The War to come.

Chapter 1

CHOP

The blood flowed once more as the fingers fell off the hand. He cringed to it all, but it must be done. It's how he will raise his army.

"You have been rather diligent with your faction haven't you? Was it wise to leave those fingers to be found?"

CHOP

A sharp hiss came into the air as the man endured. "It must be done, after all, what better way to get the sorcerers worked up than to give them something to fear? If anything, they will assume Sukuna has taken a new form, and blame him for such a thing…"

"I doubt that very much Chukan."

CHOP

The blood began to drip once more. "What do you want Paum?"

Paum kept hidden in the shadows, but he spoke freely to the man having his fingers cut off. "There is something you should know, but unfortunately I cannot bring myself to speak it…"

Chukan peered down before him. His long grey hair flowed down the sides of his face as he glared upon the man hiding. "Cannot, or will not?" he demanded.

CHOP

"Will you please stop that! I cannot hear myself over the sound of your blood dripping!"

Chukan sneered as he withdrew his hands from the finger guillotine he has made for them.

All four of them.

He slowly stood from his make shift device and came to see the man named Paum face to face. When he stood before him, his tongue became looser. "I have been trying to warn the others of him, but there is a taboo on his name!" he explained. "Another has come to the jujutsu school in Tokyo, he has been training the students along with the demon vessel on their curse energy." Paum explained.

Chukan appeared uninterested. "You halted my work to speak of a new teacher to those brats?" he demanded. "What concern is that to us?"

Paum sighed. "This teacher… is nearly on the same level as master," he said reluctantly. "Still, as powerful as I am, I cannot speak his name or say anything more of him, but he is training the students well… too well for my liking. I am trying to get the elders to stop him, but so far, there hasn't been a plan in place to do so."

"What of the demon vessel?" he asked.

He sighed aloud. "That in itself is a mystery. The last attempt on his life didn't appear to harm him the least bit, yet from what reports have stated, he combined cursed and divine energy… he was the one who killed all the followers of Sukuna with a blast of white and black fire. No one has ever felt power like that before. Even Gojo speaks of it, stating it is stronger than his reverse purple attack."

"Tch, the brat is a bigger pain in the ass, to think… he… HE defeated our great master!"

"Quite frankly, I am a little grateful that he did…"

"BLASPHAMY!" Chukan shouted. "HOW DARE YOU…"

"You don't see the greater picture do you? With Sukuna alive, we will always be second place to him. He would NEVER allow us to be anything more than second place at his side, in power, in battle… this… this is the moment we have been waiting for!" Paum explained.

He sighed aloud. "The school is working on collecting the past materials and possessions of the former King of Curses, I strongly suggest we tell the others to obtain them before they do…"

This confused him. Chukan stared at him oddly. "If we obtain all of his possession, would we also not have enough residual energy to revive him?" he asked.

Paum nodded. "Yes, but without a body, it has nowhere to go. We can at least keep it out of the hands of those sorcerers, especially the vessel that now has easy means of destroying it. His divine power is growing as we speak. Each and every day I hear him propagating to greater heights … time is not on our side…"

Chukan paused as he considered what has been spoken. "Then perhaps we need to prepare for war sooner than later."

"You don't have enough curses, has Oyayubi stopped you from harvesting from her forest?"

He sneered. "Her demands are outrageous!" he protested. "Do you know what she wants in exchange for her help!?" he demanded.

Paum nodded and sighed. "She always did have a greedy side, part of the reason why she fell in love with Sukuna to begin with!"

The two sneered at the notion. "If need be, I will make arrangements with her. For now, I need to get back to making more fingers for use. I nearly have enough to create an army that will overwhelm the sorcerers! No matter who they have!"

Paum nodded in agreement. "And I am nearly done creating one myself… one that will finally put an end to Satoru Gojo once and for all, then, we have the demon vessel… and HIM to deal with…"

Chukan looked to him oddly. "Just how powerful is this man you speak of? You claim he is nearly on par with Sukuna himself? How is that even possible?"

Paum sneered at him. "You forget yourself, Taboo is a weak spell to influence weak minds to have them see something and forget it the moment they peer away. This is on a whole different level, for it has effected the likes of me!"

There was no argument there. Chukan nodded. "Very well then, I will be sure to assist you when the time comes to rid of this pest along with the vessel. Curious still to the vessel, the jujutsu he has obtained, some I have never heard of before let alone attempted myself. How has a mere boy done all of this?" he asked curiously.

Paum shook his head. "Party luck on his part no doubt, another… the teacher the school now possesses…"