"My lord!" A curse lands beside (y/n) and Sukuna, wrapped in a black cloth. His face was sweating and his legs were shaking. Whatever it was he witness it terrified him.

Sukuna glares down at the curse, bothered by its presence. Before he came, the two wandered the burning village that had been evacuated before coming. It pissed him off, knowing one of his slaves had betrayed them and warned the Sorcerers of their coming destruction.

"What is it." His voice was loud and angered. It growled like ash in fire, terrifying the poor curse. (y/n) who stood beside Sukuna was wrapped in a beautiful kimono that rarely got dirty. If it did however, Sukuna would kill an entire store to retrieve the most elegant kimono there.

"Our reinforcements have been eliminated, sir." He crouches in a bow, afraid at what Sukuna would do to him with this bad news.

"What! All of them!" He yells back, taking the curse by its collar. He held him above the ground, hanging like meat in a freezer.

(y/n) kept her eyes shut as her arms were tucked in her sleeves. She was all too use to Sukuna's violence. For some time, she had given up on changing him. He had no intentions in changing his motives, but for some reason it didn't stop her from loving him.

"The few that survived, retreated back. As we speak they're fighting against the weaker sorcerers." He says back quickly, hoping that Sukuna was pleased enough with his news. (y/n)s eyes slowly open as they look at the curse.

"Weaker? You're saying they're here?" Her gaze was sharp. Completely different to what they were a year ago. The curse looks down at her surprised.

"T-they are. They're on the other side of the village. When attacking them they seemed to be on the defensive. We tried everything, but if we had hit them more then what we did, we would have lost everyone, m-m'lady." He says, still hanging from Sukuna's grip.

"*sigh* So he's here too... My lord Sukuna, If we stay any longer I'm afraid I will be captured." She continues to say, gazing up at the power crazed man. He drops the curse to the floor and turns around, looking down the road catching glimpses of the sorcerers his curses were fighting. He raises his palm towards her face, blinding her.

"Would you allow me?" He says in a calm voice. Her lips parted as she knew exactly what he meant. She still couldn't control it. If she lost control it could take out their own army too. Even against those sorcerers, she feared it wouldn't hurt them.

"But...Lord Sukuna. Is this the right time to use it?" She looks down at the gravel by her feet, thinking of all the outcomes that could happen.

"Are you afraid, or is it something else." He removes his palm and glares down at her. When practicing to use it, he knew she feared to control it.

"T-that's not it, Sukuna!" She quickly replies, knowing if she said she was, he'd abuse her again like he did when training.

"Then what is it? My patients run thin." He tilts her chin up, pushing her off the edge of her comforts. He knows she's grown to him. She's changed incredibly since the day he destroyed her life.

"Okey..." She whispers in response, turning her gaze away from his.

"There you two are." A voice calls out from the flames. A man they knew too well steps through the heat of fire, clenching a blade in his hand.

"Akio?" (y/n) says, looking past Sukuna's body. Her eyes widen and the thought of her being captured terrified her. She's heard stories about him from Sukuna and made him sound like an all powerful being.

"It was hard to sniff you out, Sukuna. You really gotta train your curses better, or at least better ones. He led me straight here." Akio grins, licking the blood around his lips. His eyes were crazed with battle and blood lust that it scared (y/n) more.

"I-I'm sorry lord Sukuna, I didn't know he followed me!" The curse drops to the floor, begging Sukuna to not kill him. Sukuna looks down at the curse and rips him into two; blood splatting everywhere.

He raises his palm again to (y/n)'s face, draining the energy from her soul. It caused his marking to glow a dim red, signifying he had stored the power in himself. It wasn't a lot, but it was enough to push Akio back.

"Don't be stupid, Sukuna. I'm not here to take her so no need to drain her." Akio smothers the blood on the blade, covering it in its dark red hue.

When walking closer, his entire body was covered in it. Akio ravished in the blood of sorcerers and curses; enjoying the smell and feeling of it.

"Oh? So then why have you come out of the shadows suddenly?" Sukuna folds his arms, glaring down at Akio who stood in an area with no buildings or fences. He looked like a one man army standing in a blank part of the village.

"I'm here on business, little Suki." He bites his lips, starring cold dagger into Sukuna's eyes. Suki, a nick name given to Sukuna by his previous teacher.

"With those sorcerers? I didn't know you could still take orders." Sukuna scoffs back.

"Hmph. You're quite right. Though the only reason why I excepted, was because they're hunting you personally, and in hopes save a poor hopeless little girl." His eyes dragged to hers. A lust-full look playing in them.

"And do they know what you're becoming, Akio!" She calls out from beside Sukuna.

"ahhhh, hmmm... Nope, I don't believe they do." He says back playfully. He loved the weird expressions on her face whenever he'd play with his words.

"And if they do? They'll kill you." She spits back.

"They'll have to try for sure, but first... I won't allow them to know." He squats down, resting the blade on his shoulder. He pokes his finger in the dirt and start scribbling lines into it.

