Tamaki runs and dodges at the same time from Panda's attacks as Inumaki tugs the collar of his shirt down. Panda throws pieces of debris from the ground of the dome and Tamaki hits them back with his imbued swords, before jumping right into the chaos and slashing his abdomen a bit.

Panda takes a step forward.

"He's fast!" He smiles with his fists up. Tamaki lands on his knees, right in Inumaki's proximity. The speech user pulls out a command and the trainee grunts, feeling his body suspend where he stood.

"Make sure to cover your ears with curse energy!" His father shouts with cusped hands, standing next to Gojo who watches with a sly smile on his face. So far, the man was impressed for a newbie. He wasn't expecting full blown techniques. They're only first-years anyways and that's why he's also the teacher. To get them all in tip-top shape.

"Here it comes!" Panda roars with a fist and Tamaki curses to himself before calling for his partner in crime.

"Suki! Block him." Suki charges right between them, his fist makes contact with her body but she doesn't react and tries to claw at him in retaliation. Panda and Inumaki staggers back when the shikigami, provoked by the danger of her owner, charges at them with full speed. The spirit doll stands right in front of Inumaki, defending him from her hits.

The curse releases and Tamaki follows behind without anyone paying attention.

"Alright..here it goes.." He takes a big huff before sheathing his dual swords and starts to create a radius of curse energy where the both would fall into.

"Sword ambush technique!" He eyes closed and tightened together and suddenly the pressure below his feet blew around him, blue energy glowing all beneath them. Suki jumps up and before the two students can react, they find themselves unable to move.

"What the-" Panda's feet bound to the circle he's made. Inumaki tries to speak but his eyes widened when he sees Tamaki's eyes imbued by energy just like what his told him.

"Alright, now!" He tells himself and he grabs his first blade. Inumaki sees him charging at him and he closes his eyes, afraid of how painful the blade will feel on his skin.

But instead, he feels not steel but wood smack him hard on the head and on his sides.

"One strike! Two strike!" The raven hair boy counts out loud before quickly going to panda, taking out another wooden sword for double action.

"Three strikes! Four strikes!" He's hitting all across before in a flash, he runs in a line that aligns with Panda and Inumaki. A burst of curse energy grows on the tips of the swords despite them being wooden ones. Inumaki and Panda gets scared more and wait for the final blow,

and he does run but he doesn't make contact with them again. He pretends as if he's slashed them before putting the wooden swords away. The circle fades.

"Woah, that's definitely your son, alright." Gojo whistles and looks at the swift sorcerer who can't help but look down and conceal a smile.

"So, he's finally got it figured it out."

"What do you mean? Are you saying he didn't know how before?!" Gojo gasped, amazed if it were his first time performing it.

"Yes and no." Haru explains. "The boy can cast the radius and bind people with his energy. His breathing exercises and management of his emotions helped him a-lot in the past two weeks. Bit it's the swordsmanship he displayed. It was much fluid...faster."

He's really growing up.

"I see." Gojo chuckles as he watches the man become filled with happiness to see his son improving so rapidly. The teacher walks over as Panda and Inumaki finds themselves in a conversation with the new guy.

"Oh man, Maki is going to go crazy when she sees those new skills of yours! Almost jealous." Panda laughs.

"Salmon Salmon." Toge does a few hops of excitement as he bashfully rubs the back of his head.

"That's affirmation, right?" Tamaki asks the boy who nods at him. He brightly smiles in exchange,

"Well, I'm glad you guys like what I learned so far! I still got more to do though.."

"Hey, for a starter, it's not bad." Gojo reassures with his hands on his pockets. "Just leave it to me! When you join the team, I'll teach you more and more ways to improve and sharpen those skills of yours!"

Tamaki blinks at the man,

"R-Really?" But then he thinks of the test and it makes him not get his hopes up.

"If I past the test though.."

He puts a hand on his shoulder and Tamaki gasped at that. He looks at the much taller man with a flustered look.

"No, kid, I think you got this." He jerks his head at his dad.

"Look, you even got the old man grinning like an idiot." In which, Haru screams and shouts at him for being called old.

"I look like your age, ya donut!"

--

And so, Gojo was right at the very end. In the last final weeks, Tamaki sits in the passenger seat looking out of his window. He had passed the test, with Yaga and Gojo pleased by his skillset.

He would attend Tokyo high and a Grade 3 sorcerer.

He's going to see Maki today.

