'King of Curses'

- 49

Sukuna sits up from the bed, putting his clothes back on, stroking a hand through his hair. He sits back down on the side of the bed and petted her while she slept.  You really know how to make things difficult. He says to himself.

He grabs her hoodie and slips it onto her before picking her up in his arms. Almost instantly he moves to y/n's room, placing her down in her own bed.

He tucks her in then sits beside her, drowning himself in his own thoughts. He knew what has to be done, but he was curious to know if Seiichi should witness it.

He whispers a certain language into her ear and her markings appear. Only this time they weren't as many, and it was only the markings above her brows.

"Seriously? You're the one to call me?" Seiichi from behind appears from a puff of smoke. "It hasn't even been a month and you already miss me." He smirks, showing his canines.

"Don't flatter yourself." Sukuna says, taking no notice of his presence. "I only summoned you because I knew y/n would want you here, if she were awake."

Seiichi frowned. "And why am I here, without her awareness?" He says, glancing down at y/n whose hair was sweaty and reeked of pleasure.

Seiichi clenched his teeth and stitched his brows, knowing why she and Sukuna were like this. Did he bring me here just to rub it into my face? The sick bastard. Seiichi thought.

"I'm going to un-seal her powers." Sukuna says bluntly, gazing at her sleeping face.

Seiichi's eyes widen. "What? She just got them back." He says, stepping closer.

"If I don't seal them, they're all going to be after her." He says. "With you no longer around, and...an agreements that Gojo and I made to not get her involved with me, I can't protect her the way I want." He continues.

"So you believe sealing her powers again will prevent this?" Seiichi frowns. "What will stop them from finding her powers again?"

"You." Sukuna says, glaring back at Seiichi.

"Me?" He laughs. "You want me to take Inari's soul back to the Yokai Realm?" He says. "You realise what my people will do to take advantage of such ancient magic?" He retaliates.

"You're the clan head are you not? If you can't find a suitable place for this soul, then why bother being the ruler of your clan." Sukuna says, sitting himself up. "Entrust the knowledge to certain people and hide it from everyone. Seal it under your own magic so no one can find it." Sukuna looks back at y/n. "If the soul stays with her... You and I both know she won't make it."

Seiichi looks up from y/n and back to Sukuna. "You don't want her powers anymore?" He says.

"Of course I do. She'd be able to release me from this kid in an instant and bring me back to my original state, but if she does that, they'll hunt her down... and execute her." He replies, gazing back down at her. "Inari's soul won't be accessible by anyone else but her. So if someone does come into possession with the soul, they'll need to fuse it back into her." He smirks as he continues to think. "I'll make sure her body won't accept the soul, making it a worthless artifact."

"Has she agreed on this?" Seiichi asked.

"She doesn't have to." Sukuna says. "Because to her, her abilities are useless if I wont use them." He looks back at Seiichi and stitches his brows. "The powers will only get in the way of her having a free life." He whispers.

"You want this for her?" Seiichi asked, surprised that Sukuna was being selfless.

"Anything to keep her away from anyone but me." He smirks, adding his usual selfish touch to it. "Besides... I know I can't give her what she wants...perhaps in the future, but for now, I wish for her to live as a Jujutsu Sorcerer." He looks at his palm and flinches his brows. "The brat has a thing for her, maybe she will find something in him that I couldn't give her." He says.