Long Time no See

[Author Note]

Disc: HrPrTeam

End of Volume 3! I'm uploading this early to take a few day's break.

Who is the better brother?

Todo:

Choso:

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Naohiro

Talking to Choso, we discussed how we would join forces. I asked him to join the Zenin clan as a fighting force when I got back settled into Jujutsu society.

Politics and other related topics aren't my forte, so I'll feel great about the future with Naoya running the clan.

Speaking of Naoya.

He is probably the most pissed since this is the second time I've left.

Yaga, Gojo, and Shoko are the others that are really big parts of my life.

I'll be upfront and tell them about Kenjaku and the sealing. I didn't mean to abandon them, but I ended up using more time than necessary to get stronger than ever before.

I could've escaped, but I used the time to train, which was extremely useful. Ultimately, I was in the world's strongest sealing cursed object.

Uraume told me it's been three years since I was sealed, so the ball has finally gotten rolling as main events are concerned.

Now, it's finally time to make my way to Jujutsu High.

I start to levitate and fly.

Man, this is so much more convenient than walking. Gojo would get to places faster due to teleportation, but I now have a good way of travel.

...

Arriving at Jujutsu High, I smiled as I hadn't seen this place in so long.

*WOOSH*

Hm?

Turning to the sound, I see Gojo. "Been a while, huh?"

He removes his glasses and stares at me, most likely checking my cursed energy due to my new appearance. "Holy shit, it really is you."

Gojo has a flabergasted face. "Where have you been? It's been three years, and nobody has heard from you."

I pull out a small box. "See this thing? It's called the prison realm, the strongest sealing cursed object on the planet. It seals cursed energy, and time doesn't flow inside."

He tried getting words out but couldn't find them. "Wha?"

I smiled. "Kenjaku sealed me with it and tossed me 8000 meters underwater in a subduction zone in the Japan ocean. No matter how hard you looked, you wouldn't find me unless I figured a way out."

Gojo narrowed his eyes and put his glasses back on. "Kenjaku...how the hell did you get out?"

I look up to the sky. "There is a back door in the prison realm. I just figured it out."

...

He pauses. "Also, what happened with Suguru?"

I tell it to him straight. "Kenjaku killed him and stole his body before I left to go check on him. I was able to take out the body so he wouldn't be able to use cursed spirit manipulation."

*BOOM*

His facial features didn't change, but his surroundings caved in as if the gravity multiplied.

After a few seconds, everything turned back to normal, and he sat down. "The Kenjaku guy killed Suguru and sealed you."

He paused again. "You have any leads on where he could be?"

I close my eyes. "Remember Nishida? Her name was Uraume, and she was a servant of Ryomen Sukuna, who was working with Kenjaku. I found her and extracted information about her, but Kenjaku ditched her as soon as he found out I had left the prison realm. It turns out that they are looking to revive him, and Kenjaku already has more than 15 fingers."

His head lowers. "This sucks."

I scoff. "Tell me about it."

After that, he started rubbing his head. "You're a rogue cursed user now, so usually you wouldn't be allowed here, but you have enough support to ignore any order that the higher-ups give you. Obviously, I won't listen to those bastards, and I doubt Yuki will fight you. Question is, what the hell are you going to do now?"

I sit down. "I'm not completely sure, but I have a few things in mind. You and I are strong enough to kill Kenjaku, but you're not at the level to kill a fully powered Sukuna. The first thing you should do is get strong enough so that nobody can come close to you...aside from me."

He huffs out a laugh. "You can kill a full-power Sukuna?"

My face turns serious. "I would say I'd win, but that's a curse, and I'm not 100% sure since I've got no clue what special stuff he might be hiding aside from his main cursed technique, which consists of slashing. I'm strong, but I want to get stronger."

He stands up. "That so? In any case, you should see Shoko. She was hit hard when Suguru died, and you went missing. Her medical growth has been completely stunted ever since. I'm not good at consoling people, but she needs to see you."

I stand up, too. "I feel like shit."

Gojo smiles. "You should."

Then he ponders for a moment. "That reminds me. I brought Toji's kid and his sister to the Zenin clan. He's currently training under Naoya with three other kids."

I smirk. "Thanks, 'preciate it."

He nods, walks away, and does a backward wave.

...

Now, then, I'm going to need to talk to Shoko.

Since I was a rogue cursed user, I expected people to jump me, but no one attacked me on my way to the dorms. Even if she graduated, she still was living in the dorms.

After going to the door, I rip the bandaid off and knock.

*Knock*

*Knock*

*Knock*

The door opens, and I see Shoko with a cigarette in her mouth, even if it's in the dorms.

I give her a small smile. "Sorry, it's bee-"

She puts her palm on the front of my face as if making sure I'm real.

Then, she narrows her eyes. "You better have a damn good reason to come back here after all this time. Nothing for three years."

Is that Shoko?

I tilt my head back. "Look, I've been sealed by a cursed object called the prison realm. Sorry, but I was under circumstances that didn't allow me to return. I would've loved to come back, but there were a few reasons why I couldn't."

She crosses her arms and leans on the door before taking her cigarette and putting it out on a tray. "*Sigh* I'm not going to ask you why because I feel like I'd only get more stressed out than I already am, but I have to know what happened to Suguru."

I frown. "He had been killed by a man named Kenjaku."

Shoko pauses. "Damnit..."

She continues. "I'll need some time. We'll talk later, alright?"

I closed my eyes. "Sure."

She closed the door.

Well, that fucking sucked.

Talking to Yaga can come later, but I need to come back to the clan compound.

...

I arrived fairly quickly, and just like last time, the guards were too shocked to let me walk right into the front door.

Without even making it a few feet into the compound, a certain 18-year-old non-misogynist appears before me.

He closes his eyes, being surprisingly calm. "I'm not going to ask you anything. Follow me to the training field."

I know exactly what this will be, so I'll play along for now.

A minute later, we are standing across from each other.

His expression is unreadable. "I've been training so hard ever since you left, and I know that you might not tell me what is going on with you, but I want to understand it.

*Inhale* *Exhale* He continues. "I don't want you to hold anything back."

Then my eyes widen as he puts his hands together.

...

"[Domain Expansion: Time Cell Moon Palace]."