You were immediately pulled into Kuragari's innate domain.
"What did you say?" She asked, narrowing her eyes.
"I know my own clan's signature like the back of my hand," you replied. "That spike of cursed energy definitely belonged to one."
"But they're all dead. You made it official yourself, over two hundred years ago."
"I know." You bit your thumb, thinking. "How is that possible?" Kuragari eyed your body.
"... you're shaking," she said after a moment. You paused, glancing down at your hand. Small tremors racked through your body. You hid your hand behind your body, taking a deep breath.
"I'm fine," you said. "Maybe it was a bluff--a ruse--to distract me." You pulled yourself out from her domain and looked around. Mahito and Itadori were no where to be seen.
"... for god's sake... it worked." You sighed. You jumped through the broken window and landed in the courtyard. You sensed it before you saw it--and your body reacted. Sharp chains whipped into the building behind you. You followed the length of the chains, taking in the information in front of you. Mahito standing on one side, and Nanami and Itadori standing on the other.
"Come on, you're not going to distract me again," you said, bring out your staff.
"Huh? Distract you?" Mahito replied. "That wouldn't work--so why even bother?"
"... huh?" Your brows raised through the fuckin atmosphere. Wait... wait, I'm stupid, god, I'm stupid! When Mahito transfigured his arm into a saw, you prepared yourself to evade. That's when your butt began to vibrate. Your phone in your back pocket lit up with an unknown caller. You quickly answered it, too distracted otherwise.
"Hello?"
'Hello Y/n.'
You froze."... who are you?"
'I know you sensed it.'
"I'm not asking again, who are you?"
Mahito smirked.'I'm not scared of you. I know who you are, you don't keep a low profile.'
"And you think being vague about yourself makes you any scarier? Tell me what you want, I'm in the middle of sometihng." You eyed Mahito, who wasn't really doing anything.
'I'm sending you coordinates. Meet me there in two hours.'
The caller hung up without waiting for a reply. You pulled the phone away from your ear to look at the screen."... what the fuck..."
"That call sure sounded important," Mahito spoke. "You should take care of that."
"Yeah, you wish I would," you replied. "I have two hours to beat the shit out of you." Lightning coursed through the rod.
~
Slowly, she shut the phone off and handed it to the curse standing next to her."You did good, Hana," the curse said with a soft smile. Gently, it ran its humanoid hand down Hana's cheek. "Remember what this is for. We should be grateful Mahito reached out." Hana nodded.
"Y/n's the one responsible."
"Responsible for what?"
"For the genocide of the L/n clan."
The curse gently cupped Hana's face, in a tone as soft as a summer breeze, asked,"And who did she take away from me?"
Hana was unable to look into its eyes."... your family."
The curse's eyes flared."And what is your purpose?"
"To kill her."
~
"Domain Expansion."
Well shit. Nanami was caught up in Mahito's Domain Expansion, leaving you and Itadori outside of it."Dammit!" He began to punch outside of it, scraping the skin off of his knuckles.
"Itadori," you spoke. He looked at you, eyes ablaze in fury. Silently, you pointed upwards.
"Huh?"
"..."
"... OH!" He jumped up to the top of the domain. When he began punching up there, your phone vibrated with a text. You glanced at the screen poking out from your pocket.
"... great." You think they'll be fine if I leave? As soon as Itadori goes into the Domain, Mahito will be confronted by Sukuna. They'll be fine. Fine.
~
Yokkaichi
四日市
Kusu, Kusu District, Oita 879-4301
JapanYou stood in the middle of the road, looking around the empty area. No cars or people were anywhere in sight.
"There you are."
You turned seeing a person standing a few meters away from you."I don't take lightly to demands," you replied. "I'm only here because you're apparently a part of the L/n clan."
"You look how people describe you."
"And you look like you just came out of a fantasy novel--what's your point?"
She brought out a cursed tool--a sword. The blade was long, thin."I hold you solely responsible for the genocide of the L/n family," she said. "And you will pay for what you've done." You crossed your arms.
"That so?" You asked. "Is this a revenge-type beat? Because the genocide of the L/n clan happened close to three hundred years ago. No living relative was spared--except me..." You looked at her up and down.
"And I know I am not directly related to you."
"Silence!" She brought the blade in front of her.
"You're really going to fight, melee style, in a long ass dress?"
She launched herself at you, her movement quick and fluid. You evaded the blade, allowing it to skim past your body. You grabbed the blade collar(habaki), and pulled her close to you. She froze when she got nose-to-nose with you. You and her stared at each other."... you're afraid," you stated, noticing the way her body shrunk back slightly.
"I am not!" She exclaimed back, twisting the sword out from your grasp. She coated her hand in cursed energy and came at you. No control. You ducked under her fist and grabbed the hem of her dress, pulling it tight against her legs. She tripped, stumbling to catch herself. You pressed your foot against her chest and pinned her there, stabbing your rod into the ground near her face. Electricity crackled down the metal.
"I'm only asking you once," you stated. "Who are you, and who sent you?" Instead of answering your questions, she crossed her two pointers to form an X. You were taken aback from that sign. That's--... You jumped out of the way before you could lose an arm. A large, black python slithered in front of her protectively. A Shikigami?
She stood, stumbling back a few steps. You put your hands in your pockets.
"This isn't going to make me care about you," you said. "I could kill you right now and none of this would have mattered."
"Then do it!" She exclaimed. The snake's head turned to look at her, and you narrowed your eyes at it. That Shikigami seems too... sentient. Because it's not a Shikigami.
"Wear something less formal then maybe you can stand against me." You disappeared from the middle of the road. The snake hissed at her after you were gone.
~
"Kuragari, who was that?" You asked. She grinned at you."Which one? The woman, or the snake?"
"Both, if you know."
"Well, the poor woman is probably a vessel to that vexing curse."
That drew your attention."Like you and I?"
She glanced at you, grinning even wider."Kinda. But their bond is barely even there."
You placed your book back on your desk and leaned back in the chair."Tell me more about this curse."
Ja ne!
{Ruby Red}
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