Living dead

-6 more days to the 31st of October-

3rd person pov

The site where she had died was treated like a plague people would avoid with large warning signs, holy relics covered every inch of the grounds, no offerings, just a makeshift gravestone surrounded by her flowers

After hours of purifying the piece of land priests and priestesses were finally dismissed when they saw Yuta

"Okkotsu-san, although the land is clean we advise you still keep your guard. Her presence can a pest that doesn't know how to die, if anything is off don't hesitate to report back"

"I understand, I can handle things from here" he bowed  the priest nodded at the answer and disappeared along with the others

He lets out a long sigh and stepped over fence they build before, crouching down the the ground so he can rethink this his life choices

His phone then starts to ring out of nowhere, he dreads to answer it

"Yoo~ is the body still there?"

"Sensei, This feels illegal and immoral"

"It's not illegal if no one knows~"

"But I can't just dig up a body?! And I doubt there's even one after what you did yesterday" He sighed making his teacher chuckle

"After all this time you doubt me?"

"A lot of times yes"

"Rude, put me on speaker then"  and Yuta did just that, there was a small pause before a sharp breath was taken , " SOMEBODY JUST OVERCOOKED A TOMAHAWK STEAK!!".......

"Wow nothing?"

"...are you sure you're just not in denial?"

"No because that applies when someone dies, I've only destroyed her physical form"

"Does...that not count as dying?"

"Not yet it doesn't, her curse isn't something that just di-oh...oh hoho~" he just stares at his phone while the man he was talking to starts laughing like a girl scout"YUTA"

"Yes...?"

"Look around those lilies, check the corners, see if they lead to anywhere" The question made him arch a brow before looking around

He then saw a barely noticeable trail of baby lilies it going down the path from Gojo's purple technique

"I'll call you back, sensei"

"AHA SO I WAS RI-" he hung up and jumped down to the crater where the trail continues on

"Did they not notice this when they were purifying the place..." he mumbled grazing the flowers only to pull back seeing they had made his hand wither as they grow, "no...these look new...did she left when the priests were talking to me...?"

As he heals his hand, he continues to follow the trail, and noticed how there was nothing alive near it, everything was dried up to the bone, nothing seemed alive

And by the end of it, his eye twitched seeing what she left behindWith a heavy heart he pulls out his phone to call the man who will soon endlessly poke fun at him

"Ha ha hahaha~ I'm right and you're wrong ~"

"Sensei... there's nothing"

"Eh? What do you mean?"

"There was a trail and it sucked the energy out of everything near it, at the end there's a big flower with an empty hole"

"Wow...that sucks, well good luck finding her~ I believe in you" and with that Gojo hung up leaving Yuta to figure this on his own

He soon figures something terrible

"...what am I? Her new babysitter...?"

Akane's pov

"Woof that was a terrible idea" I huffed snatching curses lingering around the stairs as I went down to the station

"You're over exaggerating, a few missing organs and limbs isn't that bad " he scoffed making me roll my eyes at the reflection of 'him' appeared by a long mirror beside me

"...The only thing left of me was my curse, some blood, and an eye"

"Exactly why I said it wasn't that bad, come on you gotta try harder than that to impress me~" wow wow wow he really is good at making my blood pressure rising from his constant yapping

I had to limit my curse usage to make my death both memorable and believable, so I was basically a sitting duck when Gojo activated his purple technique it didn't help that those priests and priestesses kept lounging around the place

When they did finally moveI had to find my way out the Meiji Jingu forest side to get in the Harajuku station...It's a good thing by Takeshita streets are easy picking for clothes...and that there are also good stores for undergarments...

"Don't worry I don't want to impress you"

"Oii oi remember I'll be having my body soon, you should show some respect" is impressing a form of respect...?

"Yeahh...I should, shouldn't I ?" I sighed pulling the sleeves of this coat up and used positive energy to hide my marks along my arms, legs, and neck

At least I don't have a little bitch screaming every time I do this nowAll I have is a complaining prick

"Why don't I give you baby legs when you have your body~"

"Pretentious brat...and why are you still acting human?!" he groaned as I fixed up my ears before wearing sunglasses

"Because ,you tatted sausage, 'the red curse' is dead and I plan to keep it that way, and it's makes for good practice~" I cheered and walked over to the subway map while ignoring his rants

Alright...now let's see...he originally came from Hida, sooo his body is most likely at the Sekonji temple...I can head to Yamanote line and head for Shinagawa but then I'll have to take a train...and switch to nagoya...yeah this is gonna be a while

He's soo not gonna be happy and I'm going to love it

"What's the hold up brat?!"

