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This is an AU of sorts where Marie takes the place of Yuji, and They are all 18 years or older, In this Jujutsu High is actually Jujutsu Univeristy thank you! 

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"You idiot! Throw it down to me or you'll both get eaten!" Megumi shouted. He couldn't believe this girl-

Marie was trying to use her legs to keep the curse's mouth open and avoid becoming dinner.

That's when she remembered the conversation from earlier. About why that finger was so sought after...

That's it!

"I have a way I can save everyone!" She said suddenly. She tossed her head back, causing the finger to once more fly through the air as she focused on it.

"I just need to have my own cursed energy- don't I?!" She asked as Megumi's eyes widened.

No!

"Don't do it! Don't do it!" He shouted, but it was too late, she opened her mouth wide- and swallowed it whole.

'Ryomen Sukuna's finger! That's a special grade item! It is a deadly poison! She'll die for sure!' Megume is panicking in his head. 'But there is a chance, a one in a million chance. That is the worst-case scenario chance!'

Suddenly Marie used curenergyrgu and got tcurses's's arms to leave her alone. Then the tattoos appeared on her b,ody and she killed the curse. Megume was frozen as Marie stood there.

'Please, don't tell me that Marie was now Sukuan!' Megume thinks to himself.

But it was clear as day, as the clouds moved and she was bathed in the moonlight. She had markings on her and suddenly another pair of eyes appear on her body. She was now his vessel.

"I knew it!" He gushed, his voice no longer the soft female voice. "The light feels best in the flesh!" He cheers.

'This is the worst case scenario, one in a million! The special-grade cursed object has incarnated!' Megume thinks to himself.

Sukuan ripped off her shirt showing off her boobs that jiggled in her bra~ Megume blushes as he looks at her... his...? Their body???

"Cursed flesh is so boring!" Sukuna says. "So now, where are the people? The women? I mean I could have fun with this body~ Look at these amazing tits~"

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(No one's pov)

Do you ever have those days when life seems to be coming at you nonstop? Every time one problem or event ends, another starts, and there's never any time to just relax.

That's the kind of day Marie was having. First, it was the club at her college, and that's okay, which was a whole thing. She'd joined the occult club for her extracurricular- or so she'd thought. Instead, it turned out that the coach had messed with her application form. He even made her compete against him to change it back- which she managed to win.

Then, her friends informed her they'd be opening that weird wrapped object they'd found on the school grounds later that night. She couldn't join them, though, since she was going to see her grandfather. She didn't want him all alone. Besides, that thing freaked her out anyway.

And for a moment, just a moment, it seemed like the day was finally about to calm down. Except, it wouldn't.

Just an hour after she'd gotten to her grandfather, he passed.

It didn't feel real when it happened. They had just been talking, literally seconds before. He was trying to tell her some sort of secret about their family before 'he would die.' And she had told him he wasn't going to die yet and that she didn't want to talk about it.

She almost felt like she'd jinxed. Maybeybe if she'd listened, he'd still be here for just a little longer, but she couldn't even dwell on it as she had to call the nurses, then she had to fill out paperwork.

Even after all that- when she finally thought she'd have a moment to just process everything that happened, some guy told her that the object she and her friends found at school was some kind of cursed object.

And as it turns out, it was a pretty big deal. It was special grade- whatever that meant. That's when she had to tell him that she didn't have the said object, and had to tell him about the plan her friends had.

Which is how they ended up here in front of the campus building, where it was all going to go down.

The second they got there in front of the gates, Marie felt this overwhelming pressure, it was like it was crushing her...

"Woah...what's this pressure?" She managed to get out as she looked at the building. It's almost like there was this aura..

"Stay back. I'll handle this." Megumi Fushiguro said, scaling the gate with ease. Hey! I'm not staying back! I'm going in, too, okay? Those are my friends in there, I have to help!" She said. Even when she felt like she was paralyzed with fear, when her senses were telling her to run, to hide, to do anything other than charge forward, she was managing to hold it together.

"You're staying here," Megumi said as he glanced over his shoulder. It was his job to protect civilians, and his mission was to retrieve the finger. There were already two civilians inside he had to worry about, adding a third would only create unnecessary work.

He pushed through the doors of the building, and immediately he could feel it. This pressure... the curse had already been unleashed. Its presence was everywhere, tainting every hall and stairwell with its cursed energy.

He ran up the stairs, not even stopping when he was fast approaching some lower level curse. If he stopped, then he'd be too late.

"Get out of my way!" He hissed, throwing up his hands and forming the shadow of the demon dog.

"Demon Inside, Megumi was trying to reach the students inside, and the finger, slashing through each of the emerging curses before they could land any hits on him.

"The curses are growing in numbers! They're close!" He said, though more to himself as a way to keep himself going.

He rounded the corner and was met with a rather large curse, currently in the process of eating the two students. Those must be the friends that girl Marie was talking about..

"There you are," Megumi said, narrowing his eyes on the nurse as his demon dogs snarled. He was ready to fight.

However, he noticed the girl was currently holding onto the cursed object.

"Damn!" He cries out, 'Was it trying to swallow her and the cursed object!'

If that things ate that finger, it'll be a pain in the ass! Probably would kill a ton of people too if it got to special grade..

"I am not going to make it!" He shouted, he felt like he was useless in that moment, watching as the girl was being swallowed.

Marie remembered her grandfather. He was crabby and rude at times, and alone. No one but Marie came to visit him after all. He always told her, Don't turn out like him. Don't die alone. Die surrounded by friends and family- or at the very least, die having friends and family who would have wanted to be there.

Maybe that's what pushed her to scale the gate and force her way into the school. Except she quickly realized she was in the wrong building entirely. Looking over, she could see that guy from before..and this thing..swallowing her friends.

It seemed to all go in a blur, but she made a running dash to the window and bashed the window open with her shoes, hoping she'd somehow manage by the will of God to make it to the next window, and she did. She gripped onto the windowsill and used her momentum to turn herself in the air and bring her fist down onto the Curse's face.

