Otherworldly Attraction | Various!JJK x Reader

12 - claimed

"...did I give you permission to touch her?"

The cursed spirit just stands there, wildly in disbelief. Until just a moment ago, it was focused entirely on you. It wasn't interested in Itadori at all. It could have continued toying with Itadori for quite a while longer, but it knew it had to deal with you first. From the moment it took note of your presence, it was determined to kill you.

And yet, the boy that it had previously overlooked is now breathing down its neck, and he even managed to... rip off one of its arms?

Instinctively, it realizes that something has changed. The person standing before it is someone else. Someone completely different.

Someone... strong.

The cursed spirit hastily jumps back, putting as much distance between itself and Sukuna as possible. The reaction is immediate, reflexive. For the first time since it manifested, an unpleasant emotion rises to the surface, impossible to ignore.

The cursed spirit doesn't want to admit it, but...

It's terrified.

"You're such a fool," Sukuna scowls, leaning down to pick you up into his arms. He's already healed Itadori's body back to normal. He originally didn't plan on restoring Itadori back to full health, but he didn't have the time to control his power. He was too focused on jumping in to save you.

Ha. To think that the King of Curses would actually save someone... it's almost laughable.

But that just goes to show how much you've captivated him.

"This girl is off-limits," Sukuna declares. "I couldn't have cared less if you killed those other two brats. You picked the wrong target. You made a grave mistake."

The cursed spirit is panicking, without a doubt. When faced with such overwhelming, oppressive power, it doesn't know what to do. It feels as if it's been backed into a corner. It feels as though its only choice is to fight or die.

And so, it chooses to fight.

The cursed spirit lets out a scream as it channels a beam of cursed energy. Sukuna clicks his tongue at the sight. Even while holding you in his arms, he isn't the slightest bit fazed. All he has to do is shift you around a bit to free up one of his hands, extend it outwards, and just like that-the cursed spirit's attack has been blocked.

"What a pain," Sukuna sighs, so irritated that he can't even derive any joy from the curse's horrified expression. "It seems you still don't know your place. In that case, allow me to spell it out for you. The moment you decided to lay your filthy hands on this girl... you were already dead."

Sukuna gently sets you down, and before the cursed spirit can even react, he lunges towards it, teeth bared. Just like the curse did to you earlier, he stomps down on it with his foot, but significantly harder. Part of the structure they're standing on breaks into pieces, straight down the middle, and the cursed spirit drops down into the water below.

Meanwhile, Sukuna takes you in his arms again and chuckles softly as he admires his work. "What a joke. Can you believe it? Apparently, both of us are classified as special-grade. You and me. Isn't that ridiculous? I'm not sure who came up with these labels, but I'm offended to be put in the same category as a weakling like you."

Still holding you, Sukuna drops to water level alongside the curse. It lost even more limbs during that attack, all of which are buried haphazardly in the wall it got slammed into, like pieces of a broken puzzle.

The curse grits its teeth as it strains to forcibly remove itself from the wall, and at the same time, the lumps of its dismembered flesh gradually change shape-until all of its limbs have been restored back to normal.