"Wait, what? Hang on, hang on. What do you mean another deal?" Itadori sits in the water looking up at Sukuna with his head tilted.

"Never mind that... If something stops me from taking control— I'll need you to lay your life on the line for (y/n)." Sukuna says as he watches Itadori's face change with different expressions.

"That's what her fox told me, well not exactly the sacrifice part...Why, whats going on? Is she being hunted or something?" Itadori frowns as he recalls the words Seiichi told him before leaving (y/n) at the hospital.

Sukuna slumps his body to the ground and crosses his legs, with an annoyed look in his eyes.

"So he's aware too? How long has he known Akio being alive for? How long has Akio been watching her... No that's not it. How long has he been searching?" Sukuna thinks to himself aloud, scratching his chin.

"Akio? Who's Akio?" Itadori asks.

Sukuna heaves a loud groan when Itadori began to ask questions. Sukuna knew he had to tell him about (y/n) And his mentor.

"Hmm, Instead of telling you, i'll just show you." Sukuna placed his index finger on Itadoris forehead and a loud rumble began to sway the domain.

"Huh! Stop touching me!" Itadori pulls away, but Sukuna just restrained him on his back and forces his index finger on his forehead again.

"Quit squirming brat, I'm trying to show you!" Itadori struggles under his weight before his eyes filled with a blinding light.

1000 Yrs Ago

"Sukuna." Akio emerges between the buildings after seeing all the foxes disappear, his blade soaking with their blood.

"Akio? What are you doing here?" Sukuna glances to his left and sees his old mentor. He wore a smile on his lips as always.

"Y'know, I was passing by the area. Hurd a report about a village in distress." His eyes shift to the shivering girl in the snow, but his gaze was pulled away when Sukuna's leg interfered with him.

He looks back up to his student who was now known as one of the most powerful curses. His physique has changed a lot. He no longer looked human.

"Hmph, You've definitely changed since we last saw each other, Sukuna." He cleans the blood from his blade with his sleeve, and puts it back into its holder.

"What do you want." Sukuna bluntly says, glaring at Akio.

"Wellll, While passing by. I saw all these foxes around the area. They were a bit...Vigilant when I wanted to know what was happening. So well..." Akio glances down at his sword and silently smiles under his eyes

"Yeaa, when entering the village I see this bright light shine through the sky. And what did I find? Oh something very...very intriguing." His eyes trail back down to the girl who was behind sukuna's legs. She was getting paler by the second and her lips began to turn blue.

Sukuna looks down at her with Akio, and frowns. He touches his chest where the Lady Inari impaled him, and a faint smile spreads across his lips.

His hand travels up to his face and covers his smile as he thinks about all the things he can accomplish with her by his side. His eyes catch onto Akio's, and his smile disappears.

He knew, Akio would take her and make her his to keep. He has the same mindset as his teacher after all. But this power was his, and its been written in the chains of fate.

Greed is a frivolous thing to own, but when its yours to keep, that's when things can change.

Sukuna thinks to himself as he watches his teachers eyes glow with excitement. The feeling of owning something Akio didn't, thrilled him beyond imagination.

Maybe greed can be valuable at times.

"Careful Akio... Your excitement is showing." Sukuna picks up (y/n) in his arms, and proudly held her as he stares back at his teacher. He was surprised that he was able to touch her.

When she's unconscious...I can touch her? Why would Inari allow that? Or maybe... it's not Inari's choice, but hers.

He sees Akio's eyes twitch in frustration and smiles at the expression.

"At least be so kind and tell me her name?" Akio says, forcing a smile.

Sukuna walks up beside him and glares down from the side. As much as he loved the feeling of being on top, he despised the look his teacher gave.

"I don't know it." He continues to walk off with her, before saying one last thing.
"Oh and Akio. If I see you anywhere near her... I'll kill you." Sukuna exits the village, leaving Akio behind, smiling.

"I would like to see you try, Sukuna." Akio turns around and watches his back disappear in the distance.

The Current

Itadori snaps open his eyes, and blinks numerous times, trying to collect his thoughts. He looks up at Sukuna who was now sitting atop the skulls. The expression on his face looked so disturbed, as if having been in the presence of his old mentor was the biggest burden in his life.

"Is he the one who's after (y/n)? But why!" Itadori says, standing up in his spot while clenching his fists.

