I decided to make the two sit while I stood up. Maki and Mai sit side by side while staring at me, waiting for what I have to say.
I think they already know what I'm about to say, but there's a protocol here. As a man, I'm the one that needs to put my face in the open first.
"Well... No need to beat around the bush so I will be frank..." At this point, beating around the bush would have the opposite effect.
It will not be my words now that will convince them, but all our time together
"Maybe it's a lot to ask for but... I would like the two of you as my women." I extend my hand in the typical "Japanese love confession" style
"...women?" Maki tilts her head
"It's for the lack of a better term..." I shrug "Women, girlfriends, wives, lovers, concubines... I don't know which one you guys would like. The important thing is..."
I stare seriously to convey my feelings. I'm not even lying. And if you're not lying, no need to scheme "I like you two... And I know that I can make you two happy. I'm not dense enough to not notice the feelings you two have for me... And I don't care about how society looks at me... I care about you two. I don't want either of you to be hurt... By me... Or one another..." I point at them
A love triangle is complicated, but there's an answer... A harem.
"That way everyone is happy." No one loses in a harem. I wished Nisekoi ended in a harem.
"You especially... With two girls." Maki accuses, but without much heat on her words.
And much more than two by the way.
"It's not about me... It's about keeping our relationship harmonious. There will be no loss. Only a qualitative change. An upgrade." I argue righteously
At this point, it's good to exaggerate a little with humor. It takes away a little from the seriousness of the situation.
I can see the corner of Maki's lips twitching and Mai holding a giggle.
"It will be hard... But it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make." I put a hand over my heart while looking at the ceiling piously
"Sacrifice my ass." Maki throws a pillow at me
I can't help but burst out in laughter, Mai following me.
"Please, Maki... It's not like you are that against it, I can feel it. You're acting the way people are expected to act." I approach the two and hug them
"..." She can't deny my words. She is acting like that because she doesn't want to look easy and maybe because she doesn't want to do exactly what the Zen'in clan expected us to do. Hmm, this is an important thing to address.
"Forget everything and everyone else for now... Think about us three. We can be happy together. Forever together..." I take a step back to stare at her eyes "Give it a chance... It's not like you can't escape, right? If I'm that much of a douchebag, you can move away." Now this is where the lie... er, lies(?). There's no escaping a Contractor.
"I accept." To my surprise, or maybe not, it's Mai that says this
"You accept?" Maki turns to her
"Yeah... What's the problem? I think this is perfect. I can be together with my favorite people. Megumi is strong enough that I will never need to return to the clan. It looks like the opposite, but it's liberating."
"Thank you, Mai." I say to her while caressing her cheek "I will give you my best." I promise. It's the only thing I can promise.
"..." Then, the two of us turn to Maki.
Time for some peer pressure.
*Jiiiiiiiiiiii*
"Argh, fine. I accept. But if you hurt Mai, I will cut your balls off and serve them to you to eat." She finally relents with a roll of her eyes.
She likes to grumble but I can see that she was on board since I talked about it with her days before. She just wants to put on the act of an unwilling participant.
"Believe in me. The whole point of this is making everyone happy."
"I will believe you for now..." She says weakly
I bring the two in a hug... A wholesome moment.
The beginning of a beautiful relationship.
"By the way, Tsumiki is in too..."
The two pause in a deadpan and robotically turn to me.
"..."
"..."
"...I fucking knew it! I knew that I was not hearing things!"
"...Can I jump off the ship now?"
"No backsies."
"It's weird that we're like... brothers, sisters and cousins?" Blame Gege, it's he/she fetish.
"Nah... Me and Tsumiki are not blood-related. And my blood relation with you two is very distant."
"We can start our own clan at this point..."
And it would be even better than the Zen'in clan. With blackjack and hookers.
....
Third Person P.O.V.
After the three solve their relationship dynamic, they settle on the couch cuddling. Each of the twins pressed against Megumi's sides.
To test jealousy feelings, Megumi is kissing one at a time. Only for testing, of course.
They don't appear to mind, and they don't feel left out when he is kissing the other because his hands are not idle either.
His hands caressing their body, making them feel all hot, preparing for what was about to happen next.
"No one can even accuse me of being unlucky." Megumi comments while he bites Mai's earlobe, eliciting a shudder in the younger twin
"Hmpf, and don't forget that." Maki bites his shoulder, bringing his attention back to her.
"Why don't we seal the deal then?" He says after a long and hot kiss.
The twins are already horny enough.
He puts his hands beneath their butts and stands up while easily carrying them.
With a "kyah", Mai grabs his neck while Maki balances herself with a hand on his shoulder.
"Seal the deal?" She asks slowly
"Heh~" He only gives the two a smirk.
"..." And they blush red!
'If they blush red, they're ready for bed.' -Sun Tzu probably
"You're too greedy..." Mai says while avoiding eye contact
....
Megumi, while still holding the twins, puts his foot on one of the beds and pushes it till it connects with the other, making a bigger bed.
With a last kiss and each of their cheeks, he throws them in the bed and slowly starts taking off his shirt.
His scummy gentlemanly way tells him to give them the time to think and say "no" or run away.
None of them do that though. They simply continue to watch him reveal his chiseled torso while in the bed.
"I will become shy if I'm the only one getting naked..." He smiles, still in his boxers, before climbing the bed
"You? Shy? As if..." Maki doesn't believe him
"I can't let slander like that against my person go unpunished." He advances at her, kissing her intensely, while his hands roam her body, taking off her clothes.
"Wait, I didn't shower!" Maki says suddenly, stopping his face from going on her cleavage.
"Even better..." That can't stop a horny Japanese man.
In no time, his dexterous fingers removed all of Maki's clothes.
"Beautiful..." He admires the beauty of her body. Curvy, toned... As hot as he imagined. "Now you..." He turns to Mai with a predatory grin
Mai is like a small rabbit in front of a big bad Wolf. It's even easy to strip her. There's also the fact that the two were making out before Maki arrived. Mai was using "easy clothes" to help with Megumi's job of undressing her.
"Hmm~ Now this is THE sight!." He admires the two twins, side by side, in their birthday suits "I can die now. I'm satisfied."
"Yeah? But we're not." Maki literally grabs him by his covered dick and drags him to them.
