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Chapter 23 - A sudden encounter

"A bounty, huh? On such a young boy." A very beautiful, graceful, and fairly tall woman in her late twenties, with a slender, curvaceous frame, said as she looked on her phone. She has long, straight black hair reaching her mid-back with short bangs framing her forehead and upturned red eyes. "Any idea on who set it or why he has a bounty?"

"C'mon, Yor, we know not to question the 'why's' about this job." A tall man with slicked blonde hair and blue eyes and a slender yet muscular physique said as he cleaned dirt from his fingernails.

"Still, it irks me that we have to kill some boy." Loid just chuckled at Yor's words. "Toji Fushiguro didn't have that problem with Gojo Satoru all those years ago. Well, Riko Amanai was his target, but whatever."

Yor didn't respond as she looked at her phone.

Target: Yuji Itadori.

Appearance: Yuji Itadori is a tall pink-haired teen with a large muscular frame similar to Toji Fushiguro.

Abilities: He is known to have Blood Manipulation on a level that hasn't been seen since Noritoshi Kamo. He is Sukuna's vessel and may even have Sukuna's curse technique. In his encounters with both Suguru Geto and Naoya Zenin, he was seen sending slash attacks that severely injured Geto and wounded Naoya. He has access to Reverse Cursed Technique and Domain Expansion. The limits to his abilities are unknown, but they're suspected to be even more techniques at his disposal. He has several cursed tools he himself has made and has mastered.

Target threat level: 10/10. Flee on sight if you're a known bounty hunter.

Target eliminated payment: 22,706,699,100.00 yen.

Yor hated to kill a kid, and so did Loid, but this money would be able to help them get out of the country and away from that pesky Kenjaku and his freaky sister. "You see his threat level. We need to be careful, wear him down before we interact with him." Loid said as he inspected his several guns and cursed tools. Yor stood up as she picked up her set of golden stiletto-type weapons. "Well, let's get this over with, and then we can make sure Anya is safe and we can get out of here."

Yuji had a bad feeling Yuko was sick, and he went out to get her some food and medicine. It's about 2 months until canon starts, and Yuta didn't go to Africa this time thanks to Yuji helping her train. Yuji felt like he was being watched around every corner. 'Please don't tell me that I'm being followed,' Yuji thought to himself as he entered the drug store. As he walked through the aisle to find the right medication, he felt a large amount of people with cursed energy outside. "You gotta be kidding me," Yuji said to himself as his phone suddenly buzzed with a notification.

**Gojo sensei:**

You have a bounty against you. I'm currently working on finding out who put it up. You need to return to Jujutsu High now.

"Well, it's a bit late for a text, sensei," Yuji said as he quickly replied saying he's coming but might already be surrounded by bounty hunters. Yuji quickly ran out the back door of the store. "I need to get away from public areas." Yuji ran full speed on top of buildings before he heard a loud bang. He turned his head to see a bullet coming at him; he quickly caught it and looked forward to see multiple men in ski masks on top of another building. "Great, just my luck." Yuji quickly created a blood cocoon as he formed five clones. "I need to distract them and get away." Suddenly, the cocoon burst open as six different Yujis all ran away in separate directions.

