Shed

I never believed in Gods.

Gods are supposed to be beings that watch over us in whatever realm the mythologies say they are, but I've never seen any of them nor is there any evidence of them. Only those documented in less than reliable sources.

I hold no faith for any of them.

Whether they are Japanese, Christian or whatever other gods.

I don't follow any of their teachings.

Why should I put my trust into someone I hold no opinion over. In fact, I should not trust them due to them having so much power and not intervening in human life. These gods living in luxury and divine yet here we humans have to struggle to live and fight for our beliefs and view of the world. Isn't that a bit unfair?

Not like the world of Jujutsu was ever fair.

Still, the only thing I wanted was to stay by my loved ones and live happily. 

Was that such a hard thing to have? To grant?

So I'm asking you gods, any of you. I'll give you anything and everything I have. Just please bring them back!

I need them!

I need them.

I need my twin sister who was with me my whole life. Who protected me when I was weak? Who supported me when I was at my weakest. Who saved me countless times. Who reassured me when I was down. Who was my rival and pushed me to accomplishment? It was all her, it was her who gave me the push needed to survive.

So please revive her like she was before. I love her so much, I can't lose her...

And please revive the man who brought us two out of the darkness that was the Zen'in clan. The man who taught us how to survive in this cruel world. The man who was our idol and figure we hoped to reach. The man who raised us when our biological parents threw us out. The man who taught us what is was like to be loved. The man who gave us a home.

I need them...

I need them in my life.

So please come back, Maki.

Please come back, dad.

There I sat in a wheelchair, staring at two graves. The names etched to the gravestone were Isao Arai and Isao Maki, each had their flowers placed carefully on them.

"Mai, is that you?" I heard a voice call out to me and saw a bright red haired woman in a gown looking at me. 

"Ah, Malenia. I just wanted to go out for fresh air." I said as I knew she was worried. 

She was Arai's assistant and basically stayed with us when we were home. Though that couldn't work after I went to Kyoto's Jujutsu Tech. She was stronger than both me and Maki so when Arai went to work, we would have her spar against us.

Those were the fun days.

"Are you crying?" She asked.

"I'm not." I rebuked as I wiped off the tears in my eyes.

"It's okay to cry. You don't need to hold back."

"I've cried enough. It's time to start our plan, we have to keep going forward." I said as I pulled myself up from the wheelchair. She tried to help me stand up but I stopped her. I struggled and used the wall as a support to hold myself steady.

"But Mai, the plan is already-"

"No, it isn't. Not until it's done."

I said as I walked back inside the building of Jujutsu High. This was where I was getting treated so that I can heal myself. I was after all seriously injured by that bastard Sukuna. Right now, It was the 8th November. I've been unconscious for 2 days since Shibuya. The culling games have started and everyone is preparing, but I'm here staying safe. Doing nothing but wait for our plans to be enacted.

"Malenia, you met your brother, right? Shouldn't you be with him? After all, it's been centuries since you met him." I asked curious as to what her response would be.

"I will in a couple days, I have to go to help Fushiguro and my brother with the Zen'in clan since all that situation with Okkutsu Yuta. I'm meeting up with them at Tengen later so you better not do something stupid while I'm gone."

"Please, I don't even have the energy to do that."

We shared a little laugh before someone saw them at the same hallway. It was Shoko in her labcoat with dark circles under her eyes. "I was going to get you but it seems that you're in time for the treatment."

"Well my back hurts a lot." I said as Malenia helped me up the stairs.

We soon arrived at the infirmary where Shoko did a routine check. "Seems like everything's alright. You'll be able to fully recover in a day or two. There won't be any permanent damage so your spine should be all good now."

"That's a relief." I said after relaxing and slumping in the chair.

Shoko smiled as she saw another student healed up. Everyone was working hard now to free Gojo and she did it by healing others. Though she won't enter the Culling Games just like I won't. "I wanted to ask you this Mai, but are you not going to try using your cursed technique? The Culling Games is right there so entering it should be your goal. After all, Itadori will be there and if Sukuna comes out then that will be your chance to kill him."

After hearing that, I couldn't help but laugh. Not at Ieiri but myself. "Kill Sukuna? Please. There's a better chance of me shooting myself in the head than that happening. If my own dad couldn't do it, what chance do I have."

"Then why not at least help everyone by fighting others. We can really use your help with your immense amount of cursed energy and technique." 

I remained silent and straightened herself. I could feel the enormous amount of cursed energy filling my body. If I could compare it, it would be 10 fingers of Sukuna. At least in terms of cursed energy.

Still, the skill and cursed technique of mine can't compare to him. I lost the will to fight knowing that.

My gaze then locked in with the guns on my hips to which I grabbed hold of and placed it down on the table.

"I'm not fighting anymore. I never had the will to, I just wanted to stay by my family's side. If that was in the battlefield than I'd go with them, but now that they are gone. There's no real purpose for me to be there."

"Even if the entirety of Japan is going to end." 

"Who knows. Besides, I've got an idea as to what I should do."

"And that is?"

"To keep the preparations for our plan going. I'll make you something good but after that I'll lock myself up."

It was a plan that started on three words.

Three words kept ringing inside me.

"Keep storing 'it'."

Those words kept repeating inside my mind and I will make sure to fulfill that.

I don't know why they are so important, but I will keep doing so.

Until I die.

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{AN: Awesomes episode as always.}