After that, a mess of limbs, mouths, and tongues intertwines in that double bed.
While Megumi is kissing one of them, the other kisses his body, bites him, or leaves hickeys on his skin. Their hands rove all around his body, reaching his crotch, playing with his manhood.
They are aggressive like that because he is the one winning, even though he is at a numerical disadvantage. His touches make the two incredibly horny, and eager for more. His fingers traced their bodies, reaching their core and playing with their lower lips and clits.
When the two are wet enough he says "Who goes first?"
The twins pause.
"Maki goes first." Mai says "Born first, dicked first.' Mai jokes, giving her sister no time to argue
She is letting the sister who, in her own awkward way, took care of her have this.
To not let the mood cool down, Megumi acts. He positions himself above Maki.
"I will start." He rips his boxers off, his large dick rests on her tiny slit while he leans forward to kiss her. During the kiss, the underside of his cock teases her moist lips, preparing her.
Without breaking the kiss he aligns himself and starts thrusting forward.
"!" To their surprise, after the first barrier of resistance was broken, his dick smoothly slides inside her wet cave before stopping at the entrance of her womb.
"Ah~" Maki gasps in surprise, breaking the kiss.
Megumi also grunts at the sensation. Her pussy grips his cock perfectly... Perfect. That's the word that crossed the two minds.
They look at each other, thinking the same, it fits perfectly.
Like they are made for each other.
They touch foreheads while relishing in the sensation of becoming one. Lovingly gazing into each other's eyes.
"I love you." Maki says. On the ground, in his back pocket, his phone buzzes but no one cares
"I love you too." They kiss intensely again like the two want to devour each other.
Below, Megumi starts moving his waist. His length smoothly slides in and out of Maki's tight snatch.
"Ahn~ MmmmMmm~ YES! Harder~" Maki's aggressiveness shows itself, inciting Megumi to slowly start fiercely slamming his hips against hers.
"You're so hot." Megumi whispers in her ear, making her clench around his length. One of his objectives of coming to this world becoming a reality.
"Hoooooh~ That's it~ Fuck! Just like that! Megumiii~~" She wails in pleasure. Megumi shuts her up by starting a fierce tongue battle. A hot make-out session while they mate like beasts.
During the steamy sex, Megumi side-glances Mai, to see her watching the two with keen interest and a hand between her thighs.
He moves one hand to join hers, preparing her for what is to come.
After some more time of intense lovemaking, Megumi moves his torso away from Maki. He grabs her hips and starts pistoning inside her with force. Maki enjoys that, she likes to know that she can bring out this primal and lustful side of the cool-headed Megumi.
The two know that they are close. No words are exchanged, Maki simply encircles his waist with her legs and his thrusts become more frantic.
"Don't worry, I have a way to not make you pregnant." It his reassuring words to her before he releases inside. Maki can feel his hot seed filling her and she clímax by the sensation.
"AaaaAnnh~" She arches her back and releases a guttural moan.
*Hufff*
After the intense orgasm, Megumi doesn't rest. He pulls Mai by the waist, kissing her with all he has.
"You're next." He pushes the eager girl down and without wasting more time, he slowly starts penetrating her. The sensation is similar to Maki's but not quite the same. He enjoys the differences.
"I love you." This time he is the one to say first while entering her
"I love you too~ An~" She answers while running her nails through his back
He's gentler with Mai. Thrusting slowly, scrapping all her good spots.
"It's good, right?" Maki says at the side, still panting slightly
"Y-yes... Hn~ Ah~" Mai answers shyly
Maki doesn't say anything, she simply grabs Mai's hand and watches while Megumi pounds her younger sister.
'Now this is a hot sight...' He thinks.
Seeing twins hold each other's hands while he claps their cheeks is indeed sexy. The two have similar bodies but with some differences. Maki is firm and Mai is softer. Maki's ass is perkier and Mai's boobs are slightly bigger. The two beauties complemented each other perfectly. The best of both worlds.
"This will be a long night, my dears~" He smirks. His hands going to touch their boobs, eliciting a moan from the two
He doesn't see himself getting tired of the two anytime soon.
....
Megumi P.O.V.
I wake up with that feeling of duty accomplished. The two warm and soft weights on my body were my confirmation and reward.
Now let me confirm something... I caress Maki's body with my limited hand movement, not because I'm a pervert, even though I am, but to check for any changes in her body.
Hmmm... Yes, these undulations on her back... Her biceps are bigger too... Let me check her ass really quick... Yeah, firmer... Even bigger. Let me compare with Mai. Yep, the contrast is even more evident... Maki's abs are more evident too... Let me see if her breasts decreased... She lost fat, it's a valid concern...
"Are you really molesting us while we sleep?" Maki's voice suddenly reaches my ear, making me turn to her.
She doesn't look angry, she is simply staring at me with a deadpan look. I don't stop moleti-... checking the changes in her body. I'm an innocent man. Why should I stop?
"Look who is talking... Aren't you holding my dick?" I raise an eyebrow to question her. She is really doing it under the covers.
She avoids eye contact "I was curious... It's hard for no reason." She says, but she doesn't let go of my cock. She even starts stroking it slowly.
"It's called Morning Wood... And it can't be said that is 'for no reason' when I have you two with me." I start caressing her more aggressively, even using [Sticky Fingers] to force a moan out of her mouth.
Okay... I know I should focus on the more pressing issue of her Heavenly Restriction... But she is asking for it.
No man can watch a naked woman pressing herself against him with a blushing expression and bedroom eyes and do nothing.
My hand goes to her ass again, I grab her firm butt and use it to pull her close for a kiss. She obviously has nothing to say against it and even reciprocates enthusiastically, hungrily devouring my lips and starting to pump my dick faster.
My hand sneakers between her legs from behind, caressing her slit. Even pumping a finger inside her, she doesn't resist and even opens her legs to facilitate my access.
One of her legs starts going over my waist proportionally to how horny we are getting. No words are exchanged, we don't want to separate our mouths from each other.
Instinctively, when she is wet enough and I am hard enough, she straddles me completely, she raises her ass while aiming the tip of my cock at her entrance, and without even a "excuse me" she starts lowering herself, sinking my dick inside her tight and warm pussy, only stopping when our waists touch.
"Hmmm~" She stops her aggressive kissing to moan in my mouth.