'I think you had a proper death, grandpa, in a warm bed, with the only person you would let come around!' Marie said to herself internally, grabbing her friend from the creature and pulling her out before pushing off the curse with her feet and skirting back a bit.

'But this kind of death, it's just wrong! No one should die like this!' She thinks to herself as she lays her friends on the floor. They seemed to be alive at the very least..

"So this is a curse..? It's not really what I was expecting at all." She muttered before this light flashed before her, and the curse exploded.

"I should be asking what you're doing here," Megumi said as his dogs began to devour the curse while he made his way to Marie.

"But, good job." He said as he looked at the students. Seems they're going to be alright..mostly.

"You're pretty smug, huh?" She asked, though she didn't seem serious.

"So..what are those things munching on the curse?" She asked suddenly as she looked at the dogs that were currently ripping pieces off whatever was left of the curse.

"My shikigami." He said before he stopped. "Wait, you can see them?" He asked as she blinked and nodded.

"Normally, a curse can't be seen. Not unless you're on the verge of death or in special places like this." Megumi said, putting his hands in his pockets.

"Yeah, I suppose that makes sense..I've never seen ghosts or weird stuff like this before." Marie responded.

"Huh..aren't you scared?" "I mean, I was. I definitely was for a while there. Maybe even now..but then I thought everybody's gonna die."

"Huh?" It was pretty clear Megumi was confused and maybe a little taken aback by that answer.

"So, I want to make sure that the people I know all have a chance at a proper death. Not that I really understand it." Marie said as she went to stand as something rolled out of her friend's skirt.

Marie was quick to pick it up, and again she felt that energy..

"This is?" She asked, holding the strange object. She wondered what it was..

"Yeah, the cursed object. Ryomen Sukuna's finger." Megumi said. "It's a miracle that thing didn't swallow it." He added.

"Swallow it..? I'm confused, is it good or something?" She was looking it over. It looked really gross..

"Don't be dense. You'd eat it to gain stronger cursed energy. Now hand it over, it's dangerous." Megumi said as he held his hand out.

"Fine, here ya go." She said as she outstretched her arm, but he didn't take the Finger. Instead, he was looking up at the ceiling with a look of fear and concern.

"What? What's wrong-" Marie didn't even get to finish before he pushed her back. "Run!" Megumi cried out as Marie stumbled back, and something crashed through the roof.

The force actually caused Marie to fly back, along with the demon dogs and her unconscious friends.

Once the dust settled, she saw an ugly, almost fish-like creature, and it had Megumi clutched tightly in its fist.

"Oh my god..." Marie muttered.

"Ugh- Nue!" Megumi cried out, trying to summon another of his Shikigami- but he was thrown into the wall before he could complete the summoning.

Upon impact, his demon hounds finally dissipated back to shadows. He wasn't able to concentrate enough to keep them in this plane of existence.

It didn't end the, however, just seconds later, he was thrown through the wall and onto the bridge connecting the two buildings.

This damn curse..he should have exorcised it when he first saw it..would have saved him a lot of trouble..

He tried to sit up and call forth another shikigami, but he was too out of it at the moment; not, he couldn't control it enough to summon anything.

"Damn it..why can't I think straight?" He muttered before his eyes widened as he saw Marie behind the creature.

No way..she was still trying to fight that thing...

"Itadori!" He said, using her last name as she hardly seemed to acknowledge it. "Your only chance is to take those two and run for it!" Megumi yelled, straining himself.

Fuck- why did he even care so much..?

"You're in big trouble yourself, it seems!" She said, her voice straining as well as she wrapped her arms around the curse's arm to try and avoid being thrown off, though that was ultimately unsuccessful as it dragged her across the ground with such force it actually left a groove in the concrete.

"Only a curse can defeat a curse. You cannot defeat this!" Megumi stressed, hoping she'd somehow see reason.

"Is that your idea of a pep talk? At this rate- we're both gonna die!" She cried out, running up the curse's arm and using its hair to swing herself into its eye.

"And if I quit now- im gonna be having this nightmare for weeks!" She said, jumping down, managing to avoid the punch as the curse healed.

"Besides, I know what I have to do. I'm living with a rotten curse of my own already!" She snapped but unfortunately, during her little speech, she got distracted, causing her to get sucker punched and then grabbed in the curse's fist.

The force seemed to knock all the air out of her, and it caused her to throw the finger in the air.

What ensued was a game of catch, essentially, with both Marie and the curse trying to reach the finger first. The curse almost got it, but at the last second, Marie used her feet to force the curse to lift its arm- and she caught the finger. In her mouth.

"You idiot! Throw it down to me or you'll both get eaten!" Megumi shouted. He couldn't believe this girl-

Marie was trying to use her legs to keep the curse's mouth open and avoid becoming dinner.

That's when she remembered the conversation from earlier. About why that finger was so sought after...

That's it!

"I have a way I can save everyone!" She said suddenly. She tossed her head back, causing the finger to once more fly through the air as she focused on it.

"I just need to have my own cursed energy- don't I?!" She asked as Megumi's eyes widened.

No!

"Don't do it! Don't do it!" He shouted, but it was too late, she opened her mouth wide- and swallowed it whole.

'Ryomen Sukuna's finger! That's a special grade item! It is a deadly poison! She'll die for sure!' Megume is panicking in his head. 'But there is a chance, a one in a million chance. That is the worst-case scenario chance!'

Suddenly, Marie used courage and got the teachers to leave her alone. Then the tattoos appeared on her b, body and she killed the curse. Megume was frozen as Marie stood there.

'Please, don't tell me that Marie was now Sukuan!' Megume thinks to himself.

But it was clear as day, as the clouds moved and she was bathed in the moonlight. She had markings on her, and suddenly, another pair of eyes appeared on her body. She was now his vessel.

