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POV : 3rd Person
Before Akira was born or even Toji Zenin herself, there was sorceress who was born with heavenly restriction.
Her name was Tentai Zenin she was a Heavenly Restriction user, her heavenly restriction was special it gave her unmatchable strength even among the heavenly restriction user's she would rank supreme, yet it came with a curse like all things too good, she would die at the age of 21. She could theoretically even speed-blitz the Queen of curses herself and deal fatal damage if she had the proper tools.
Alas, she was born to early and subjected to the tortures of the Zenin clan due to having no cursed energy. She ended up leaving the clan at just 17 and died young at 21. During her last moment's she wished for reincarnation in hopes of a better life to happen to her but her heavenly restriction has become her heavenly pact, she was sent to heaven but her wish was not forgotten it just so happens that AKIRA was born at the exact same time.
He inherited the Ten shadow's technique something that could rival the Gojo clan's Limitless, he also had a gift from her, the strength of a heavenly restriction user and something special, his raw cursed energy would scale with how much his body could handle, at max he would have 10 Sukuna fingers worth of cursed energy.
The final gift he acquired was knowledge.
He wouldn't inherit all her memories, since she was a separate person from him, but he would acquire knowledge, Tentai Zenin used to pass her time reading away in the Zenin clan compound's library which had all of jujutsu society's literature, even user manual's on other cursed techniques, she read them away from the clan and she had acquired vast information on the world and jujutsu alike.
He would know all about jujutsu even if he himself couldn't perform it himself, (ex: domain expansion,{Currently} or R.C.T ) he would know about history too, even the feared Queen of curses. When the child would be born, he would know this fact from the start that this knowledge was gifted to him.
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THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA
ONE WHERE SORCERER'S REDEFINE STRENGTH
AND WHAT IT MEAN'S
TO BECOME THE STRONGEST
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POV : 3rd Person
The child named AKIRA Zenin has been born into the world, everyone is present to witness the birth of the potential 2nd strongest sorceress but when HE open's his eyes for the very first time, utter disgust and disappointment can be seen across the faces of the entire Zenin clan.
A 10 Shadow's user hasn't been in the clan for some time now and it was most likely this child would inherit the famous technique and be a potential head of the clan. When the boy AKIRA opened his eyes they realized that it was a boy, their curse from the heaven's a regular human, and a boy at that with no hope of ever using jujutsu. All the sorceresses' stood up to leave when
Suddenly, the boy opened his eyes and a golden light descended upon him, his curse energy start's flaring to crazy height's and fear can be expressed on the faces of all the sorceresses present in the room and even the clan head Naobita Zenin. The child has an immense amount of cursed energy flowing from his body, so much so it forms an aura around him.
The clan head, who is also scared regains her composure and say's in a voice that is a mix of fear and astonishment.
Naobita: "How is this possible, for a Child to have cursed energy that can rival a grade 1 sorcerer!? This shouldn't be possible. It is not possible LET ALONE THE FACT THAT IT'S A MALE!?. In all of history there has never been a male sorcerer! my eyes must be deceiving me!"
POV: AKIRA
To everyone only a few second's have passed but for AKIRA decade's have passes, his entire body feels like it's going to explode from the sheer pressure being put on his brain but then it stops.
He hears a voice and he looks around and see's Naobita Zenin, he somehow understands her coherent rambling's. He stay's in his place knowing by intuition that not speaking here would be better.
???: "Mother, how is this possible? I thought sorcerer's were only female?"
AKIRA turned to face the voice and found out it was Naoya Zenin the daughter of Naobita Zenin
Naobita Zenin: " I don't know myself Naoya, this shouldn't be possible, his entire existence shouldn't be possible according to the law's of the world, he is like an anomaly, NO! He isn't just an anomaly he is THE ANOMALY, something that shouldn't exist."
Naoya: "You mean he shouldn't be here yet he is?"
While AKIRA was listening to this conversation he instantly knew with one glance who these people were, it felt as if he had known them his whole life, he also felt an inexplainable rage looking at them.
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AKIRA: "What's happening, why do I know these people? What is this"
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A few day's have passes since the birth of THE FIRST MALE SORCERER and the entire Jujutsu world is in uproar at this strange phenomenon, that is known as AKIRA the Zenin clan themselves have not allowed anyone outside of the clan too see him, the majority even believes' it is a rumor spread to give the Zenin Clan fame of some sort.
Inside the clan grade 1 Zenin clan sorceresses have been posted at watch 24/7 of AKIRA and he is treated specially among the clan. Even the head of the clan Naobita Zenin herself checks in every day to only see the child and his condition.
