Chapter 2

On earth…

Yua stumbled back.

He's here… Sukuna… Sukuna is here!

She shook her head to it all, how… how could he have come back? The fingers were destroyed, most of his legions of the fifth hand were gone as well… How was this possible?

"I love that look on your face… terror, fear, confusion… Mmm, it just makes you all the more flavorful to me…" Sukuna said as he began to lick his lips. "I always found Tooru flesh tough to chew, but I managed, since the taste is not something I get from every sorcerer…"

"How… how did you get in here?" she managed to ask.

His smile only grew. "I created this place!" he decreed.

But Yua shook her head. "How could you when my family's curse energy signature is in the ground!" she demanded.

Sukuna, himself paused to the decree. But he could care less about it all. "It matters not, what matter is the fact that my last meal is starting to get cold…" Yua turned she wanted to run but found he had cut her off! The mouth on his stomach suddenly lashed out its tongue, and dragged it up her body. "Mmm, yes, that taste…" but he paused oddly. "I don't think I have had this flavor from a Tooru before… how interesting…"

She tried to put some distance between them, Sukuna was contently allowing her to do so, after all, this is but a mere foreplay for him. "Come on Tooru, don't you want to live? Fight me!" he decreed and extended his arms.

Yua couldn't.

Even if she wanted to, she had no curse energy. She was pregnant and would harm the baby if she over exerted herself. "If you won't fight, you will die in vein… but so be it."

She froze as his four massive hand reached over to grab her, yet, suddenly, they were jerked back!

Sukuna stumbled backwards as someone suddenly jumped him!

"Pick on someone your own size asshole!"

"Junpei?!"

Junpei fearlessly jumped on Sukuna's back, however since his body frame had altered greatly he nearly stood his equal. Yet, how he restrained Sukuna…

His upper arms were wrenched up and back into a full nelson, Junpei used his legs to hook the lower arms back and preventing Sukuna from using them. "YUA RUN!"

She hesitated, if she leaves….

"GO!" Junpei shouted as Sukuna tried to shake him off.

"GET OFF OF ME YOU BRAT!"

Yua turned and began to try and make a run for it, yet she cringed as the ground suddenly trembled. Sukuna had thrown himself on to his back, trying to crush Junpei, and yet, he withstood the impact! He shrunk down quite a bit from the blow and yet he still stood at the ready to fight! Then, she saw him running.

Choso had rushed past her!

She turned once more as Choso and Junpei combined their strengths and attempted to smash Sukuna in a wall of blood.

Unfortunately, it wasn't enough.

His pulse of curse energy alone dispelled the blood. She cringed again when she heard Choso and Junpei scream as they were smashed to the ground once more! "Tooru… where are you going Tooru…" Sukuna teasingly sang. "You can run all you want… but it won't matter…"

She had to keep going, it didn't matter how, but she had to keep going forward. Or Choso and Junpei's sacrifice would be in vein.

Yua stumbled on the uneven earth, she had to keep on her feet to stay alive, yet as she turned, Sukuna was merely walking towards her, grinning a selfish grin. "I wish I had one of my followers here to make you into a proper dish for me… after all, Toorus have such a unique flavor…"

She felt her arm get grabbed. He licked his lips until….

A hand appeared through his chest!

"What's this?" he turned, Yua just saw him standing behind him.

"Geto?!"

"Oh, Kenjaku's shell…"

"Was, not anymore, let her go!" Geto demanded.

"Or what?"

Yua watched Geto's hand alter, he had a curse tamed with scythe like hands and was quick to alter his into that. He cut Sukuna rather badly! It was enough to make him release her, and yet, he laughed it off!

"Good trick, brat! What else you got?"

Yua was then suddenly grabbed! Scooped up into the arms of another and they were running, and it was faster than she could perceive! Peering up, she was in Geto's arms!

"How did you…"

"Not now, just focus here, we got to get you out and bide time until Gojo or those twin freaks get back!"