"I knew it!" He gushed, his voice no longer the soft female voice. "The light feels best in the flesh!" He cheers.

'This is the worst case scenario, one in a million! The special-grade cursed object has incarnated!' Megume thinks to himself.

Sukuan ripped off her shirt showing off her boobs that jiggled in her bra~ Megume blushes as he looks at her... his...? Their body???

"Cursed flesh is so boring!" Sukuna says. "So now, where are the people? The women? I mean I could have fun with this body~ Look at these amazing tits~"

Megumi felt a pit starting to form in his stomach. While that definitely sounded perverse...he had a sinking feeling Sukuna wasn't just talking about... that stuff.

He then threw his arms out and leaned back slightly. "Oh- what a wonderful era to be reawakened in~!" He said with glee before suddenly he stood up straight and grabbed at his own face, though it almost seemed like it wasn't intentional.

"H-Hey! What do you think you're doing with *my* body?!" She asked as her face was burning red.

"Wait- how are you doing that..?" Sukuna muttered as Megumi watched, horrified by the sight in front of him.

"Well, it's *MY* body!" She snapped as their eyes widened.

'This girl..she's suppressing me?' He thought before he was shoved back into his idle domain.

"Marie Itadori! By Jujutsu Law! I must exorcise you, as a curse!" Megumi said as Marie stopped and turned to him.

"No really, im feeling fine! Please don't do that!" She said as her tattoos faded along with the secondary set of eyes.

"Plus- I..I think we're both pretty beat up...can we go see a doctor?" She asked.

Megume clenched his fists. 'I cannot tell if this is Sukuna talking or Marie! I mean, their voices are different, but Sukuna could mimic her voice. Dammit, what do I do now?' He thinks to himself.

"What's the situation?" an Older male voice comes, and he hears it and he stops.

"Satoru Gojo."

Marie was confused as she looked at her torn shirt, her chest was out there with just a bra!

"What are you doing here?" Megume asks, shocked.

"Hey, I was not planning on showing up, but you got kind of roughed up, kid." The man named Gojo says. He then pulls out his phone and smirks, taking pics. "I will show the second years!"

Marie blushed. He was handsome, but if he took her photo, she would die!

Thank god it seemed, however, that he was really only interested in taking pictures of Megumi. She thinks she'd actually die if anyone saw her in such a state..

He was snapping a few photos from all kinds of angles.

"Haha... Wahaha, hohoho!" He chuckled before putting his phone away.

"I got an earful from the higher-ups 'cause the special-grade cursed object's still missing. Thought I'd do a little sightseeing and stop by." He said as Megumi just stared at him, annoyed.

"So, did you find it yet?" Gojo asked, only getting a noise from

Megumi in return.

How does he even start the conversation that he lost the cursed item...and that Marie ate it?

"Uh..." Marie said as she raised her hands, as Gojo turned to her.

"Sorry, but... I ate that thing." She said suddenly, her face red.

Well- that takes care of one problem..

"Really?" Gojo asked as she nodded.

"I did." She said as Megumi sighed.

"She did."

Suddenly, Gojo walked up to her and got down to her level. "God you are short, and also cute, damn the thing did fuse with you as well." He says and stands back up to his full height. "So you can control Sukuna?"

"Sukuna?" She asks, confused.

"Yeah, the cursed item you ate, that was part of Suk,una, and now he is infused with you and you are his vessel," Gojo tells her.

"Yeah... I think I can." She says.

"Good, let him out for ten seconds, and then take back control!" He tells her.

She nodded, but then stopped. "Will you be okay?"

"Hehe, do not worry about me, cutie, I am mutoo to strong for him." He tells her.

He then tossed a plastic bag at Megumi. "Megumi! Hold onto this for me." He said casually as Megumi barely caught it.

"So what is this?" He asked as Gojo smiled.

"Kikufuku from Kikusuian. It's Sendai's specialty, and it's super good. I recommend the zunda and cream flavor!" He said as everyone stopped.

'This guy went and bought souvenirs while people were out here dying?!' Megumi couldn't help those thoughts as he gritted his teeth.

"It's no souvenir. I'll be eating this on the bullet train ride home." Gojo said, like he knew what Megumi was thinking, which meant he was either perceptive...or this was a regular occurrence. Or both.

Marie was about to say something when her world turned black.

Sukuna had taken over. And he was headed right towards Gojo.

Of course Gojo as eady for this and now Marie was on all fours her boobs jiggling again and Megume blushed darly ase they were almost on him! Sukuan shoots up and starts to fight the fucking blindfold guy. Fuck, Jujutsu sorcerers were a pain in his ass in any generation! But he was lucky this woman was very spry and flexible, and the raw power she had was a plus as well!

"I am going to end you!" Sukuna cries out and gives a brutal blow, but then he stops as he sees Gojo has protected himself and his student.

To top it off, he was counting.

"Seven... Eight... Nine..." that fucker. That smug little ant!

"And that should do it," Gojo said with a smile before Sukuna staggered back.

'Dammit! Again? Why can't I seem to take over this body? Who the hell is this... woman...?

Both Gojo and Megumi watch as Marie's body slumps for a moment before she stands up straight.

"Oh... How did it go? You both seem..okay..that's good. I'm sorry if there was any trouble." She said softly. At this point, her adrenaline was reducing... and she was starting to become her more reserved self now that it was not a life or death situation.

"How about that? So you really can control that guy." Gojo said as Marie was still covering herself with her arms.

"He's kind of annoying, though, to tell the truth. And I keep hearing his voice," she said as Gojo walked forward.

"It's a miracle that's all he's doing to you." He said before placing a finger on her forehead as she collapsed, though Gojo caught her in time, so she didn't hit the ground.

"What did you do to her?" Megumi asked, looking at her concerned.

"Just knocked her out. If she isn't possessed by Sukuna when she wakes up, then she might have potential as a vessel." Gojo said before looking at Megumi.

