hardly, I tried to stop him.

The door entrance opened revealing Hanami and Jogo.

"Speak of the devil..." Geto said.

"Jogo. Hanami. I'm glad you're okay," The man said.

"What the hell are you talking about?!" Jogo struggled to say since he was all beat up, badly.

"You got off easy," Geto said sticking his tongue out at Jogo.

"I think you understand now... About Satoru Gojo and the right time and place. We need to get every advantage if we're to seal him, We'll proceed on October thirty first in Shibuya. I'll give you the details later," Geto told the three.

"Is that okay, Mahito?" Geto asked turning to the man.

"No objections. Let's be cunning. Worthy of a curse. Worthy of a human," Mahito smiled.

*********

*Next Day

*Jujutsu High, After class

"I wish we had more vending machines," Nobara said to Azure and Megumi who were next to her as she got a drink out of the machine

"Not gonna happen. We're strict with who we do business with," Megumi said.

"What? Where's the first-year crew?" Panda asked looking around for the three.

"Running errand," Maki answered.

"Will they be okay?" Panda asked.

"They're not kids. They can run errands."

"That's not what I mean... Isn't Kyoto School coming today? There's talk that the higher-ups who have friction with Gojo were involved with... The special grade incident and the dispatch of the first-years.

The Kyoto principal is one of those higher-ups. What if they start something? They targeted Yuji, and he's dead." Panda said to Maki and Inumaki

"I don't think Megumi, Azure, and Kugisaki are in danger. The Kyoto geezer wouldn't try something so openly," Maki said.

"The teachers have their reputations. But not the students," Panda said agreeing.

"...Is Mai coming?" Maki hesitantly asked.

"Probably not. The students aren't involved with the meeting but... Those guys love to talk trash." Panda stated.

******

*Back to Azure, Nobara, and Megumi who were at the vending machine.

"Why are you here, Zen'in senpai?" Megumi asked as he noticed Mai and another guy walking near them.

"I knew it! They have a similar vibe..." Nobara said.

"Oh, Megumi. Isn't that what you call Maki? Call me Mai, Kyoto Jujutsu High second-year Mai Zen'in said.

"So these are... the replacements for Okkotsu and the third-years," Kyoto Jujutsu High third-year Aoi Todo said.

"We worried, so we tagged along. I heard your classmate died. Must've been tough," Mai smiled.

"Or maybe it wasn't?"

"What are you getting at?" Megumi narrowed his eyes at her.

"It's okay, some things are hard to put into words. So I'll do it for you..." Maki started.

"'Vessel' sounds harmless. but he was basically a half-curse monster." Maki smiled.

"Huh...?" Azure said with irritation as he knew that he was also a vessel.

"Ah! That's right you're one too aren't you..." Mai said looking at Azure.

"Such a vile facade of a human... And you're calling yourself a Jujutsu Sorcerer, Megumi, with him alongside you... it must be terrible..." Mai smiled in a mocking pitiful way.

"You must be relieved he's dead... And you should die soon too, shouldn't you...?" she said looking at Azure.

Azure slowly walked closer to the two but was stopped by Megumi.

He looked back to see he was shaking his head telling him not to go... Hesitantly, Azure backed up.

"Mai, stop talking nonsense. I just want to know if they're worthy replacements for Okkotsu. Megumi, was it...? What type of girls do you like?" Todo said seriously making the three look at him in confusion.

"Depending on your answer, I'll beat you half to death. And I'll drag out Okkotsu, or at least the third year.

"By the way, I... Like tall girls with big butts!" Todo said smiling ripping his shirt off and getting in a fighting stance.