The Gojo clan has been interested in seeing this child and letting their future head of the clan Satomi Gojo also bear witness this anomaly.
Even the Kamo clan has taken interest in this child. If there are stars in the Jujutsu the world then AKIRA is as famous right now as Gojo was during his peak!
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A few years have passed and now AKIRA's Birthday has passed so he is at the age of 5, he has developed a weird relationship with everyone in the clan. Even though everyone adores AKIRA the same can't be said for him, he doesn't talk to anyone in the clan, this doesn't cause alarm as AKIRA has shown that he is able to understand and talk but more so confusion, why does he ignore everyone.
POV: AKIRA
It has been 5 years in this clan, and today I woke up to realize that I had turned 5 and I had inherited the renowned cursed technique of the Zenin clan the "Ten shadow's" it allows me to summon and tame 10 Shikigami, the 10th shikigami hasn't been named in any of the Ten shadow's user manual's I can recall reading for some reason.
Yet I know because the Ten shadow's technique has been ingrained into my brain, Eight Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga, I assume the only reason there has never been a book written on her or even any info in the user manual on her is because nobody ever survives the first encounter against her, but that's just my intuition.
I mean how hard could it be with all 9 shikigami I should easily be able to defeat the Divine General Herself, at max with a little trouble.
Even though I have never read or even touched a book in my short time alive I know all of this information I don't question it however, because I also know how to fight with weapon's, the other day I was walking in the clan compound and I saw some weapons lying on a table. I picked them up and it felt like I had used them for year's the movement felt so natural like it was a part of my being and soul so I consider it a gift from the...
HEAVENS TO ME
I turn my head and see those dumb guard's, I inform them I have woken up and would like to eat.
Currently, I posses the cursed energy equivalent to a Grade 1 sorcerer however, cursed energy isn't everything I know that and even the entire clan knows that. I personally feel confused if I should even tell them about my cursed technique or not I already don't like their stupid clan traditions and ideas placing me above every other in the clan due to my cursed energy alone, who knows what'd they do next if they found out I posess the Ten shadow's.
I was just about to leave my room when that stupid Clan head marched in with a stupid look on her face
Naobita: "Good morning, young AKIRA Zenin, I greet you today to inform you today should be the day you learn what you're cursed technique is! Being the first male sorcerer in existence and showing unprecedented amount's of cursed energy! but that alone won't suffice, what is it boy? Speak up now, tell me what cursed technique you have I don't have much time!"
AKIRA: Fine, (silently) not like I have much of a choice.
POV : 3rd Person
Naobita Zenin open's her eyes as she see's not the projection sorcery or any other random shit cursed technique,
The boy AKIRA position's his left hand out and the other on top of it resembling a wolf and declares
AKIRA: DIVINE DOGS!
From seemingly behind the boy's shadow's 2 large wolf's manifest that stand at 6'5 feet tall.
Naobita Zenin has a comical look on her face and it seems' that her eyes are going to pop out from just looking at the wolf's that overshadow the little boy.
There are two wolf the first is DARK black and the other is PURE white they appear friendly and are on the left and right sides of AKIRA
Naobita Zenin: "We'll I'll be damned you inherited the Ten shadow's technique this will automatically place you at minimum a grade 3 sorcerer, and seeing your cursed energy you'll probably be a grade 2. That must be the youngest grade 2 sorcerer in history. We'll it's high time I suppose you start to train. The Ten Shadow's user must not be dependent on the Shikigami themselves' they should hone their close combat and other skill's to truly be strong sorcerer's."
While Naobita Zenin is blabbering nonsense, all AKIRA get's is
(Internally)
Akira: Well I guess I was right, they are putting me at such a young age to training, maybe it's because of that DAWG I GOT IN ME but what did I expect otherwise from these stupid sorceresses and their clan tradition's I suppose I should get stronger.
Out-Loud AKIRA say's
AKIRA: I understand, I'll get to training rightaway!
Naobita Zenin: Good, I expect you on the training ground's by sharp 11 am.
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From then on AKIRA would start training with sorceresses on the training field's of the Zenin compound, he proved himself talented, with all type's of weapons whether it be katana's, spears or anything else.
This left all of the other sorceresses flabbergasted at his POTENTIAL, however he did not train with his Shikigami infront of the sorceresses instead he would head out to the wood's near the compound and train with the divine dogs, their coordination with eachother , and just bonding more with AKIRA. Due to his excessive pool of cursed energy for his young age, he could maintain his divine dog's for 8-10 hours easily and every passing day as his cursed energy ADAPTING each day because of his body getting stronger and able to handle larger amount's.