"Now I have a question for you. What do you think we should do with her?" He asked.

"Hmm... Well, even if she is a vessel... Jujutsu regulations demand she be executed. However... I don't want her to die." Megumi admitted.

"I can see why you like her; she has raw strength, is cute, and she saved your life. She is a good person and she might prove useful..." Gojo says with a smile. "Alright! Leave it to me!" He grinned from ear to ear.

He also did not like the idea of someone this cute dying, it made him feel weird.

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(Gojo's POV)

I told her what happened with the higher-ups and how she was supposed to die. She looked really scared, and she was super cute even when she was scared.

"Well, do not fret, I can extend your life," I tell her. "You see this."

I held up another one of Sukuna's fingers.

Her eyes widen. "It looks like the one I ate." She made a face.

"Yes, there are 20 in total," I inform her.

"Tw-Twenty?" She asked, then she made an even more grossed out face. "You mean his toes, too!"

"Oh no, Sukuna has four arms, there are twenty fingers in total. We have 6, you swallowed one, and there are thirteen still out there."

Marie nodded her head as she watched me.

"Look closely," I say, and try to destroy the finger. "As you can see, they cannot be destroyed. This is where you come in, Marie. You are the only one ever able to control Sukuna; there might never be another woman like you. So I told the elders I can use you to collect all 20 fingers and feed them to you. Then we kill you."

Marie froze. "S-So I will die no matter what."

"Yes." He says.

But she would be able to help people if she could destroy even one finger...

I looked at her and she nodded her head. I grin at her and then help untie her. "Sorry about tying you up, we did not know if Sukuna would come out and get you. Megume told me that you lost your grandfather, so I will help you get those things settled."

She nodded her head, and then I helped her up. "Thank you, Gojo." She says.

"You can call me by my first name, Satoru," I tell her. I knew I liked her, and it is a bit unethical for a teacher to want to have sex with their students, but I am the only one who has been honored, and I can have anything or anyone I want, and I want her!"

Marie stopped for a moment, like she was thinking about it.

"Ah..you're sure that's fine? I used to have a bad habit of using people's first names," She trailed off as I waved my hand.

"That's an old person thing," I assured, and while that is technically how I felt, I still had my students refer to me by my last name. It felt more special coming from her.

"Ah- well, I guess it's nice to properly meet you, Satoru. I'm Marie- but you probably already knew that." She said.

She wasn't wrong.

And snuggle kisses

"Yes, but it is nice to hear it from you," I say with a smile. "Now let's go! I am going to take you home, and we will get the paperwork started to cremate your grandfather."

She nodded, and we made our way to her home.

"So, do you have any other family?"I ask her curiously.

"No, I really did not know my parents well. I knew my father for a bit, my mother I have no memories of her. My grandfather raised me. He was hard on me, but always fair; he understood when I was actually struggling with something and not just being lazy. He took the time to understand how I saw the world, but always reminded me I had to work hard. That I was given the gift of strength and I should use it, but also to be happy." She tells me. "H-He is really gone..."

She started to tear up and cry, I panicked, and she turned to me, wrapping her arms around me and sobbing into my chest. I felt warm and happy that she chose me for comfort. I felt all fuzzy! I realized something... I let down my limitless so she is actually touching me, but I just had it up. I now know I wanted to hold her and touch her. Not have her touch my limitless...

It wasn't often that I really let down my guard. And hey, I probably shouldn't, considering she's a vessel to the king of curses after all.

But I also can't just let a woman cry..or, maybe I just didn't like the thought of her crying..

"Hey, it's okay. Just let it out, alright? That's it." I muttered. I wasn't really good at comforting people who were actively crying..

(No One's POV)

Marie let her heart out for some time. She lost her only parental figure.

Gojo had to admit, he did like that Marie was depending on him. He loved that she was into him.

-Time Skip-

Maroe was at the crematorium and standing there as her father became ashes. She was going to take some with her. So she would have him at Jujutsu High. She looked over at Gojo.

Marie looked down at the table poking at the bones, her eyes closing for a moment as her grandfather's words filled her head again.

She could help people...

"Mmm...If all the parts of Sukuna were gone... would it really help?" Marie asked softly as she looked up, turning her head to look at the silver-haired man.

"Would fewer people be getting harmed by curses?" She asked.

"Yes, of course," Satoru said, watching as Marie collected the bones herself.

"mm..." She let out a hesitant noise before turning to look over at Satoru.

"So have you got... that finger?" She asked slowly as he reached into his pocket and pulled out the severed finger, placing it in her outstretched hand.

The look of disgust that washed over her face spoke volumes.

"Looking at it again here in broad daylight, it's pretty disgusting." She muttered before squeezing her eyes shut tightly, forcing the finger into her mouth and down her throat.

'Okay, that is the second one, one-tenth of the whole.' Gojo thinks to himself. 'I wonder what is going to happen.'

Marie suddenly felt Sukuna trying to get control, and she grabbed her throat and did her best not to throw up. Sukuna was growling through her. Marie does her best to keep control, and then she makes a face.

"Blegh! So gross!" She cries out and sticks out her tongue. "The nail is probably the worst part! It is so gross, it is kind of funny!"

Gojo smiles. 'There, it's not just a physical tolerance that she has. She can fight off his attempts Sukuna's makes to take over. This is good. We have not seen someone with talent like this in a thousand years. And she is a beautiful woman too.'

"What's wrong? You are staring... I think?"

"Nothing, just admiring your beauty!" He says with a grin.

She stopped and blinked before her face went red. So, he could see through the blindfold..

More than that, some guy just called her pretty.. she still wasn't really used to hearing that..

Wait, could he say that? Wasn't he supposed to, like, execute her?

Oh well..

"Oh..uhm, well-" she coughed into her hand. "Anyway, I've decided. I'll eat every part of Sukuna. After that, I don't care. I've already decided on how I'm gonna go out." Marie said, not looking fully at Satoru, who broke out into a smile.

