Chapter 2: Little Changes #2

"." Character Dialogues

Example: "Hello"

'.' Character Thoughts

Example: 'Hello'

Dialogue of the Omnipresent Narrator

3rd Person Dialogue

[Cursed Techniques]

*Sound*

Author's note: This story is based on the Jujutsu Kaisen manga, which has some variations from the anime. If you find any discrepancy in the dialogues or scenarios, I invite you to investigate how it was in the manga. It is a story of short chapters, as I find it unnecessary to be a detailed episode (I don't know how to write long chapters)

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Location: Roppongi, Japan.

Pov Itadori

It had been a week since I first made use of my cursed energy. During this time, I was accepted into the Tokyo sorcerer's school, although the acceptance test was rather peculiar.

Director Masamichi, a stern-looking man, had given me a training stuffed animal after Gojo-sensei insisted a little. It was a stuffed animal created by director Masamichi himself, a cursed object that he had to feed with cursed energy constantly. If I got distracted or stopped concentrating, the stuffed animal would hit me. Although it looked like a harmless toy, the blows could be quite painful.

Thanks to this training, I can now summon my cursed energy at will.

During this week we also met the other freshman, Nobara Kugisaki. Nobara is a girl of medium height with short orange hair. His eyes are dark brown and he has a facial expression as if something has been stolen from him. We are now three students in the first year of the academy, a trio of sorcerers ready to take on any challenge.

I was walking in an abandoned building, a gloomy, desolate place that seemed like the perfect hiding place for curses. Gojo-sensei had told Nobara and me to look for curses and exorcise them, a task that seemed simple in theory, but was much more complicated in practice.

"I bet you're not popular either..." I muttered, annoyed with Nobara. How did I know I wasn't popular at my school?

Suddenly, I saw a curse hanging from the ceiling. It was a grotesque creature, with a twisted form and eyes that glowed with an evil light. 'You arrived at a perfect time', I thought, a smile on my face.

3rd Pov

Itadori wasted no time. He lunged at the curse, his fists a blur. He struck the curse again and again, each blow harder than the last. 

The curse tried to fight back, but Itadori was faster. He dodged the blow and countered with a heavy blow straight to the curse's chest, defeating it.

Itadori stood, victorious. Despite the intense but short fight, it seemed as if he had barely begun to sweat. With one last glance at the place where the curse lay, Itadori departed.

'Where are the others?' he wondered, looking around. The building was silent, only the echo of his own breath breaking the silence.

Scene change

Nobara was in a difficult situation. She was a few feet away from a curse that was holding a frightened child. With his hands raised in surrender, the situation was obvious to an observer, and Nobara could feel the boy's fear echoing through the air.

'I'm an idiot! I knew it wouldn't be that easy. I wish I could have seen Saori one more time' Nobara lamented, remembering her childhood friend.

Suddenly, a fist popped out of the wall and pierced through the curse's head. It was a swift and precise blow, which left the curse with no chance to react.

Nobara's eyes widened in disbelief, as he watched Itadori walk across the wall. The curse vanished on the floor, headless.

"Heh, I didn't fail!" said Itadori, with a smug smile. 'If I hadn't learned how to use my cursed energy, I wouldn't have been able to feel the curse. I just had to figure out where I was.' He admitted.

Itadori shook off the dust and blood of the curse, and crouched down in front of the boy. "Are you okay?" he asked carefully. The boy nodded repeatedly, still nervous.

"Do you think I'll be able to be popular in academia?" he asked a still-incredulous Nobara, posing like a superhero.

Nobara didn't know whether to laugh or cry. On the one hand, she was grateful that Itadori had saved her, but on the other hand, who pierces a wall with his hand?

"Popular? What are you talking about? Can't you see we're in the middle of a mission? Besides, what are you to go through a wall like that?" reproached Nobara, getting up from the ground.

"Come on, Nobara, don't be so sour. The important thing is that we're fine, isn't it? Besides, we've exorcised two curses, that's a good thing, isn't it?" said Itadori, trying to cheer her up. "And the wall wasn't reinforced, that's normal," he shrugged.

Nobara was left speechless. 'No, it's not normal at all,' he thought."Yes, whatever you say, freak, but first, let's get this child to safety. We can't leave him here alone," Nobara said, approaching the boy.

"You're right. Come on, little one, come with us. We're going to get you out of here," Itadori said, extending his hand to the boy.

The boy looked at Itadori with a mixture of fear and admiration. Then, he took her hand, and proceeded to leave, accompanied by Itadori and Nobara.

Scene Jump

"How are you?!" Gojo asked cheerfully, raising his hand to Itadori, Nobara, and the little boy coming out of the building.

"Great!" replied Itadori, walking confidently.

"And you, Nobara?" asked Gojo. "Good!" he replied quickly. "I didn't have my introduction scene..." She muttered to herself. "What?" asked Itadori, close to her. "NOTHING!" he replied with a red face.

"Okkkkey! Let's send the child home and MEALTIME!" announced Gojo. "Sushi!" Nobara regained his spirits. "Fillet" countered Itadori.

"Let's go!" Gojo led, walking somewhere.

"..." Megumi opined, without prominence. How long had it been there?

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Give me stones of power, wretches

Sorry for the short chapters, but it's the beginning, the next chapter is currently the longest, I'm looking for a balance on what I have to tell from the original story and what I want to change.