He also saw two small children sometimes watching him during his training in the clan's compound
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During the 4th year he had in the Zenin clan, (BEFORE HE WAS 5 AND NO CT) there were twins born, name Maki and Mai Zenin, who were his second cousin's, who both had low amount's of cursed energy, the Zenin clan was purely disgusted by them and decided to wait till they were 5 to make any harsh decision's . AKIRA took note of them because they reminded him of TOJI ZENIN the one in the Zenin clan who has 0 cursed energy, but AKIRA due to his Heaven's gifted knowledge knew that it was heavenly restriction. AKIRA didn't understand why they reminded him of her though, because she had no cursed energy while the twin's did.
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𝑩𝑨𝑪𝑲 𝑻𝑶 𝑷𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑻
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AKIRA has been training for 1 year in the Zenin clan compound, he can with the help of his divine dog's now easily defeat almost all of the Zenin clan's sorcerer's except some grade 1 fodder's and Naobita Zenin.
On his 6th birthday he decided to subjugate the Shikigami known as "TOAD"
He went to the forest, as now it had become a routine and the Zenin clan knew he was going to be training with his shikigami, but he didn't tell anyone that he was going to subjugate one today.
He can now maintain his divine dog's constantly when he's awake but that put's stress on him.
He lined up his divine dog's and did the summoning of Toad [Gama]
POV: AKIRA
I placed my hand's together feeling ready, I know I can easily subjugate Toad from the old Ten shadow's user manual's but I still felt nervous. I declare loudly
AKIRA: Here we go!
I form my hand's into the sign of toad and summon
AKIRA: TOAD!
A shadow vortex manifest's infront of me and instead of toad summoning, which was what I expected..
Multiple toad's came out all giant and relative to the size of Megumi's toad shikigami. This completely threw me off, but I remembered, in the Ten shadow's handbook it stated that the Shikigami's taming ritual difficulty can scale with the cursed energy of it's user. That mean's multiple toad's can spawn but just as I was thinking this
*WHAP*
A tounge rolls around my left arm and another rolls around my right arm and quickly my feet too are stuck in place by more.
The Divine dog's rush towards the toad's which are of 5 in number. They both quickly tear through them all but one last toad remains which is bigger than the rest.
It jump on top the divine dog's but they avoid and it takes it's tounge off of me and smacks the white divine dog shikigami named Crystal.
Because of this attack on Crystal the black divine dog named Luna was able to rush in and tear the toad's tounge off and finish it with a blow after which toad's body vanished into the shadow's and I was the new master of Toad I rush towards Crystal at full speed and Luna was just able to keep up with me and as I came to the rocks where Crystal has been hit towards I see a crater which has unnatural shadow's in it. I try to unsummon and summon back Crystal but it's no use. Luna sense's something is wrong and realizes like me that Crystal has been destroyed.
I had grown close to these shikigami throughout this year. Nobody in the entire Zenin clan appealed to me and these Divine dog's had both been my best friends and company over the past year, I had grown attached to them. Tear's fell like a stream from my eyes and suddenly I felt my curse energy flare up.
I unsummoned Luna and tried to summon both of the divine dog's yet I was shocked. I realized that I had summoned a massive white+black mixed wolf. I couldn't keep it up for long because it's new form was draining my cursed energy rapidly I realized I had summoned the Totality form of the divine dogs. That form is mentioned in the handbook of the Ten shadow's user but it hasn't been covered on how to summon it, whichever Ten shadow's user wrote that handbook must have intended to let other Ten shadow's user's find out the hard way.
I have no time to mourn over this loss though since it had become evening and the Clan would come out to look for me. I ignored my wound's and made my way back.
I rush in, blood dripping due to me getting launched several time's by the toads in our fight.
The clan head's and other's come towards me and seeing me in this state furiates them.
General pov:
Naobita Zenin: AKIRA! Where HAVE YOU BEEN? You aren't supposed to be out at this time! AND WHY ARE YOU BLEEDING? DID A CURSE ATTACK YOU?
Naoya: What happened to you?
AKIRA: (I wonder whether I should or should not tell them about me subjugating a new shikigami and totality, hmm, I should keep my card's hidden for the future)
AKIRA: I was out training with my shikigami when I encountered a curse nearer towards the opposite side of the forest which has decent amount of population, it may have been grade 2 or even semi grade 1, I was taking a beating so I decided to flee, it even managed to kill one of my shikigami divine dog's Crystal.