"My man! I love finding girls like you!" He said. "A fun time in hell awaits! Make sure you're packed by the end of the day." He said as he went to open the door.

"Packed? Where are we going?" She asked as the door opened.

"Tokyo." A familiar voice came as Marie broke out into a smile.

"Fushiguro! Looking good!" She cheered as Megumi stopped. "What- you think this is looking good?!" He asked, pointing to all his bandaids and bandages wrapped around his head.

"Well, I think being alive is a pretty good look." She said with a smile as he sighed.

"Whatever, here's the deal. You're going to the University for Jujutsu Sorcerers that I attend." He said as Marie blinked.

"Huh?"

"Tokyo Jujutsu University. By the way, you'll be one of only three first-years there." Megumi said.

"Only three?" Marie muttered. That was a lot less than she thought...

(Timeskip)

It felt like they'd been walking forever. She knew she should have worn the bicycle shorts today...

"This is really deep in the mountains. Are we still even in Tokyo?" Marie muttered as she looked back over her shoulder. Honestly, she preferred the peace and quiet. Tokyo was always super busy in the main areas, but it was such a night and day difference between the city and the outskirts.

"This is what the outskirts of Tokyo look like," Satoru said with a smile. He hardly seemed phased by all the walking. God, she must be so out of shape..

"Oh, Saturo." She said as he hummed.

"Where's Fushiguro?" She asked. She kind of thought he'd be here..

"He's being treated by a sorcerer, and at the moment, he's fast asleep." He said as he offered her a reassuring smile.

(Scene change)

Marie looked up at the building in front of her.

"Tokyo Jujutsu High School. It's one of only two jujutsu educational facilities. As a sort of cover, it's known as a private religious university. Many jujutsu sorcerers continue to use it as a base after graduation, so it's a pillar of the jujutsu community, not just in education, but for support and mediation in missions. Anyway, you're about to have an interview with the headmaster." Gojo explained as Marie turned to him.

"The headmaster?" She asked softly.

"Mhm, Screw this up and he could turn you down for admission, just like that." He snapped his fingers as Marie's eyes widened.

"Huh?! And what happens then? Immediate execution?!" She panicked before feeling something weird. Oh god, not again.. she knew that feeling.

"What's this? So you're not the boss? Any hierarchy other than strength is worthless!" Sukuna's voice called out, his mouth appearing on her cheek.

She cried out and smacked her own face. "I am sorry about that, he does that a lot, it is weird when he tries other... places to go." She tells him when she woke up to him trying to lick her boob she had been horrified.

He was a pervert!

"What an amusing body you have now. Would he try and stop me from kissing you?" He asks

Marie froze at that and blushed, and suddenly her mouth got the mouth. "Kiss My Marie and I will bite your dick off. and Once I get control of my sexy host body, you will be the first one I kill."

Satoru hardly seemed phased by this, smiling instead.

"It's my honor to be targeted by Sukuna himself." He said simply as Marie placed her other hand atop the hand with the mouth.

"This guy is really that famous?" She muttered. He didn't want his ego growing anymore.

"Ryoumen Sukuna is an imaginary fierce god with four arms and two faces." He said as Marie's heart felt like it froze. Was that possible?

"But he once existed as an actual human being, although it was over a thousand years ago. In the golden age of jujutsu, sorcerers gathered all their might to challenge him and failed. Crowned with the title of Sukuna, we couldn't even destroy his grave wax as he traversed the ages after death as a cursed object. Without a doubt, he is the king of curses."

Marie looked down. If he was all that, then why didn't Gojo seem all that concerned about the threat?

"Who's stronger, him or you?" Marie asked suddenly.

Satoru stopped for a moment.

"Well, if Sukuna regained all of his power, he might cause me a little trouble." He admitted as Marie blinked.

"But would you lose?" She asked again.

Satoru stopped and turned to her with a smile.

"I would win."

He sounded very confident, and he smiled at her. he did love this woman after she was his everything, he had accepted her feelings for her.

"Anyways, here we are."

Marie walked into the building with him, and she gasped. They were so cute.

"Gojo, you are late." He tells him and looks at Marie, who was staring at his many dolls.

This big guy made all the dolls? They are all so cute!

"Is this her?"

"Yup, it is."

Marie bows deeply. "Marie Itadori!" She calls out. "It is nice to meet you, I love the dolls you make, they are very cute!"

"You may call me Yaga." He tells her and walks over to her. "Hmmmm, I have to ask you, Marie, why do you want to be here?"

"To become a Jujutsu sorcerer." She says.

"Yes, but why?"

"I honestly don't have a good enough answer for you. My grandfather told me I should save as many people as I can. Also, I do not really get a choice in the matter, but I want to honor my grandfather; he was the only family I had."

He stopped and looked at her. "Unacceptable."

"Huh?" Marie asked, shocked. What had she said that was so wrong? She just shared how she felt!

That's of course when she noticed the stuffed animal.

Except...it was alive. And standing all on its own!

"Huh- it's alive?" Marie muttered.

"In a way. " Yaga said. "These are called corpses. They've been infused with my curse." He said as he moved his hand, as the doll suddenly launched towards her, and she blocked the punch with her bag.

Marie cried out as she was thrown more or less from the punch into one of the pillars. She was going to feel that tomorrow.

"That doll is cute and deadly." She says, looking at it as it strikes various poses.

"A person's true nature is revealed during a crisis. I will have this doll keep attacking you until I get the real reason you are here, Marie." He tells her.

Marie huffed and put her bag to the side. "It was not just anyone I promised it to! It was my grandfather! The man who had raised me!"

"Still, you are doing it because your grandfather asked you, and family is still just a person in the end, so just someone else's." He tells her.

Marie did her best to punch the doll.

Marie let out a groan as she rubbed her head, as the doll chuckled, dancing to taunt her.