Having her pussy walls constricting me is good and all, it's even more grippy now, but I want more. I grab her two fat cheeks with my hands and start slowly moving her up and down.
It's tight... Tighter than virgin Maki from yesterday. I can feel my dick scrapping her insides. Heavenly Restriction is so lewd... It must be the [Universal Calibration] perk.
"Hn~ Megumi~" She finally takes her mouth from mine to moan my name.
"Go on, ride me." I say
She takes it as a challenge because she raises her torso away from mine. Adjusting her legs and with a hand on my chest she starts going up and down slowly. And no one can say bad things about Maki's athletic abilities because in no time she is riding me vigorously.
"Is that all?" I tease with a mocking smile "I'm not that fragile, you know? Do it like you mean it... If you don't crush my pelvis it's your loss."
I can see a vein popping in her forehead before she smiles down at me predatorily "Oh, it's on then!" She shifts her weight distribution, leaning forward a little, before raising her hips... and then starting crashing her hips against mine with all the strength she can muster.
Yes, that's what I'm talking about... But it was a little miscalculation on my part...
It appears that her Heavenly Restriction really is fully awakened now and...
*CRASH*
The bed breaks. The legs, so we at least fell evenly on the ground...
"What are you two doing so early in the morning??!?" An angry Mai suddenly emerges from the covers.
"She is trying to kill me..." I deadpan
"And he likes it." Maki completes with an expression similar to mine.
....
Now, after a great morning sex session, even Mai eventually relented and joined, she is a pushover against me and Maki, I take my Company Smartphone to see... Yep, there are new notifications of Love Confession captures and... 39 credits?? I only had 1 credit before, a remnant of my Chargen build, and apparently, I gained 38 credits by capturing the twins.
Strange, I thought it would be less because Maki is very young and weak. And even if I gained the 60% value of a full potential Maki, it would still be 36 credits together with Mai. From where do these two extra credits come?
I go to the Retinue Tab to check... There's only me, Tsumiki, Maki and Mai... Ah! I forgot about that... Having Maki gives a discount on the already bought [Stress Defense].
Not only that, Maki gives a discount on Fatality and Information defenses too.
Mai only gives a discount in [Information Defense]
I remember that I bought Stress Defense with a discount too, because Megumi himself already gave a discount on it. Let me check again... Oh, I also already had a discount to Information and Creature Defense...
Then when I buy [Information Defense] it will be a bargain. A good buy to have when I start having Sukuna as a freeloader in my body. That and [Mind Defense] too. I don't want him to be able to go through my memories AND see the outside world through me. These two defenses must be more than enough to prevent that.
Now let's see what message the Company sent me.
I tap a red circle with the number "1" on the notifications app...
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Dear Contractor,
We would like to inform, that your recent actions allowed us to review our way of classifying the Capture Target Zenin Maki(T6). Taking into consideration that her full potential can only be accomplished through a special circumstance and the existence of similar cases and examples, we decided to lower her Tier to 5 and create a Specific Waifu Perk for Zen'in Maki.
Because you are the one that brought to our attention this issue and the Article 09 of our Rules, regulated by the Principle that "a Contractor can't be retroactively punished by a future change of any kind", you will still receive the deserved reward as if she was captured as a Tier 6.
Thanks for your attention and continue the good work,
Agent Nº 00000000137
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I see... Am I a Beta Tester? Don't I gain any reward from finding bugs? And the number of that agent appears to be low... Is he some kind of Bigshot inside the Company? Scary~
Whatever... In the end, from all the ways of dealing with their problem with the Heavenly Restriction and the Cursed of the Twins, I went with the one that would cause personal loss and I didn't even lose anything in the end.
Good things really happen with good people, huh? Karma is real... As expected, I'm being rewarded for my selfless act. I'm moved...
Anyway, Specific Waifu Perk, huh? These things that you buy power-ups to your waifus so that you don't need to go through the hassle. Money can buy anything...
I casually click the tab of Specific Waifu Perks to see them...
Turning Superman into his One Million version, Turning Griffith into Femto, and even giving items to certain characters like Thanos gaining the Infinity Gauntlet or the Heart of the Universe.
Truly money can buy anything.
Maki's case is a little less impressive... It's like Kars becoming the Ultimate Lifeform without the Red Stone. A simple jump in Tier.
Now in the future, Contractors will need to pay 30 credits to make their Maki awaken their Heavenly Restriction without killing Mai. If they capture her earlier...
I'm lucky~
And seeing Maki coming back from the bathroom, fresh from a bath, using only panties and a towel around her shoulders makes me think this again.
I'm really lucky~
"Maki... You..." Mai starts while eyeing her sister up and down "You're different..." It's an understatement. Even though she didn't reach her canon self level, probably because there are still two years of teenage development to go through, Maki is much more "well developed" now.
"Hm? You too... "Maki says slowly while eyeing Mai. Well, that is because [Body Tune-Up]. Every one of my retinue members will reach their peak fitness level and correct any physical problems.
But Maki is obviously the more muscly one of the two.
"It's true..." Mai checks herself.
Well, that is another thing to explain... But I plan to delay for now. Let's divert their attention to something else...
"Maki..." I call her "Look at this." I raise my hand and ignite it with cursed energy.
"...yes? What about it?" She says slowly and uninterestedly. There's nothing special about the cursed energy I just ignited in my hand.
"You're not wearing glasses..." I drop the bomb.
"...!!!" Her hand goes fast to her face to check.
When she notices that she is indeed not wearing her special glasses, her eyes widen even more and she goes to look between my face and my hand with cursed energy.
I even make the hand sign of the Escape Rabbits and summon some of them.
"...I can see them."
"But... How?" Mai asks at the side, equally shocked.
I need to check something else too...
"Mai... did your cursed energy reserves increase?" I ask her with a small frown and a tilt of my head, like I'm checking her.
"..." She eyes me for a second, almost ignoring my question before she gives Maki a look. Without wasting time she raises her two hands and ignites them with cursed energy.
"Ah!" She scares herself by the amount, falling backward on the bed. Her eyes are wide now and she looks between us.
It appears that her potential is not bad... Maki's Heavenly Restriction is something that can make her fight with Special Grade people... So, inversely proportionally Mai's cursed energy reserve must be of Special Grade level, right?
