Round 2!

Shuichi and Gojo stared each other down in the training field. Shuichi stood in a battle stance, one of his hands held before his face, while the other was held beside his waist in the form of a fist.

His legs were spread over the ground, in preparation for explosive movement. In comparison, Gojo Satoru seemed increasingly relaxed, his lean figure standing freely in the wind.

Even his cursed energy seemed tranquil, indescernible and veiled; due to his perfect control over it.

However, Shuichi, through the use of his necklace, could feel the extent of his reinforcement and his cursed energy rippling in anticipation for the clash.

In comparison, Satoru also looked at the taught figure of Shuichi.

He could feel the raging flow of cursed energy through his body, something that wasn't seen conventionally. Yet, that only seemed to heighten his anticipation.

Compared to before, his cursed energy control is far better. He's grown in the short time frame of a month. He mused.

Then, a wind blew across the training field with a whoosh. And that was the que...

Gojo Satoru disappeared from his place, a subtle Crack forming on the ground he stood on.

With a gust of wind hitting his face, Shuichi hurriedly ducked under a powerful kick that was thrown at his face.

"Think fast!" Satoru yelled, throwing a punch down at Shuichi.

His cursed energy ripples as he jumped out of the way.

Satoru's fist curled mid throw, heading towards Shuichi's chest.

Bam!

Skkkkddd!

A blow to the chest, that had been partially blocked by reinforcement pushed Shuichi back a few meters.

Recovering almost immediately, his cursed energy materialized outside his body, covering him in a thin bubble like illusion.

A large pole like object, burning in a bright blue hue appeared in his hands. With a tremendous effort of his legs, Shuichi disappeared from view, appearing beside Gojo, ready to strike him with the pole.

Gojo ducked under the pole, throwing a fist straight at Shuichi's abdomen.

Bam!

Crack!

A transparent wall, appeared before Gojo's punch, blocking the fist.

Taking the opportunity, Shuichi's leg smashed right into Gojo's figure.

Vrr~

Yet it stopped...

Infinity!

Bam bam bam bam bam~

A flurry of attacks came from both sides. Gojo's attacks seemed almost instinctual, linking up perfectly with his previous ones. A variety of objects appeared out of thin air, smashing down onto Gojo and Shuichi, limiting their movement and intercepting the white haired teen.

With his pole, Shuichi masterfully deflected most strikes and countered organically. However, Gojo Satoru was defended by the absolute defense of infinity.

He's not using blue... Shuichi thought.

[Gojo Satoru amplifies his fists with blue when in battle. It is a measure that makes up for his decreased damage while the infinity is active, leading to an enormous increase in damage to his opponents.]

[It is a move that not only harms the other party, but also leaves them in a state of confusion and disarray.]

[However, Shuichi had already partially adapted to the amplified aspect of limitless, the blue; making his cursed technique actively reject it. That causes a critical reaction everytime Shuichi's cursed energy comes into contact with blue...]

Using blue on me would do backlash damage to his body. Infinity by itself is limiting the damage he can output. Shuichi analyzed the situation, his necklace extracting all the information about Gojo at every moment in time.

With a twist of his wrist, the pole got laughed high up in the air.

Gojo moved with a punch at Shuichi's face. He smirked.

In response, Shuichi snapped his fingers.

Snap!

Duuuunnnn

A gigantic object smashed into the space they were in, destroying the ground and passing through it like a bullet through cheese. The surrounding rocks got lauched into the air as the dust impeded the outside vision.

The pole made from Shuichi's cursed energy had suddenly expanded in the air!

"Well?" Shuichi said as he appeared some distance away from the attack region.

"It has the range, its just lacking in power. And dare I say style~" The ever cheeky voice returned from the dust cloud. A dust of wind cleared out of dust to reveal a grinning Gojo Satoru.

"Style you say? And you do?"

"Of course!" He replied, getting into a martial arts stance, cursed energy burning at his fists.

Seeing this, Shuichi's grin expanded. That's right! Come at me! He thought.

Seeing his grin as a sign of challenge, Gojo Satoru charged, leaving a trail of dust behind him.

On the side of the training field, the black haired teen sitting down on the grass held a thoughtful expression, his eyes focused on the clash taking place before him.

Then, he sensed a very familiar cursed energy signature behind him.

"You're finally here." He said with a smile.

"I am. What's happening?" Ieiri Shoko, the healer of Jujutsu High asked.

"Satoru met the Shuichi guy today while he was heading out. He challenged him to a spar and surprisingly, he accepted." Suguru explained the situation to her.

"But wasn't he beaten very badly by him before?" She asked in intrigue.

"That's right." Suguru agreed. "But... somethings different about him... I can't quite put my finger on it. Something had changed about his presence and fight style." He said.

Shoko looked at the two rapidly moving figures on the training field, engaged in a rapid movement of exchanging blows with each other.

Her gaze fixated onto the teen with black hair and holding various weapons that shone with an ethereal blue hue. Unknowingly a thoughtful look adorned her pretty face.

"What do you think is the true essence of cursed energy?"

The question once again appeared in her mind.

Could it be... that you have already figures something out? She thought.

~~~

Back in the main campus, Masamichi Yaga sat in a hall adorned by various cursed corpses. Sensing the ever so familiar cursed energy signatures going ham in the training field, he sighed.

Taking out his phone, he messaged Geto Suguru.

[Make sure they don't go too overboard.]

And with that, he got back to doing whatever it was that he did.