Entire clan present: WHAT?!!?!?!?!?!?
Naobita Zenin: You got lucky boy, even with you're cursed energy and physical skill a semi grade 1 is outside of you're league right now.
AKIRA: I understand.
After this little back and forth AKIRA retreat's to his bed with big plans, he planned to subjugate Nue and Great serpent in the next few month's in secret, totality was a game changer, but he needed to work to maintain it. The loss of Crystal was apparent on the boy though as he had a demotivated mood and low spirit. However, he soon stopped feeling that because there is no time to dwel on the past when it is long gone.
In only 2 month's AKIRA has perfected his sword skill's and even mastered how to use the playful cloud but he still lack's barrier and domain practice, he know's how it work's but he doesn't know how to cast it and practically use them.
On his seventh birthday the Zenin clan has decided to show him off to the sorcerer world, prove he isn't fake or a myth and show him to the Big families, ( Kamo & Gojo ) and he would finally meet other sorceresses. Till then he has to become stronger to not become a joke so they will teach him everything he needs to know.
Naobita Zenin taught him about domains, simple domains, barrier's of all types personally. She was shocked to find that the brat AKIRA had easily comprehended their concept and all about them.
Naobita Zenin: Well this is a shock, but nevermind that, it is easy to understand all of these concept's but putting them to practical use is difficult. I will teach you simple domain today, as you already KNOW what it is, let's put it to use. Simple domain as you know come in types, we use "FALLING BLOSSOM EMOTION". In simple domain the sorceress manifests her own domain to nullify a 's auto-hit attack, Falling Blossom Emotion shrouds the user in that counter-attacks the moment a domain's guaranteed hit makes contact. The cursed energy defends the user automatically, countering any attack with equal force to nullify it. It work's effectively well with swords which you have already learnt to use in the last two months. Try to surround not yourself with your cursed energy, but the space around you, try to make it like a bubble so you can breathe ,but instead of water, in domains.
AKIRA POV:
AKIRA: I calm myself, I try to remember happy thoughts, My mind ring's with the word's
(Sacred Treasure swing and rin- No no no no, I try to flare my cursed energy as a defensive aura around me and I try to use it, but nothing happen's)
Naobita Zenin: Like I said brat, this isn't going to happen instantly just because you know how it internally works, you have to put your mind and SOUL to the task.
AKIRA: I close my eyes and try to flare my cursed energy again but it doesn't work, but I suddenly see something with my eye's closed it's a visualization of a black shard which has my Ten shadow's, shadow gooping off of it. I don't know why but I feel like that is me, I try to surround the shard with cursed energy and suddenly-
Cursed energy form's around me and the SOUL SPLIT KATANA that I have sheathed, I open my eye's and simultaneously unsheathe it. My cursed energy has warped into a cloak around me. The clan head has a stupid look on her face as this is the second time I have risen in glory, power and proven them all wrong for judging me.
Naobita Zenin: Tha- That's it... I - I have nothing left to teach you. You are on y-your own now. You are the youngest to ever use simple domain, Falling blossom emotion.
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Hidden from the one born in shadow's
Is one who thrives in their secrecy
They have a smart mind
They should not be forgotten
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Hidden strategically on top of a tree is a beautiful woman with a long suture in a line across her head.
???????: Hmm, This is an unexpected turn of events. I have monitored this boy since birth and he has shown to progress at an extremely fast pace, one which even previous user's of the Ten shadow's couldn't do, he has just mastered simple domain, Falling blossom emotion. Hmmm, truly quite a predicament. The Gojo clan's brat, she can be dealt with in the future with the prison realm, but this boy till then might grow to height's proving troublesome in my plan, Oh my, I have spent quite some time here. I should go back, YUUKI might wonder where I am and with that this mysterious woman wander's off.
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Taming of
The
Sky beast
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POV AKIRA:
Today I set out back to my usual spot in the forest. I have been relaxing for the past few month's because I had been working so hard and only 1 month is remaining till I am to be publicly announced to jujutsu society. I need to subjugate my last shikigami and train with them and also control my strength
The next shikigami I will subjugate is going to be "Nue" The large bird like shikigami that can control electricity and use's the sky to it's tactical advantage. I have been thinking before this attempt to subjugate Nue and I have decided that it would be best for me If I put Nue at a disadvantage even before our taming ritual begins. I hunt for some steep hills surrounded by trees and I find a nice spot. If Nue try's to fly up from here it will get caught in the branches and totality will be able to easily wipe it out.
