Chapter: Tomorrow I'll Be...

Summary: A world ends... and a world begins.

Rating: T

"Hiking boots?"

"You mean 'comfortable footwear'? Check."

"How did you – Wait. Are you actually…?"

"Backpack?"

"You've got it on your back already. Check."

"Why, hullo therrree… why's th'world in triplugh… trippyly… why's there three copies of th'world around now?"

"Tent?"

"I still think it's unnecessary. Check."

"What… What did you find in there? What's beyond the White Wall? And how are you… well, not alive, but this?"

"Sleeping bag and pad?"

"Definitely. Check."

"You tell me. I 'membered, 'nd you killed me. Riiiiiight… here… Huh? Where'd th'hole go?"

"Stove and fuel?"

"Pot and grill. Check."

"Also, thanks f'r… f'r Suguru. Tha' was nice. 'M happy he got th'last say in it."

"Kitchen supplies?"

"Read the above. Check."

"You mean you were actually… Oh. That explains the whole spontaneous decomposition. Wait, does that mean the Prison Realm was hidden there the whole time? And I missed it?!"

"Plenty of food?"

"Plenty of tea. Check."

"You're baaaad at hide'n'sick… nuh, sorry, at hide'n'seeeeek. We should play sumtimesssss… Hey. Are you crying?"

"Water bottles and water-treatment supplies?"

"For the last time, we don't have those. I have some charcoal for filtering purposes, though. So, check."

"Dumbass. We're both covered in seawater. Just go to sleep already."

"And how about—"

"I also have earplugs and a gag, Satoru. And I. Will. Use them," Sukuna hisses, patience gone at long last, and Satoru simply chuckles and balls up the blank paper he had been 'reading' out loud and scribbling on. "There was no list on there, was it."

"Aw, you know I wouldn't do that!" Satoru pouts, leaning closer – and barely manages to jerk away in time as Sukuna pokes a claw at his forehead. "Careful with the eyes!"

"You've got six of them now, yadda, yadda, yadda," Sukuna parrots over Satoru's protests, before sending him a wide grin as he adjusts the backpack on his own back. "Come on, Gojo. Don't tell me you're more delicate now that you are a full-blooded curse than you were as a human."

"I'll show you delicate as soon as we're out of the colony, o mighty Emperor," Satoru retorts, waggling his fingers in a way that has Sukuna stiffen out of reflex before he bristles like an annoyed cat.

"For the last time, you came out of the Holy Land as an actual curse instead of a mess of one thousand years of curses and cursed energy all shoved into a human body. That doesn't make you a god."

"That's not what the other Yagami—"

"Don't you dare throw me in the same bag as those ignorant brats!" Sukuna hisses, pulling at Satoru's cheeks in a way that turns his laughter to a hilarious gurgling sound. "You may be a proper Imaginary God now, but I'm not calling you 'Limitless God'! Get it out of your head before it blows up!"

"Alright, alright!" Satoru finally answers when he's allowed to, rubbing his reddened cheeks to try and bring the swelling down, despite the way his Reverse Cursed Technique—so much easier to figure out now—is already working on it. "That's why we're taking this vacation, isn't it? Now that the migration is over and the colonies don't need me here anymore, we're going to see what lies beyond the Sea of Japan. That was the deal, wasn't it?"

"Yes, that was it," Sukuna agrees with a sigh as they finally leave the house on the Hill behind, the door closing behind them with an almost cheerful tap. "If we timed it right, the Holy Wing nets will be ready for the return migration, and we won't need your Endless World Domain to make them go around."

"I told you, it doesn't 'make them go around'," Satoru huffs, making finger quotes as he twists around in the spot to face Sukuna. "It's like your Domain, I expand Endless World over the existing surroundings instead of encasing it in a barrier. And then, I choose in which direction the world extends to. For the Holy Wings, there were no colonies in their world, so they just… They just didn't go there," Satoru elaborates, shrugging as he turns his back on Sukuna midway through his explanation.

Sukuna snorts.

"You don't even know how it works, do you?"

"I'm working on it! Come on, you know it's not easy suddenly being a curse. You should be grateful I managed to put as much together just in time for the migration!" Satoru protests, pouting to take attention away from his embarrassed blush, and Sukuna pats his shoulder condescendingly as he walks past but thankfully doesn't point it out.

"All the more reason to get going. We should be back in time for the northern migration, in case they haven't managed to put the nets together. At least now we know we don't need them to be as small as we feared," Sukuna concedes, calmly walking down the Hill and looking a lot livelier in his travelling trousers and vest than he ever did in any yukata.

"You sure are looking forward to this vacation, aren't you?" Satoru chuckles, easily catching up with his longer legs, and grinning widely at the faint pink on Sukuna's cheeks as he glares up at him.

"What are you insinuating, Satoru?"

"Insinuating? Me? Nah, I'm telling it straight to your face. You've been the 'Curse Emperor' for too long. You need this vacation just as much as I do. Just admit it."

"Never."

"Admiiiiit iiiiiit."

"Ne-ver."

"So, you don't need a vacation? Is that what you're saying?"

"Yes, Satoru. I don't need a vacation. I'm just babysitting you, same as usual."

"Aha! You said you need a vacation!"

"I said don't in front of it, dumbass!" Sukuna snarls, rounding on him with his claws outstretched, but Satoru manages to duck fast enough to avoid them—

Mostly.

"Hey! Give that blindfold back, it was a present from Jogo!" Satoru snarls, glaring at Sukuna with all six of his now exposed eyes.

Sukuna grins.

"Try and get it."

And just like that, they're off to the sea, to the sunset—

And to a whole new world.

AN: I'm sad to see this series end, to be honest. It was fun to figure out this new world, even if I didn't get to show as much as I worked out in here. I hope you enjoyed it too, it was great to read all the comments and see the kudos. Thanks for those!

Also, for those interested, I'm drawing the Yagami. It's currently empty, but I'll post them in my DeviantArt (username: Nicweorm), in case you want a visual of what the heck I was describing all the way back in On The Hill. So far, only Fuwa is up, but the others will be posted as soon as I have them.