hey everyone. now you might be wondering why there's a big skip in chapters. I've been going through the episodes of the anime, trying to write what I can for the fight scenes between Nobara and Mahito and then the fights scenes between yuji and Mahito but nothing feels right to me. so I've made the decision to cut it out. i'm sorry if you were waiting for this but my brain won't let me come up with anything i'm happy with. i'll be starting off where yuji defeats Mahito and geto comes to help him, oh, sorry, Kenny. and before you ask, yes... kuina is coming.

"Kusakabe! Hey, Kusakabe!" Panda says as he walks amongst the destruction, his gorilla form taking front, only for him to look down and see Kusakabe's arm sticking out from underneath a piece of rubble.

He makes his way down as he lifts the rubble off of Kusakabe, "found you!".

"Panda" Kusakabe says as he sits up, "this is awfully different from what I heard".

"Huh?" Panda says as he puts the rubble down on the ground.

"About Itadori" Kusakabe says as he rubs his neck.

"Nah, that was Sukuna" Panda says as he shakes his head.

"Itadori holds control over that body" Kusakabe says with a sigh, "that's the current story, right? I'll tell you this now. Now matter what judgement gets doled out to Itadori later now that Satoru Gojo is gone, I won't be taking your side. I'm in favour of Yuji Itadori's execution".

"Are you for my execution too, Kusakabe-san?" Kuina asks from somewhere around them.

"Kuina?!" Panda says as he looks around, unable to spot her.

"If you try and get Yuji killed, I'll be sure to spill your guts first" Kuina says as the two of them hear a gush of wind.

--- where Choso is ---

Choso replays the memories of Yuji and his brothers in his head as he sits in a little crevice in the wall, his knees tucked to his chest as he does his best to steady his breathing.

"I have to go" Choso says as tears spill from his eyes, "Yuji Itadori... what are you? I have to know. What am I?".

--- where Yuji, Geto and Mahito are ---

"Shall I save you, Mahito?" Geto asks as he stands behind Mahito, looking down at him.

Did Mahito just say Geto?!

Yuji asks annoyed.

"Give him back!" Yuji shouts as he runs towards Geto, "give us back Gojo-sensei!".

"People believed catfish were connected to earthquakes and told stories of such a monster up until the mid-Edo era" Geto says as he holds his arm up, a black ball of energy forming in her hand, "they believed that when this "Onamazu" moved underground, it caused earthquakes to occur" he says as a hole forms under Yuji, Yuji falling down as he suddenly appears in the air, the ground closing up again as he lands on the ground, Yuji becoming confused and disorientated.

"What just happened?" Yuji asks as he lies on the ground.

"You thought you fell in, didn't you?" Geto says as he looks at Yuji, "though, from the outside, it looked like you fell back all on your own. The greatest strength of Cursed Spirit Manipulation is its quantity of options. I can utilise multiple cursed spirits semi-first grade or higher, and even if you analyse and overcome their techniques, I can just send out new cursed spirits again. Of course, I can also simply pile on attacks without giving you time for that" he says as he sends out the same attack again, except this time, Yuji avoids it, going to punch Geto but he sends out a cursed spirit, Yuji punching that instead.

"This won't..." Yuji says as he blocks his face, the centipede cursed spirits crawling all over him.

"If his forces hadn't been divided across Kyoto and Shinjuku during last year's Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, he would have one instead of Okkotsu" Geto says as Yuji is knocked back into the hole as he falls to the ground, the centipede's crawling all over him, "though, I supposed that had nothing to with you, did it?".

"Give him back!" Yuji says angrily as blood spills everywhere.

"I suppose I should say that even I'm impressed" Geto says as the cursed spirits disappear into the invisible wall behind him, "Sukuna's vessel... is tough".

Mahito gets up as he launches himself towards Geto as he tries to touch him, Geto moving out of the way.

"I knew that" Mahito says as he looks at Geto, "after all, I was born from you humans".

Geto puts his hand in front of Mahito as he starts to use his technique, morphing Mahito into a ball for consumption. Yuji watches in horror as Mahito tries to escape his fate, unable to do so as he becomes a marble ball in the palm of Geto's hand.

