Chapter 32
Gojo blasted them out of hiding and on to the battlefield. Paum and Chukan came to a grinding halt but stood at the ready. "Damn him," growled Paum. "But we can still take him!"
"Yeah… not really anymore…"
The two paused as they looked behind them, the demon vessel and Sukuna stood there! Yet the demon vessel altered once more! "What the hell!" Paum demanded.
"Elder Eiji!" shouted Yaga. "You are part of the fifth hand aren't you?"
He smirked. "Took you idiots long enough, let me guess… HE ratted me out?" he demanded and pointed to Suiryu.
Suiryu smirked. "Well, the thing is, I KNEW someone among the elders was part of the fifth hand… I didn't think it was you though, but thanks for confessing. If you like… I'll reward you myself."
He began to approach the two and yet that evil smile refused to leave his face. "It appears you two weren't even able to become Sukuna's equal… even after a thousand years you had…" he said offhandedly. "Pathetic if you think about it, you're about… six fingers worth of power each." He sighed a little in disappointment. He took off his dragon ear cuff, and then the necklace. "Very well then, how about the two of you come at me?"
"Wait, what?" demanded Paum. "You want to fight us you knock off!"
Suiryu kept serious. "Well, if you believe you are anything close to Sukuna's equal…" he suddenly moved, as Chukan went for the strike, Suiryu however was already behind him. "Too slow." And struck him in the back of the head. Chukan went flying but landed on his feet. "You lack discipline." He stated.
"Fuck you!" shouted Chukan, he came running at him again but Suiryu easily avoided the strikes. Despite how powerful he was, he wasn't measuring up to him!
"Lack of control, no discipline… what the hell were you doing in a thousand years?" Suiryu asked, then he suddenly vanished as Paum tried to land a cheep shot but instead hit Chukan!
"Wow, even I think this is pathetic…" Yuuji said offhandedly.
Suiryu nodded in agreement, but then a devious grin came over him. "I'm board of them… Fushiguro… Nobara… would you care to put these bastards in their place?"
The two froze, Suiryu was quick to heal their wounds and replace their curse energy. Nobara was given more nails as Fushiguro stood once more. "You want us to take them out?" he asked.
"You're more than capable, show me the results of your training," Suiryu ordered.
The two looked to each other but then, a grin came over Nobara.
"You are a fool, sending children to face us!" demanded Paum. "I know what they are capable of! I have watched them train ever since they came to this school!"
"Then you should know how you are going to die then," Suiryu said in a cold, callous tone. "Satoru, don't interfere!"
He laughed aloud as his hands went up. "Wasn't going too, now, have fun kids!"
Suiryu came up beside Yuuji who was worried. "Are you sure…" he was about to ask.
But the confident smile grew on his lips. "Nobara hasn't displayed her latest technique yet…" he whispered.
Fushiguro summoned the alpha wolf once more. Then he did shadow possession much to the shock of those around him. He took aim at Paum.
Nobara stared down Chukan who merely snickered at her. "Little girl, you need more than a mere doll, nail and hammer to defeat me!" he laughed.
"And I though Suiryu was creepy when I first met him, you are down right disturbing!" she said. Nobara threw a fist full of nail into the air, yet they remained suspended as they spread around them. Chukan snickered. "Going to try and strike me down at random… pathetic child…" he froze though as her curse energy began to build.
She smiled as the nails began to react to her energy. "Domain expansion… Iron Maiden!"
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The world closed up around him, Chukan paused as he took into factor the curse energy this girl put out. The domain was covered with nails, all aiming outward. "This is going to leave you in a weakened state child, such a risk you are putting yourself into. Nonetheless, I have no choice, it's a shame that knock off of my master sent you to your death…" He was about to use his hands to summon his own domain, that was when he heard the snap of her fingers. Instantly, he felt the strike.
A sharp pain came to all four of his wrists, a nail plunged right through his flesh and bone. "What… Impossible!" he shouted.
He gasped, as more and more nails were impaled into his body!
"These nails were a gift from a friend of Yuuji, who infused their own curse energy into it. When mine gets mixed in, well… they become a lot stronger than the nails I usually use…"
More of them began to pierce him, his sides suddenly felt the sharp pain as more of the nails embedded into his flesh. "What's happening? What are you doing?!" he demanded.
"If I were you… I wouldn't pull the chains," she warned.
He refused to listen.
Mustering his strength, he expelled his curse energy, pulling the chains until he broke free of them. "HA! They will not bind me!" he cheered.
But the girl wasn't the least bit startled. "You know for a thousand year old sorcerer, you're pretty stupid." She said offhandedly. "I mean, did you really think the guy you were fighting before would have let me go into this battle without a little boost in strength?" she asked as her smile began to turn a little wicked.
