Arata Nitta meets the king of curses
NOT A SHIP.
Nitta POV
What- what happened I was just with
"T-todo?"
Is this Boogie Woogie?
The air is cooler much fresher than inside the station, I'd usually attempt to enjoy something like this, attempt to take deep breaths in through my nose, down my windpipe, and enter tiny air sacs in the lungs, but it's always felt like I was never able to hold enough air inside my lungs, never enough cool air to probably flow through me.
Usually at night the city smells off cigarette smoke, warm broth, perfume and is usually bustling with people but today Shibuya was dead silent with the smell of tragedy, how many are already dead? How many curses are still out there? Is Akari ok? She said she's with some of the Tokyo students which actually comforts me a little more even tho I've patched up more of them so far...sorry guys.
I stood on a dark street completely empty other than a few cars and a lot of the shops were shut with their shutters down. Why would he send me here? To get away? Probably to swap me with something else, this is so annoying now I am lost.
The dark street I was on suddenly lit up completely glowing in a painful sinjin heat I turned and for the briefest second I was in a ball of flame, a meteor coming down the city around it completely destroyed and in ruins, I was so close to the flames why would I bother to run?
A thick gust of debris comes my way the air alone burned my lungs and the heat pushes me back but when I hit the ground I am somewhere else again, the air is cool against my skin and I can cough and clear my throat. What just happened?
When I turned around it was, there was nothing the entire section of the city distorted and I just stood there. Is this Todo? How am I?
I can't move? There's something behind me that wants me dead and I can't move? A dark force stood behind me keeping me down it was heavy and suffocating and there is no way it hasn't seen me.
"face me"
I attempt to swallow but my mouth is dry, I attempt to do as it says, to look back but my muscles are stiff with rigor mortis and my blood has run cold. I turn all at once...maybe with courage, or my body mindlessly frailing before death.
"Y-Yuji..."
He stood there but he was a completely different person then the one I saw before and in his hands lying completely motionless Fushiguro, he's not dead, I can just tell somehow, and this also wasn't Itadori. When I first met the guy he was down but his talk with Todo and the way he fought made me think he wasn't a bad person just a guy in an unfortunate situation, but now I understand, this thing In front of me is a monster did Akari have to fight this! was she here in that..?
It moved. I watched as it slowly walked to a wall and placed Fushiguro against it...gently before turning to face me. When he first started walking I was hoping it had forgotten me and hadn't noticed me at all but now it is facing me and walking directly towards me, it has Yujis face but not really his face it looked so much more stone and mature then that boy.
It stared down at me for what felt like hours before crouching closer to my level, but I still had to look up at it.
"Your ability allows you to stop existing injuries from getting worse, correct? Is that all?"
I nodded.
"interesting, are you aware you are only using half of your power, why enter a battle field as a healer if you have no intentions to save anyone? It makes you a burden and weak"
Why is he talking to me like this? So casual, I've read the report on Ryomen Sukuna it's a god, a curse that's so powerful it thinks everything and everyone is below it and it is mostly correct. But he's talking to me like a mean upper classmate teasing me for making an obvious mistake.
The pause was long enough that he expected me to respond, but by the time I'd taken a breath in he'd already gotten up and began to walk away.
"come"
I scrambled to my feet and raced to keep in step a few feet behind. We got to Fushiguro and we both stared down at him, there was a look in his eyes but I couldn't say what. A cool breeze flows between us.
"use your ability"
I did. Kneeling down I placed my hand over Fushiguro and "healed him".
"now use it on yourself"
"W-what?" I shut my mouth right after. he was talking to me like such a regular person I forgot who I was talking to.
"You are going to use your ability on yourself then swap his injuries to yourself"
"I-I I...I can't I've never..." When I looked up to face him he had his hand in a mudras a symbol ready to attack I cut my eyes away and snapped back to Fushiguro, I feel sick he's going to kill me. Dread set in my stomach as I was able to really understand my situation.
"try"
So I did. placed my hands over Fushiguro's chest where I originally healed him and tried with everything in my body to take his pain, concentrating as hard as I can but I knew I couldn't do it, it's impossible for me truly I know my limits, I do, and this was not within my means
I could feel this energy behind and his and on my head firm and, gentle.
"you limit yourself"
It began to squeeze my head so I forced all my fear into Megumi.
Please wake up please wake up please
It began to hurt my skull trembling under the tention and he's nails braking my skin.
Please save me please wake up please wake up.
All of a sudden it snapped it was like I could think clearly for the first time like my blood was finally flowing throughout my entire body and serging through my brain and out my nose. For the first time in years I was able to take a deep breath in, it seems foolish now I wasn't able to really do anything for Fushiguro.
The thick rich smell of iron left filled my senses as blood dropped from my nose, I looked to Fushiguro and his injury where gone...and my body ached.
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Sukuna then took Megumi to shoko and left Arata unconscious in that random street. He was later found by one of the scouts and taken back to the Tokyo school medical room.
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context: Sukuna looking for a healer for Megumi ran found Arate and forces him to evolve his technique so he can heal Megumi.
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This has been in my drafts since season 2 came out and I decided to post it for the few Arata fans out there. Am not going to check the SPAG on this just posting it as it is but unless it's not clear
Todo Boogie woogies Arata away, Sukuna finds him puts his hands on his head and basically clears his head and allows him to evolve his technique.
I guess back then my head cannon was his self esteem or mental was keeping him from being able to use is ability I actually don't know it was years ago but this was his new ability lits.
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Being able to transfer injuries of others to himself and others if he can touch both of them at the same time
Being able to restore someone back to their original physical health if he had touched them within 30mins before the injury.
Being able to prevent injuries from getting worse
Dulling pain
Being able to tell someone's vitals just by looking at them
Being able to protect someone from weak attacks if he had placed his mark on them
reverse technique
He obviously would have to learn and practice his new abilities like everyone else but I think it's crazy he doesn't work under Shoko since she's basically the only other healer around.
SPOILERS
I think past me felt bad for the other school since they only have like two good people and since OUR goat Arata saved Nobara he got a status increase and a cool story.
My friend asked me to ask if anyone ships Todo and Arata but just ignore her for real