Chapter 3: Part 2

- Satoru Gojo -

Oh boy, that's rare.

Shoko is not someone to get angry so easily.

"Sensei, I request for permission to take action against a Curse User and I want to do it personally."

Sensei merely raised an eyebrow. "That's rare. But denied. You are not a fighter."

"It can be someone else doing the fighting. I just want their lives to end by my hands." She gritted her teeth hard.

He suddenly remembered what she was called to do. "Is something wrong with Sakura-chan?"

"Those bastards…." She took a deep breath and explained what she had found in her body.

The crest worms and what they could do, the probably soul in the worm near her heart, other things and the signs of years of abuse.

"She didn't even flinch when I cut open her body to examine the worm. She was so used to pain. They have been torturing her for years… possibly since she was just a kid, maybe even…."

"Was it done by her family?" He asked.

"Yes."

The faces of everyone in the place darkened. Even more for the Ryozanpaku masters, who were releasing some kind of pressure too.

There were many things they had seen as a Jujutsu sorcerer.

It was a field which messed up someone and that's why he was fine with Hayato-san wanting to protect his grandson.

But even then, there were things which just crossed the lines.

This event reminded him of some past events.

His fight against and his failure to protect someone.

He took a deep breath.

"The bastard was probably preparing her as a vessel of some kind to occupy her body. I couldn't even remove the worms because they were tied to some kind of construction in her body, a nerve of some kind and it even extends to her soul. I am not sure if I would hurt her. Moreover, I think if one of them is removed first, others might try to hurt her too, so we need to remove all of them at the same time just to be safe, especially the one in her heart."

Right at this time, Silas-kun came there with the orders.

"Is something the matter? Is Sakura-chan alright, doctor?"

- Silas -

The whole group looked at me suddenly and I felt odd being stared at by so many people all at once.

"Silas-kun, what can you tell us about Sakura-chan's circumstances?" the doctor asked.

"Umm? She comes to the Restaurant often but just sits by herself and watches everyone. It's just that she always looks… so hollow. Her eyes I mean. Today, she came back and she looked even worse so I offered her some food and that's when that guy came in. He was talking rudely with her so I went to stop him but it turns out that he was her brother. When he grabbed her, I saw that there were bruises, like someone hitting her on her arm so I stopped her. When the guy attacked me, I punched him and threw him back. I think I broke his nose."

"You should have blasted his head off. Scum like those…" She clenched her fist. "I need to smoke. Is there a place where I can?"

I pointed out towards the door.

"You can smoke after we fix this problem." Nanami-sensei said.

"What problem?" I asked him.

He sighed and explained the situation and blood drained off of my face.

"With the supernatural side involved, I can see why she didn't think the police could help her."

"Do you think anyone could help her?" Principal Masamichi asked.

She shook her head. "No humans. Souls are not an easy thing to mess with. Maybe that Cursed Spirit who made those cursed humans could as their souls were changed but I don't know of any other. My suggestion is to seal those creatures and then find people who can remove them later."

At that time, a voice came from behind us.

"Did someone say souls? I might know a thing or two about them?" The man wearing a hat and clogs who was sitting and talking with Naruto all this time spoke and the whole room turned towards him.

"You are?" Principal Masamichi asked.

"Hello, my name is Kisuke Urahara and I am a humble candy shop owner. I just happened to have found out about this Restaurant's speciality from your talks and these two helpful kids. Pardon me but I just heard that you were concerned about someone's soul? Coincidentally, I have had some experience working with souls and purging evil spirits myself. Do you mind if I lend a hand?" he asked.

"A candy shop owner? I am sorry but we need specialists for this job. Not anyone with slight knowledge of spirits can help out with surgeries of this level." The doctor said, slightly irritated.

The guy covered his face with his fan and laughed. "Oh my. I am getting the feeling that I am being underestimated somewhat. Then….how about I prove my skill to you?"

"And how exactly will you do that? What do you want in return?" She asked.

"That gentleman over there has something with souls in that bag of his. How about I use one of them as examples? If it's just removing the souls from them or purifying them it's an easy thing to do. As for what I want? Studying that thing and knowing some things about your Jujutsu world would already be enough of a payment."

I looked at the gentleman, Gojo-san who looked back at him and then just brought what looked like a….

"Is that a finger?"