He then looks at his dad who drives the car to Jujutsu High in Tokyo. He has some of his belongings in a few boxes behind the trunk of the truck.

"Are we almost there yet?"

"You asked five times already, Tamaki. Be patient." He tells him and Tamaki sighs, leaning back on the seat.

"Sorry...I'm just excited."

"I know you are, son."

"I-I'm also a bit worried. What will she say when she sees me?! Will she push me away for my own safety or will she hug me with open arms?"

The dad simply shrugs at him,

"I don't know, but even so, I still think she will be very happy to see you."

"Yeah, maybe you're right." After driving for about an hour, they make it the grounds of Jujutsu High, where the first years await for their classmate.

Panda and Inumaki can't help but giggle behind the scenes and Maki watches with suspicion.

"What's so funny?" She crossed her arms with a pout.

"Oh nothing, nothing!" Panda grins and waves it off.

Toge shakes his head at her, "Bonito flakes."

"Oh come on, spit it out!" The girl snaps and they still remain silent.

"Ohh, they're just excited for the new classmate!" Gojo exclaims so cheerfully as he walks behind them.

She turns to look at her teacher,

"Please, tell me they're a girl. I can't deal with these buffoons for any longer." She says and the two look offended.

"What have we ever done!"

"Fish flakes!" Toge points a finger.

Gojo starts to laugh all too suspiciously, similar like how the two were earlier.

"Oh Maki, I think you're going to be moreee than happy." Gojo looks out at the entrance when he hears an engine going off right in front of it. They see a silver truck coming their way and Maki narrows her eyes as it looks all too familiar.

"Guys...please welcome.. our new classmate."

He sees a pair of boots land the floor and has two katanas strapped together on the side. The figure looks lean and slightly muscular. But that black hair on him was a dead giveaway and then,

He turns his face over to her.

The sunshine boy in the flesh. He looks with mouth parted open, the wind sweeping past him as time goes slow. He sees Maki and she looks, completely frozen and shocked by his presence.

And there, that signature sunshine smile he had the times they spent together. And now, here in this moment.

Reunited, at last.

"MAKI!!"

He doesn't hide his excitement and like a child running to his mother, he ignores his dad and goes to her. His hands out as she looks with her own at the side.

She gasped when the warmth she missed in a long time returned to her. He rests his head over her shoulder and holds onto her like there's no tomorrow. He tries not to cry but damn it all, he feels slight tears coming out.

"I thought I'd never see you again, Maki! Thankfully, I was so wrong." She slightly backs off a bit and he looks at her, confused.

"Maki?"

"Y-You idiot!" She barks at him angrily and he takes a step back, realizing she's very upset.

"H-Hey, what's wrong?" He asked.

"Tamaki, jujutsu sorcery is not some game. You don't do it for fun and kicks, you know!"

"But-"

"Like seriously, I almost died from my mission just yesterday and you think this is all easy? You know this is a dangerous gamble. One mistake, and you die!"

He discovers her true intentions behind her lines as she rambles not so angrily anymore. She sounded a lot more concerned for him.

"Well that's why I trained prior." He looks at his dad who watches from behind. "My father told me everything, Maki. I went through three weeks and I know it may not seem like enough, but I know plenty to defend myself now!"

Maki looks down to see Suki meow at the girl, presenting herself at her.

"And Suki is my shikigami. She's helped me alot before but now even more so.."

He takes a step forward, seeing her guard is going down.

"And I'm not here for the funs and games. Yes, maybe I'll have some of those but those don't matter more than what I'm really here for."

She arches a brow as he circles his hands around her shoulder, pulling her a bit close.

"And what is that?"

He smiles once more,

"You don't get it, do you?"

He comes alot closer to her.

She snorts at his answer and tries not to laugh hard. It sounds like she's mocking him. Then everyone around them gasped when her hands grab a hold of his uniform collar, pulling him close and looking at him with menacing eyes.

"You do know if you get yourself in danger, I won't always be there to protect you right?"

"I know."

"And that you can't die so easily, you got that?"

"Loud and clear." He tells her.

Her hands start to tremble in her hold and she shows off a look no one has seen but him. She slumps her shoulders down and her face becomes much softer.

"Then come here, you dimwit." His breath hitches against her lips before they fully touch his own. The two kiss in front of everyone, a kiss they needed after so long.

Gojo whistles as her classmates watch bashfully. And there's Haru who witnesses their kiss and the way they held onto each other.

