JJK: Binary (Jujutsu Kaisen Fanfiction)

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'This stupid fish!'

Taiyo glares at the massive Cursed Spirit swimming through the water, circling him a few hundred meters away.

It'd become even larger, engorged on the Cursed Energy saturating its Domain Expansion, and looking around, his senses were completely confused.

He holds his breath and floats in place, no, he was locked in place.

With light entering this contained ocean from all sides, he couldn't tell which way was up, because there was no 'up'. The currents tugged and pushed him toward the middle of this giant water bubble.

Locking him in place every time he tried to swim to the edge, and far in the distance, the Cursed Spirit circles him, waiting for his breath to give out and water to flood his lungs.

He keeps his eyes locked onto it, steadying his mind and allowing the conflicting currents to keep him in place as he focuses.

'Inside this water is bright, that's good. Likely a Binding Vow of the Domain Expansion, since my sense of Cursed Energy is overwhelmed by the water, having the Cursed Spirit be visually hidden would be considered 'unfair'.

But that doesn't change the fact that I had an anchor tied to me and got dropped into a river. But the 'sure hit' effect is the water, the lack of air, so now I just have to get out.'

Taiyo clasps his hands together and focuses his Cursed Energy, and a sphere of translucent blue Cursed Energy spreads around him.

"Gah!" he takes a deep breath as his Simple Domain activates, disrupting the Domain Expansion for a moment and reverting the space directly around him to the real world.

The grass below his feet, Suguru Geto's front lawn, appears and comforts him as the water around him disappears, once more replaced by the warm afternoon air.

Around him the water crashes against his Simple Domain, and through it he sees the Cursed Spirit instantly shift gears and rush toward him.

He feels the water around him hasten, currents become aggressive, forceful, the density of the water rises by the second as the Cursed Spirit closes in.

But Taiyo's hands and feet must stay in place to maintain his Simple Domain.

So he can only watch as its maw opens to reveal rows of jagged, razor-sharp teeth, large enough to bite him in half.

He has less than a second to consider his options, and makes the best choice he can.

As it's a mere dozen meters away, he drops his Simple Domain and leaps to the side. The water instantly slams into him with the force of a dozen car crashes.

He crushes on all sides but reinforced his body as best he can, while using Domain Amplification on his mouth.

It forcefully dispels the water around his mouth, allowing the overlapping space to give him the air that exists in that space instead.

"Argh!" he screams harder than he ever has before as sharp teeth pierce his left shoulder and thigh, leaving him halfway inside the Cursed Spirit's mouth as it takes him for a joyride through the water.

It thrashes against the ever-increasing currents, bloodying the water, trying to rip him to shreds as he desperately tries to grab onto it, only to feel his muscles and bones begin to pull away from his shoulder.

Taiyo stops using Domain Amplification for a moment, putting everything into his Cursed Technique and trying to immolate the Cursed Spirit from within. But the water enveloping them absorbs too much of the heat.

And at the speed they're moving, they leave a trail of boiling water behind, and any minor damage that the Cursed Spirit takes is healed before it can make a difference.

Taiyo reactivates Domain Amplification so he can breathe, then desperately begins punching the Cursed Spirit in the face.

His arm inside its mouth grabs onto one of the teeth, steadying himself at the cost of the skin and flesh on his left hand, while his right fist crashes against the reinforced scales.

His hits are astounding, shaking the water around them, enough to crumple most opponents with only a few blows.

And yet, by the 15th punch, by the 3rd broken finger, he feels his hope dim as his mind gets hazy.

Glancing at where his arm is trapped in the mouth, he sees drops of purple mixed with his blood.

'Poison, of course,' he thinks, knowing he doesn't have long.

Even with his Reversed Cursed Technique constantly healing him to keep his body in one piece, even with his ability to slow the poison, the constant stream was too much.

'If I were good enough at RCT, I could pump positive energy into this stupid fish and instantly kill it, but instead…'

He keeps punching it, breaking some of the scales faster than they can heal, vision blurring by the second as his body is going numb, mind desperately grasping for any ideas.

And he finds himself coming to the same conclusion as everyone else in the Jujutsu Society.

'Satoru Gojo. If he were here, this wouldn't even be an annoyance. He'd flick his finger and end this. Can I get to him? Can I get to the barrier and break out?'

He looks at the water in the distance, knowing the barrier couldn't be too far, considering how stacked this Domain Expansion is.

'I could sacrifice my arm, get to the barrier, and call for Gojo. Its Cursed Technique would be on cooldown, I'd have a chance. Break the Curtain and call for help.

Just let Gojo handle it…'

Taiyo is punching the Cursed Spirit as he formulates his plan, then he stops to gather Cursed Energy, ready to rip his arm away and make a run for the barrier.

But as he closes his eyes and gets ready to push away from the creature, he feels like vomiting.

A new and sickening sensation wracks his body.

The image of himself on the Olympic podium once again, but this time, he's applauding while wearing a silver medal, looking up at Satoru Gojo.

He sees himself being content, simply happy to be there. Happy to let Satoru Gojo handle everything.

He feels himself being like everyone else, and it sparks a hatred in him like never before.

Fading into a crowd while he looks up at someone else, depends on someone else to do things he cannot do, and being happy with that existence.

And it boils his blood!

He grits his teeth and takes a deep breath, disgusted by himself for even considering such a plan.

His arm in the Cursed Spirit's mouth grabs onto the tooth so hard it shatters as he curls up and gets a proper footing against the side of its face, rearing back his right hand.

His Domain Amplification and RCT stop as he puts everything into this strike, with one thought ringing through his mind.

'Running away from challenges, leaving everything to Satoru Gojo—'

His fist crashes through the creature's mouth, reaching elbow deep as his hands meet inside it.

"That's how losers think!"

His hands are intertwined within the Cursed Spirit, and in a moment of spite and self-hatred, his Cursed Energy swells to new heights.

"DOMAIN EXPANSION—!"

---Elsewhere…

Sitting on the back of a massive Pelican Cursed Spirit, Suguru Geto, Mimiko, and Nanako enjoy the wind in their hair as they move to a different part of Japan.

The girls are idly chatting while soaring over the cities below as he's concentrating, eyes closed, sharing the senses of the Cursed Spirit fighting Taiyo.

"Young people these days…" Geto says as he opens his eyes, leaning forward on his elbow, hand under his chin while watching his girls chat.

"Is the fight over already?" Nanako asks. "You could have let him sign some stuff for me. He was pretty cool."

"He was against Master Geto," Mimiko says. "He can't be cool."

"You think Satoru Gojo is cool."

"That's different," Mimiko huffs and looks away.

Geto laughs, recalling when he, Gojo, and Shoko would bicker like this. "Don't worry, you'll get to see him soon enough. All he did was show me how spectacular your generation will be. After all, if that little Cursed Spirit could kill him, he wouldn't be deserving of the 'Special Grade' title."

"But now he hates us," Nanako says.

Geto shrugs. "I doubt he'll take this personally. Besides, I helped him achieve that strange Domain Expansion. We should be fine."

"Strange how? Like yours?"

Geto yawns and lies back on the Cursed Spirit. "No, his was…exceptionally boring."

END CHAPTER---

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