I position totality on top of the hill and I myself go under it to allow totality a quick leap on Nue.
I join my hand's in the form of a bird and-
AKIRA: NUE!
An endless pit can be seen and out of it's shadow's emerges a giant bird. It fly's straight up but Totality Leap's on it and it manuver's away
*ZAP*
It hit's me and totality with a shock of electricity which make's me stumble but I quickly regain my ground and composure, but Nue give's me no time to dodge as it fly's at high speed towards me and grabs me using it's claws and
*ZAP*
I get electrocuted again, it tries to tear me but thanks to my abnormal strength and durability I am able to survive that but not without some damage,
Because Nue flew down Totality was able to get behind it and dig into Nue's back causing it to dissipate in the shadow's. I had tamed the bird shikigami Nue.
Only after the battle I realize that I am bleeding profusely and that I forgot to bring the soul split katana, I face-plant at this realizing I could have subjugated Nue right then and there when it rushed towards me. With this minor mishap I could have failed, but nonetheless I decide to ask the Clan Head for ownership of the soul split katana to make my life easier.
I declare loudly
AKIRA: NUE!
a pool of goopy shadow forms to my right and it slowly manifest's into a a bird and eventually it takes color and become's Nue, the bird slightly lower's it's head when it looks at me then it stands P̶r̶o̶u̶d̶ I mean regularly.
The giant bird manifest's to my right hand side It can easily lift me so I ask it to fly be back to the Clan compound.
It grab's me using it's feet and I unsummon Totality. The beast fly's at such a speed that it creates a sonic boom In less than a minute I reach the compound.
I am bloody, I unsummon Nue as I feel way to much stress on my brain after using Totality and taming Nue + Instantly using it, but suddenly before I enter the clan compound someone rushes outside at speed I can't fathom but I see it's HER Toji Zenin. She has a cursed worm on her shoulder's that wraps around her thrice once at neck and secondly under her breasts and thirdly it's tail around her waist,
She has two things in her hand's the soulsplit katana and the Inverted spear of the heaven's, the spear has the chain of a thousand miles attached to it which seems to come out from the cursed worm, I try to rush behind her to take it back, but she vanishes. I presume she has borrowed it, but when I go inside the ENTIRE clan is in outroar as two types of thing's can be heard from the people present
???(fodder): THEIF! SHE STOLE ALL THE SPECIAL GRADE TOOLS!
Other???(fodder): HOW DARE SHE LEAVE THE CLAN LIKE THIS? IS THIS OUR RESPECT?
I rush inside and ask what had happened but instead of getting answer's I am scolded by the clan head and sent to recover. Im currently in the recovery station sitting on the bed
Sometime's in times like these I wonder, I am supposed to be special. I am supposed to be the first male sorcerer, a first of history and more so I have the Ten shadow's and my titanic physique at my age but it is only sometime's I get treated like this and all the higher up's see me as is something they can pawn of to sorcereresses in the future to breed and have children with them. I REFUSE!
I want to run away from this hell-hole I want freedom. I decide to learn more about Toji's incident and what happened to her, what she did and most probably after me getting shown to jujutsu society I'll run away into hiding. I'll try to maybe make it look like a curse user was able to kidnap me maybe that will allow me some time, to recoup myself, train and tame atleast 7-8 total shikigam-
My thought's were interrupted by Naoya
Naoya: Shouldn't you be lying down recovering? Also nobody seemed to notice because their mind was more on what Toji did, but how did you get injured this badly? I know you aren't weak and you weren't even at a young age unlike those new kids, at your point you should only be able to get hu- DID SHE HURT YOU?
Akira: Who is SHE?
Naoya: Did toji hurt you?
AKIRA: No! it was nothing like that, an unregistered curse jumped me, I gauged it to be special grade. I almost beat it, but it was able to get an upper hand and I had to flee. I ran here on foot, and as I was entering and this whole ordeal happened. Also what were you saying about me being able to get hurt?
Naoya: Oh right, I was going to say at your level only a special grade sorcerer should do that much of a number on you, as your cursed energy has reached special grade level itself and you defeat all of the sorcerer's here with only hand to hand combat, and that totality of your's it is unshakable, it's like a grade 1 curse itself but as a shikigami.
AKIRA: Yea I know thanks for the compliment, I don't feel myself that strong that a special grade is the only one capable doing this too me, maybe grade 1's too!
Naoya: Anyway I will head out now bye!
AKIRA: Bye naoya.