As the real Yuji ran, he looked behind him to see everyone still on him. "Do they have a sensor type? Fuck," Yuji said as he used cleave to rip a piece of roof up and throw it at the group. Suddenly, multiple blasts of cursed energy came towards him as he used several dismantles to clash and destroy each one. "Why the hell is there a bounty on my head?!" Yuji said as he tried to run away to a safe area to fight. But as he ran, a large shikigami appeared in front of him. "You gotta be jok—." Yuji was cut off as it slammed him into the air, and one of the masked men appeared above him and slammed him into the street. Yuji looked around from the road. 'Seems like we're in an abandoned part of the city; now I can fight back,' Yuji thought as he quickly healed himself and lunged toward the man that just slammed him into the ground. He grabbed his legs and used cleave to cut them off. "I'm sure you can heal right~," he said with a sadistic smile and threw the rest of the man away toward the ground. The large shikigami rushed at Yuji again. Yuji just simply activated his blood wings and flew up into the air to avoid the attack. As Yuji soared upward, he heard another bang, and his automatic blood defense activated as blood covered a bullet. 'That guy's cursed technique lets him put cursed energy into anything and control it, huh? I'll take him out right now,' Yuji thought as he quickly flew down to the man who shot at him. The man tried to escape, but Yuji's speed proved too much as he grabbed the man's head and slammed it into the ground. He proceeded to drag the man's head through the floor before he turned around and threw him into the shikigami that was rushing towards them. Yuji then cupped both his hands together. "This is a little crazy to do for the likes of you guys, but..." A large blood sphere appeared in Yuji's hands as it continued to condense until it was the size of a golf ball. "Maximum Technique: Blood Catastrophe!" Yuji shouted as he shoved his arms forward. A large beam of blood was sent flying at the whole assassin group, and a huge explosion of blood followed. 'Even though I lowered the power of that technique, it still removed a city block. Damn, I'm scary,' Yuji thought to himself with a smirk, although that technique did take a chunk of cursed energy. As the smoke cleared, Yuji's eyes shot open in surprise as every assassin stood there relatively in good condition. "So you guys have someone on your side that can not only use Reverse Cursed Technique but can use it on others too, huh?" Yuji said as he stared down all twelve assassins. "I need to keep you guys alive for questioning, but since you can heal," Yuji grinned deviously, "that means I can throw you around a bit." Every assassin had sweat on the back of their necks before their leader decided to speak up. "Your bounty said you were a 10/10 threat; it seems it wasn't exaggerating at all." The man then created two daggers with his cursed technique. "But I still like my team's odds of taking you down." Yuji cracked his knuckles and stretched his neck. "Honestly, I'm shocked you all think you can beat me with this loser shit." The man with the two daggers suddenly rushed at Yuji with surprising speed. Yuji made two blood daggers. "Let's dance!" Yuji yelled excitedly as he and the man clashed, Yuji being a master at hand-to-hand combat and not a slacker when it came to weapons, easily kept up with the man as he gracefully dodged or deflected each attempt to strike him. Yuji jumped over a slash at his midsection as he did a flip mid-air to avoid another strike from the man. Before he could land, a female assassin came up from behind as water coated in cursed energy surrounded her fist. "You should let the one-on-one stay that way," Yuji said as he glared at the girl. He used a blood tendril to slam himself into the ground as he grabbed her legs and swung her like a bat into the man with the daggers. The next thing Yuji saw was a man above him who had arms of blades about to slam them into his face. He quickly rolled out of the way as he sent out a dismantle and cut the man's arm off, kicking him away. He then followed where he kicked the man after he made four blood clones hold off the rest of the assassins. He then saw an assassin teleport to the hurt assassin and teleport away. 'It seems like that assassin teleports any downed assassin to be healed. They are probably the sensor that can track me too.' Yuji then looked behind him as the large shikigami rushed for him yet again. "You're starting to piss me off," Yuji said as he rushed to meet the shikigami head-on. As he clashed with the shikigami, he was caught off guard by a blade going straight through his chest. He turned around to see the man with blade arms was the one to blame. "So you only healed one arm to come back early, smart," Yuji said with strained words as he formed a large blood sphere that slammed into the shikigami and sent it flying. He then grabbed the man behind him and elbowed him full force, then tore the man's blade arm out of his chest. He grabbed the man and slammed him into the ground as he stepped on his chest. "You all are getting quite annoying." He then made a finger gun and pointed it at the man. "Piercing Blood." Right before the piercing blood could hit the man's head, he was teleported away, but this had the unfortunate side effect of teleporting Yuji as well. Yuji and the man appeared in front of the teleporting and the healer assassins as Yuji then speed blitzed the teleporting assassin and knocked her out. Yuji then stared at the healing assassin. "You've made my day quite unpleasant." The healer assassin could only back away in fear. The assassins were all looking for Yuji after the blood clones he sent after them mysteriously disappeared. "Where the hell is this guy?" the assassin with daggers yelled out in anger before they heard three thumps. They looked over to see their support knocked out. "There's no way," the water cursed technique assassin said as she began to feel fear. Yuji was in the air above them, his blood wings flapping to keep him in the air. He formed the hand signs for his domain expansion. "Domain Expansion: Endless Depths of Hell." All the assassins could see was the endless sea of blood and nothing else. Yuji, from above the domain, smirked. 'Sorry, Sukuna, I'm taking something out of your book,' he thought as he made the sure hit off his domain endless amounts of blood slashes. He, of course, lowered the output in order for the assassins to survive. But as he sent the slashes, he saw a couple of them use simple domains. "Of course, you all have that," he said as he then rushed in to deal with them himself.