Something like Mechamaru maybe?
"What happened?" Maki looks at me for answers
"Well..." I put on a pensive expression. "I must have a magic dick or something." I say with a serious face
"..."
"..."
"More like a cursed dick..." Maki speaks with a scoff
At least I distracted them from this conversation for now.
...
Third Person P.O.V.
Megumi, Maki, and Mai walk together down some streets while searching for a place to field test the changes that happened with the twins.
"... I always had this feeling, you know?" Mai says with a distant look on her face "Like I was holding you back. Now it's confirmed..."
"That is ridiculous." Maki says with conviction
"..." Megumi walks behind the twins to let them have their heart-to-heart talk... and watch their asses.
"It is? I was not dumb, Maki. I knew that you acted petulant and rebellious to make me the 'good twin' by default."
"...that was not true... entirely... That's how I am. I always liked to give the Middle finger to our parents and the clan." The older twin speaks uncertainly
"Whatever, now I know that I was literally holding you back physically."
"Argh! Stop that!" Maki gives Mai a slap on her ass, making the younger Twin yelp "The reciprocal is true then! Maybe I held you back."
"I'm the youngest..." Mai argues weakly while soothing her spanked butt
Maki raises her hand threateningly again, making Mai shut up "Just stop that. There's no use in thinking about that. Twins being cursed or whatever. Isn't everything fine now?"
"..." Mai doesn't appear to be fully convinced
"..." From behind, Megumi frowns and hacks his brain on how to help. An outsider talking about their issues can have the opposite effect of helping, so he keeps his mouth shut.
He had already given them a pep talk months earlier during the ride out of the Zen'in clan. About at least talking to solve their misunderstandings, and now they are really talking at least, following his advice in some way.
He can't say anything more. Maybe time will help to wash away the bad feelings?
"Turn right here... Nue found a place." Megumi suddenly says after detecting a place with cursed Spirits by sharing his vision with Nue.
They follow Megumi's instructions to arrive at an abandoned tunnel close to a forest. The entrance of the tunnel is full of vines, moss, and warning signs.
"I think I came here once with Gojo..." Megumi comments with a pensive expression "This must be one of those places that needs to be exorcized periodically."
Haunted/cursed places create fear and superstition in people, and those feelings flow to exactly those places to give birth to cursed spirits. In Japan, even the act of a crime can make people have bad feelings about a place. That's why places like those are common.
Then someone wanders around here and is killed by a cursed spirit created by the negative feelings... The disappearance of that someone makes people fear this place even more, generating stronger cursed spirits... And it goes on and on and on...
It's impossible to exorcize it eternally.
'Geto kinda has a point... This has no end. It's a circle.' Megumi thinks to himself
"Megumi..." Maki extends her hand to him, asking for her weapon.
At this moment Megumi is struck by an inspiration "...why don't you try making a weapon Mai? A dagger... Don't need to force yourself, just make it as big as you are comfortable." He suddenly says, ignoring Maki asking for her naginata and turning to Mai.
"...Me?" Mai is surprised by the request "...I can try, I guess."
She raises her two hands, concentrating her cursed energy and Innate Technique. Her Innate Technique is Construction. A technique with an already high cost of cursed energy to use, coupled with Mai's former negligible amount, it becomes more of a burden than anything to her.
Previously, her Construction limit was roughly 20 grams of material. With this amount, she could barely make a bullet.
Now... After the shackles of the Curse of the Twins had been lifted...
Cursed Energy coalesces between Mai's hands, and a distinct shape starts to appear. Roughly 2 minutes later a dagger is created and she catches it with her hands.
With a tired huff, she gives the dagger to Megumi, who analyzes.
"A Cursed Tool..." He says. The dagger is very common and with nothing fancy to tell, but is a cursed tool nonetheless. Something capable of killing cursed Spirits.
"What a ridiculous power... You skipped all stages of production and spawned an entire cursed tool using your cursed energy, will, and imagination. If you can put effects and techniques on them you will literally be the greatest Cursed Tool Artificer in the world." Megumi praises. He remembers Han Jee-han's gamer abilities seeing Mai using her technique... The production part at least.
'More like Yaoyorozu from Hero Academia...' He thinks afterward.
"Really?" Mai asks in awe
"Indeed... Now that you have a good amount of cursed energy the possibilities are endless... What is the saying again? 'Giving wings to a tiger'." He says before throwing the dagger to Maki
"..." She catches it and tests how it feels on her hand
"And recently we talked about you using many cursed tools and how difficult it would be to acquire them..." Megumi laughs "What was that about 'holding each other down'? You two complement each other perfectly... In truth, you two are literally made for each other." He says. This pep talk is the main reason for him to ask Mai to create a cursed tool now.
"..."
"..."
.....
Inside the Tunnel
With the recently created dagger, Maki zooms in front of a cursed spirit and slashes it in two. Then she disappears from her spot and she is suddenly on the ceiling, upside down, attacking a bat-like cursed spirit.
She also doesn't stay there for long before using her powerful legs to impulse herself to deal with other smaller curses, she disappears for an instant and a bunch of smaller curses are racked to pieces.
"Look at her go..." Megumi whistles
"A dagger isn't supposed to be used like that..." Mai comments from her place in Megumi's arms. She is being a princess carried by him. "You can put me down, you know?"
"No... You're tired from creating that cursed tool. Let me take care of you." He smiles at her and kisses her neck repeatedly
"Stahp~ Hehe~" She protests weakly, his kisses tickling her
"No can do. I enjoy pampering my delicate princess." He continues his exaggerated flirting.
Mai acts all shy at his attention. In truth, even though she tries to pass the image of a hardened and unapproachable woman, Mai would prefer to have the easy life of someone taking care of her.
In that aspect, she is different from the prideful Maki.
In canon, Mai even said that she wouldn't mind being ordinary for the rest of her life if Maki was there with her.
Now, in this life, with the possibility of her being a non-combatant is crossing her mind and heart. Like Shoko Ieiri's value in healing people with the Reverse Cursed Technique, Mai's value as a Cursed Tool Artificer is ridiculously high now.
No one, including Megumi, would send her to the frontlines of any battle.
"So you two are here flirting while I do all the work." Maki's flat voice is a bucket of cold water in the pink-colored zone of the two.
