The Red Inn

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1000 yrs ago: Months after the incident

"Lord Sukuna?" (y/n) calls out, sitting behind a paper door.

On the other side, a beautiful hot springs baths in the mid winter sunlight. The pools had large trees canopying over it and steam rising from the water.

A large figure sits at the edge of the springs, with his arms resting on the pavement behind him. With eyes closed he tilts his head back to the sweet voice.

"Mm?" He mumbles back.

"I have brought your saké as you requested." The shadowy figure behind the door had her head bowed and hands in front of her knees. It shivered every time after hearing his voice.

"Come out." Sukuna replies, and at that sentence, the door slowly slides open and (y/n) steps out with a tray of saké in hand. She wore a cleaner and much nicer kimono then the one she wore in her village. All to suit his taste.

She looks at the bare back of Sukuna and still tried to comprehend the position she was now stuck in.

His tattoos lined all down his back. Starting from his shoulders, to his shoulder blades and further. He was beyond her. Just being in his presence was enough to tell her she was the lowest form or being on this world.

She walks up behind him and lays the tray down beside his arms, pouring the Saké into a large sakazuki cup. He lets out a small sigh, then turns his attention to her. She shivers under his gaze and starts pouring the saké quicker. His hand goes to grab the cup, but at the last minute his fingers turn up and grabs her chin. Though when he does, the touch of The Lady Inari stings his heart and pulls away instantly.

(y/n) stumbles back and cups her jaw where he grabbed it. She looks back at him scared, her body trembling from his grip.

The reason he can't touch me is because that beautiful lady did something to me. So if Sukuna ever touches me, even laying a single finger on me, his heart starts to burn up and beats extremely fast. I have to thank the Lady Inari, but unfortunately she has passed.

(y/n) composes herself and kneels beside his body as she waits for him to finish his drink. His eyes never leaving hers.

Though right now, I have to be grateful that Sukuna has put his time and effort in protecting me from other curses who are after the power that resides in me.  She looks into the palms of her hands and remembers all the times he's tried to touch her.

But he really scares me. Especially when he watches me like that.  She raises her head and looks back into his eyes.

He had the cup to his lips and those dark red eyes gazed down at her. (y/n) has always wanted to know what goes through his mind when he looks at her.

Does he think about all the things he can do with this power, maybe how he can get rid of me and take the power for his own. Those eyes have so much behind them but I can never tell what they say.

He lowers the cup near the tokkuri which she handles, and pours more alcohol into it.

"What was your name again?" He says in a low voice. A small needle pains her heart and her face droops in sorrow.

"I-it's (y/n)." She replies quickly, recalling all the other times she's told him her name.

"Your family heritage?" He says, sipping his drink with eyes closed.

My family heritage? I remember him asking that same question a few days after that Lady died. But I never answered him, because we were swarmed by Jujutsu Sorcerers who reacted to the sudden dismissal of my village.

"As far as I know, Lord Sukuna. My family has always been the normal common folk. I don't believe there is anything special about my family, nor it's heritage." She stared at the the small bronzed leaves floating atop the warm water. Some sank to the bottom, while others had stayed completely dry and traveled with the current.

"I'm sure, the Lady Inari didn't just choose your body to house her soul because of being some normal human girl." Sukuna raises his voice and his body grew larger as he stood up and turned towards her.

He stood right before her eyes, and when she turned her head away from his gaze he bent down, placing his palms on either side of her body. Their faces inches from each other's. (y/n) remembered what he told her if she disobeyed him.

* "Disobey me girl and I'll throw you away to be eaten alive by other curses or better yet, ill give you to those greedy humans your sex fear so much."*

Her eyes widen remembering what he said, word by word. If she moved or even ran away from him now, he'll do something horrible like that.

"I see..." He frowns from above her as small warm droplets of water cascade through his hair and onto her cheeks, heating them from the touch.

"You even have potential to wield Jujutsu sorcery, how about that." His eyes never left hers, as if he was studying every inch of her and the Lady Inari's soul.

"What? I'm...able to wield that power?" Without noticing she leans forward, unaware of the excitement rising in her. Sukuna scolds and slumps back in the water.

