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Chapter 3: The Arcobaleno Curse (omake)

Notes:

pre-star plasma vessel arc or whatcha ma call it
suguru hasnt turned yet

(skull is older then satoru)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

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The second he turned into a child, he nope-d the fuck out of there.

Or as fast as he could without seeming suspicious for a person with seemingly no connections. (Verde had at one point made some neat phones so they could contact each other without being tracked.)

His mission as a Jujutsu sorcerer had been to take out any cursed spirits in Italy, as there'd been an increase that had only recently been caught (and he guess he knew why they were so secretive! The mafia!!). The thing was though was that he needed to build a person. 

Because he was kind of born to be a sorcerer. Well, he was born into a clan. But also they sucked, so he did a big 'fuck you' and changed his name and dyed his hair. With piercings attached because why not go with the rebellious look? That meant however that he'd never been to school before. Well, normal school. He didn't know how normal people acted.

While they were recognized by the government, it was a better idea for him to get hands-on experience as his new identity for the next few years or so. Because Italy had been quiet about a lot of things that he needed to find an in somehow. But it also meant that he had a lot of freedom (realizing that he was a Cloud made a lot of things make more sense in hindsight), so he proceeded to join the circus, while secretly investigating around the dark places.

It was when he'd caught the attention of Checkerface that he probably should've ran, but he, admittedly, hadn't actually gotten anywhere.

That was when he'd found out about flames. Another whole secret society! (Years later, he would wonder how Geto-san would've treated it. His whole reason against 'monkeys' was because his friends were dying for what seemed like no reason. To suffer without cause, and that made him angry. But flame society was enriched in blood and sins. Would he hate them too?)

And surprise surprise, he could stand next to those considered the strongest. (Almost. With no actual knowledge whatsoever about the mafia, it made him a civilian. He wanted to laugh.)

He'd never reported it to the elders. For one, omertà, but also... He kind of didn't want to. Skull hadn't actually known anyone who really liked the elders, but what could you do? Besides, what he was here for was about the cursed spirits.

But considering dying will flames came from a regret upon or near death, and that people could be cursed by their regret, it made a lot of sense on why cursed spirits lingered here. Yet hidden deep in the shadows, not to be seen. 

(In another world, they could've all been Jujutsu sorcerers. Competent ones too. He was curious about it. But the thing was, neither side had heard of each other, and that meant perhaps it simply wasn't possible to be able to have both. So how was he different? Maybe his desire for freedom, for independence had been so strong that it went against what was possible. Or perhaps fate was a thing, and he was simply destined to have cloud flames.)

 

During his time in the group, the chosen seven or whatever (look, he couldn't be bothered to remember the name!), he'd been careful to hide his skill. While his cursed energy worked well with his cloud flames (funnily enough, turns out his flames could multiply his cursed energy. ..Perhaps one day he could do enough to possibly rival Satoru-kouhai's, but it wasn't like he did anything intensive enough that it truly required that much, although it could possibly be able to do something with reversed cursed energy? And maybe his ability to use both stemmed from the fact that his amount of cursed energy was lower then a usual sorcerer's, and that was why it was so odd he ended up with a cursed technique regardless.), and it wasn't like he was being restricted from showing it to everyone (it wasn't like anyone would know if he told), but he at first absolutely detested everything to do with the mafia.

Being called the weakest and various other insults, while it chafed at him, was worth it. The last thing he wanted was to give the mafia news about a power source coming from humans. That'd only open up avenues for human experimentation. Even more so then usual.

But his sacrifices ended up for naught because he'd ended up cursed. Into a toddler! He couldn't even ride his motorcycle! 

And for once his patience had snapped. The pacifier might as well have been a chain keeping him linked to the mafia world. 

 

So he'd ended his mission (well, he was allowed to use his own judgement on whether or not his mission was over) early and jumped ship back to Japan. It wasn't like any of the other arcobaleno were willing to stick around either after what happened. After the betrayal. 

Skull had grumpily informed the elders about the curse, and they'd done some research, inevitably coming up with stuff like..

"You haven't actually turned into a toddler. Think of it as your body having basically shortened your adult form down to handle the strain of the pacifier. You've noticed that you still have your strength, yes? Your cursed energy hasn't lessened, although using too much as your body is now might overwhelm it, and it's likely you could still use your cursed technique too."

And also, "Well we don't know. We've never encountered something like this before."

He still wasn't gonna tell them about flames, sure was unlucky he'd stumbled into some curse user right, whose technique casted an unknown on him and his party?

 

Haha..

 

Unluckily, he'd stumbled onto a certain someone while walking on the school grounds.

 

"Eh? Who's that? Wait, I know that purple hair!! And those piercings! Oh, the mighty Skull-sama!" Satoru-kouhai cheerfully teased.

He resignedly turned his head.

"You look so cute like that! Hey, hey, can you call me oniichan?"

"No!" 

Next thing he knew, he was being cradled in the teen's arms. How humiliating...

"Pleasee? You're just so itty bitty!"

"Shut up! Are you recording me!?"

