Clap !
An act of applause among humans for as long as anyone could remember. It brings joy and attention upon hearing it.
For me, it just brought confusion. One second I was tackling Nobara away from the incoming swarm of enemies and the next I was lying on top of her in a completely different location.
Mahito wasn't that different either, one second Mahito was ready to rip the two jujutsu sorcerers to shreds and the next?
They were gone. Vanished, right in front of his eyes.
I found myself on the ground, on top of a baffled Nobara, our breaths mixing into each other, that's how close we were.
For a second, we both froze at the sudden shift in situation. Eyes looking directly at each other with confusion and a bit of uncertainty which neither of us could point out.
I could feel her breasts pressed up against my chest. Both of us blinked in confusion while a crashing sound arrived from a little further away, I moved my head and saw it was Mahito, crashing into the building where we previously were.
"What the ?"
"Seems like I am late, here I was looking for my brother and I found another special grade wreaking havoc. My luck."
A deeper voice rang out in the station, and everyone's attention moving to him. It was an extremely well-built man with a scar on his face.
And I instantly realised who he was.
Aoi Todo.
My eyes lit up, him being here was a really good sign, half of my tension relieved just looking at him. A proper first grade sorcerer.
"Oi, what do you think you're doing, you idiot?" Nobara snapped, clearly annoyed how I was still not moving from on top of her.
Ah... almost forgot about her.
"Hmm sorry, but I thought you wouldn't move in time so I tackled you away," I sheepishly smiled and got up, extending my hand. She snorted, but surprisingly enough, took it and pulled herself up.
I clearly misjudged her strength and potential weight, or perhaps I was still light-headed after tanking that black flash right to the freaking face. Instead of me pulling her up, she managed to pull me down.
I stumbled and both of our heads connected midway, creating a cracking sound which I was certain I needed a healthy dose of RCT for.
"What's wrong with you?" She snapped, clutching her own head with irritation. We were back where we started from, on top of each other and the ground.
"Sorry... I-I lost balance."
"Huff..." She snorted, pushing me aside and getting up herself.
"Kugisaki... do you know where my brother Itadori is ?" Todo slowly walked towards us, removing his upper clothes as he walked, clearly getting ready to throw hands.
"Heh... I thought he would be with you." Nobara genuinely sounded surprised.
"Where could that idiot be." Nobara clicked her tongue with irritation. I blinked myself. I clearly recalled this was Yuji and Todo's fight in the anime.
So if Yuji wasn't here and I was the one dealing with both Jogo and Mahoraga then… where is he ?
I tried to recall what I could have changed but before that Todo's attention shifted towards me.
"And you..."
"Huh... yes." I snapped at attention.
"Who are you again ?"
Figures...
"I can't sa..."
Before I could even complete my sentence, he intervened in between.
"Forget about that, tell me. What kind of woman you're into ?" He asked while doing an awkward pose.
Nobara did a full eye roll at the antics. And glared at me like if I answered wrong, she would put one of those nails in me.
I could only look at the eccentric man with a dubious amount of exhaustion reflecting on my face.
'Cause, of course, my type in girls is more important than even my name...'
How am I supposed to answer something like that, when I couldn't even remember my own name?
"Don't worry, even if you like men, it's okay. Just be true to your..."
"I LIKE GIRLS..." I snapped before I even knew it.
Todo nodded his face with understanding. Still waiting for an answer.
"Hmm... I like," I roamed my eyes around, what do I like exactly. I mean I know I like girls, but what in them ?
My eyes roamed to Nobara, who raised her brows in a suggestive gesture.
Pursing my lips, I thought of just repeating what Yuji answered to Todo in the Kyoto Sister Exchange Event. However, I refrained from doing that. I don't need this man calling me brother like Yuji.
"Well, I have never thought about it to be honest. And I doubt that guy over there will give me enough time to take a good decision. So how about we first take care of him and then come back to this question?" I replied, not planning on answering period, while pointing at Mahito who had already been sizing the newcomer up.
And once our attention went back to the special grade curse spirit, Mahito didn't give us the luxury of conversation anymore.
His body surged forward, distorting and expanding at the same time, flesh twisting outward into multiple extensions that lashed toward all of us at once.
The scale of his attacks had grown, his control sharper and more refined after that last exchange, especially after landing that Black Flash.
"Seems like we have our work cut out for us huh..." Todo nodded in understanding.
"Kugisaki. Can you hurt that curse's soul with your technique ?" Todo asked, of course he knew about Mahito and his soul-related powers. He had spent a good amount of time with Yuji after all.
"Yes, and the new guy here is not half bad either." She pointed at me, as she gave me a hard pat on my back.
"Is that so..." Todo's eyes once again sized me up, as if his assessment of me was changing. I recalled that no matter how eccentric this man was, he was bloody freaking smart with his god knows six-digit IQ he claimed for himself.
I barely managed to react before finally the calm around us broke and Mahito moved, and then everything around me shifted.
A clap rang out.
In an instant, my position changed, and I found myself where Nobara had been a moment ago, Mahito's attack missing me entirely as it struck empty space. At the same time, Nobara appeared behind him, already driving a nail into his back.
Man... I found myself lagging after that Black Flash to the face... I need to stay concentrated.
Another clap echoed, and the battlefield turned chaotic in a completely different way. Positions changed constantly, unpredictably, forcing Mahito to react instead of dictating the flow.
I felt like my mind was spinning with every change in position Todo was implementing every second. Keeping up with this man was no easy feat.
Mahito twisted, his body bending unnaturally to avoid a direct hit, but Nobara's technique activated a second later, resonance tearing through him as the nail detonated.
His form warped violently, but he didn't falter the same way as before. Instead, he adapted, his body splitting and reforming as multiple limbs burst outward, transfigured humans spilling from him like extensions of his will.
'Snap out of it...' I cursed to myself, I had to join the fight.
They came from every direction and I forced my cursed energy to come back to life, while the reverse was low, my cursed energy control itself was on another level after landing so many Black Flashes, and the most recent one had my cursed energy operating once again at 120%.
Arms, faces, twisted forms reaching and clawing, forcing us to keep moving constantly.
I activated Domain Amplification around me again and struck one aside, only for another to come from behind, but before it could reach me, another clap rang out, and I switched places with Todo, his fist already mid-swing as he smashed through the mass.
The coordination wasn't planned. If anything it was messy as it comes, but it was working when Todo was guiding the battle rhythm.
"Kugisaki and the new guy, you handle the damage, I'll open up the way for you guys." Todo after only a bit of observation recognized how this fight would play out.
His eyes narrowed ever so slightly when I used Domain Amplification, that was a high-level technique even when he didn't know what it was. That told him enough about my level as a sorcerer.
Knowing that he was the only one who could hurt Mahito, unless he resorted to using a Simple Domain and lose his technique usage, he would rather be on the support role.
Mahito tried to reach for Nobara again, his arm stretching toward her, but before he could touch her, Todo clapped, and suddenly I was in front of him instead, intercepting the attack with a strike of my own.
He pulled back immediately, but that moment of hesitation was enough for Nobara to land another hit.
Next moment, I was where Nobara was, my knocked-back punch unleashing the fury I held back earlier.
The hit landed directly at his head, snapping it back, before I was gone once again.
This was the true essence of jumping in JJK style.
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A/N : Ah.. Todo is finally here. Now we are doing real jumping guys.
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