'King of Curses'

- 44

Y/n stumbles onto a large pillar, caused by the rumbles of the earth. Her skin goes cold as a familiar energy clouds the entire area. A moment of silence was heard on the opposite side of the building when this energy could be felt by everyone.

She looks back to where she came from. "Sukuna." She whispers, knowing that the uncontrolled energy was his. She winced at the continued pain in her body, dragging her back to her original objective.

She looks ahead at the piles of dirt that had created a small mountain. "I need my heart, I have to-agh." She grabs her balance when a huge explosion lights up the entire night. Dark clouds cover the building and surrounding areas as it casts lightning down in the general area of Akio and Sukuna.

Y/n's eyes gape open as she watches the night light up before her. "He's resorted to the trident." She whispers, falling over from the curses that dug below her. "I have to stop this! He'll kill himself."

"I told him not to use it." A mellow voice says beside her.

y/n gasps at the familiar voice and she spins her body in its direction. She stares at Seiichi as his body shimmered in the night. "Seiichi..." She whispers, amazed at the nine tails oscillating behind him.

"I'm sorry I couldn't help you. You had to be near Sukuna long enough so he could rile Akio up." Seiichi looks towards the sky, where lightening continued to zap. "It seems he's lost it too." Seiichi bends down, extending an arm to y/n.

She looks at it, her memories from so long ago, reminding her that she never took his hand. She gazes back up to him, and a soft smile greets her. "I promised Lady Inari, but most importantly you, that I'd protect you in life, and in death." He says, continuing to extend his arm. "You asked me once. How could I trust you, when you don't trust me. Well, I guess I never really trusted you, when your heart always yearned for Sukuna."

Y/n's eyes widen to tears, also remembering every word she said to Seiichi. I could never return his love, because I always loved Sukuna, and I could only ever love Sukuna. Y/n sniffled her nose, grasping Seiichi's hand, firmly holding onto it.

Seiichi smiles, lifting her up. They both face the dirt mound and stitch their brows. "Now, time to get that heart." Seiichi says, transforming into a large white fox.

...

Gojo, plumets the last remaining special grade into the ground, killing him with a flick from the finger. He steps back taking a deep breath. "Where the hell did they find these kind of special grade curses? Huh?" Gojo looks up at the thunder, as it shook the ground. "That energy I felt before..." He says, watching Sukuna and Akio, completely rearrange the landscape behind the building. "Alright. That's what Seiichi was talking about when he said to retreat." He turns back around to where the others were fighting and quickly runs over.

"Gojo Sensei! I don't think we can last much longer, and that feeling everyone felt. What was it?" Nobara says, sitting down, trying to catch her breath since the curses weren't coming out as fast as they used to.

"They'll kill everyone in this facility." A low voice calls out from behind them.

Gojo turns around and a large smile spreads across his face. "Nanami! Oh gosh, I thought you would have been caught in the middle of all that." He says, wrapping his arms around him.

"Agh!" He shouts, from the pain. "I was, and I managed to escape when I could... Any longer and..." He says, thinking back at all the attacks they were using. Gojo steps back, listening carefully to Nanami. "Seeing those two curses go at it, makes me believe Akio was just poking me around." He looks up at Gojo and frowns. "This fight isn't ours Gojo. If we get involved, those two will kill us." He says, holding his broken arm.