Satoru-kouhai cooed. "I can't help it! Ahh, Suguru needs to see this!"

"Noo! Satoru-kouhai, he'd laugh. He wouldn't even try to hide it!"

"Shouldn't that be senpai? I'm so much older then you now!"

"No you're not!"

"Then oniichan? Pretty pleasee?"

"Stop taking pictures!"

"This is it, I swear. You just look so adorable all puffed up like that, like an angry little chickling."

"Liar!"

"I won't let you go. I'm not afraid to keep you here from whatever mission you were on. You were gone for soo long!"

"Don't you mean kidnap me!? ..Am I a hostage now!?"

"Don't be silly. If oniichan is so bad then what's wrong with calling me your senpai?"

Because it really grates on other people's pride to be acknowledging their junior as someone with more experience. Or someone with higher authority.

Skull huffed. "Fine, Satoru-senpai."

"Yay! You think I could get permission to become your sensei when I inevitably - as much as I loathe so - become one?"

"Don't push it."

"Hai."

"Now lemme go!"

Notes:

i shouldve just started a new series for 'Jujutsu sorcerer Skull' but im already here

Notes:

i dont know the timeline enough. uh.

 

khr apparently takes place at first. at like. 2004 or something?? jjk though is like. 2018. ? so maybe actually. possibly post-curse. except i dont know anything about it. apparently though if skull was still around during then its likely he'd already met gojo and geto.?possibly? dont question me idk

(the 'skull in shibuya' idea was meant for funny haha oop. but i forgot how it was really the turning point where a shit ton of stuff happened)

wuh woh. skull in shibuya for halloween (later, arcobaleno reactions to skull suddenly going dark)

hes actually a jujutsu sorcerer but went on abroad missions (am i using abroad right? thats like. out of country and stuff right? also because if i remember this right there are only like japanese sorcerers? there was an explanation in the manga i forgot. maybe there are others but the biggest population of them are in japan at least. i know this because in the manga its like 'lETS cAPTuRE THe SORCERERS FOR ENERGY' and human experimentation jazz.)

(also because yuuta, thats his name right i hope i didnt forget but i remember back when i was new i kept bein confused between yuuta and yuji. too many characters man. but he was out in a different country during teh shibuya incident dealing with stuff)

 

(can do reverse technique because. he has such a huge amount of cursed energy, not to mention it multiplying via his flames, albeit unconsciously, that he can just brute force the negative x negative = positive to heal himself. iirc theres a character who can do the reversed technique subconsciously because he produces so much cursed energy so it does it automatically? and this person they were fighting tried to target that, so something something. but it didnt work. i cant remember it fully)

 

(alternatively. if i made skull's cursed technique to be like. idfk. god mode. thats fine as long as drawbacks. and no one can be like 'HEY HES SO OVERPOWERED' like 1. shut up, theres a character who, when activating [condition] becomes immortal for like. number of minutes i cant remember. it lasted for as long as a song played)

 

*me sweating as the most uncreative person ever trying to think of a cursed technique for skull when im so bad at naming things. i dont want to be lazy and use someone elses, or use a pre-existing cursed technique like if he was in a clan or something, nooo.
uhm. kind of based off of naobito(?)'s technique.? the guy who has like 24 frames to move, in which he can basically move before even the blink of an eye but if he messes up he gets frozen. in turn if his opponent doesnt follow the conditions, they freeze.*

 

first grade sorcerer (i think i keep forgetting how grades are used)

"For the sinner, the curtain call has come." - Focalors in the Sinner's Finale cutscene. maybe ive immersed in too much fontaine content cause im associating theatre stuff with judgement and trial. wonder if i should change [ The Curtain Call ] to [ Sinner's Finale ]

fuckk this is what i get because furina was my favorite from the first time we met her. i adored her. and im STILL stuck on what happened in the archon quests

 

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why is what i thought of for his technique. actually kind of good? UH

also note that skull is strong in and of itself? like uh. his technique isnt direct, but his physical prowess is. a lot.

 

-- the world went red at teh feeling of sukuna's fingers. okay that sounds SO wrong. but megumi's world went red during the fight with toji, and it was about sukuna's fingers ('just what the hell is going on in shibuya' i feel you)

blown up buildings are when sukunas fighting. jogo i think? and. maybe possibly that thing megumi summoned. mahoraga.? because there was so much damage too.

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i just reread my notes. wouldnt it be funny if skull was op but doubted his ability at every turn because of everything (also idk man, at one point you'll start taking things to heart. being considered a 'civilian', 'weakest arcobaleno' for a long time, even if he had his hidden abilities.. i think hes a very fragile person truthfully.)

12/16 update:
timeline is this
skull is older then satoru. they know each other but he got sent on a mission to italy. he got the arcobaleno curse. iirc though in canon they'd spent over 40 years before it was broken. just pretend it took less time because satorus not gonna be some wrinkly old man (...haha. imagine that, he grew old an didn't. die..) by the time they meet againw ith the curse broken.
the shibuya incident the curse is already broken but it took a few years. canon with tsuna still happened tho, ignore loopholes

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