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Rage.
Hatred.
Fury.
Desperation.
These were the emotions that Yuji Itadori was feeling as he landed a punch on his uncle, Ryomen Sukuna, who was in his true form, reincarnated through Megumi Fushiguro, and spat out blood, being tag-teamed by Yuji Itadori and Aoi Todo, who was swapping them with his Woogie Boogie Cursed Technique.
Yuji hated him. He hated him so much!
Everything Sukuna had done to him were for no reason, no reason at all. Just for his amusement, his fucking entertainment. Sukuna had killed Choso, a brother, someone who helped Yuji through all his obstacles till now, and someone who Yuji was convinced that he could build a further connection with.
And Sukuna killed him. Just like that. With that damn Fire Arrow of his. An attack that was meant for Yuji, but at the last second Choso jumped in to save him, and it cost him his life.
Once again, it was all Yuji’s fault. Just like in Shibuya, but now it was worse then ever, now Gojo sensei was dead as well. Why did all this happen? Why to him goddamit?!
So many people died because of him, because of what Sukuna did in his body. He knew he could never make up for such heinous actions.
All this because he ate a lousy finger. Because his was birthed with the purpose of becoming Sukuna’s vessel. His life was nothing more than a puppet show that Kenjaku and Sukuna had made for themselves.
But that wouldn't stop him.
He WILL kill Sukuna. Crush his heart and save Megumi, no matter what it takes! Even if it meant his own death. But still…
A part of Yuji wanted to save Sukuna. To convince him that strength wasn’t the only thing that mattered. But he had to survive to do that.
Todo swapped Yuji for the fifth time, as Yuji landed a left hook to Sukuna’s jaw, causing the King of Curses to spit blood.
``DAMN YOU, BRAT!!!``
Yuji took this chance and went for another punch, but mere seconds before he could…
Poof!
Yuji Itadori completely vanished from the battlefield in a poof of smoke, leaving both Sukuna and Todo confused, as they darted their eyes around, trying to find where Yuji was.
``Brother…? BROTHER!!``
Sukuna however smirked, as he took this chance and dashed forward, blitzing over to Todo, and as the buff Sorcerer turned around, he saw Sukuna’s punch mere inches from making contact with him.
Earth ???
Location: Republic City
This was bad.
Really fucking bad.
That’s the only thing Korra could think of as she lay on the ground, barely being able to pull herself back up.
He had done it. Amon had taken away her Bending. After all these years, after all this time of being the Avatar, of getting stronger, hoping to make a difference in the world…it was all gone.
She wanted Amon to suffer, to die, to give back her Bending, anything to stop the pain!
Weakly, she turned her sight to Amon, who had just thrown to the side his former Lieutenant, who had found out the truth of Amon Bloodbending and turned on him. She wanted to feel empathy for the poor bastard, but she really couldn’t right now.
After he was done with that, Amon casually walked past her, like she wasn’t even there and went for Mako! Damn it! She had to so something.
Amon slowly approached Mako, as he lifted him up using Bloodbending, very clearly with the intent of also taking his Bending away. But as he was about to…
Fussh!
A trail of wind started to form next to Amon, which caused the Bloodbender to turn his head in confusion.
It wasn’t anything, he thought, dismissing the wind and going back to-
FUSSHH!!
Suddenly next to Amon, a large, purple portal of energy formed, completely stunning the Bloodbender, as let go of Mako who landed on the ground with a groan.
``What in the Spirits…?`` he muttered to himself.
Korra turned back and saw this too. What the hell was that?! A Spirit portal perhaps? Not that she ever seen one.
But in a turn of events nobody expected, out of the portal, someone was shot right out of it, tackling Amon to the ground as both of them rolled away from each other.
Korra’s eyes widen as she looks at Amon and then the newcomer. Who the hell was that, and where did he come from?
Amon grunts, as he picks himself up, with the boy doing the same, as he looks at the boy, cursing under his mask.