"You see, These... Gojo's are rising fairly high in the ranks. I dare to say they may even surpass the Zenin clan." He pouts his lips as if a child had taken his spirit, but his words were nothing of that a Childs.

"So you think siding with these Sorcerers grant you something?" (y/n) says calmly.

"Oh my... Child you have no idea. I like to think of my accomplishments as an asset. Something I can take with me to the future..." He pauses for a moment, before bringing his glare back to the two.

"So far, my trust resides with the Gojo's, and ill stay with them until they are of no use to me." He lifts himself up with the blade and begins to walk off.

"But now that I know Sukuna is able to use your powers, I've learnt more than enough today. Cya later." He waves his hand back as the savage look of anger on Sukuna's face, made him smile.

"I think...Sukuna we should fall back for now. We are only sending these curses in to die." (y/n) says, studying the uncertain expression on his face.

He was ridiculed with anger and disappointment. He was ready to pounce, but if those sorcerers are truly here... It was smart to keep his emotions in check.

"Fine...Send the signal." He abruptly turns his back and storms away from the burning village. (y/n) raises her right arm high in the air and shoots a bright blue light from her palm. It propels 100 metres into the night sky, then explodes like a firework, lighting the sky like lightening in a storm. Instantly she sees all the intelligent curses jump to the roofs of the village and runs towards her.

"M'lady, are you sure?" Takibi, covered in blood lands before her with a concerned look. He had become close to her, and knowing she rarely sends a retreat signal made his mind wonder.

"I fear... If we continue our path In this village, we will fail. Those damned Gojo's will kill all of you..." She cascades her eyes down to the palm that she shot her energy from and sighs.

"I think Sukuna hates to admit it, but we're not strong enough to level with them...Yet." She continues.

"For now... retreat to the far end of Lake Biwa. Wait for further orders." (y/n) looks back at Sukuna thinking he might have another plan to terminate the Gojo's.

"Sukuna and I... We'll be away for a bit." She looks back up to Takibi with a sweet smile across her lips.

"I trust you can lead the curses there. You're free to let them do as they please, but please stay within that area until I send Seiichi my word." Her stern voice provokes the other curses around her, confident about what she says is final.

Seiichi appears behind a wall of blue flames wearing a fox mask, hiding his identity from the sorcerers. His beautiful white hair and tail dripped with the blood of humans, masking his soft appearance.

He didn't care for humans, in fact he hated them. He had no worries for killing them, as long as its by her order... He was an assassin, that thrived with the blood of his victims.

"(y/n), if you stay any longer they will find you. You've already led them here with that light of yours." Seiichi says, tapping his fist on her head. She gazes up at him, thankful that he was still alive.

"You're right. Let's go." (y/n) turns her heal, walking after Sukuna with Seiichi following. The three of them agreed to work together in vanquishing humans with a mutual agreement. 1- Sukuna is only able to use her powers within the presence of Seiichi, and Seiichi is able to watch over (y/n) without Sukuna killing him.

To Sukuna, the only thing he saw worthy protecting was the power within her. If anything happened to her his plans to destroy the sorcerers would fail. To Seiichi, protecting the young woman his master left him to, was all he cared about. As long as he was near her, he was happy.

"Seiichi, did you get hurt?" (y/n) calls out, noticing the large wounds on his arm. It was quite large, and blood continued to gush out.

"It'll be fine. It will heal soon. I just need some rest." A thick fog clouds around him as he took the form of a white fox, trotting behind her.

"So he manages to stay alive?" Sukuna calls out, waiting for the woman and sly fox to catch up. He never use to be the one to wait for others, but (y/n) took notice not too long ago. It strangly made her feel happy. Seiichi growls at the king of curses, despising every inch of him.

"You should thank him truly, Sukuna. He's sacrificing himself to fight for you." (y/n) walks up beside Sukuna, struggling to look up at his tall superiority.

"Does it look like a care." He says, glaring back at her.

"I know you don't, but you always thank me when I do something for you." It went silent as the words slip her lips. She didn't get it.

He's obviously capable of thanking people, so why doesn't he do it more often?

"You idiot. Don't think too hard about shit like that." He places a hand on her head, squeezing it to shake her thoughts. He hated her calling him out on stupid things like that.

"Ow, ow. Fine whatever." She clenches his wrist, trying to push his hand away.

"Anyway. What do you plan on doing now Sukuna?" She continues too say, as he pulled his hand back. They all began walking deeper into the woods, hoping to gain some distance between the sorcerers.

"Akio is right. All the demons are too weak. I need stronger, more reliable curses to finish the job correctly." His brows stitch together, however his mind ran with thoughts of the possible future if he had curses that powerful.

"How do you plan to do that?" (y/n) says back.

"Simple... You find someone who can make them."  His usual grin appears on his lips. A grin that could mean a thousand things.

It made her uncomfortable, knowing that he could be planning anything that could possibly endanger her. Considering she's still human; one wrong move and she could be dead.