Sukuna raises his brow in interest as he watches Itadori get more angry then he should be. He smiles as he realizes Itadori's feelings towards (y/n).

"She has part of the soul of a very ancient Yokai... Its because of that soul shes able to become a Jujutsu Sorcerer, but she's limited."  Sukuna explained. Itadoris eyes widen and he steps back.

"What?" He says under his breath.

"*sigh*. That girl you saw in that memory, was her in a past life. It was when I first met her, and when she inherited the soul." Sukuna jumps down from his bone pile and lands centimetres away from Itadori.

"Why does this involve you?" Itadori says, bending back away from him. Sukuna glances down at his chest, recalling the feeling of her hands around his heart.

"I have been, what you would call soul-bound...Its similar to the bond Seiichi and (y/n) have, but unlike him, I was practically forced into it." Itadori takes a step back and looks Sukuna up and down, thinking about how someone entrusted their soul to this killer.

"And what's this 'deal' you're talking about." Itadori says, bringing back the original reason Sukuna even bothered talking to him.

"When I feel Akio's presence, I am to take control for up to an hour. That's all." Sukuna crosses his arms, knowing he'll take control anyways.

The past few days he's been able to block Itadori mainly because he has used his cursed energy to submerge himself and concussing Yuji.

Though he's only able to do this in (y/n)'s presence by absorbing her energy, but by doing this, Sukuna becomes weak and cant use his powers at his full advantage.

"An hour! Heck NO!" Itadori yells back, falling into a battle stance, expecting Sukuna to attack him; However, Sukuna looks back at him unamused.

"Fine, I'll say it in a way you will understand. Akio's power almost levels that of my own. Do you you truly believe a 3rd year student can defeat him, let alone protect her from him." Itadori's fist slowly loosens and his eyes fall to the ground. He knew Sukuna was right.

If its true that this Akio dude has the same strength and powers as Sukuna, the only other person who has a chance at defeating him is Gojo. But still! This is Sukuna, he'll end up doing something to her.

Itadoris fingers curl back into a fist, causing Sukuna to sigh with a laugh. He sits down on a skull that was beside him, and beckons Itadori over.

"Well, you know what to do, Itadori. Try and defeat me." Sukuna motions his finger forth, provoking him.

"Aghh! Ill defeat you this time Suku-" Itadori's body splits in half as he was centimetres away from Sukuna.

His body drops to the floor and slowly fades into the water. Sukuna lets out another sigh as he watches his body disappear.

"Can I even defeat him? He was the one who made me into what I am now." Sukuna looks down the blackness of his innate domain and smiles at what he had just said.

"Having doubts Sukuna? You're a fool. You're the King of Curses." He says to himself with a huge grin.

•••

When (y/n) opens her eyes, she's greeted by Itadoris back. He had moved Megumi and Nobara up against a wall, and had (y/n) laying down with some cloth under her head. He was trying to contact Gojo who hadn't been picking up.

"Aghh, jeez! Why isn't he picking up?" Itadori brings the phone to his ear again and the call goes straight to voicemail.

"Jeez! What the hell even happened to everyone? Did Sukuna do thi- (Y/N)!" Itadori notices (y/n) watching him and turns around crouching down beside her.

"Are you okey! Are you hurt! I remember you being beaten to a pulp, but-uh, now when looking at you, your wounds have healed." Itadori helps (y/n) sit up and she glances at Megumi and Nobara beside her. They hadn't woken up yet.

"H-how long has it been since he came?" She holds her head and looks around the area, and notices the sun had risen. Her eyes widen at the early morning sun rays warming her cheeks.

"Its been a whole night! Gojo, he's still-" (y/n) trys to stand up, but Itadori held her arm down and tried to calm her.

"Whoa, whoa. Hey calm down, you're a bit wobbly." She falls back down to the ground and continues to hold her throbbing head.

"What do you mean, 'Gojo is still'...Still what?" Itadori tilts his head and peaks at her face, that was down turned.

"Last night, right after Sukuna took control, a man...An unregistered special grade curse ,showed up and attacked us all. He mentioned he chained Gojo up. Whatever that is suppose to mean. His name was Akio." She says. Itadori looks up at the sky then the rubble around them.

"At least everyone is alright. Do you know where this Akio guy, chained up Gojo?" (y/n) nods at Itadori's question and they both head to the opposite side of the village.

