𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲'𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐭 | ＧＯＪＯ

40: Splice

You felt Suguru's body flinch hearing you call out your command to Yuta. You only had mere moments to restrain him enough to allow the curse to take hold of Cyrax's form.

You felt the surge of cursed energy from your core radiate throughout your body, the heat exuding from your palms as you planted them face down towards the earth. The ground beneath your feet began to tremble and break, gradually devouring Suguru from the feet up until all but his head remained visible under the debris.
You backed away shakily, not quite sure how you'd managed to come off as convincing in your confession of love. Your eyes flicked to Yuta who had his forehead pressed against the terrifying Rika Orimoto, every passing second put you on edge even more. You knew it wouldn't take long for Suguru to break free and if Rika hadn't taken hold of Cyrax by then, you were shit out of ideas.

"Yuta! We'll be together!" The spirit screamed, it's one eye opening wide in excitement. It burst it's sickly thin arms wide and smashed them wildly into the ground, crawling menacingly towards your dragon. You had no idea if this was going to work, you'd never even heard of cases where this could be possible but if any cursed creature could take being possessed, it was Cyrax.
Rika finally closed the distance between her and her prey, stopping briefly to allow you to catch eye contact with your dragon. "It's ok Cyrax, you can do this". You gave her a reassuring smile and she responded with a slow blink. You knew she understood every word.

Rika shrouded her mist around Cyrax, her large wide body appearing on top of the dragons broad back. She wrapped her arms around Cyrax's neck and gradually began to sink under the dragons scales.

"Convincing speech.. you had me going for a moment" a cough croaked from the pile of destroyed rock beside you. Smaller stones began to tumble off of the pile before it burst open revealing Geto relatively unscathed underneath.
"Out of everyone, I thought you would understand my dreams. The years we spent together, the pain you saw me in consuming curse after curse"
His eyebrows furrowed together in a mild rage whilst he recalled every disgusting spirit he'd devoured over time. "I can look after her y/n. Imagine, your family would never need to know she existed. Just let her join my side, I'll guard her with my life"

His words made you sick to your stomach but you did believe him. He truly didn't want to harm Yuna, but there was no way you were letting him take her from you.

"Not a chance" you stated flatly.
"And if you think Satoru won't hunt you until the ends of the earth, then you clearly don't know him as well as you think you do"

He laughed and nodded in agreement. "Very true beautiful"
You were so distracted by your conversation you'd barely noticed in your peripherals the transformation that had happened. You'd done it, you'd distracted him enough to allow for your plan to fully take hold.

Towering between you and Yuta was a monsterous being. It could only be described as a true nightmare. The splice of Cyrax and Rika had created a somewhat humanoid deamon. It's skin and scales were a deathly black with huge long claw like fingers.
Giant arched wings folded neatly behind its back and sharp horns protruded from it's forehead. It's sickly mouth hung agape in a menacing grin with rows of pointed fangs ready to rip any threat to shreds.

Geto's face lit up in delight at the intensely powerful creature in front of him. "Yess! This is it! Look at the power!"
His palms pushed together producing a small dark orb, it drastically grew in size within moments, lifting up into the air and covering the faint light of the moon.
You could see ripples of cursed limbs where they were all amalgamating into one powerful attack.
"Yuna!" You screamed, reaching your arm towards her you hone your cursed technique once more. Feeling the air current twisting around your fingers you forced a powerful blast of wind towards her and Vermax. The dragon dug it's claws in to steady itself but couldn't keep balance, the mini tornado pushed your daughter and her beast back against the wall, as near to safety as you could get her.

You move next to Yuta and look to the young teen. His eyes were dark and focused, he looked nothing like the nervous kid you'd met only a few months prior. You grabbed his hand in yours and squeezed it tightly. He briefly turned to you and smiled. "Come on kid, if we're going down. Let's give him hell"

"Satoru Gojo. I love you more than life itself and if I make it out of this. I'll be your wife, any day, any time, any where" you shouted at the top of your lungs. You had no idea if you'd make it out of this alive and see his breathtaking face again. You hoped in the deepest pit of your heart that he'd hear your words somehow.

Suguru's face etched in anguish and rage. "Fine, you fight for love!"

He sent his attack blasting forward.
The combined dragon curse crouched on all fours and let out a blood curdling screech. "Rika, Cyrax. Lend us your strength" you and Yuta chant, closing your eyes, still holding eachothers hand.
An intense cerulean beam of light escaped the spliced deamons throat and hurtled towards the onslaught.

The two energies met and a deafening blast erupted.

Blinding white light.

A lasting memory of your family.
The two loves of your life.