Love and the Tiger Heavenly Emperor

[Bonus chapters in progress. “Love and the King of Curses” is now available. See below for the blurb.]

[Please check out the Tiger-Tiger commission sponsored by my friend in the character section. I’ve been holding back my Tiger for too long TT]

Morinaka Yukina got confessed to by an underclassman from the junior high division.

The boy was the famous Tiger of West Junior High. Stammering, he asked if she would go out with him.

Yukina took only three seconds to turn him down. “Sorry, I like eighteen-year-olds.”

The boy left dejectedly. After graduation, Yukina hardly ever saw him again.

After the violence that swept across Japan had passed, Yukina returned to the worst-hit area to help rebuild the city. She never dreamed her construction engineering degree, which she’d thought was only good for a comfortable retirement, would get a second wind. In Tokyo, she ran into her old underclassman again.

Morinaka Yukina took only three seconds to make her move. “You’re eighteen this year, right? Want to try dating me?”

Itadori: “?”

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Morinaka Yukina has a rule for life: she only dates eighteen-year-old boys.

There’s nothing like a fresh-faced eighteen-year-old.

When she ran into Itadori again, he was eighteen, tall and handsome. A flower this beautiful would be a shame not to appreciate. Yukina didn’t want to seem insensitive.

But what was with the scars on his face? And why was he missing two fingers?! Itadori, what have you been through?

Yukina felt for him. Yukina was shocked. Yukina cradled Itadori in the palm of her hand.

Just when everyone thought they would walk hand in hand into a happy future, Itadori turned eighteen, and Yukina dumped him without hesitation.

“Sorry, I like fresh-faced boys.”

Itadori: “?”

*

Later, Morinaka Yukina discovered that the eighty-three-year-old Tiger Emperor was five times as fresh-faced.

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Pairing: Tiger Emperor. 1v1, everyday comedy, lots of author-invented details. Please don’t take it too seriously.

“Love and the King of Curses” is now available for pre-order. Pairing: Blueberry Yogurt. Blurb:

Shirakawa Chiri transmigrated into Jujutsu Kaisen, a series she’d heard about for ages but had never actually read.

When she learned she’d landed in a world full of cursed spirits, Chiri nearly broke down. But she’d heard the strongest character in the series was Gojo, so she got herself together and rushed to the Gojo clan to seek his protection.

She nearly got beaten to death on the spot, and fled in terror. She remembered the Shibuya Incident clips she’d occasionally come across online. Gojo’s methods were so brutal. How could that guy possibly be one of the good ones?!

Just as she was crying on the roadside, a mysterious man with a pageboy haircut took her in. He gave her food, drink, and clothes.

The pageboy had a pink-haired boss who looked after her. With him around, no curses ever dared come near.

Shirakawa Chiri: Pink hair! Fingers! A second pair of eyes on your face! I know you! You’re Itadori, the universally beloved protagonist!

From then on, Chiri’s goal was to help the protagonist, Tiger Emperor, defeat the evil Six-Eyed Divine Son.

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Sukuna thought the new meal Uraume had brought back was noisy.

She was always muttering things like, “As expected of a universally beloved protagonist,” “That curse scared me, so I used ninjutsu,” and “Itadori, you have to defeat the evil Gojo!”

Sukuna: Evil? Villain? And who’s Itadori?

She was noisy, but the meal had a lovely voice. She sounded nice when she sang, even if she was a little tone-deaf. She talked a lot, but listening to her didn’t irritate him.

Uraume suggested, “Why not cut out her voice and turn it into a cursed tool to keep with you? Then she won’t disturb your rest, Lord Sukuna.”

“No need.”

Sukuna gripped Chiri’s face. As she stared at him in terror, he casually pushed a finger into her mouth. “Hearing her cry with such genuine feeling is much more pleasant.”

Just as he was about to keep his meal by his side for the rest of her life, Chiri disappeared.

Sukuna: “...”

When he met Chiri again a thousand years later, he found that she was beside his vessel, that brat Itadori, and was singing for him of her own free will.

Theme: Love the world and embrace the good in it.