If I'm able to use sorcery, then I can defend myself from the curses without Sukuna antagonizing me every chance he gets... Besides, the easier his job is in protecting me the happier he is, and the less he harasses me.

"S-Sukuna, you were once a Jujutsu Sorcerer right?" She says clutching onto the tokkuri. With an unpleasant face he glares down at her from his side.

"What about it?" He bluntly says, with annoyance in his tone. Her eyes sparkle with a glimmer of hope and leans in closer to him.

"Do you think you can teach me how to use my power?" She eagerly says pleading for an answer she wishes to here.

"No." He says back, in a blunt way. Her body pulls away and she slouches, gazing back at the fallen leaves again.

No point in arguing with him. If he says no, the answer is 'no' a faint sigh escapes her lips, but she clenches her teeth and glares up at Sukuna.

"If you teach me how to use my powers, then you can use them however you please!" She blurts out. He stops sipping his drink and his eyes became supple. She could tell he was interested in the idea.

He sat and stared at her in thought. Eventually the corner of his lips curl slightly and he bends down to her level inching closer to her face.

"Oh? Is that how you want to be used?" He continues to grin at her. He was so close she could feel the heat from his body, making hers burn with a sensation she's never felt.

"If it means I can learn jujutsu sorcery, then yes! I'll let you use my power however you like. Only my power though, Ryomen Sukuna, nothing more!" His excitement bested him and you could barley see his eyes shimmer to the feeling.

"Is that a vow?" He says with a smug look. (y/n) paused for a second, thinking about the situation she's about to get herself into.

If I agree to this, he'll put a binding vow on me and my soul. One that I won't be able to break, unless he himself severs it, but if I learn how to control this power, I can at least be less useless in this world.

"Yes! Sukuna, I vow that you teach me how to use and control my power to its advantage. In return, you may use it however you like!" (y/n) stands up and clenches her fists while glaring down at Sukuna.

He looks at her with amusement in his eyes and his smile grew larger, the longer she stared at him.

He raised his finger and traces a line down her body and the agreement was chained to her for all eternity. Sukuna stands up and steps out the hot springs with a rag wrapped around his waist.

He walks past (y/n), towards the shoji doors that opened into the Onsen Inn. (y/n) quickly follows behind him as they both walk between the dead bodies that laid lifeless on the floors.

Sukuna has no care who lives or dies in this world. Even if he wants to soak in the best hot springs in Kyoto, he'll slaughter everyone in the inn.

Sukuna proudly walks through the Inn, grabbing his weapons and clothes while doing so.

(y/n) nervously looks around the silent Inn, and the floors were splattered in blood, and bodies of both woman and men scattered every corners of the building.

They're all dead. Not even a single soul remains alive. How can this man be so cruel for no reason at all!

"Stop dragging your feet, hurry up." Sukuna yells out from a shoji door. (y/n) jumps at his voice and scrambles to his side.

"S-sorry." For the past 2 months, (y/n) has traveled beside Sukuna. She's taken notice of how he likes to spend his days. In fact she's come to the realization that he's a very simple person when it comes to everyday things.

If someone displeases him, they die. If he's hungry, he kills. (y/n) looks back in the room and clenches her teeth.
If he wants to sit in the hot springs, he murders the entire Inn... How is this the man who is suppose to protect me. He's a murderer with no sympathy for anything or anyone.

Sukuna grabs the handle of the front door to the Inn and suddenly pauses. A small smirk lifted the corner of his lips and looks straight at the door.

"Um? Sukuna? Is everything alright?" (y/n) says looking up at him.

"Are you ready for your first lesson?" He says with a greedy smile. She looks back at the door and a shadow from underneath it catchers her eyes. They widen at the shadows behind the door moving very slightly.

"Curses?" She whispers with fear trailing her lips. Sukuna places two palms on the heavy door and pushes it open.

On the other side 10 Jujutsu Sorcerers stand with there weapons all pointing at them. By instinct (y/n) hides behind Sukuna who held an ornament in one hand and a polarm in the other.

"Manifesting your energy is your first lesson (y/n)" He says, grinning at the Sorcerers.


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