Chukan paused. "What do you…"
Suddenly, the world closed in around him, he was trapped within a powerful barrier! "What…"
Before he could try and break free, he became impaled throughout his whole body…
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Megumi stared down Paum. His lip snarled as he stalked his opponent. But he knew not to rush into it. Paum is powerful, he doesn't doubt it, yet at the same time, he's not scared to face him. Despite him being a follower of Sukuna, the fact that Suiryu was confident enough to leave him to deal with Paum was a sign to him.
He's strong enough to do this!
"That is a new trick, not bad child… But it's no match for me!"
Paum moved fast, he struck just as hard but it was to be expected. Fushiguro was hit all over his body, yet the strikes were not enough to force him to retreat. 'There's a reason for his strikes… pressure points!' he thought.
He felt his right leg go numb at first, but it was just the one limb. "What are you waiting for boy? Fight back!" Paum teased.
'Let's do THAT then…' Fushiguro thought.
The alpha wolf approved.
Suddenly he summoned another wolf to his side, not as big as the alpha but it was an omega…
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"Oooo" Suiryu said with great interest. "We're about to see a new trick…" he whispered to Yuuji.
"Huh? What is he doing? He already summoned the alpha…"
However Suiryu was on pins and needles at this point, he knew Fushiguro was holding out on him, but never knew what it was until now. Snarling and growling came out of Megumi until a wild voice said. "Shadow possession… Cerberus!"
The shadows swirled around him, he howled aloud as did the wolf he summoned, the curse energy suddenly spiked until, a three headed werewolf faced down Paum. "Nice trick boy, but what good will it…"
Fushiguro vanished.
SLASH
Paum was cut from behind, his back torn into and the spine severed. From there, it was use a blood bath. Fushiguro tore apart Paum with no issue, despite his rapid healing ability, the damage dealt was too much to heal in a short period of time.
The domain Nobara summoned went down.
Chukan was still standing, yet covered in holes.
"You… bitch!" he shouted.
He turned and saw Paum being mauled on the ground, Chukan trembled as his legs suddenly gave out. "You finally see it now?" asked Suiryu. "You would have never been accepted by Sukuna, even after a thousand years you trained yourself and this is all you have to show for it?" he shook his head in a disappointing manner. "Megumi, Nobara, well done." He said. "It's time we end this… Bro…"
Yuuji nodded, as Fushiguro gave one last parting slash to Paum, Yuuji approached and felt his body temperature spike. Paum on the other hand tried to recover and move away from Yuuji as quickly as he could. "No, stop, please! I'm an elder! You are suppose to listen to me!" he protested.
Yuuji grabbed hold of his throat. "You used those at the school to attack me, to try and have me killed again… I don't appreciate those who abuse the people around them for their own gain…" His hand erupted, Paum screamed aloud until he was nothing more than cinders in the grasp of the demon vessel.
Suiryu on the other hand turned to Chukan. "You are going to be a little more difficult to deal with… After all, we got these to get rid of…" he snapped his fingers as a personal domain opened and unleashed thousands upon thousands of fingers. "Granted, I doubt you were as proficient as Sukuna was to seal his power in twenty fingers, but a few hundred thousand of them… yeah… I do want to be safe than sorry, so… Bro, would you?" he asked.
Yuuji appeared to struggle a little. "Uh… I can't quite change back yet…" he said offhandedly. But then paused. "Oh?" his eyes peered about as his divine eye opened, using reverse jujutsu on himself, Suiryu began to see little red balls of light floating around his brother. "Really? That counts?" he asked curiously.
"Who or what are you talking to!" Chukan demanded.
"Oh, just confirming something, you see, that curse I ate a short while ago, since he was created out of fear of mount Fuji, which is a volcano… a volcano are hot and can represent fire, fire is an element… which is linked to the divine… I think that's what I am getting, but anyway!" He approached the pile of fingers, with a small flame at the tip of his hand, he threw it into the pile.
They burned up like tissue paper!
Chukan even froze as he saw his years work, vanish before his eyes.
"Now, all that leaves is you… This… I will do myself, tell Sukuna that you really shit the bed on this…" Suiryu's hand clasped over his face. Then, the body burst into flames, Chukan didn't even have time to scream as he was rendered to ashes.
"And that's the end of that," Suiryu announced proudly as he brushed his hands of the ashes.
As the brothers turned to the others, there were stunned looks on their faces. "What?" they asked at the same time.
Yaga sighed. "Let's get everyone back, good job, and we got some people to drop off at the hospital…"