"Just know that what I'll be saying is technically your fault" I warned him while waiting for a huge crowd of soulless business men and women to come in, "it'll take us a few hours to actually arrive there"

"HAH?! ARE YOU AN IDIOT?!? WHY WOULD YOU NEED THAT WHEN YOU CAN JUST IMMEDIATELY APPEAR THERE???" For a guy who's technically depending on me to make his body, he sure is prissy...As the wave of humans start flooding in, I managed to snatch 3 wallets that were filled to the brim

Jackpot~

"Well I can't really go somewhere I've never been to" I shrugged heading for a family mart, "also are you feeling like having pudding or a sandwich?"

"Wh-how dare you even ask that WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!!? I WILL NOT SETTLE FOR MEDIOCRE MEALS"

"...alright I think I saw some pork filled buns I'll get some of those"

"NO"

"Fine I'll get 2" god what does he want from me??I got a basket and had fill it up with a bunch of chips, some bread, candy, cakes, and few cans of coffee and lastly are those pork buns-

Ah

Shit

"Hey....don't I know y-GYAH" I flicked his forehead and poked both his eyes before throwing money to the cashier so I can get out and get to the station stop that'll take me to ShinagawaIt could be worse

But fuck that was a close call

"Tch you see?! This is why you should've listened to me"

"If I did the priests would've noticed something was up, the site where I died is still under supervision. Too big of an energy burst would bring in attention" I sighed scanning if the train I'm in has any potential problems...Even if that means I need to listen to all their shitty thoughts

"And talking to yourself in a train won't ?" He snapped back at me

"No one gets close to crazy people so I don't find this as a big issue" I sang as we finally reached our station

After going up a flight if stairs, I went to a small corner to do a quick read of this station before something like before happens again...Well there aren't any sorcerers nearby...no Kamo, Gojo, or the fucking Zenin near here...no priests either...

They're all probably gathered up at Harajuku

"Now I wonder if it was a good idea leaving that kid...maybe I should've kidnapped him..." I mumbled while ignoring the stares from talking to myselfI seriously need to stop saying what I'm thinking this is getting ridiculou-

Oh someone's mad

And it's a familiar one~

"Yuta wasn't it? Okkotsu Yuta?" I called out while still staring at the board for the announcement for the Shinkansen train

"Hahh you sure are a handful huh? " he sighed coming out from a his spot, crossing his arms with a huff He must've been hiding his presence with that reverse cursed energy of his...lucky his wife has a presence I can't ignore

"Did Gojo sensei made you babysit me?"

"...and you're ok with him calling this babysitting??"

"It would be a fitting job description, also it's your job not mine..." I trailed off seeing the board call out for the last minute, "so care to explain yourself before I find out for myself?"

"Gojo-sensei just wanted to see if his hunch was right..."

"Ok? Soo why're you still here? Not to brag but there's a reason why he's been having a bigger pay check having me as a student"

"I don't think that counts as braggin-wait a bigger pay check??"

Ah

Did Gojo sensei use him for free labor..?

*The Tokaido-Sanyo Shinkansen train will be boarding off in 1 minute *

"Anyways, the point is that I'm not easy to keep track. Especially if you don't know where I plan on going"

"Alright then where are you going" he really thinks it's that easy huh?

"And this is where the high paychecks come from~" I cheered giving him a melon bun for a small prize, "bye rookie~"My eyes glowed as I closed my eyes and snapped my fingers, when I opened them I sure as hell am in that train

Hahh I almost died but new power bonuses are just the best~ The stomach problem is still there but nonetheless I can get used to this

It'll take at least an hour and a half before I get off the train, I should check out how to get in Takayama station with the JR lin-

"That curse haunting the kid...what's with that" he suddenly popped up in my head as I got my snack bag to open a bag of chips

"I got the name Rika from his memories, she's a wife, looks like he manifested her himself when his she died. They're quite a handful... so we'll see what happens"

"And you can't kill her?"

"Seems like a hassle having to do that, I would most likely have to hurt him to lure him out" I huffed while I start to eat my chips

"I see, then why not kill him, then take her out? Or have you grown soft?" The question made me stop eating for a second as the everything around me seemed to freeze as well"No sorcerers around, no families, a simple veil would've solved it, no?"

He then appears right in front of me...as me... fuck this is so weird, and of course we're in a familiar blood soaked cav-AANNDD MORE MARKS ARE APPEARING ALSO MY EYES ARE NOW BLACK

HOW NICE

HAHAHA

At least he has some decency to let me have my opened chips...

"Is there a point to this conversation...? Seeing you as me is unsettling..."

"Believe me I'm not too happy having fats on my chest either...you on the other hand..." he arch a brow and pulled up my eye lids making me groan slapping his hand off, "you look terrible..."

