06 - Connect

Yours and Yuji's jaw dropped upon hearing Gojo's sudden statement. Yuji's cheeks became flushed as he started to nudge Gojo's shoulders.

"Woah sensei..I never took you for someone who dates people." Yuji teased. "Yeah? Well you thought wrong of your sensei" Gojo scoffed in response. You were just standing there, questioning how jujutsu sorcerers could ever find time to date someone—scratch that out..how could you find time to love someone while suffering with all the pain?

"I'm going to go now, I'll catch you later yeah?" Gojo whispered into Naomi's ears before leaving a peck on her cheeks. She sighed before nodded in agreement. "Okay guys, let's go." Gojo turned to you and Yuji and began walking past you two. You were hesitant but still followed behind him. "Let's pray Joana didn't find out about her" You and Yuji froze in your tracks and immediately shot your heads to look at each other. "W-whose Joana sensei? Your cat?" Yuji stuttered, perhaps in denial of his sensei being a womaniser. "My other girlfriend" Gojo turned to both of you before giving you guys the most obnoxious wink. "How many girlfriends do you have exactly?" You asked, out of curiosity.

"I'll let you guys figure that out along the way" Gojo's snarky tone made you and Yuji burst out laughing, I mean it was obvious that someone like Gojo Satoru wasn't a loyal man, he wasn't obligated to be. Though it is not moral, you didn't expect anything less. "Looks like we're here guys, you want me to join you?" Gojo asked. You and Yuji froze before looking at an empty building behind Gojo, sealed with a barrier. "I thought you said this was a mission?" Yuji asked, with a prominent pout on his face. You were slightly scared of yuji's boldness and confidence to enter the place without Gojo sensei so you took a large gulp before nodding in response.

"Alright, if you two are willing to go in alone. I won't interfere. Don't die, but if you're in trouble, call out. I'll be here" , you turned to look at him and were shocked that there was a slight form of empathy coming from a man like him. "Yuji wwbarw not splitting up" you turned to Yuji before he nodded with a reassuring smile. " don't worry, I've got you." What a sweet sweet boy!

Before taking another step forward, you were suddenly stopped by someone pulling on the back of your jacket, forcing you to stop in your place. You turned to see Gojo sensei holding your jacket with only his two fingers. He cleared his throat before taking a step towards you, "Maybe I should tag along because this is y/n's first mission. Yuji go on inside, y/n I'll stick with you but I'm not guaranteeing any help" you just nodded but were slightly confused at his sudden change of mind.

Yuji entered after cracking his neck to the left and right. You followed behind Yuji whilst Gojo followed behind you, towering ver you like a long shadow. Somehow, you felt protected in his presence. You turned to him who looked like he was already staring at the nape of your neck and asked "Sensei, I don't have any manifested cursed energy. I don't know how to use cursed technique. I can't fight, what do I do?" Gojo smirked before putting his hands in his pockets and leaping to walk beside you. "Use your brain, you're a smart student right? I saw your grade transcript, a smart girl like you can even out how to make use of this situation" That cunning sly fox, he had the perfect argument for anything. However, his words did give you an idea. At the end of the hallway you were walking in within the rusted building, you found an old yet intact pipe which was about 1 metre long and immediately decided to pick it up.

"Told you, I have no doubt in you." Just as you went to pick it up, you heard a groaning sound behind you. In a flash of a second, a monsterious creature was standing beside you with no face but trunk less legs with eyes on each leg, it looked like a monstrosity. Widening your eyes in fear, your first response was to use your pipe to pierced through it, which did not work as the monster dodged it. "Sensei!!" You yelled but all Gojo did was put his hands in his pockets and look at you with a proud look, "come on, stab it" he smirked. You turned back to the monster and started throwing rushed jabs at it using your pipe. The monster managed to dodge it before throwing a kick at your face. "Ow!" You groaned in response

You immediately turned towards the monster and it jumped over you before throwing another kick at you from nowhere. This monster had quick reflexes so you had to catch on. Before it got the chance to attack again, you could sense where it was coming from, making you dodge the kick slightly. "I got it." The monster wasn't as fast as you thought but the angles it came in from made it confusing, it was easy to catch on because his pattern was predictable. You could sense the next kick coming in and before he got the chance to throw a kick at you, you used your pipe to swing a shot at it, which successfully landed. The monster took the hit before falling back. Just as you thought you had a chance, ten more suddenly came behind him. You widened your eyes in shock before groaning in frustration. "This is totally unfair!" You yelled before rushing in.

Rushing in was probably a very stupid mistake because here you were, clinging on to your pipe as you were getting kicks from every single side. You groaned in pain as you could fell bruised and that's when you couldn't tolerate it anymore. "Gojo sensei!" You called out and just heard a simple "yeah?" from him, " iI can't.." you managed to yell before hiding your face in your arms to prevent getting kicked on the face. "Say the magic word" Gojo's cockiness pissed you off, even at this moment he managed to keep up his arrogance. "Sensei please help me!" And within a second, you couldn't feel the kicks anymore. You were suddenly lifted up and immediately looked up from your face buried in your palms to see Gojo lifting you, bridal style.

"That weak huh?" Gojo smirked. You looked at him with a dull face, you knew he couldn't tolerate weakness so you know you had disappointed him with your performance. "I'm sorry— you were cut off by Gojo wiping off some blood of the edge if your lips. "I know you're not ready for this mission, I'm glad you tried." Your eyes softened at his kind words, you were unsure why he was being so nice today, perhaps he had a good day? However your smile immediately disappeared after his next sentence. "Doesn't mean I'm letting you off the hook, you're practising until your limbs fall off, we're going to work on your combat skills as well." You groaned in response.

Gojo just gently placed you down before his face had a sneaky look on it. "What?" You asked. "Sensei will make sure you won't be able to walk after I'm finished with you" , you widened his eyes before responding. "that sentence sounded utterly and completely wrong." Gojo had a low chuckle, "don't get such ideas of your sensei like that" he turned to you. You immediately felt flustered. "I'm not!" You yelled, flustered and defensively.

"You should"

authors note : apologies for the late update to the book, chapters will be updated much more frequently from now on!