Naruto - A Cursed System

Chapter 36 - December 7, 1995 - Birthday

"Happy Birthday, Satoru!" Yukio said as he burst through the door, carrying Satoru's daily breakfast.

Satoru reluctantly sat up in his bed and glared at Yukio, "...The sun isn't out. If it's my birthday, can't I sleep more?" Since he became his servant, Satoru had been waking up around 5:00 to 6:00 AM. Even after an entire year, he still couldn't get used to such an early sleeping schedule.

"Mmm, but you already slept for six hours. Anyways, I got you a gift!"

"Can't you wait until during the party? It's in... six hours anyways."

"Hm... Okay, but open it when you're alone."

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"The Kamo Family wishes a happy birthday." Greeted a tall man with black hair and closed eyes. He was the current head of the Kamo Family. He bowed in front of Satoru who silently sat in his chair with his head resting on his arms, giving off the presence of a bored king.

To Satoru's left was the current head of the Gojo Family, Kenzo Gojo. Knowing that Satoru wasn't going to respond to the Kamo Family Head, Kenzo did it for him.

"Thank you, Lord Kamo. I see that you brought a gift for Little Satoru. Please put it

The Kamo Head was the fourth family to greet him since the party started. Behind the Kamo Head was a line of people just waiting to speak to Satoru.

"I understand. Lord Gojo, I hope that we may have a chance to speak later."

"Mm..." Kenzo grunted as a sign of acknowledgment.

Standing to Satoru's right was Yukio. He had been standing there since the party started, watching every family greet his boss. As he expected, he recognized bȧrėly any family name, the only ones being Zenin, Kamo, and Inumaki.

'Hm? Those aren't families. Are those lone jujutsu sorcerers?'

It wasn't just sorcerer families who were invited. The world's current prominent jujutsu sorcerers were given a letter of invitation. Yukio scanned the sorcerers who just entered and recognized some of them, kind of.

'Is that... the Tokyo school's principal? Well, future one. Oh, that's the Kyoto school's principal, I think. Future principal? He doesn't look as old as I remember.'

Of the lone sorcerers, Yukio recognized two of them:

Masamichi Yaga; a cursed corpse user and future principal of Tokyo Jujutsu High.

Yoshinobu Gakuganji; a jujutsu sorcerer who uses an electric guitar and the future principal (or current, Yukio doesn't know) of Kyoto Jujutsu High.

Along with those two were sorcerers who are affiliated with the jujutsu schools. He didn't recognize any of them, so he didn't care.

His gaze lingered on Masamichi as a tinge of sadness appeared inside his ċhėst before disappearing when he looked away.

He silently walked over to Kenzo and whispered into his ear. Satoru noticed this but didn't care. He already knew what Yukio's goal was.

"Lord Gojo, Satoru wishes to witness the sorcerers here today use their cursed techniques."

"Hm?" Kenzo looked at Satoru who only nodded slightly. "Very well then," he whispered back.

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After all the invitees respectfully greeted Satoru Gojo, Kenzo gathered everybody's attention.

"Ahem. Everybody, thank you for gathering to celebrate Little Satoru's birthday today. Little Satoru has a birthday wish; he wishes for every sorcerer to demonstrate their cursed techniques. Of course, it isn't obligatory."

Silence filled the room and everyone looked at each other as they thought about the Gojo Family's request. However, that silence was interrupted by a familiar face; Naobito Zenin.

"I... Uhm... Mr. Gojo, when you attended the party hosted by the Zenin Family, I was unable to show you my innate technique. I'd like to be the first one to demonstrate it. However, it will be easier to show it off if I can use it on a cursed spirit." Naobito stammered, clearly he didn't want to show it off, but his father had forced him to do so.

Satoru nodded and Kenzo had a servant bring in a grade three cursed spirit. Yukio was surprised to see that it was the same curse that he saw before he killed that evil man; the human-like spider.

Naobito went up to it and everyone saw the curse be replaced by what looked like a floating image of the curse. He then slammed into it, causing it to crash. At the same time, the spirit reappeared with heavy injuries, on the verge of death.

The Kamo Head showed off his Blood Manipulation cursed technique. The Inumaki showed off their Cursed Speech and made almost everybody jump at the same time. Others demonstrated their cursed techniques.

It continued for an hour or two before Kenzo stopped and thanked everyone. The party continued until midnight and everyone started to leave.

Satoru heaved a sigh of relief that the day had ended. He looked around to find Yukio but he was nowhere to be found. Thinking that he was waiting back for Satoru to open his present, Satoru went to his room.

However, Yukio was still not there. He did notice a present with a letter on his desk. He went up to the letter and read it.

<I'll be back! I hope! When I come back, I'll be a better servant. Happy Birthday, Boss! :P>

Satoru furrowed his brows as he crumpled the letter up. He opened the present that Yukio left behind and was pleasantly surprised by what he was given. Yukio's present to him was a pair of sunglasses.

(A/N: A pair of sunglasses that look exactly like Satoru Gojo's in the manga/anime)

Satoru had been thinking of getting one since his eyes took in too much information. So, it was neat that Yukio had gifted one. He even liked how it looked.

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Yukio was in the forest within the Gojo Family's territory. Hex was wrapped around Yukio's waist like a belt. He was surrounded by a couple of animals that he had tamed merely by feeding them daily for at least half a year now.

"I'll be going home, soon. Those who want to come with me, stay. Those who can't and have to take care of their family, please stay. I won't be back for a long time, and home is kind of dangerous. So, please decide."

A majority of the animals left, but a few stayed. Looking at the remaining critters, Yukio touched each of them with his cursed energy, "So, you're all coming with me? I'll take good care of you. Though, I'm not sure if you guys can come with me..."

The animals noticed that their surroundings had changed, but they didn't care. They were all focused on Yukio.

'I'll be back, Satoru. Hm, when I come back, should I call you My Lord? Or Young Master?'

Then, the clock struck midnight and Yukio disappeared.

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