"Ugh..." 'Oh, right, it's a doll, so it doesn't get hurt or scared.' She thought.

"A jujutsu sorcerer constantly faces death, and not just their own death. Sometimes you must ignore the victims, and rend the flesh from those the curse has murdered. It's an unpleasant job. You have to be highly motivated and perhaps a little crazy to handle it. You'd do this because someone else told you to? Don't make me laugh!" Yaga said as he pointed to her.

"It'd be more believable if you said you were doing it to postpone your execution."

Marie glared at that. "Oh, screw you! I --"

"And tell me this! Are you going to blame your poor old grandfather when you get killed by a curse, too?" He demanded, cutting her off as her eyes widened.

"Ngh... Damn, old man. You say some pretty harsh things." She muttered. She didn't think she would ever curse her grandfather, but was that really a possibility?

"Teaching is making people realize truths," Yaga said, stroking his beard.

Marie sighed and looked down. "That's right... I guess..." she said softly. But postponing her death wasn't the only reason.

When she met Megumi, she hadn't swallowed Sukuna's finger yet. There was no reason for her to get involved, much less put herself in danger by ingesting a special grade cursed object. One that only had a one in a million chance of not killing her, and an even smaller chance that she would retain control of her body..

All because she couldn't stand to see someone die. Because she didn't want someone to die alone.

While she was distracted, however, that's when she received a blow to her stomach and then her face, which caused her to buckle.

"It's not easy to imagine how you'll feel on the verge of death.

However, I can say one thing for certain. At the rate you're going, you might end up cursing your beloved grandfather for his dying wish. Jujutsu sorcerers never die without regret, so I'll ask you just once more. Why have you come here... to Jujutsu University?!" Yaga demanded.

'As a kid, I was always better than most in sports and in fights. Hell, I never thought about it at all. Funny isn't it, being even slightly gifted in something you don't care about at all.. But never once did I think, "This is something only I can do." Never! But this...Sukuna..I can get rid of him! Destroy the threat of him for good!'

Marie managed to dodge the doll this time, putting it in a headlock.

"Consuming Sukuna is something only I can do! So even if I could escape my death sentence and run away from this responsibility... then someday I'd be eating food, taking a bath, or reading manga... and the moment I stopped to think, I'd go... "Oh, I bet that right now somewhere out there someone is dying because of Sukuna. But that doesn't concern me. It's certainly not my fault." You expect me to tell myself that, Well, I refuse to do that! I don't know how I'll feel when I'm dying, but- I won't regret the way I lived! I refuse!"

"Very good, you have the resolve for this, you pass." He says. "Welcome to Jujutsu University, Marie."

Marie smiled and then got punched in the face. "OW!"

"Oh! I am sorry I forgot to release the curse!" He said and blushed. "Gojo, bring her to her room."

Marie rubbed her jaw but smiled. Today was the start of her future.

Chapter Text

(No One's POV)

Marie walked with Staoru, where he leads her to a room and gave her a key. She opened the door, and it was so big! It has a desk and a bed! So much space for her to do stuff! A Mini fridge, a shelf for food, with a microwave and a rice cooker.

"You can eat in the school canteen, but you can also eat your comfort foods in your room. Since the school only has a few students, a lot of the students just make their own food." He tells her.

"It is so big!" She gushed, it was bigger than the home she had with her grandfather.

"You are one of the first three years here at the university." He tells her. "So you will be able to have space in the communal bathroom, and will also have a hot spring on the property, because we need to have good muscle relaxation. You know...." He stopped watching her put a poster of a woman in a bikini was she was a lesbian. "You could just chill here and have us bring back the fingers."

He was testing her.

"No thanks, I said I was going to do it and I am going to do it, but hehe it would be funny for me to read manga and Megume comes back all beat up to feed me a finger." She giggled at the idea.

"Hehe, that would be an image that is funny." Gojo agreed.

He seemed amused as Marie was putting up her second pinup poster, this time, of a man.

Ah...so she liked..ah.

"Well- hey, wait a second! Was that a test?!" Marie demanded, annoyed as Satoru smiled and leaned in as Marie leaned back to give herself some space.

"If the fingers were that easy to find, don't you think we'd have collected them all already? Some have an overwhelming presence, some keep very quiet, and some have already been absorbed by a cursed spirit. These are the challenges we've dealt with... when it comes to searching for them. But, at last, we have you. The Sukuna within you will try to regain his power, and that will lead us to the fingers. You're both vessel and locator, our very own radar. So you see, we won't get very far without you." He explained as she blinked.

Somehow, she couldn't see Sukuna helping them...

"Are you sure he's going to be that cooperative?" Marie muttered.

"Oh, I will be~ If you let me kiss you cutie~" Sukuna's voice rang through the room. "Or suck those sexy tits~"

Marie slapped his mouth. "Y-You Pevert!" She cries out, and Gojo smiles, but he does not like that Sukuna had access to Marie's body.

"Anyways, let's go see your neighbor." He tells her.

They walked next door, and Megume opened the door. "Megume!" Marie smiled. "You are all better, I am so happy!"

Megume blushed. "You know, there are other empty rooms. Why have her next to me?"

"I needed to have a big, strong man take care of our dear Marie. I can't leave Sukuna alone with her." He says.

Megumi looked at Gojo, unimpressed, as usual.

"I don't know what you think I'm going to do against him. I think you did this just to annoy me-"

"So this is your room?" Marie asked, pushing her head into the cracked door to look around.

"Whoa- you're really organized.." She muttered.

Everything had a place, and everything was in that place. Freaky..

Megumi blushed and pulled her out. "That is not for you to see!" He says, and she pouts at him.

"Why not? We are friends, right?" She asks him.

He blushed and looked away.

"So we are going on a field trip, kiddos, to get your new classmate." He tells them, and Marie smiles.

"Oh, I hope it is another girl!" She gushed.

(Timeskip, at the train station.)