In a way, it reminded him of how he'd show affection to his wife in their first years. The way they held each other tightly as Yaga laughs at them as they did so.

He then looks up at the sky.

"Hana.." He says the name of his wife.

"We should be proud of our son. He's becoming a man now, crossing the path of his own free will.."

He stares when Maki makes commotion, yelling at the three men who found their kiss humorous. Now, Gojo, Panda and Inumaki were on their knees bowing profusely at the girl.

Tamaki watches with a laugh. Haru whispers his observation,

Later in the evening, Tamaki was unboxing his items and clothes he brought along for his new dorm room. He slept on the first floor with the other first years, but his at the end and also next to Inumaki.

It's late night as he plays some music in his small radio. Then, he hears a knock on his door and he goes to open it.

Maki in her pajama shorts and tank top, ready for nighttime under the hot weather.

"How's the packing coming along?" She asked and he looks at the boxes still scattered in the room. "It's small progress, but I'm getting there."

She laughs at the sight, seeing that he barely had most of his things out. She scans his features and he sees a bit sleepy.

She reaches for his hand,

"Come sleep with me tonight."

"Is it okay for me to do that?" He was unaware of the policy here in the dorms but Maki nods, stating that there was no restriction for him to enter the girl side of the dorms.

"Come on, before Panda and Inumaki catches and teases us again."

"Right.." He blushes before following her, leaving his unprepared room alone.

She grins widely turning to him with her hands tied around his,

"I finally get to have my own room for the first time! Check it out."

She unlocks her dorm room and he walks in, lights shaped as stars brim the room in a white light and he instantly notices the black fur carpet on the floor.

"Woah, is that-" He sees a case with several albums stacked neatly together, with a few punk posters of some cool bands he really likes. She only had one vinyl displayed and its a Gorillaz one

"Yeah, I'm even trying to collect vinyls." She smirks. "But I'm waiting for the next paycheck, which by the way, you do know we get some financial aid just by going on missions and getting good grades here."

He gasped at the news and immediately he's excited for this life,

"That honestly sounds amazing."

"Not amazing as you think, sometimes." She admits before plopping down grey theme bed. He sits right next to her. It feels soft and it was big enough for the both of them to sleep in together.

"I-I will try my best to protect you, ya know?" Maki explains, crossing her legs on the bed. "I didn't want to seem soft in front of those idiots but you know, I'll still try when I can."

He's flattered by it but he doesn't want it. He waves his hands at her,

"No, it won't be necessary, Maki! Don't worry about me." She tries to protest and call him oblivious at that statement but he doesn't let her interrupt him.

"Sure, you can try to protect me but trust me when I say that I won't need it. I-I think I honestly got this..and well, we're only going to fight low grade spirits as a first for me, right?"

"True.."

"So don't worry about it for now.." He shrugs and she lets out a sigh. She sets her glasses aside and when she turns back to look at him, his hands topple over hers.

"But most importantly, I want to protect you. I know you don't need it more than I do but I want to give back to the hero who saved me way back then. The hero that I've also fallen in love with..."

He leans close to her,

"When you left that night, was it true?" He had to ask.

"Do you really love me?

Because I do."

Maki blushes and feels her breath hitting his. Her knees scoot her close.

She gives a teasing smile,

"Isn't it obvious, dummy? I love you too."

He lets out a sigh of joy before he closes the gap between them. Both hands cup her cheeks as they kiss passionately on the bed. She rests a hand on his neck, pulling him at a better angle as they stuff their tongues into each other.

She's licking all over inside of him and when they release, some trail of saliva sticks out. She grins deviously, pulling and pushing him down to the bed. She gets on top of him, much to Tamaki's amazement and continue make out with him more.

She rubs a bit against him with her thin cotton shorts and he moans lightly.

"You're so cute, it hurts~" She purrs when she heard him moan and blush beneath her. Her thick thighs straddling him. He doesn't waste time and pull her down next to him.

The two held hands, not skipping a beat when they kiss. They kept doing so until they felt spent and the two had no plans to go into it anymore yet.

Instead, they held each other against the bed.

"I'm glad you're here with me, Tamaki.." She confesses.

He chuckles,

"We promised each other, didn't we?

Still unsure if i want to continue with the main cast and have Tamaki interact with Yuji, Nobara and Megumi but I might change my mind if this becomes a popular demand.

anyways let me know what you think and pls vote for this story! I gotta feed peeps more Maki content cause there's so little here akskssk.