"Don't say that... Mai is tired." Megumi acts like a mama spoiling her child, even kissing the top of the younger Twin's head "And don't act like you're not enjoying it..." He smirks
"..."
"We saw your bloodthirsty smile..." Mai adds, still in Megumi's arms.
"...okay. I admit." Maki relents "It's incredible. My body moves exactly like I imagine. Those curses are in slow motion to my eyes too... And none of them survived more than one attack." She adds with a sigh
"So those that you racked to pieces because you're psychopath..." Megumi adds, receiving a glare from her.
He decides to keep his mouth shut and not antagonize the girl that sleeps with him. And has a dagger in her hands...
"You're suffering from the lack of a worthy opponent..." Megumi says diplomatically "Now you see what I was complaining about, huh? It's not like you're a battle maniac, it's simply because you want to push yourself to your limits and see how you fare. You also can't grow if you don't see what you're lacking."
"..."
"Welcome to the realm of the strong, Maki." He says with a smile, knowing how these words can impact her "Once you asked how I would grade you... I said 3, but now based on your moves... Easily grade 1. With a little adjustment you could kick Naoya's ass. I'm sure of it." Yes, he is. He not only saw her killing him in canon. Two times...
He also fought him.
She is only lacking the almost two years of experience and practice that Canon Maki has and she will be easily at Special Grade Level.
"...I see." Maki comments in a whisper while absentmindedly looking at her own hands "There's you... We can fight." She says in realization while turning her head at him, eager for a fight. Even her stance shifted a little.
"It's true, now I can go a little more seriously against you." Megumi talks in a faux condescending tone.
He is confident that even without using techniques, fighting with only his body, cursed energy, and Haki he can still win against her.
"Continue like that and you will not even see the moment that you will eat dirt."
"Is that so?~Then why don't we make a little bet?" his smirk widens like that of the Cheshire Cat.
"A bet? What are the stakes?" Maki narrows her eyes.
At this point, she knows of Megumi's bad personality. She doesn't care, but that doesn't mean that she will let her guard down and let him take advantage of her that easily.
"If I win... Let me do it in your ass."
Maki "..."
Mai "..."
The two stare at him, Maki looks completely done "Then if I win, I want the same... I think it's called pegging, right?" She says flatly
Megumi "..."
Mai "..."
"...I always thought that anal is overrated anyway." Megumi's deadpans "Let's change the bet."
"Pfft, then what do you have in mind?" She rolls her eyes at his antics
"If I win... I can make you wear anything I want."
"Wear? Like a cosplay?"
"Anything... And you can do anything to me. On the same level... No pegging." He adds with haste
"Anything like tying you to the bed and blindfolding you?" She asks with a raised eyebrow
"...I will escape if you get close to my backside."
"I do not want your ass! I was kidding!"
"Now I'm traumatized and I will never trust you again... I'm clenching right now."
"I don't need to know this. But okay, I accept. Let's do this." She starts stretching
"Now that you got stronger, your man needs to humble you a little." 'Typical of a Contractor, beating their woman... Competitive misogynist indeed.' He puts Mai down and takes off his jacket. Maki also throws the dagger to Mai.
In this tunnel, the two stare at each other for a moment before...
"Oh..." Megumi says in surprise seeing Maki's fist already an inch from his face.
But he throws his body back to dodge while kicking her in the stomach. Maki saw that coming and blocked his foot with a forearm.
Then they started dancing. It's almost a turn-based fight, where one allows the other to attack before defending or evading. They exchange dozens of attacks, spinning around each other, forearms crashing, leg swipes being dodged and palm strikes being slapped away.
'By stats alone, she is stronger than me...' Megumi thinks in amazement. Happy that it's like that.
In the end, the templates that give his overpowered physical body are only in the Tier 5, one Tier lower than the actual Maki. If we go by percentage, knowing that the gap between higher tiers is much bigger than in the lower tiers...
Megumi has barely 20% of his templates strength.
To put things in perspective, one only needs to remember that Blackbeard is in the same tier as Gojo, but right now Megumi can only draw a power comparable with the students like Nobara, Megumi, and Yuji in the beginning of Canon.
Maki having a body that can make her fight Tier 7 characters is truly his superior in this aspect alone. For now...
If not for Haki equalizing things a little(And the extra physical strength of the Darkness Devil), he would be in an even worse situation.
'I am also not putting all of my ...WILL in this' Suddenly, with the flex of his will, his Haki got more powerful, he could predict her intentions more clearly and his attacks got stronger.
He stops being pushed back, fighting her more effectively.
'She is still not using the full potential of her senses..." Even in a disadvantageous situation, he calmly analyzes a weakness to exploit.
At some point, Maki spins around herself. Planning to use her own body to cover an upcoming elbow attack from his blindspot.
Megumi saw her intentions, so instead of blocking, he took a step back. Taking advantage of her spinning motion that made her lose sight of him for an instant.
"!" Her attack hits the air.
She lost momentum and is now defenseless.
Megumi is already stepping forward again, his fist raised and coated with Intermediate level Armament Haki.
And he has no qualms in punching Maki's exposed face.
*Bam* *Crash*
Maki bounces on the ground a little before hitting the wall like a cannonball.
It was a nasty hit, enough to shock Mai, making her put her hands on her mouth.
But some seconds later, Maki emerges from the dust, almost unharmed if not by the slightly swollen cheek.
'Great durability too... If my Haki was at the Advanced level I would be capable of ignoring that durability a little and hurt her for real.' He is still a little behind Post Time Skip Luffy(Return to Sabaody Arc).
"Liking the new body?" Megumi asks with a smirk
"A little..." She admits
"You know, I was taking you seriously but I was not using everything... There's a difference." He says and suddenly his cursed energy starts flowing from his body like dark smoke.
Maki instinctively feels Megumi's Danger level increasing.
He still won't use his techniques, but cursed energy reinforcement alone is enough to power him up by a lot, especially because he has a ridiculous amount.
Thanks to his huge reserves, Yuta(who has a normal body) could overpower Yuji physically.
Canon Fushiguro Megumi already has immense reserves, this Megumi that is being pumped by the Darkness Devil power has even more, and it continues to increase without sign of stopping.
He even jokingly said that he would be the equivalent of a Tailed Beast in the future.