"A cursed object." he threw it to the man. "Let's see what you can do."

"Here?" The man caught the finger and asked while taking a look at the finger.

"Will this be alright, Silas-kun?" Gojo-san asked me.

I looked at them both. This was literally a matter of Sakura-chan's life and death.

"Sure. I can take care of any damage here."

"Great. In that case let me run a few tests on this thing. Still, what a horrible design. A finger, really?" He spoke as he sat down on one of the tables and placed the finger in front of him and placed hand over it.

I could see different types of lights shine from under his hands.

"How interesting. Someone divided a piece of someone's soul, a twisted and corrupted soul, almost like a hollow in this finger. Was this the body of the original owner?" he asked.

"Yes."

"That would explain why it could be so easily contained inside. Anyways, I assume that it was designed so that the user could somehow take over other people's bodies, should they by chance eat one of the fingers. How odd, they should have designed it in an edible shape if they wanted someone to eat a piece. I can't see someone wanting to swallow someone's finger whole. But coming back to the story. Once ingested, the soul would take over the host's body and maybe then it could seek out the rest of the pieces of itself and reform back."

….

"Alright, it seems you are not a phony after all." The doctor said, "So, can you exorcise it by removing the soul?"

"Oh yes. That won't be a problem. Do you want me to do it now?" He asked.

The Jujutsu Academy people looked at each other and nodded.

"Alright." Principal Masamichi nodded and we watched as he raised his hand.

"Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Inferno and pandemonium, the sea barrier surges, march on to the south, Shakkahō!"

A red orb formed on his palm and struck the finger creating a small explosion.

The finger was obliterated instantly.

"Amazing!" I heard someone whisper.

Was it?

I mean Touma could have touched it and it would have disappeared.

Was there really a need for all that light show?

"So, can I see the patient now?" He asked, looking at the doctor. "By the way, the furniture of this place is really something. There isn't one scratch on it."

She nodded.

They both went upstairs to the room where Sakura was staying. This time however Gojo-san followed them as well.

We waited outside for a while. Even the Ryozanpaku teachers stayed there with me, looking worried.

They left the room after a while and Gojo-san gave me a thumbs up. "She's safe."

We let out a sigh of relief.

The doctor was still healing her so the next one to come out was Kisuke-san who was carrying a bag with him with something clearly moving inside. "These are some interesting test subjects. It could probably keep me occupied for a while."

….

Just what kind of Candy Shop owner are you?

Still, I bowed deeply in front of him. "Thank you for helping Sakura-chan."

"Hahahaha don't mind. I'm getting something great out of this too. Who would have known that such a magical place existed? Other worlds... I haven't been so excited in a while."

A few minutes later the doctor came out and looked at us. "She is completely healed right now and just needs some rest. Let her sleep."

With that said, we all went down to continue our conversation.

"That was really something, Kisuke-san. Your technique almost felt like a domain of some kind. Bankai, was it?" Gojo-san asked.

"The Reverse Cursed Technique which Miss Doctor over here used was far more impressive. Is it something others can learn too?"

Both of them began to talk with each other like old friends.

"They are getting along together too well for my comfort." Nanami-sensei whispered.

"Because from what I have seen of the guy, he's the same as Gojo in terms of personality." Shoko-san said, walking out of the place while bringing out a pack of cigarettes.

"Sigh… there are more like him in the world or other worlds?"

What came after was Touma destroying the rest of the fingers.

At this, even Kisuke-san looked at the boy dumbfounded.

I got a hefty payment for acting as a middleman.

Another thing happened that day.

Hayato-san talked to me about including Naruto in our Jujutsu training. It seems that Naruto was joining the place as a new student.

He even told me about the supposed special case of Naruto and asked me to take care of him. Apparently, watching the Jujutsu Academy teachers trying so hard to help Sakura-chan earned them his trust.

Finally, with everything taken care of, Gojo-san and Nanami-sensei stayed behind to look over our training.

The doctor Shoko-san also stayed behind to look after Sakura.

"I have talked with Hayato-san and you will be going there for some basic Martial Arts training from tomorrow. Let's try to see how much your control of the cursed energy has developed." Nanami-sensei asked as he handed me some exercises to focus on.

Gojo-san on the other hand started working on Naruto.

But first we went outside to awaken his cursed energy.