Freaks…

"NAOYA?!"

Despite having Geto's face, he smirked like himself. "I'm not use to this body so shut up and let me run here. I got to focus!" Wait… sometimes curses can split themselves can't they? Is this why Naoya is like this? He had the most human like figure and was able to alter his appearance to that of Geto? She hopes she will have a chance to find out later, but for now, survival was on her mind the most!

Yet as Naoya ran with her in his arms, she saw Tanso come running! He charged without hesitation into the battle, Geto was suddenly thrown back and passed them! "Shit!" Naoya hissed as he came to a complete stop!

He set her down once more.

"What did you stop?!"

"Because, he's knocked out, and I can't go any farther when he is. You got to go from here…"

"Can't believe I am saying this, but, what about you?"

He waved it off. "As long as he isn't dead, I'm fine. I'll vanish soon enough."

"Then help Tanso!"

Naoya peered over, but shrugged. "Nah, not my issue,"

She sneered at him. "I'll make sure you pay for that…" but she had to go.

Yua kept making her way back to the village, at the same time, she saw the skies turn red, then, Tanso's familiars began to come out of the woodwork! They charged into the field without hesitation. Yet, Yua cringed as she heard the shrieks of these creatures, and the burst of blood that followed.

What scared her the most was the face Sukuna took Tanso's arms and legs off and left him a mere torso…

"I'm so sorry…" she whispered.

She turned to continue to make her way back, but froze.

He was standing before her!

"Well, that at least has started to stimulated my appetite…" he said with a greedy grin on his lips.

"Yo…"

Sukuna paused as he turned, Toji had come to help her?!

"A monkey?" Sukuna asked.

"Can a monkey do this?" Toji went with a roundhouse kick. However, Sukuna didn't even flinch!

"Is that it?"

Toji smirked. "Guess I need a little more power behind it, try this…"

He went for another, Sukuna let him try but… ended up paying for it! He flew!

Toji smirked as he turned to Yua. "Get going, you shouldn't be out here in your condition…"

"How did you…"

"Later, go," he insisted.

Toji went in guns blazing as it were, taking out weapon after weapon to use against Sukuna and he was doing damage! It startled the king of curses himself, until he grew too annoyed with it all. Yet before he could strike back against Toji, Nanami came in as backup!

She didn't understand why everyone… why would everyone risk their lives for her like this? But she couldn't dwell on it. "Satoru… where are you?" she wept.

Yua was suddenly scooped up once more.

Mechamaru had sent one of his robots to pick her up!

The robot began to retreat, Yua peered back and saw Nanami summon his extra curse technique, his hair went black as he appeared just as crazy as Toji! But the two were able to hold him off… that, or Sukuna was merely toying with them.

"Where is everyone else?" she asked.

"Choso had the others have taken all the children out of the domain, they are being protected by everyone else. We are looking for Gojo, he left earlier but has yet to come back. We believe a barrier has been put up keeping him out."

"Shit…"

"We can't get out either. Those who managed to escape are going to try to find some sort of help or a way of getting Gojo in. I wish there was a way to call Yuuji and Suiryu…"

So did she.

"AGH!"

"AAAHHH!"

She cringed, hearing Nanami and Toji scream in pain, she didn't dare to look back this time. How could she? Everyone here is getting hurt because of her… many will be killed… because Sukuna wants her.

"We can't keep running like this…"

"You are in no condition to fight!"

"How do we stop him then!?" she snapped back. "Put me down."

"I refuse."

"Muta! Put me down!"

He refused… but then again, when a robot's head is crushed in, it's hard for it to obey orders.

Sukuna was that fast.

He was that determined to obtain her.

And now… Yua was on her own.

"Now… I'm rather famished…" Sukuna said as his belly mouth began to lick it's lips. She tried to run once more but was grabbed by his lower arms. Lifted up off the ground, he held her in place, as his stomach mouth began to open…