"My cursed energy is special... It has darkness properties, it has many applications but the one that you need to watch for now is that..." He goes to assume a martial stance, he raises his foot and brings it down strongly.
*Boom*
The ground cracks, cobweb-like fractures extending for many meters
"It makes my attacks much heavier. And weight is power after all." He says flatly
His arms start to be covered in a pitch-black substance, and black smoke and small black flames complement the look. Like his arms are covered in burning ink.
"I will win this bet now."
"Let's see." Maki answers by dashing forward at great speed. To Mai, she simply disappeared.
And it appears that is the same to Megumi, because he doesn't react at all. He doesn't move even when her leg hits his defenseless face, the same cheek he hit Maki earlier.
She got confident by the attack that landed... Till she notices that Megumi didn't budge at all.
"!"
She felt like a normal girl that just kicked a lamppost.
Megumi's pupils turn to her slowly.
"That's the end..." He says and grabs her leg in an iron grip and with it he swings her on the ground like a ragdoll.
One, two, three times...
When he feels that Maki is disoriented enough, he lets go of her leg, and *Boom* he delivers a merciless punch in her guts.
"Gah!" She spits saliva and a little blood, a crater forming around her body. Her eyes went white for a second.
After the shocking attack that made the tunnel tremble, silence falls in the place. Megumi calmly stands up, his Fighting spirit gone because the fight has ended.
"..." Maki is absentmindedly looking at the ceiling, the attack reverberates through her body and her limbs are refusing to listen to her for now "So that's what that trash felt when it fought you..."
"I hit a black flash on him, so it was even stronger..." And he was wearing the Divine Dogs using Totality too.
It was not a surprise the fight ended there, even Maki was only recovering the feeling of her body after some time.
"And that last kick hurt, you know?" He cracks his neck in discomfort "You're only allowed to break my pelvis, not my neck."
She rolls her eyes "Is it a problem that I'm getting used to your antics?"
"Nah." Megumi makes a handsign and summons Round Deer to heal her. He still can't use Reverse Cursed Energy on others.
"You guys..." Mai approaches them with a helpless sigh
But Megumi and Maki are happy with the battle. Her for getting stronger and him for the great training partner he just gained.
His growth in Haki during those last months can be credited mostly to Maki, now the ceiling just gets higher. He is confident that practicing with her will allow him to reach the Advanced Level in both Armament and Observation.
.....
Later on the same day during the afternoon, Megumi went to meet Gojo.
"There's something that I want to talk about with you." Megumi starts while meeting Gojo in a park.
"There isn't something that you want to say to me?' Gojo puts her hands on her hips in challenge
"Isn't that what I just said? Look, Maki and Mai-"
"About me!" She interrupts, impatient. Even her foot is tapping the ground.
"..."
"..."
"Ah yes, your birthday." Megumi hits the palm of his hand with a fist in realization "Here."
Then he gives her a card. It's not even a fancy card, it's simply a white plain card with the words written lazily by him
'Happy B-day, Grats. Xd.'
"..." Gojo stares at the card for a long moment.
"..." Megumi fights hard to keep an impassive face. Holding back a laugh.
Suddenly, the teenager feels himself on the ground. Gojo sits on his back and pulls his legs, making his body contort an unnatural "C" shape.
"Argg! My coccyx! My back! It's gonna break! I'm serious! It's cracking!!!" He taps the ground in surrender
"What do you have to say?" Gojo asks in a dangerous calm voice
"I'm sorry! Happy birthday! I wish you a long, healthy, and happy life! Thank you for being born, you're a gift to the world yada yada yada!"
"Hmpf! It's good that you know." Gojo releases him with a huff "And my gift?"
Megumi snorts "What gift? Do you even need anything?"
"It's the thought that counts."
"And I thought that you don't need anything. Isn't this the greatest gift? The greatest praise that someone can receive?"
"..." Gojo starts walking at him
"Okay, Okay!" Megumi puts his guard up "Let's go eat some dessert, I'll pay. I know you like sweets. And I will give you a handshake." He puts his offer on the table.
"We will go eat some sweets and you're gonna give me a big hug, a kiss on the cheek and you need to say 'Happy Birthday Onee-chan! I love you!' with all the enthusiasm in the world." Gojo negotiates
"Sweets and a pat on the back..." Megumi bargains.
He wants to hug her and all that, but he knows that he can't look that eager.
"You will feed me the sweets... and the hug with the kiss."
"No feeding, only the hug and I can call Onee-san."
" 'Onee-chan' and we have a deal."
"Deal."
They shake hands, without spit this time.
"Then come." Gojo opens her arms wide, waiting for the hug. A big smile on her face.
"...ugh." Megumi looks around for a bit to make sure no one is watching. The problem with Gojo is the unexpected things that she can pull. Who knows if she will not do anything embarrassing to him just for shit and giggles?
He approaches her open arms slowly, he is half expecting to be pushed into the hug by her, but apparently, she is on the mind of letting him do it on his own.
She is training him!! Megumi is not even noticing that he is being groomed!
Finally, he puts his arms around her torso.
"Hmmm~ Good boy~" Her smile gets bigger while she puts her arms over his shoulder and hugs his head, bringing it down to her collarbone and shoulders. "You're so big now."
She is still a good 12 cm(5 inches) bigger than the almost 14-year-old Megumi.
"..." Megumi is liking it. In truth, he is enjoying it very much.
He weakly uses [Sticky Fingers] to make the hug pleasant to her, but he still has the presence of mind of not going overboard or putting his hand in... places.
"Happy birthday... Onee-chan." He says slowly, his voice slightly muffled on her body
"Mmm~ Thank you~" She tightens the hug even more and smiles in contentment
"..."
"..."
"...you know? If it takes too long it starts to get weird." He says, slowly trying to get out of her grasp
"We didn't stipulate a time limit." She hugs him tighter when she notices him trying to get away.
"..." 'I knew that it would be something!'
Eventually, he sighs and relents. Even though he is not suicidal enough to cop a feel, he can enjoy the softness pressing on his chest.
...
After they decided enough is enough, the two decided to go to Megumi's house.
On the way, they stopped so that Megumi could buy her some sweets. Gojo is happily humming while spinning the bag in her hand.