Yuji Itadori frantically gets up, his eyes snapping to the new environment around him. A…dark room?
It was then that Yuji finally sees Amon and the others.
No, no, no! Last thing he remembered was fighting Sukuna along with Todo, but then…he suddenly disappeared and got here. But how? Why?! WHY NOW?! He was so close to beating Sukuna, so why-?
``Who do you think you are, boy?`` Amon asks him ``You must be another one of the Avatar’s comrades, but it doesn’t matter. You will fall as well, along with your Bending.``
Yuji closed his eyes as his head stared at the ground, without uttering a single word. Then he lifted his head up and looked at Amon for a few seconds with a silent, but deadly expression that Amon couldn’t ignore or dismiss, no matter how hard he tried.
`Where is Todo…?`` Yuji whispered.
``Hm?``
Yuji took a single step.
``Where. is. TODO?!``
Amon found himself stumbling back from the pure aura the boy was exerting. It was unlike anything he had ever seen. But he needed to appear strong. He then stopped himself as he raised his palm.
``Silence.``
Suddenly, all the blood inside Yuji’s body started to twitch and crumble under Amon’s control, causing the young Sorcerer to stop dead in his tracks with a scream.
Korra watched this breathless, as she tried to get up, but immediately fell on her knees. Damn it…! She couldn’t do anything in her sorry state!
Mako tried to get up and help, but he was painfully shoved back to the floor by Amon’s other hand.
Yuji was struggling to move. It’s like his own body wasn’t responding to him, but rather to that masked freak. He had to save himself, so he can go back and help Todo and everyone else!
He WILL not die here!
With all the willpower he could muster, Yuji enveloped his body in Cursed Energy, reinforcing it inside his system, as his veins popped and the ground beneath him started to crumble, which made Amon’s eyes widen in confusion.
Then, Yuji with all his strength stepped forward, actually resisting Amon’s Bloodbending, stunning the Bloodbender ``What are you…?``
Koora looked on as well, speechless as to how this random stranger can fight back against Amon’s Bloodbending.
Yuji slammed his foot to the concrete, managing to push his body beyond its limits, having already fought the King of Curses himself twice, and even survived the likes of Dismantle and Cleave. This was nothing.
Amon put more pressure to his Bloodbending, hoping to stop Yuji, but it only made him stop for a single second…before Sukuna’s former vessel pushed himself forward, getting even closer to Amon.
``Stay…down!`` Amon yelled, as he applied as much force as possible, managing to bring Yuji down to one knee, with the Sorcerer grunting in pain.
Mako opened his eyes, seeing the stranger on his knees and Amon looming over him. He had to stop Amon.
With every bit of will his body could summon, he raised two of his fingers, pointing them at Amon, and then…
GZZZZ!!!
A bolt of lighting ignited from the Firebender’s fingers, striking Amon dead on, with the villain screaming out in agony as his control over Yuji breaks, giving the Sorcerer the chance to breathe.
The sheer force of the blast sends Amon flying back and hitting a wall before falling on the floor.
Yuji curses to himself, as he finally gets up, free of Amon’s control, and before the Bloodbender could even raise his head…
Yuji was on to him, running up with insane speed and landing a devastating punch on Amon’s face, instantly shattering his mask and pushing him to the wall, as blood gushed from his mouth and nose, following it up with a gut-punch.
``YOU BASTARD!!! YOU WON’T KILL ANYONE HERE!!`` Yuji yelled between each hit, pushing Amon even harder to the wall, to the point where the Bloodbender even bounced off the metal, spitting blood.
Mako once getting up, sees Yuji’s brutal assault to the now defenceless villain, completely flabbergasted on just how strong he is.
Yuji grabbed Amon by the shirt and launched him over to the ground, preparing to stomp him, but the injured Amon acted quickly and rolled out of the way, jumping up away from Yuji.
The tired Bloodbender wiped the blood from his mouth and looked at it and back to Yuji, with pure horror.