"How are there only three first-years? That's practically nothing." Marie muttered as she looked over at Megumi.

"Think about it. Can you honestly say you've ever met someone else who sees curses?" He asked her as she seemed to really think about it, pulling the popsicle from her mouth.

"Huh... Guess not." She said.

"Because jujutsu sorcerers, they're rare." He explained.

"Didn't you say I was the third first-year?" She asked, tilting her head before sucking on the popsicle again in a vain attempt to try and beat the heat.

"The other's admission was decided a while ago. You know what our school's like. Everyone has *unique* circumstances." Megumi muttered.

"Sorry for the wait... " a voice came as both Marie and Megumi looked over to see Gojo. Man, he really did stick out, more than both of them.

"Ohh! Your uniform made it in time!" Gojo said with a smile. He seemed pretty happy.

"Hm? Oh! Yeah, it fits great!" She said she seemed quite happy with it.

"But, it's a little different than Megumi's." She muttered as Megumi looked up.

"That's because the uniforms can be customized upon request," Gojo explained.

"Oh, but...But I never put in any requests?" She muttered. Did she just forget?

"You're right. I was the one who put in the custom order." Gojo said with a big smile.

"Oh, well, cool," Marie said as she blinked.

"Be careful. Gojou has a habit of doing that kinda stuff." Megumi warned before continuing. "So why are we meeting up here in Harajuku?" He asked.

"Because that's what she asked for," Gojo said as Marie looked around for a trash can before perking up.

"Hey, popcorn! I want some!" She exclaimed, standing up as Megumi looked at her.

"You're still hungry?" He asked as she stopped.

"I..well, I..I mean, maybe.." It was pretty clear she didn't take kindly to his ask.

"No, I wasn't- I wasn't saying anything. I was just going to offer to buy it. I owe you for taking that risk that night on the roof." He muttered.

He wasn't good at having friends..or talking to others. Clearly.

"Oh..yeah, I'd like that." She seemed to bounce back as she walked over, turning around and waving to Megumi to hurry up.

Of course, while waiting, she saw another stand with even more food. Like those fruit sandwiches.

"Ahh- hey- Megumi- which should I get?" She asked, looking between the two.

"I don't really care, you can get whichever one you want-"

"Both."

"Huh?" He asked, looking at her as she turned around to face him.

"Both."

"Do you think I'm made of money? I offered to buy you one." He asked.

"Well...I can't pick." She muttered, crossing her arms.

"Then pick one and you'll pay for the other."

"I didn't bring my wallet." She admitted. She just happened to have brought change out of habit and spent it on the popsicle.

If she knew Harajuku had such good-looking food, she would have brought her wallet.

"Plus I just...figured that because I could have died that night, and how have some weird curse inside me..that you'd maybe buy me both..or something." She said, looking away at the end.

(My Co-Author: Also not Marie trying to guilt him into buying her more food- You know you gotta go buy you food, gojo. Man is rich rich apparently. Like over 2000 bucks for a shirt? Brother-)

(Me: YES, Make Gojo your sugar Daddy, Marie! XD)

"We will take these two." He said, and Marie lit up as the vendor got them for her.

"Really?" She asked, and he nodded.

"You are lucky you are now cursed, and also that you are cute," Megume says, handing her her treats.

Marie grinned. Maybe being cursed had its perks. She nommed on her treats, and Megumie blushed more as he watched her.

"You know, before today, I had never been to Tokyo." She tells him, and he looks at her. "Just been in my small town, so thanks for getting this for me, I will now associate Tokyo with you and yummy foods."

His face went so red.

He looked away and crossed his arms, looking for some way to distract from this-

And that opportunity presented itself when, across the way, a scene was unfolding.

Some guy was harassing women on the street, but no one was paying any mind to him. Except one girl.

"Hey, you. What about me?" The woman asked as the man's face changed.

"For that modeling gig. Hey, I'm asking what you think about me." She said, getting a little more aggressive at the silence.

"Oh, well, uhh, I'm in a hurry at the moment..." he said, trying to walk past her, only to get grabbed from behind and dragged back by his collar.

"What the hell?! Don't run. Come out and say what you think!" She demanded.

"Wait, she's the one we have to go and talk to?" Marie asked as she took a bite of her sandwich.

"Man...isn't that a little..." Marie trailed off.

"I know what you mean," Megumi says.

"Hey, we are over here," Gojo calls out, and Marie noms more of her sandwich.

"Oh, damn, what is with that blindfold?" A girl commented, and Marie shook her head. She guesses Gojo will stand out like that.

They went to rent some lockers, which Marie thought were really handy.

"Okay, I would like you to meet-"

The light brunette put her hand on her hip. "Nobara Kugisaki, you two should be honored. I am your group's second girl."

Marie broke out into a smile.

"Nice, it'll be nice having another girl around," Marie said. She was always happy to meet more people.

She waited as Nobara placed her things in the locker to introduce herself.

Finally, Nobara turned to face them, narrowing her eyes at the two other classmates of hers.

Marie seemed to realize she was waiting for an introduction and broke out into another smile, pointing at herself.

"I'm Marie Itadori, from Sendai." She said.

"I'm Fushiguro." Megumi said blankly as Marie gave a side eye at that introduction. Worked really hard on that one, didn't he?

(Nobara's POV)

She is beautiful, she looks a bit slow on the uptake though, all boobs no brain, not that I am complaining, I can work with dim, I like them a little slow and sexy~ But this guy just his name? I cannot stand high-and-mighty dudes. I bet she likes setting oil-slicked seagulls on fire.

(I mean, I live in a great lakeside town and GOOD GOD Seagulls are rats with wings, I would not watch them be set on fire, but if they got taken care of humanely, I would not be complaining. If one more of them takes a shit on me, I am screaming at BIRBS!)

"Ugh, this is what I get to work with, a cutie who has the biggest boobs and this jerk?" I say out loud.

