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I wake up in a dark place. It was pitch black. No humans. No life. Just still silence around me.

I look around running desperately to find someone, anyone. Was this a dream? Is this what hell looks like?

I see, at a distance, a hand, Sukuna's hand, his fingers reaching for me. I run and as soon as I reach and grab his finger all of the black void vanishes. I wake up and see what had remained of his body. His head lying in my arms. His arms and legs missing. And a finger of his in my hand.

Is this what he meant when he said he doesn't know how long will it take for the fragments of his soul to be back together again?

If so, all that I need to do is search for him. That's all. Knowing that made me a little happy. That I could still be with him even after I was dead. Oh, wait..

I get up and look at my body. It was back to normal. All the scars and bruises had vanished except the curse mark from his body that was engraved on mine. Was this really my body? I don't know and couldn't care. All that I have on my mind right now is finding him.

I picked up his dead decaying head and kissed him.

"I'll find you..my Sukuna."

I look around and everything was reduced to ashes. All that was lying around was human bones and the smell of burnt flesh.

That's right I don't know how long did it take for me to be reborn again. I should probably ask someone..
But what do I do with his body? Should I bury him?

I dig up a grave for him with my bare hands. I have a human body. But nothing hurts. Maybe I was born as a humane curse?

I finish digging up his grave and bury him with my Yukata. I place a stone on the surface and carve his name on it.

"To my beloved Sukuna Ryomen."

And here starts a journey to find the missing pieces of his soul, in the hopes of meeting him once again.

I go back to my house on the hill and change into something else.

"Now where did Souta run off to again?"

I look in the direction I remember he ran off and follow it. Things seemed a bit different, I guess some time has passed since then, I wonder if he'll be able to recognise me.

I get a lot of stares as I walked down the road. A man wearing the king's symbol on his armour walks up to me.

"Ma'am, where are you going?"

"Nowhere, I'm actually searching for a boy called Souta."

"Do you mean Souta Hiroshi-sama?"

"I think that was his name."

Everyone seemed shocked. Did he become a mass murderer or something?

"I'm sorry Ma'am I need you to come with me."

"Fine.."

No matter where they take me they can't do anything to me, if they do know about him I can squeeze out some information.

The man escorts me to the royal palace.

"Hiroshi-sama! I've brought the woman you've been searching for decades!"

The soldier kneeled.

Wait a second why does he keep calling him Hiroshi-sam? And decades? I've been gone for decades??

The curtains rose and there he was, that little boy called Souta was now a fully grown man with a beard. I could never forget his face.

He runs out of his chair and hugs me. Everyone looks at me happily and concerned.

"Big Sis! I've missed so you much! I kept looking for you for ages!!!"

"Big Sis!?!?" Everyone said as they looked at me confused.

"Yes, this woman is, my older sister."
He let me go and looked at me. He was not even taller than me.

"Oh my God please forgive my rudeness!" The soldier kneeled at my feet.

"It's fine! It's fine!! You don't need to you didn't do anything!"

"If she says so. Everyone leave."
He orders everyone to leave us alone and they all vanish in an instant.

"King Souta-kun huh?"

"Come on Big Sis I'm a man now don't make fun of me!"

"You'll always be a kid to me."
I pinch his cheeks.

He rubs them and hugs me again.

"I'm not dreaming right?"

"No, you're not."

"What happened? Where were you all these years? What happened to your husband?"

"Woah calm down there one question at a time!"

"Oh, I'm sorry. Please forgive my childishness it always happens with you. Come in let's talk while you eat."

"After you 'King Souta'."

"Geez Big Sis stop with that, just call me Souta like you used to."

We both walk to his chambers, and by no joke, it was enormous and beautiful. You could see my favourite flowers, cherry blossoms outside.

"Are those-?"

"Your favourite flowers."
He looks at me with a big smile planted across his face.

"You still remembered.."

"I'd never forget playing with you under the cherry blossoms."

"Yeah, those were some good times we had together Souta.."

"Have a seat!"

"I'll do."

We both sit facing each other near the window, where you could see the blossoms in full bloom as the servants came laid the food on the table and left.

"So what really happened on that day Big Sis?"

"It's a long story."

"I love stories you know that."
He smiles.

"Alright fine geez I'll tell you..only your body's grown old not your mind."

I tell him about how I fell in love with Sukuna, a curse decided to become immortal and be together forever, that he died and now I'm a human curse who's on a journey to find my lovers soul.

It shocked him so much that it left him speechless for a while.

"Surprising isn't it? Regret asking now?"

"Not at all. If I was in his place I would have also done anything to be with you Big sis."

He has grown. You could tell from his kind words. Anyone else would have already had me thrown out or burned me to death by now.

"I see."

I pause.

"So do you plan to tell me how did you become a king my dear Souta?"

"It's not that long of a story as yours, my mother was a princess of the kingdom and she ran off with my dad a commoner. They won the war but then all the other heirs died in the war and they chose me to rule or play me as a pawn."
He sighs.

"So that's why you were so understanding of me doing all this for the person I loved."

"Love is the strongest thing in this world after all. It doesn't care about time or money."

He held my hand.

We both laugh and finished our meal and decide to take a stroll in the garden.

"Hey Big Sis, are you planning on leaving already?"

"You don't have to worry about me, this body can't get hurt anymore."

"It's not your body I'm worried about, it's your heart and your mind. Do you really plan to travel all over the country just to find pieces of his soul?"

"I do."

"But then you'll have to fight a lot of people, kill them and still move on."

"Are you worried about the people?"

"N-No that's not what I meant!"

I pat his back.

"I get what you mean, but I don't mind it. Even if I have to kill some people to get him back or have my soul chipped away slowly."

"That's how much you loved him, I see."

"So this will be my last day here. I'll drop in every year at least once, just because you know, so that you don't get lonely without me."

"Take care of yourself okay?"

"I will."

And so I leave the palace that night. He told me it had been 40 years since that night. And I have no Idea where are the pieces to his soul. This would be a long lonely journey. I take out his finger from my bad that they gifted me along with clothes and other lavish items.

"It's a promise..or a dying wish.. I'll definitely find you again."

I kiss his finger.