They enter the park and the ground was no longer there. Only a gaping hole of dirt lays in the center of the park.

"This way." (y/n) says pointing towards a street.

As they round the corner, they see Gojo passed out on the floor, surrounded by more of the huge holes. The street was no long a street, the houses had been completely obliterated and the ground had been butchered to pieces. It looked like a waste land.

"They...Completely flattened this part of the village." She says with wide eyes.

Itadori runs over to Gojo and starts shaking him. (y/n) stood in place still amazed by the sheer power that caused this fight. Her eyes continued to scan the battle field, every block of land got worse and worse. She realized then, that the entire east side of the village, no longer existed.

"Oh my god. This power is after me?" She whispers lightly to herself with small pools of tears forming in her eyes.

"(y/n)!" Itadori calls out, calling her over to Gojo. She jogs over and looks down at Gojo's face. His face was scythed, but it didn't look like there was any major wounds.

"He's not waking up." He says looking up at (y/n) concerned.

She leans down and puts her ear to his chest, waiting to hear his heart beat. After a few seconds a small beat fills her ears and she lets out a breath she had been holding.

"He's still alive...but his heart rate is very slow. I-I don't know what to do. This kind of sorcery is beyond me. I honestly don't know, I don't know if his heart rate continues at that speed he'll die, but it may be the effect the cursed technique has." Itadori sees (y/n) get stressed and emotional and he retreats to Sukuna. A small mouth appears on Itadori's cheek with a smile.

"Sukuna?" (y/n) says looking at his mouth.

"Chained hmm? He really retreated to the chained method. He must have really been in a rush." Sukuna says looking down at Gojo, inspecting his condition.

"Hmhmhaha, maybe I should just leave him like this. I find it very fascinating seeing the most powerful sorcerer look so vulnerable in front o-"

"Sukuna please!" (y/n) yells clenching onto Itadoris sleeve. Sukuna stares back at (y/n) a bit surprised. He pouts, then groans.

"Fine..." He replies. Itadori glances at Sukuna stunned that he even listened to someone. He looks back at (y/n) who was eagerly awaiting Gojo to wake.

The hell? what happened when Sukuna was in control?

Itadori thinks to himself. Without any warning Sukuna takes over Itadori's body and the tattoo around his face slowly materialized. (y/n) looks on in wonder.

"You don't need Itadori's approval  to change?" She says. Sukuna looks at her from the corner of his eye and smiles. He leans in close to her, almost inches away from her.

"With you around, I can do more then just appear whenever I want to." He smirks then slaps his hand on Gojo's face, only to have his infinity get in the way.

"Huh?.. Hmph. Even when chained, he's still able to use his infinity. That's quite impressive." Sukuna mumbles a few words after a red flame emerges from his fingers, radiating with a bright light. His finger factitiously grabs hold of something and then pulled away from Gojos chest.

"Dammit, Akio! This is dirty, cheap work." Sukuna says whispering under his breath, as he struggles to pull something that cant be seen from Gojo's body. (y/n) continues to eagerly watch what Sukuna was doing.

Sukuna continues to struggle, then (y/n) could here Gojo breath faster, and to her realisation, the further Sukuna's clenched hand moves further away from his body the faster his breath and heart beat continues to go back to its normal speed.

"Just a bit more Sukuna! I think he's almost released." (y/n) leans forwards carefully hearing his heart beat.

"I know! I can see it!" Sukuna yells back with the sound of conflict in his voice.

"AghhHH-AGH!" He pulls hard on the last bit of the unseen chain and momentarily loses his balance.

In that split second Gojo snaps open his eyes and throws Sukuna to the ground. grabbing his neck, and pushing it into the dirt, causing Sukuna to sink into it.

"Gojo, NO!" (y/n) yells without thinking. She looked into Gojo's eyes for a split second, making eye contact with him.

She falls back in fear as those blue colored eyes looked back at her. They scared her more then Sukuna's. They were power crazed eyes. Eyes that said they would kill anything in their way.

Authors note:

• As promised, here are some of the character designs I've done.
• I'm still planning out Akio's so I'm so sorry! You may need to wait a little longer.
• Also I've made the chapters a bit longer.

• I apologise about y/n body frame, honestly y/n can be any body shape, I just based this design off of me 🤍