[Jujutsu Kaisen] But You're a Little Kitty

Ever since he was little, a kitten had protected Yuta Okkotsu. To him, this little tabby was the guardian deity from the school building legends, always protecting him and Rika.

For some reason, the children who bullied him stopped daring to bother him, too.

He knew that in the dead of night, someone would take his hand when he was lost in a nightmare, helping him through the darkest days.

It was his first time being a cat, and he wasn't quite used to it.

Yuta Okkotsu set a bowl of cat food in front of the kitten. "Kitty, this is for you to eat."

The kitten cast a cool glance at the bowl and didn't move.

Yuta looked troubled. "That's strange. Don't you like it?"

"I don't eat cat food."

Yuta: "But you're a little kitty, aren't you?"

"Then how can I talk?"

"B-but you are a cat..."

"..."

The kitten resigned itself. "Fine. At least give me fish, then."

"Yay!"

Later, in front of Yuji Itadori and the other juniors, the kitten took down a Special Grade Cursed Spirit in an instant. Yuji was so shocked his jaw nearly hit the floor. He pointed a trembling finger at the kitten, then at Senior Yuta, who calmly walked over and picked it up.

"Senpai, it, it..."

"? What's wrong, Yuji?"

"Why is a cat exorcising a Special Grade Cursed Spirit!?"

"B-because it's a little kitty?" Yuta Okkotsu asked with a baffled expression.

"Huh??" Yuji looked at Teacher Gojo in disbelief. "Teacher..."

Satoru Gojo ruffled the kitten's fur. "All right, all right, it's just a little kitty. Don't worry about it so much!"

"Teacher???"

*

Mayuri played a pixel-art game in which she played a kitten and had to raise two children through thick and thin: a black-haired little boy named Yuta Okkotsu, and an adorable little girl named Rika Orimoto.

Just as Mayuri was enjoying the soothing experience of raising kids, "Bang!" The little Rika she was raising died in a car accident.

The game's subtitles appeared on the screen.

[Welcome to Jujutsu Kaisen. The game has only just begun.]

No, give me back my relaxing life-simulation game! Why did it suddenly get so dark and twisted??

1. There is some content from the synopsis in the story, but it may not match it exactly.

2. Yuta and Rika are not a couple. Yuta is the main pairing, but Rika also has a lot of story content.

3. Even the author doesn't know what they've written, but since it's written, they've posted it.

4. Jujutsu Kaisen's ending shattered the author's faith. About the extras... maybe later.

Theme: Keep working hard to grow.