"You look like a kid. Can't you buy it all the time? And it's not even that expensive..." He rolls his eyes, but internally he is happy. People like it when their gifts are well received.
"Free things have an extra taste~" Gojo laughs"By the way, what do you wanna talk about again?"
"It's just some things that I wanna ask you to confirm a theory of mine. But it would be better to brainstorm a little..." Megumi says cryptically while they finally arrive at his home.
The two enter the living room to meet Tsumiki and the twins watching TV.
"Hello girls! Whattaheck!!" Gojo goes to greet them animatedly before pausing when seeing Maki.
"...what?" Maki's aura and intensity instantly make the strongest sorcerer remember someone.
"PTSD?" Megumi laughs seeing her reaction. He was kinda expecting, and hoping, for it.
"...incredible. Exactly like him. No cursed energy. Nothing. Zero." Gojo analyzes Maki while scratching her chin with her fingers. "There are many types of Heavenly Restrictions, to think one exactly like that bastard would reappear. And in the Zen'in clan again..."
"That's related to what I wanna talk about." Megumi sits on the couch between the twins.
"It's about the change in the two, right? I also noticed the increase in Mai's cursed energy. A world apart from her former self." Gojo says while sitting down
"Yeah..."
"Sorry to interrupt but... Happy Birthday, Gojo-san." Tsumiki says, bringing something from the kitchen "I made these sweets for you. I know you like them."
"You did?" Gojo asks in surprise
"You did?" Megumi has the exact same reaction
"Yes, Yesterday at my friend's home." Tsumiki answers with a smile.
"Oh Tsumiki-chan! Thank you! You're so much better than the cold Megumi-kyun! You're my favorite, did you know that?" Gojo fawns over the girl, going to give her a hug.
"...didn't I do the same?"
.....
After Tsumiki excuses herself from the "complicated talk of sorcerers" to study, the four sorcerers start talking more seriously.
"These types of change are very unnatural. Are you guys sure that there are no side effects?" Gojo asks while eating Tsumiki's handmade sweets.
"If there's any side effect, it can only be the more than a decade that they spent shackled." Megumi snorts. He is not worried about that because he knows the whole truth.
"I see... And how did you guys break those shackles?" Gojo asks curiously
"..."
"..."
"..."
Maki and Mai looked at Megumi with strange expressions.
That is obviously seen by Gojo who pauses and narrows her eyes seeing the interactions between the three.
"I have a theory..." Megumi starts seriously
The twins inwardly sigh with relief. They are worried that Megumi would proudly claim that he has a magical dick or something. That would be embarrassing.
"But before I say it, answer me something Gojo..." Megumi continues "Has anyone ever been born with the Limitless Inherited Technique, but not with Six Eyes?"
"Hmm~ It's rare... but there are two examples of that."
"How was that? Is it usable?"
"Well... Theoretically, yes..." Gojo says slowly, thinking about how to explain before clasping her hands "Okay! Lesson time! There are two main reasons why a Limitless user needs the Six Eyes."
Gojo raises two fingers to illustrate "First, Limitless is a very costly cursed technique. And Second, it's very hard to use. The Six Eyes helps with these two aspects, allowing the user to have ultra-precise control of cursed energy, lessening the expenditure of Limitless. In the second part, it helps to 'tame' the hard-to-control Limitless. It's a very hard technique to use, you know? Even with the Six Eyes, few people are capable of using 'Red' and even fewer could pull a 'Purple'."
Hence why Fushiguro Toji didn't know of that technique and was caught by surprise by the sheer speed and destructive ability of Purple, causing his death.
"Remember the two users that didn't have the Six Eyes? One of them doesn't have a lot of cursed energy, so he couldn't use the technique. He was practically a cripple in that aspect."
"..." To that Mai can relate a little.
"The other one has a ridiculous amount of cursed energy so he could 'fuel' the technique, but he lacked the fine control required to pull off the technique potential. He basically has a very clumsy telekinesis. Like making a barrier or pulling things to him." Gojo illustrates that by using some weird hand movements.
"So the Six Eyes is what allows the user of Limitless to bring its full potential..." Megumi says
"Yes."
"And it's almost an anomaly for a user of Limitless to be born without the Six Eyes..."
"Yes to that too. Limitless needs the Six Eyes and in the Gojo clan, there's no better technique to use with the Six Eyes than Limitless.."
"Like the World and Destiny is giving the Gojo clan a way..."
"...yes. Where do you want to go with that, Megumi?" Gojo tilts her head
"There's always a way..." Megumi mumbles to himself before raising his head to face the people in the living room "The Ten Shadows and Limitless are always talked in the same breath..."
He suddenly seemingly changes subjects "Gojo, my father was undetectable to Barriers and Domains, right?"
"...yes. He had zero cursed energy. To all effects, he was an invisible non-existent man."
"Then... What would happen if I started the ritual to tame a shikigami and someone with zero cursed energy helped me?" Megumi finally arrives at the "X" of the equation.
"!!!" By the way Gojo's eyes widen, she understands the exact implications of that "The ritual would not identify the person with zero cursed energy as an outsider interfering and it will go normally..." She says in amazement.
Megumi nods "That's my theory. I believe that the Heavenly Restriction is to the Zen'in Clan and to the Ten Shadows user the same that the Six Eyes is to the Gojo clan and the Limitless user. The heavens gave them a possibility to reach their full potential."
"Mahoraga is a ridiculous cheat... Not even using Totality with all other nine shikigami can be guaranteed that someone can tame it."
The Big Raga is indeed built different. Megumi remembers some memes from his last life... 'There's the dogs, a toad, a snake... and then a Fucking souls game boss'!
"..." Everyone disgests his words in silence and shock
"It's really a coincidence that two, not one, but TWO people with a Heavenly Restriction that specifically takes away all of their cursed energy are born in the Zen'in clan in the same era as me? Maki and even my Father... They are born, or maybe selected, to help me tame Mahoraga and bring the Ten Shadows to completion?" Megumi says
"..."
"Maybe it's even destiny that I met Maki that day? And look at Mai! She is Maki's Twin, but she has a cursed technique... But her technique allows her to create cursed tools. This is exactly one of the ways that someone can tame Mahoraga! Overwhelming him with cursed tools! Because it would not be considered outsider interference! Is it really a coincidence that she was born with exactly this technique?" Megumi even thinks that with enough cursed tools, he can pull something similar to Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon.