Marie just shrugged, seemingly not all that bothered, while that guy Fushiguro seemed more annoyed.

I hear that man, Gojo, laugh.

"Well, we do have all three of you together. And since two of you kids are from the countryside, that means... " he paused for dramatic effect.

"We're going to Tokyo." He said as my eyes widened, as did Marie's, as we crowded in front of him.

"Tokyo! Tokyo! Tokyo!" We cheered, clapping our hands together.

"We love Tokyo!"

"Huh?" Of course, that high and mighty jerk couldn't understand another person's happiness.

"Hahahaha!" Marie laughed, grabbing onto Gojo excitedly.

"TDL! I want to go to TDL!" I said excitedly.

"Ehh? But- isn't TDL's in Chiba! Let's go hit up Chinatown instead!" Marie suggested.

"Uh-uh, Chinatown's in Yokohama!" I said as Marie let go of Gojo, tilting her head.

"Well, I thought Yokohama's part of Tokyo! I know, we should look at a map!" Marie said.

"If you quiet down, I'll announce our destination," Gojo spoke up as both of us immediately kneeled.

"Roppongi!"

It was quiet for a moment as we processed this information before our eyes lit up.

"Rop-pon-gi?" We asked. I'd never been somewhere so fancy! Oh, I simply couldn't wait-

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..

...

....

.....

Except it was all a GOD DAMN LIE!

Yeah, there were no fancy beautiful buildings- because we're standing outside of a building filled with curses.

"This isn't Roppongi!" Marie said, upset. And I was right there with her!

"It's a cruel move to toy with country folk!" I said angrily.

"There's a big cemetery nearby. That plus an abandoned building, and you've got a curse." Gojo said, ignoring me, which only made me more annoyed.

"Who does he think is responsible for the rice he gets to eat, huh?!" I ask, turning to Marie, but she seemed lost in thought.

"So they pop up more often around graves..?"

"It's not the cemetery itself. It's the fact that people associate cemeteries with fear and uneasiness." Fushiguro said.

"Ah. Right. It was the same for schools, too, wasn't it?"

"Wait, hold up here. She didn't even know that yet?" I mutter.

Fushiguro turned to me.

"Well, she didn't even know about curses until a while ago. Her friends had found one of Ryomen Sukuna's fingers, and unraveled it from its talisman in the college after curfew, causing curses that lay mostly dormant to activate.. I couldn't exorcise the spirit in time, and in an attempt to help..Marie swallowed the special grade curse."

Ryomen Sukuna...I'd heard that name before.

Wait-

"She swallowed a special-grade cursed object?! Gross! That's so unsanitary and disgusting, I wanna hurl! No way! No way! No way! No way!"

"Hey! I'm right here! And- it looked worse than it tasted!"

"I agree with her, that nail," Megumi says.

Marie pouts at him, and that is when Gojo spoke up.

"I want to see what the three of you are capable of." He tells us. "Just think of this as some type of field test. Nobara, Marie, you both go exercise the spirit in this building."

I looked at him, shocked.

"Wait..." Marie said slowly. "I thought only people with cursed energy could exorcise curses. I cannot use Jujutsu yet."

I looked at her, so she could not use Jujutsu... wow, this girl really is clueless.

Gojo pulls out a blade. I realize it has cursed energy put into it, meaning she could use it to exorcise spirits.

"If you look at it, you're basically half a curse already. Cursed energy flows through your body. Although controlling that energy isn't something you can learn overnight, so use this."

"Whoa..." she muttered, taking the blade, looking at it.

"The Slaughter Demon. A weapon imbued with cursed energy, so it'll work on curses too." He said with a smile.

"Ugh, how lame." I looked away, I don't know why I said it- but I didn't like how I felt seeing them smiling at each other.

"Oh, one more thing. Don't let Sukuna out, ok? If you use him, you'll get rid of all the curses in that radius, but anyone nearby'll get dragged in."

"Oh, trust me..I don't want to let him out," she muttered.

"Hey, cutie!" I call out. "Stop flirting with the old man and hurry it up!"

Marie blushed as she rushed over to me. "I was not flirting!" She cries out.

"You better not be, we are adults, but that man is our teacher." I scolded her, and I did not like her smiling at him or him smiling at her.

We make it inside, and once on the stairs, I sigh. "What a pain in the ass, I came all the way to Tokyo and still have to deal with dumb curses."

"Huh?" Marie asks. "You did not come to excise them?" She asks me.

"Let's save some time and split up." I changed the subject quickly.

I didn't want to get into it with her right now- plus I wanted to get out of this drab building and go somewhere better.

"What? Split up?"

"Yeah. I'll start from the top and investigate floor by floor. You start from the bottom. Let's knock this out and grab some sushi in Ginza." I said.

"Mm...but..we should take this seriously..curses are dangerous."

My eyes narrow on her, and I get right to her. "I do not want to hear it from last week, someone who was a normie!" I tell her. "Now let's get moving!"

"You are so out of control!" She cries out.

"And this is why guys don't like you!" I snap back.

"H-How did you know that!" She cries out, and I continue up to my floor.

I don't know what to do with how I feel about her. I like her, but ugh!

I realized Marie wasn't behind me after a bit; however, I didn't hear her scream.

She was definitely a screamer.

So, I continued on until I found myself in a room with a bunch of mannequins.

"Phew... Hey, what's up, curse?" I asked, looking at the middle mannequin. This room just reeked of cursed energy.

"Yeah, you, mannequin in the center. You actually think you're hidden there?" I asked, pulling out my nails and my hammer.

They made no move. They really thought that if they stayed still, I'd give up? Pathetic.

"Fine, then. I'll do this from here." I said, lifting my hammer and throwing the nails in the air.

I used my hammer, which I imbued with my cursed energy, and shot the nails into the cloth of the mannequin.

For a second, it stumbled back...staying in that position for a while before suddenly an eye popped open.