"Shall we continue... our discussion of the world to come?" Geto asks as he shows Yuji the marble ball, "do you know about what they call a "Supreme Art"? It's very much akin to the ultimate expression of a cursed technique, aside from one's domain. The Supreme Art of Cursed Spirit Manipulation is Uzumaki. This combines the absorbed cursed spirits into one, creating super-high-density cursed energy to attack your opponent with" he says as he starts to laugh.

"What are you laughing about?" Yuji asks annoyed.

"Oh, sorry" Geto says as he wipes away imaginary tears, "I had just realised I started acting like him. We were talking about Uzumaki, yes? Uzumaki is powerful, but it also means throwing away the quantity of options that serve as Cursed Spirit Manipulation's main strength. So it wasn't very tempting to me at first. After all, I thought it was just a way to recycle low-level cursed spirits. But I was wrong. It displays its true value when a cursed spirit above semi-first grade is used in Uzumaki- and their technique is extracted" he says as he swallows the marble ball, "how foolish. Did you think I wouldn't notice the presence you felt?".

Momo floats above them on her broom as she uses cursed energy in a lantern to send out a signal in Morse code.

"Our signal!" Kamo says as he looks up at Momo's glowing lantern, "the target is... right below Nishimiya!".

Kamo shoots three cursed energy imbued arrows towards Geto that split off into multiple arrows. They start to hit the ground as Geto manages to simply weave in between them all. Mei shoots at Geto as well as Geto pulls out a cursed spirit, holding it in the firing line of the bullet as the bullet hits the cursed spirit instead.

"A sniper rifle, huh?" Geto says as the bullet falls into his hand, "nice. I also agree that conventional weapons should be proactively used when fighting a jujutsu sorcerer".

"New Shadow Style: Simple Domain" Miwa says as she lunges downwards, "Quick Draw!".

Miwa swings for Geto but he puts his hand out, stopping the blade, breaking it as well.

"Supreme Art: Uzumaki" Geto says as the cursed spirit manipulation of Mahito forms behind him.

"Wait!" Yuji yells.

Mahito goes towards Miwa but just before he can make contact with her, there is a slice as a bunch of dust comes up from the ground.

"New Shadow Style, huh?" Geto says as he looks around for what caused the rift between himself and Miwa, "I'm glad. It's nice facing someone with a bit of knowledge".

"Kusakabe-san!" Miwa says shocked as the dust clears around them.

"There's no point if you're out in front, Sensei!" Momo says as she looks at Utahime.

"I couldn't help it!" Utahime says as she sits up.

"Itadori..." Panda says from behind Yuji, "it's you, right?".

"Panda-senpai!" Yuji says happily.

"Good, you're back to normal" Panda says as he looks down at Yuji.

"That man has Satoru Gojo... and the Prison Realm, huh?" Kamo says as he walks over to Panda and Yuji.

"Apparently" Panda says as he looks over at Geto, "I don't know what he finds so fun about walking around with that public nuisance".

"Who is he?" Kamo asks as he looks at Panda.

"The shell is Suguru Geto" Panda says as he remembers seeing the same man the year before, "I don't know what's inside.

"Hey, Choso" Geto says as he looks over at Choso who stands there a few metres away from him.

"He's..." Yuji says as he recognises Choso from earlier.

"Looks like you're realised it" Geto says with a smirk.

"So that's how it is!" Choso says as he balls his fists, "Noritoshi Kamo!".

"Kamo!?" Kusakabe says shocked.

"Noritoshi?!" Panda says as he looks at Kamo.

"Me?!" Kamo asks as he points to himself.

"What?" Momo says confused, "what's going on?".

"The stain on the Kamo clan!" Utahime explains as she looks at Geto, "the worst sorcerer in all of history! If he's right, then whatever's inside Geto would be over 150 years old".

"That seems appropriate, yeah" Kusakabe says as blood drips down the side of head.

"Noritoshi Kamo is merely one of the many names I've had" Geto explains calmly, "call me whatever you like".

"How dare you... how dare you make me try to kill Itadori?" Choso says as he walks towards Geto, "my little brother!".

"Stand down, third-rate" Uraume says as she slides in between Geto and Choso, "don't keep me waiting any longer".