Yor and Loid stood on a building overlooking the fight as Yuji popped his domain. "Do you think they did enough to wear him down?" Yor asked as she stretched and readied her weapons for the upcoming fight.

"Yeah, the kid will be in technique burnout, and then we should strike quickly, aiming for the kill off the bat," Loid said as he also stretched.

"Do you think he's ruthless enough to kill all those people?"

"Maybe; after all, he's a jujutsu sorcerer," Yor responded as she stared at the domain intensely.

Gojo sat on a couch in Jujutsu High as he talked on the phone. "Find out who set the bounty on Yuji, and then I'll pay you."

"Hahaha, Gojo, you know exactly how to play me; fine, I'll get it done," the female voice responded at the end of the line.

"Thanks, Mei Mei," Gojo said as he hung up and stood up. "I need to go to the students and inform them of this situation."

Yuji breathed heavily as the bodies of the 12 unconscious assassins lay beneath him. "You took more out of me than I expected from you guys." Yuji relaxed as he took a deep breath. "Now I just need to call Go—." He was cut off as a sudden spike of danger alerted him to someone behind him. He turned around just in time to deflect one of the lady's daggers as the second one landed in his throat. Before he could comprehend the fact he was stabbed, another bang rang out as a bullet went through his heart and a sword went through his shoulder. Yuji quickly used blood manipulation to clot his wounds and then used the blood on the floor to cause an explosion, sending both assailants back. Yuji then healed his wounds. 'Damn, that little explosion took a lot out of me. I'm in cursed technique burnout, aren't I?' Yuji thought to himself as he looked at the two people in front of him. 'Yor and Loid? Why are they here? They're from a completely different anime!' Yuji was confused. The gods said they'd change the world a bit, but not to this much. "What the hell do you guys want?!" Yuji shouted at them; he really didn't wanna fight right now.

"Sorry, kid, but we need that bounty on your head. Yor, go in first; I'll support you." Yor stayed silent as she rushed at Yuji; her speed surpassed everyone Yuji has fought so far. He reinforced himself to the max as he clashed with her. 'Her strength and speed are extraordinary!' Yuji yelled in his head as he barely kept up with her. He dodged another hit as he slammed his fist into her stomach. Yor pushed through the pain as she slammed her fist into Yuji's face and stabbed a golden dagger into his shoulder. Yuji winced in pain as he threw her away from himself. As he went to heal, he noticed his Reverse Cursed Technique was way slower than normal. 'This ain't good.' Yor dropped her daggers as she pulled out her signature golden stiletto-type weapons. 'At this rate, I won't be able to heal a missing limb,' Yuji thought as he grinned. 'Like I care; I just have to use more skill to win now!' Yuji rushed in as Yor met him head-on. Yuji was on the defensive as Yor's weapons gave him an extremely hard time. 'Dodge, dodge, dodge,' Yuji thought as he gracefully avoided her attacks. 'Counter!' Yuji grabbed her wrist and pulled, causing her to lose balance temporarily as he slammed a fist full of cursed energy into her chest. Yor spit out a tiny bit of blood as she escaped his grip, did a split, and grappled his waist as she threw him over her head. As Yuji got up to continue the fight, Loid flew in with a kick to his chin. Yuji's head snapped back as he recoiled from the blow. Loid then did a spin kick to his chest as Yor once again stabbed him, this time in his forearm. 'Damn, I can't heal!' Yuji thought as Yor and Loid rushed him again. He quickly refocused as he defended against each fighter. He dived away from another swipe of Yor's blade as he bent his back to dodge another kick from Loid. He grabbed the man's leg as he swung him towards Yor. 'They haven't used any cursed techniques yet.' Yuji took a mental note as he stood away from the two and took a little breather. Loid jumped away as Yor rushed back to Yuji. Yuji decided to go on the offensive this time as he forced Yor to back off. 'Faint, hit, hit, faint, hit, faint.' Yuji landed one last hit onto Yor's face as he went to grab her head; he felt something. Every sorcerer, before they release a large attack, gives off a "spark" of cursed energy. Yuji felt this spark from behind as he looked hastily toward Loid. Loid just grinned as his cursed energy went back to normal. "Made you look." Yuji's eyes widened as he felt that same spark from Yor this time as he felt her slash into him hundreds of times in a single second, ending with a kick to his head, sending him flying into a building, the rubble collapsing over him.