"Oh bite me the fuck is all of this about??" I hissed and took a chip from the ba-

And he threw it aside

Ok

Now it's personal

"You're holding yourself back because this human facade you continue to bear with, it's pathetic. Do you crave attention from these idiots that much?" he laughed, glaring down at me with a smug smileWhy can't we just have a normal ride where he complains that I don't eat humans and I can just tune his complaints out

I would be lying if I said I hated the power this curse gives me

"Curses only bring chaos and make me a blood thirsty idiot, while being a human would allow me to have too much freedom...basically also an idiot" I sighed staring dead into his eyes making his eyes bug out as black lilies burst through his chest"Having to balance out two things has already made my life is a train wreck, so I don't need an old man telling me how to run shit..."

He rolled his eyes, tearing out the flowers along with his organs before teleporting up to his throne

"You sure sound a lot like that guy, act like him too...always worrying about balance like he's some kind of scale. Don't you find it annoying?!" He groaned and I really don't know what he's expecting from me

"It very much is, but it doesn't necessarily mean it's wrong, I'm actually surprised you two get along..."

"So did I, putting aside his unreasonable and idiotic ideals, he's a lapdog, who brings and does everything I wanted..." he said with a grow his nails were clawing that poor poor throne of his, "seriously loyalty like his wasn't something I expected..."

"But he told you to fuck off when you wanted him to make you a body?" I asked with an arched browI've heard it once, I've heard it a thousand times, "did you think he had a reason?" The question made him raise his head at me

Ohh scaryy

"He has no drive for success he worries too much about the menial things" he got up and jumped back down just for this dramatized effect, "I'm seeing some resemblance in you, but considering you made a vow with me, I'm expecting a lot from you..."

"And I to you, I'd be pissed if you came back looking like a wet diaper" He just scoffs with a grin before snapping his fingers which brought me back to the train

Oh thank fuck nothing changed while I was in that shitty cave

"Watch yourself brat, I'm still the king"

"And yet here you are depending on me to give your body back" I sighed as the train comes to a stop, Sukuna was still blabbering cursesCan't believe I spent an hour and a half talking to him...has my life really became this sad...

Out of nowhere a barrier was put up and my ankles were grabbed

Whoops

"You..."

"Helloo again rookie~" this should be fun....

————meanwhile back at Tokyo———

3rd person pov

"Seriously, how did you get hurt from being in the subway..." Ieri sighed healing megumi's bloody forehead

"I don't know what happened...it felt like a bullet hit me..." he groaned as she patched him up

"You sure you didn't bump your head, Fushiguro?" Yuji asked making Megumi glare at him

"No, I'm not an idiot"

"You sure? You've been pretty down, and you did ran into a walls a lo-"

"I SAID IM FINE!!" He yelled with a mildly red face cutting Nobara off

"Ooi no fighting in my office, take it outside please~" Ieri said shooing them out while lighting a cigarette as they shuffled out of her placeHe was still rubbing his forehead feeling it pulse while the two continued to poke fun at him

"Nee Fushiguro you sure you're doing ok?" Yuji asked making him huff

"Yeah but I think...before that hit I saw someone..."

"Ah? Who!? Let's track them down and beat em' up" Nobara grinned as he groaned rubbing his head

"...I can't remember the name...but I feel like I should know them..." The 2 tilt their heads while he was rubbing his temples, "how annoying..."

"Hey cheer up! Let's not get so gloomy!! We can train with pand-GYAK WHY DID YOU HIT ME, KUGISAKI ?!!"

"HOW IS TRAINING SUPPOSED TO MAKE US NOT GLOOMY?? Let's go get some sushi instead~"

"Ehh I'm bored with sushi...Fushiguro! Where do you want to eat??" Yuji called back to him while he's still in deep thought, "Fushiguro?"

"Ah the hit gave me a headache...you two go ahead, I'm staying back" after a few painful minutes of whining, trying to convince him they ended up leaving him to ponder on his ownAs they left, he walked along the school while looking down on the ground, still thinking about his busted forehead

He fumbles in his pockets to make a quick call

"Ehh~ Megumi what a surpri-"

"Sensei, is she alive?"

"Wow well hello to you too, and who's the she are we talking about here?"

"You know what I mean"

"Mmm nope, but if we're talking about Akane then it's still a no~ why the sudden question?"

"...it's nothing, bye" he sighs ending the call and stops for a while, looking up he finds himself in a secluded area of a school where a dorm was closed down, marked shutHis brows furrowed getting another splitting headache

"Yo Fushiguro~" an arm slung over his shoulder, "you didn't think we would leave did you?"

"Tch seriously you never tell us anything" another voice came along, "so you've been coming here too huh?"His eyes bug out seeing Nobara and Yuji by his side as they looked at the abandoned dorm

"Seriously I think this place is haunted...keep getting nightmares about it" Yuji sighed while rubbing his temples

"Do you think we 3 got cursed...by a house" Nobara asked with furrowed brows

"No...I don't think that's it..."

We should really figure out what's going on here...