~~~

Shuichi and Gojo moved about the field at almost blinding speeds, their movement making wind gales and creating large clouds of dust that made it difficult to see.

Shuichi threw a menagerie of weapons that materialized out of thin air at Gojo, most of which were stopped by infinity and the rest got deflected into the ground.

"You've actually improved! It's surprising really!" Gojo yelled, as his fist connected with Shuichi's jaw.

Having his head thrown back due to the impact, Shuichi still held a smile on his face.

Landing onto the ground, he looked at Gojo Satoru, who also stopped to look at Shuichi.

Shuichi's body had been bruised all over, a result of being repeatedly pummeled by Gojo. Meanwhile, as none of his attacks could reach his opponent, Gojo was unharmed.

Gojo looked on in interest, curious about what Shuichi would do.

Sigh!

He sighed. And a light chuckle escaped his mouth.

"That infinity of yours is really annoying..." He said, his voice trailing out at the end.

"Oh? That so?" Gojo's reply was etched with sarcasm.

"Not as annoying as your face still. That is the most punchable thing in the universe."

Gojo Satoru raised his eyebrow.

"As of right now, the only thing getting punched is you~"

A vein threatened to pop on Shuichi's forehead, before he calmed himself.

Taking a deep breath, he replied, "That's about to change.."

Bringing his hand to his chest, he smirked.

Gojo Satoru watched on in interest, before his crystal blue eyes widened in surprise.

In front of him, all of Shuichi's bruises, which were too small for his hard to kill to adapt to extensively, closed up in real time. In just a second, Shuichi's condition was back to new.

Shuichi's senses cleared up and a sense of euphoria reached his brain.

Damn... this is like a drug. The sense of relaxation it provides the brain is unreal. He thought as he stopped running RCT. Looking at Gojo's face, he was pleased with his reaction.

At the sidelines, Shoko abruptly stood up from her seating position. Her eyes widened to the extreme, a complete contrast to her usual aloof demeanor.

Geto also looked in intrigue.

"Reverse cursed technique?" He asked to no one in particular. He too knew the answer.

Shoko looked on in shock. She was positive that Shuichi, in fact, did not know how to perform RCT before meeting her.

The only reason he had done a meeting with her was to understand how to perform it; even though he did not gain anything from it in the end. However, it seemed that he did...

Did he learn RCT from watching me perform it... no, that would be too insane. Surely, he must've known it beforehand. Surely... Shoko thought. Even Gojo could not do that... surely he must've known it beforehand.

Back to the fight, the white haired male looked in complete bafflement and surprise at the good as new figure of Shuichi.

He didn't have reverse cursed technique when we fought before... Does that mean he learned it in a month? How? There can't be anyone that can teach him. His eyes wandered to the side, briefly catching Shoko. There can't be a qualified teacher that can teach him...

Shaking his head, the same sarcastic smile returned to his face.

"Ho? So you can do that. But how will it help you? It just turns you into more of a punching bag."

Shuichi's smirk widened hearing his words.

He lifted his hand to the level of his shoulders and pointed down towards the ground, then, he twirled the finger in a circular motion.

Narrowing his eyes a bit at the display, Gojo looked at the ground and around him. A confused expression marred his face for a moment, but then, his eyes suddenly widened in amazement.

A manic smile graced his lips as he called out, "So that's what you were going for!"

Shuichi snapped his fingers in response.

And with that, a sudden shift in the ambient air took place.

Geto Suguru and Ieiri Shoko that were sitting on the sidelines had their mouths agape as they witnessed the play.

[Every single weapon that Shuichi had materialized and thrown at Gojo and not been dispelled, every single piece of destruction that he himself had made, every drag of his feet, it all came together to make a gigantic structure of cursed energy...]

[A barrier foundation!]

The ground got injected by Shuichi's cursed energy and glowed in a reddish blue hue. A power air swept the training field as a transient and transparent 'wall' appeared all around Gojo and Shuichi.

The barrier had been established!

My cursed technique... I see, the barrier limits the output of my cursed techniques, preventing me from utilizing it. Gojo thought, thoroughly impressed by the extensive and masterful usage of barrier arts.

"Now..." Shuichi muttered, and then, the barrier shone for a moment.

Gojo's eyes widened further, feeling the output of his cursed technique plummet down to almost nil.

[Shuichi's barrier has a single ruke, made by the usage of the skill, Rule Making.]

[Any being with a cursed technique inside the barrier would have their cursed technique's output forcibly lowered.]

[Anyone with a particular cursed energy signature was exempt from this rule. Naturally, this rule applied to Shuichi himself.]

Without waiting for Gojo to adjust, Shuichi dashed at the opponent, arriving before him in a split second.

[However, after the creation of the barrier, Shuichi realized that in front of the Six Eyes which provided absolute efficiency of energy, simply reducing the output would not be enough. And so, a binding vow was made.]

[In exchange for sacrificing his own ability to ignore the forceful output reduction of the barrier, he would double down on the output reduction faced by his opponent, Gojo Satoru. This led to an absolute plummet in the cursed technique output; meaning, while encased by the barrier, Gojo was unable to utilize his cursed technique!]

[It went without saying, the same was true for Shuichi himself.]

Gojo reinforced his body, try to block his strike with his arms.

However...

Bam!

A resounding sound of an impact sounded in the training field.

For the first time since they met, Shuichi's fist had reached Gojo Satoru!

~~~

A/N: I feel like I've gotten a bit rusty at writing fight sequences. Tell me your thoughts.

Throw some stones~~~