``H-how…h-how…WHAT THE HELL ARE YO-!``
But before he could even finish his sentence, Yuji kicked him outside the room and crashing through the door.
Mako taking this chance, ran to Korra as he picked her up and looked at Yuji.
``Leave. I’ll deal with him.``
Although Mako didn’t know if this guy could be trusted, he had no other choice, as he nodded and sprinted his way past Yuji and Amon from the broken door, but not before Yuji caught a glance of Korra, who looked back with…wonder?
Yuji turned to Amon, who had just gotten off the ground and snarled at the Sorcerer, with the boy not having a single drop of emotion on his face. Right now, all he wanted to do was kill this bastard.
Yuji dashed forward, attempting to land another punch but this time Amon ducked out of the way, using his agility which had allowed him to dodge the attacks of many Benders in the past. Yuji frustrated, goes for another punch, but Amon is barely able to weave out of the way of Yuji’s attacks, and hitting one of Yuji’s pressure points, which succeeds in stunning the boy and allowing Amon to run after Mako as fast as he could.
Meanwhile, Mako was running across the hallway, with Korra in his arms
``M-Mako…my Bending.``
``Everything will be alright, we just need to get out of here-UGHH!!``
Mako drops Korra, as he is pulled and turned over by Amon’s Bloodbending.
From behind Amon, Yuji is running towards the villain, charging up his Divergent Fist, but before he can come closer and land it…
Amon throws Mako over to Yuji as the two boys fall on the ground, as Amon approaches.
Mako instantly gets up and fires off a fire blast at Amon, who swiftly dodges but before he can attack, Yuji comes and strikes him with a Divergent Fist, as Mako joins in and lands a kick on Amon’s jaw.
Amon, quick on his feet, stopped both with his Bloodbending, pinning the down immediately. He pummelled Mako on the floor and walls and then yanking him to the side as he focused on Yuji, who was starting to fight back the effects of Bloodbending.
``You…I don’t know what kind of monster you are, but I’m ending you right now!``
Amon lifted Yuji to the air and began twitching his hands, as the young Sorcerer screamed in agony.
``GAAAHHAA!!!``
Korra, hearing his screams immediately turned and saw his body unnaturally twisting.
No, no! She wasn’t about to let this guy who had saved her ass die, and much less let Amon win.
``No!``
Korra got up and…
Whush!
Out of her fist a gust of wind emerged, shooting towards Amon who gets thrown back and loses his grip on Yuji, who looks confused, with the same being said for Mako and Amon himself. Did that woman shoot wind out of her hands? Just like that man with the fire earlier?
``Impossible…``
Korra looks down at her palm ``I can Airbend…? I can Airbend!``
Yuji, taking advantage of this distraction, punches Amon in the jaw and starts his beatdown on the Bloodbender, with Korra joining in and throwing multiple air shoots from her fists, with the two jumping Amon and not giving him the slightest chance to breathe.
Both fighters were moving in sync like they had been in battle for ages. Korra shot an air blast at Amon’s head while Yuji knees him in the gut. Their fighting styles were very similar, both aggressive, but thought out and with experience surpassing anyone of their age.
With one final punch, Yuji sends Amon crashing out of the window, as the villain is send flying and eventually falls down to the ocean, with the blood on his face getting cleaned by the pure water.
Yuji and Korra pant next to each other, with the Avatar looking at the man who had just helped her beat Amon to submission. From the streets of Rebublic City, the people were yelling at them for ‘’murdering’’ Amon, calling Korra, ‘’Evil Avatar’’ and the likes, but Korra didn’t focus on that.
She stared into Yuji’s face. The boy was around her age, but he was so…
Angry and sad.
There were two scars under his eyes, which looked tired.
Suddenly, Yuji’s sight fell down, as his body collapsed to the floor, with the last thing he saw before passing out was Korra trying to help him.
``How did I end up in this mess…?``