'King of Curses'

~ 29

Authors Note:

Hello! Hope you guys are all well and healthy!
I just wanted to mention, if you can't remember who Takibi is, he's the curse that Sukuna healed in chapter: The Kings Touch

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Before Gojo could leave Takibi's sights, an eary vibe shrouds the two of them. Gojo turns around looking at Takibi who's eyes had shot open.

"Is that you doing that?" Gojo questioned. In response, Takibi slowly shakes his head.

"No...it's not." He turns around towards the students, watching the reaction of the other sorcerers. (Y/n) was moving around uncomfortably in her sleep, like she was having a nightmare. He didn't understand what was happening, but a sudden sense of strong power hits him in the face. It wasn't Sukuna's nor a new form of power he's never felt. It was a sense of war and death.

His eyes shot open as the realisation hit him. There was only one curse who could produce such thick and dense energy in such a large area.

"Shit! (Y/N)!!" Takibi jumps from the top floor, landing beside her, but before he could grab hold of her, Gojo pulls him back by the concealed chain around his wrist.

"Let me go! What are you doing? Can't you feel his energy around us!" Takibi yells, doing everything he could to get close to her.

"Who's energy?" Gojo says, holding a closed fist in the air, which held Takibi back.

"W-What do you mean, who? Him—him the asswhole who's after her, Akio!" He yells back, feeling that energy grow around them even more thick; like a dark cloud stalking them.

"Takibiii— what have I said about speaking my name so casually?" A voice calls out, but there wasn't a body to claim it.

At Gojo's realisation, he releases Takibi who instantly grabs (y/n) to protect her. He crouches to the ground with her wrapped in his arms, glaring at the upper floors of the mall.

Gojo's brows frown as he searches the mall for him. His arm extends, signalling the other Sorcerers to flee with the students.

"I think it's finally time you hear your own name said aloud." Takibi calls out, taunting the voice.

"Oh how marvellous! You have a whole crowd of sorcerers to watch you die here Takibi." The voice taunts back. Takibi clicks his tongue, holding (y/n) closer to him.

"What made you want to show up all a sudden." Gojo says, a smirk playing on his face.

The other sorcerers quickly moved Megumi and Teru away from the mall and into an ambulance, which had been waiting outside. Hoping Akio wouldn't attack them, they ushed the ambulance to leave.

Gojo knew he was after (y/n). So putting her in the same ambulance with the other two will risk their lives. Right now he knew all he could do was protect her here.

"Seiichi is no longer near her, and Sukuna can't feel me this close to her when he's so far away...it seemed like the perfect time to just snatch her away." He responds, watching the ambulance drive away in a hurry.

"You didn't think I was challenging enough for you?" Gojo says back, crossing his arms.

"Of course not! I humbly say this with the utmost respect; you are truly a sorcerer, curses like Sukuna and I- hmm—are somewhat afraid of." Akio stands atop a railing on the highest level, looking down at the three.
"Not because you can kill us, but because a human like yourself shouldn't exist. It's inhuman... claiming that much power. Eventually when you die, you'll become just like Sukuna and I."