A Dark Gate of Babylon.
Gojo leans forward and supports her chin above her interlocked fingers.
"Damn... the more I think, the more it makes sense. It's crazy."
"Right? Maki can help me directly and Mai can help indirectly."
"It's simply too perfect... How has anyone never thought about that?" Maki suddenly says with a distant look
"Maybe there's not a lot of Heavenly Restrictions in the past..." Mai tries to guess
"Did you find any register of Heavenly Restriction users coinciding with the time that a Ten Shadows user was alive, Megumi? You went through the Zen'in archives?' Gojo asks
"No... But knowing that clan I would not be surprised if they would erase any register of a 'stain without cursed energy' from history. Maybe in the past, they were even worse and like the spartans, threw the kids with heavenly Restriction on a cliff?" Megumi shrugs.
Gojo gives a mirthless laugh "Haha, sorry. I know that I shouldn't be laughing at that, but... Haha. Their prejudice prevented them from discovering this. They were essentially crippled by their 'Pride'. Hahaha"
The irony is really intense in this case.
"Well, their loss and my win." Megumi snorts and hugs the twins, bringing them close to him "They are my treasure now." He says making them blush a little
"..." Gojo imperceptibly narrows her eyes seeing that "You people are really close, huh?" She says, her voice with a certain edge.
"Yeah. Maybe their proximity with me is what lifted the Curse of Twins." Megumi throws some white lies on the wall, hoping to stick.
"...I see... You three are like...made for each otherTch" Gojo continues to say slowly, eyeing the trio. "And what do you plan to do now?" She changes her tone and subject
"For now? Nothing. But with their help, the plan to tame Mahoraga can be brought forward by a looot." Megumi turns to them "What do you think, girls? Wanna help me do what no one ever did and tame the strongest shikigami?"
"Do you mean me, the Trash of the Zen'in clan, will have the chance of destroying their Crown Jewel in battle?" Maki smiles predatorily "Count me in."
"Me too. I will help with what I can." Mai adds, receiving a pat from Megumi.
"Whoa... Great... you three get along so well..." Gojo says in the same strange tone of voice.
.....
Later, Gojo is being driven by Ijichi to a location that needs her.
*Tac**Tac***Tac**Tac**Tac**Tac*
The only sound in the car was made by Gojo's well-polished and manicured nails hitting the armrest of the car.
"..." Ijichi is sweating bullets right now. He can see that Gojo is in a bad mood. "Did something happen, Gojo-sa-"
"Shut up, Ijichi. Eyes on the road." She interrupts him "Tell me again about this mission or whatever... And make it brief."
'Am I suppose to shut up or not?' He thinks but doesn't dare to say it "It's to exorcize one of the registered Special Grade Cursed Spirits."
"We normally leave those alone and in a controlled environment... Did this one escape and massacre people or something?"
"No... But there have been reports of the registered Special Grades disappearing recently, so..." Ijichi doesn't finish because it's a sensitive subject to Gojo.
"I see. It's Geto, huh?" She says making Ijichi wince
"Probably... yes..."
"So they want me to kill it before he gets it..." She guesses correctly 'What are you planning, bitch?' She thinks about her best friend.
"We are here." Ijichi declares
They arrive at an open plain. The place was the stage of an old and bloody battle in the past. Or more like an ambush that killed thousands of soldiers... they died unwilling of the result.
And that is why a certain Special Cursed Spirit inhabits here.
"The Curtain is already deployed." Ijichi speaks
"Yeah, yeah." Gojo says dismissively before entering the battlefield without a care.
After walking for some time the ground trembles and an enormous figure emerges from it.
Gashadokuro... A yokai that looks like a giant skeleton. This one specifically appears to be a giant skeleton made of smaller skeletons. It's formed from the resentment of hundreds of soldiers.
Cursed Spirits are born from negative emotions like fear and disgust and they can be molded by this fear too. So it's common to cursed spirits to take the appearance of humanity's fear. Monsters, insects, disasters… and even myths and folklore.
The superstition and fear of the supernatural molded some cursed spirits to fit human imagination, and that's how yokai-like cursed spirits are born. Or even cursed spirits that take the form of a god.
And this one is an example of that.
"Raaaaaaaaaaarr!" The giant skeleton's roar is enough to shake the whole battlefield. A normal person would fall into a nightmarish fear-induced state by the roar alone.
But Gojo remains unaffected, she doesn't even appear to be paying attention to the giant Yokai.
Suddenly, the landscape changed... The ground looks red, covered in blood... It's also filled with corpses, weapons, and flags. The sky changed like one of the dusk too.
The Special Grade Curse Deployed his Innate domain. Spirits of the dead rise from the ground, and thousands of them rush to attack Gojo.
This yokai-like cursed spirit appears to have the ability to be a one-man army. Few people could deal with him... And the number of sorcerers is scarce. Now it's possible to see the reason he was left alone.
"I'm in a bad mood..." Gojo suddenly says, seemingly ignoring the thousands of spirit soldiers approaching her.
This Yokai-like cursed spirit would be the nightmare of 99% of the sorcerers... A pity he met someone who is also an army on her own. The sorcerer that is the strongest when she is alone against many.
She raises her hand and crosses her fingers.
"Domain Expansion... Unlimited Void."
The Innate Domain of the Gushadokuro has no chance and is overwhelmed in an instant.
The image of the cosmos fills the space around them. The Gushadokuro and all of his spirit soldiers stop with dumb expressions.
"Someone else is enjoying the fruits of my labor..." Gojo says through gritted teeth.
She is bringing her hands together.
"Years of groom- training to make him more assertive and confident... Only recently he started giving me the looks..." A red and a blue light appears around her "... and started having interest in the opposite sex and seeing me as a woman..."
"...and it all falls in another's lap?!" She holds two fingers out, the colors start mixing
This is completely overkill!
"Hollow Technique... Purple."
A flash of purple light later and all the battlefield was clean.
"Haah~ That was relaxing~" She sighs while admiring her work
"It's okay... He will come around. I'm the best option. He loves me. He is simply distracted by the options..." She says to herself "But maybe we should start spending more time together?.."
"Maybe a trip together." To take him away from the others... "That hug was nice~"