Megumi Of Ten Shadows

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-CHAPTER 3-

-FUSHIGURO MEGUMI POV-

After taking a long cold shower and eating some leftover food in the fridge, I got to planning my future step like any good reincarnator out there.

"Okay, so first- Goals." I wrote it down in a notebook as I sat down on the couch.

Number 1. Saving Tsumiki. She was my sister, and that was enough. There was no way I was going to let a 1000 year old granny take over her body. Less said about another 1000 year old demon taking over my body the better.

That brings us to Number Two. Not getting possessed by Sukuna (or hopefully anyone). I know it sounds hypocritical coming from a person that has basically taken over a body, but yeah… I'm not letting Sukuna have it.

This leads into Number Three! Achieving my full potential. Okay, I don't have much in terms of ambitions as having a roof, money, a loving girlfriend and superpowers are honestly enough for me. But I would at least want to make full use of my technique. You know? Make it reach its full potential. As the old Megumi was a bum. Because despite having this since he was like 7 years old he hadn't tamed even a single Shikigami.

No wonder the fandom called him Potential Man… This guy only has potential but never uses it… What a bum- Oh wait! I was this guy now…

Let's just forget everything I said in the few seconds, okay?

Anyways,

I don't want to do this just for me but for Tsumiki too. Because the one possible way I could think of releasing her from Yorozu's clutches and to prevent Sukuna from manifesting in my body is… to defeat and tame Mahoraga.

I guess my line of thinking is pretty straight. That since Mahoraga can adapt to anything, and Sukuna showed that I don't need to summon him fully to make him adapt to something, I can just pass the burden of its adaptation to Tsumiki when Kenjaku starts the Culling Games, so after a few minutes Tsumiki should become immune to Yorozu and well… basically become what Yuji became to Sukuna. A Jail.

Unfortunately I'm not sure I can even pass on adaptations to other people but this is my only hope… so I'm gonna roll with it.

But of course to accomplish that, I would have to make sure that Kenjaku starts the Culling Games… which would kill a lot of people… can I do that just to save her?

And the answer came to me instantly. Yes. I can do anything to save the people that I love.

To a person that had never felt love for anybody, feeling it for the first time was… intoxicating. I never want to give it up again.

Does that make me a psychopath? For allowing thousands of people to be killed just to save the one I love? Honestly, I didn't care.

I shrugged. Eh, it's just a little level up from being a sociopath to a psychopath.

What it all came down to basically was mastering my Technique. And for that, I needed all the experience and training I could get before the Shibuya Incident happened.

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There's a saying that before asking for help from other people you have to be able to help yourself.

I don't know who said it first but I had heard it from my math's teacher in secondary school.

And for some reason it has always stuck to me. I guess it meant having to prove yourself to well… yourself. And only then would you be able to stand on your feet and ask for external help.

It was no surprise to me that I was lacking in self-esteem. I wasn't ever a very confident guy, and judging from memories neither was Megumi.

Both the King of Curses and Gojo Satoru have said that having confidence in your abilities is merely the first step to being a Jujutsu Sorcerer, and I agree with them. Who would you even be able to defeat if you can't even be confident in your own abilities?

So I guess this was my way of … increasing my confidence. And solidifying the dangers I was about to partake in by actively taking charge of and changing my destiny.

What was I talking about? I guess it would be better to show than tell.

In front of me was a small abandoned warehouse, it was put out of commission and left abandoned after the company that owned it went bankrupt. It was dark, it was silent and there were no people for a good distance.

This probably isn't the best place to come to at night. I thought but still strode in. I wasn't normal after all.

My eyes unnaturally adapted to the darkness of the building (probably a side effect of having Ten Shadows Technique). So it didn't take me much effort in finding an open place where I could perform the ritual.

Yes I was about to go through a Subjugation Ritual while not even a day had passed after my rebirth. Was it crazy? Was I suicidal? Was I a fool?

Maybe a yes to all of those, but I felt like I had to do this. Just so that I know that I'm not being spoon fed everything. It was a theory of mine that the reason Megumi grew significantly slowly in comparison to Yuji was because he didn't go through much danger to his life until Shibuya Arc, as even during a Subjugation Ritual he had the safety net of Gojo if he was ever on the cusp of dying.