Yor and Loid both huffed as they looked towards the collapsed building. "Think that got him?" Loid asked as he popped his neck. Yor looked over to him. "Maybe; let's go check." She felt terrible for having to kill a kid, but that's just the world they live in. 'This can't be it; I can't lose here; die here.' Yuji's thoughts raced as he grit his teeth in pain. 'Maki, Yuta, Yuko, Megumi, Panda, Inumaki, Gojo, Todo, Choso, and Gramps. I can't fail them now!' Yuji then thought back to his conversation with Gojo all those months ago. "We'll become the strongest!" He needs to prove his words; he needs to win, to prove himself strong, to go back to the reason why he pushes on. Yuji's eyes narrowed as he felt the rubble above him move. Yor continued to shove rubble off of Yuji's body. "How deep in there is he?" Loid said from the side. Yor remained silent as she picked up more rubble. Suddenly, a fist came flying out of the rubble, landing straight on her face. "BLACK FLASH," Yuji shouted as he pushed forward, sending Yor flying. "Honey!" Loid shouted as he watched Yor sky in the air before he was met with a kick to the chest. "BLACK FLASH." Loid was sent beside his wife. Yuji could feel the return of his cursed technique and his RCT. Yuji smiled manically as he put his hands in front of him in a similar pose to Megumi summoning Maharaga. "Let's try something new, huh!" Yuji shouted as he began to chant. "From deep within, blood brims with unforgettable might; I summon the bringer of death, Samurai Kokoshibo." From behind Yuji, a large blood samurai appeared as it stood behind Yuji. "A blood shikigami, huh? Look at that," Yuji said as Yor and Loid looked on with surprise. 'I imbue you with shrine,' Yuji thought to himself as he felt the feeling of the shrine technique leave him. "Go after him, and make sure to not kill him," Yuji said as he pointed toward Loid. Yuji then finished healing the rest of his wounds as he looked toward Yor. "Not bad, right?" Yuji and Kokoshibo then rushed toward their targets. Yuji met Yor directly with his use of Blood Manipulation back; he could use Flowing Red Scale to outpace her now. As he overpowered her in hand-to-hand, he decided to quickly end this. "Convergence Sphere!" Yuji said as a blood sphere was formed and he sent it toward Yor. Yor dodged most of it, but it still burned her left arm badly as she quickly used Reverse Cursed Technique to heal it. She smirked as she was about to rush back in before Yuji spoke. "It hasn't exploded yet." Yor's eyes widened as the blood sphere came flying back and slammed against her back, exploding and sending her flying towards Yuji, who just grinned madly. "BLACK FLASH," he yelled as he landed one directly to her stomach, all she could do was pass out from pain. Kokoshibo rushed down Loid, who could only play defense. "Damn, what the hell are you?!" Loid shouted as he was easily overpowered by Kokoshibo. Kokoshibo only smirked in response as he sent out a valley of slashes toward Loid, who's eyes widened before it hit him. Loid stared at his missing arm; he didn't know Reverse Cursed Technique, and he was sure Yor was struggling right now. Before he could do anything, Yuji suddenly appeared in front of him and quickly knocked him out as he proceeded to heal Loid's body. Yuji unsummoned Kokoshibo as he felt shrine return to him. He looked around, seeing the completely destroyed city blocks and the now fourteen people he had to deal with. All he could do was sit against a wall as he breathed heavily. "I gotta call Gojo."