"Move it!" Choso shouts as he throws his arm out to the side, "I'm his older brother!".

Geto and Choso start to fight as Choso manages to move Uraume from his path using blood manipulation, much to Kamo's shock. Everyone watches on as the two of them end up on top of a large tower of rubble which soon starts to collapse.

"Just asking, but you two are strangers, right?" Panda says as he watches Geto and Choso fall to the ground.

"Worse than strangers. He nearly tried to kill me once" Yuji says calmly.

"First it was Todo" Panda says as Yuji takes what is left of his ripped top off, "are you sure you aren't emitting dangerous pheromones or something? Kuina was a total brat before you came and now she can say sentences without swearing. You change people".

"Still, thanks to him, the fight has grown chaotic" Kamo says as he kicks Yuji's shirt out of the way, "we're taking advantage of this".

"Right" Yuji says as he wipes the blood off his face.

"I still have two cores, so I'll lead to the front" Panda says as Yuji spikes his hair, Panda slowly making his way forward as Yuji and Kamo follow behind him, "if we all attack him together, it should at least create an opening. We must do everything we can to steal back the Prison Realm".

Everyone starts to make their way towards Choso and Geto when Kuina flies in, jumping on Geto's back as she grabs his hair and his jaw, prying them apart as the stitches on Geto's forehead slowly rip open.

"Yuji, Panda, Kamo, someone! Get the Prison Realm now!" Kuina yells as she digs her fingers into the brain in Geto's head as Geto screams.

They all run towards them when Uraume steps in between again.

"Ice Formation: Frost Calm" Uraume says as ice frost forms from her palm, everyone getting caught up in it as Kuina is forced away from Geto towards Yuji, all of them freezing in place.

"Don't kill them" Geto says as he looks at Uraume, sewing his forehead back in place, "I need messengers".

"Is that any reason to keep them all alive?" Uraume asks as she heals her hand.

"This ice isn't enough!" Choso says as he starts to melt the ice, "Flowing Red Scale!".

"Then how much is?" Uraume asks as she points to Choso, her fingertip frozen.

Suddenly, Yuji kicks through the ice Choso is stuck in as he get Choso out of the way of Uraume. Choso looks around as he sees Kuina fighting Geto. Geto tries to attack Kuina but Geto's soul forces him to stop.

"Told you. You can't touch me" Kuina says smugly, "thanks Suguru-san. I promise I'll get you out".

"Whose body do you think that is?!" Uraume asks annoyed.

"Definitely not my brother's. Come on, Uraume, use that head of yours. He had four arms and you forgot that? I know it's been a long time but surely dementia doesn't touch someone as powerful as yourself" Xavier says from inside Kuina's pendant.

"You're our ally, right?" Yuji asks as he helps hold Choso steady.

"No" Choso says as he looks down.

"Huh?!" Yuji says confused.

"I'm your older brother" Choso says as he keeps focused on Geto.

"Could you please take this seriously?" Yuji asks annoyed.

"Why don't you try saying it once, for starters?" Choso says as he looks at Yuji, "call me "Oni-chan"".

"Tool Manipulation: Wind Scythe!" Momo says as she makes the rubble on the ground go flying towards Uraume and Geto who manage to block the attack.

"They blocked it?" Momo asks confused.

"Nope, sorry Momo-chan. That was me. Still trying to wrap my head around this infinity" Kuina says as she looks at Momo.

"Itadori-kun!" Momo says from a few feet away from Yuji, "we're the only ones who can move right now apart from Kuina-chan! We need to buy time for Utahime-sensei to finish her preparations!".

"Yuji Itadori is the only messenger you need, right?" Uraume says as she puts her hand on the ground, "Ice Formation: Ice Fall!".

The attack is sent towards the sorcerers and everyone braces for impact, when suddenly, the attack stops as they see a tall blonde haired woman standing there, a large dragon circling her head.

"Long time no see, Geto-kun" Yuki says as she looks at Geto, "I'll have you answer my question you didn't last time. What kind of woman is your type?".

"Yuki-san!" Kuina says happily as she latches onto Geto's back.

"Yuki Tsumuko!" Geto says annoyed.