It has been repeatedly shown throughout JJK that characters grow both in power and skill when they're in danger or at the risk of dying.

So while this may seem crazy and end with me dead… I had to take this risk if I wanted to achieve all my goals.

The first thing I did was summon Divine Dogs to act as my support. Because honestly, there was no way I could win this fight without them.

""HOWLLL!""

I nodded while looking at them taking more stealthy positions according to the plan; they didn't have to take many orders from me- having some kind of basic battle IQ. Which I was honestly grateful for as I could then focus more on the enemy.

Then I took out a metal baseball bat from the bag I was carrying, my weapon for today. I focused on my cursed energy (trying it without closing my eyes) and tried to send it to my palms, which I succeeded in doing but as soon as I tried to send it towards the bat to reinforce it, it just dissipated into thin air.

"I guess that's too much to ask for huh." I muttered. Once again cursing Megumi's laziness in learning basic CE skills. But what do I expect from a 14 year old kid?

Controlling the CE internally and for my technique is super easy, but controlling it outside of my body- to reinforce things seems to be harder than I thought.

I'm delaying it too much. I sighed, it seems that despite my tries I couldn't stop the slight fear I felt at being thrust into battle. But knowing the future this was both much better and easier.

I released a breath. "Let's do this!" and held a hand sign that when looked in the shadows resembled a frog. It didn't need any chant, likely because it was much weaker than the Divine General. "[Gama]"

The shadow in front of me bulged as a human sized green frog with some inscriptions on its stomach jumped out of it. Instantly attacking with his purple tongue which I blocked with the metal bat- which bended under its pressure. "Kuro!" I yelled as I went flying despite blocking.

My trusty wolf came out of the Shadows shielding my fall, and then running towards the frog with his brother to attack. The frog easily maneuvered jumping as the wolves closed in trying to rip it apart with their claws.

While the frog's maneuverability was higher than either of the Divine Dogs, they had the advantage of agility and numbers.

I stood back not wanting to disrupt the rhythm of the Dogs, as they had the frog on back foot. This was my first mistake.

The frog, seeing that it would lose against the Dogs, ran, but its strategy became obvious when it turned its attention towards me. My eyes widened but before I could let out a command, the full strength of the frog's tongue hit me in the head as my vision blurred and I crashed into a wall.

CRACK!

"Agh!' I yelled in pain as I held my head, seeing blood and sweat upon my hand.

I fell down to the floor, holding my knees and head in pain. I couldn't do anything but watch as both the Divine Dogs tried to defend me. My vision was blurry from all the blood mixing in my eyes, as the sounds of barks, jumping and crashing came from around me. I didn't know how much time had passed but judging from my low CE reserves I had to end this fight quickly.

I huffed, standing back up and wiping the blood from my bleeding head. Desperation clouded my judgment as I charged towards the frog after surrounding it from all sides with my wolves. I'm not losing to a freaking frog!

Memories of my time as a dead man flowed through my mind, my cursed energy flared in response to my negative emotions.

Both the wolves reached first, and while the frog tried to jump away, we were now much more accustomed to its tricks. Quickly while Shiro (White Dog) aimed for its legs, Kuro (Black Dog) jumped higher and caught the frog in a grip. All of them fell on the floor but as the frog tried to free itself and escape, both the wolves held strong, their physical strength much stronger than the frog's.

Not a second later I arrived running. "AAAAGH!" Yelling to keep the adrenaline pumping I held the bat up and brought it down on the frog's head.

BAMM!!

My cold anger and desperation flowed through as I kept bringing the metal bat down on the frog's head. The negative emotions ran chaotic as they ran through the tightly held bat, reinforcing it with Cursed Energy in a way.

BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!

Finally I stopped and looked upon the gory mess of the frog I had made, breathing heavily as I wiped my hands off of the purple blood and pieces of meat of the frog that had been flung on to me. Both Divine Dogs returned to my side and were unsummoned as the frog's corpse started disintegrating into ashes.

And soon-

CLINK! I had tamed my first Shadow.

Finally it was over. I collapsed as my knees finally gave out. Breathing out, I couldn't help but chuckle out loud. "Good grief. Maybe I've always been a psycho…"

Lying back and looking up at the ceiling, I muttered tiredly but with a smile. "Only 8 more to go…"

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[EDITED FOR SPELLING MISTAKES]

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