Sukuna(1)

Toari took the lead in the assault. She had already spent the last 4 months working within the enemy's forces so she knew not just their base's location but also their army's strength. 

They led a force of around 200 grade 3 or 4 curse users but had used half in their initial attack leaving them with only 100. The Jujutsu sorcerer attack force however consisted of only 20 grade 2 sorcerers so their victory looked bleak. Nevertheless, they had no choice but to go in with what little manpower they had or they risked dealing with the resurrection of Sukuna.

They traveled through the great forest for about an hour, and then they finally struck. Rains of bullets and missiles rained down upon the sorcerers like an exterminator trying his best to kill some stray ants.

Akumu successfully blocked the majority of the attack with a giant wall made from black whips however, they still lost some manpower in the progress. Thats when Hagone shouted during the attack,

"You guys should keep pushing through I will help clean this area up, I will catch up to you later."

Akumu shouted, "You can't defend everyone by yourself?"

Ken thinking differently grabs onto Akumu and drags him through the rest of the forest shouting, "THE MORE TIME WE WASTE ON THIS FODDER THE MORE TIME KLADD HAS TO FINISH RESURECTING SUKUNA, WE CAN'T STOP HERE".

After another 40 minutes of running it was just Taori, Yukiko, Ken, and Akumu who remained to fight the special-grade vengeful curse. Taori points up to a small cavern hidden behind some rubble that peeked out of the side of a large cliff.

"That's a secret entrance that only the 4 arms of sukuna members know about. If we can sneak in from there we will surely be able to steal or destroy the cursed tool that they are preparing without fighting Kladd directly", Yukiko stated.

And as if to crush that very dream the blue demon himself spawns from behind the party.

[Kladd] Missed me?

Ken was the quickest to react by instantly striking the Kladd with a strong left hook. Without holding back he activates his cursed technique causing a powerful black flash to send him flying away while coughing up red blood.

Kladd responded mischievously, "That was unexpected". And without waste, Ken immediately follows it up with another black flash uppercut hurderling him into the air.

"You made my little brother cry, that's a price that can only be paid with your life!", Ken shouted.

Yukiko quickly fires an arrow-shaped blast of wind towards the curse only causing a small scratch but causing it to lose its center of balance and start spinning in the sky uncontrollably. 

Akumu then catches to falling curse in his black whip and slams it into the ground. As it slowly tries to get back up and recover Taori instantly draws her blade while utilizing her own cursed technique.

[Taori] Simple domain: Impalement

Taori opening her simple domain targets Kladd's head while her clone attempts to pierce his heart once again. Different from before however, the curse dodges and instead loses his right arm but still has his torso poked through cleanly. 

As he attempts to recover he regrows his right arm instantly but is hit in the back of the head by another black flash from Ken. He is knocked out from the hit but his body instinctively wakes back up before his head can be decapitated by Taoris' sword. He slams both his hands on the ground and activates his cursed technique.

[Kladd] Explosive fist Extension technique: Nuclear 

The floor in the surrounding area explodes causing critical damage to Taori and Ken while also sending them flying away.

While Kladd tries to recover while hiding in the falling dust a great burst of wind blows away his cover. Yukiko had exposed Kladd before he could recover from the hole the still still existed in his chest. 

Akumu then clasping both his hands together compresses a black whip in between them while aiming towards Kladd. This is a move that he had copied from the blood user Kamo Shinji.

[Akumu] Piercing Black

A thin shot of black fired towards Kladd at the speed of sound punching another hole in him through his liver. The Curse was bleeding heavily and his death was imminent. This time he ignited the lower half of his body sending him flying towards the air.

Before Akumu and Yukiko could prepare to attack him again terrifying words followed by an intricate hand sign emerged from the almost-dead man.

[Kladd] Domain Expansion: Gabriel Rain1 Incindary tomb

Akumu shielded Yukiko in his black palace while the recovering Ken and Taori quickly built up their simple domain before the attacks began.

The world was hidden in deep shadows before revealing an empty field containing nothing but a floor made out of gunpowder. Kladd then began to explain how his domain worked.

[Kladd] My explosions by themselves are powerful but by using a binding vow on I negate its sure hit effect and trade it away for a new condition that makes my explosions even stronger. With every step you take you get barraged by an explosion equal to a hit from the missile of a jet. 

Ken deciding to take a risk makes a great leap toward the now-falling Kladd to try and kill him before his domain effect kills someone else first.

Kladd now roaring with excitement heals the two holes in his body as well as his missing legs while preparing to meet Ken in aerial combat. That is when another piercing black attack from akumu staggers him as it hits him in the head.

Ken once again utilizing his technique punches him in the torso with a black flash.

Unfortunately, that attack still wasn't enough.

Kladd quickly counters him by pressing his palm against his arm and blasting him away into the floor. Before Ken makes contact with the ground he reinforces his back with cursed energy before the domain's effect promptly bombarded him with a powerful second explosion. Kladd shouted with glee before landing on the ground,

"Your strongest attacker has now been defeated! What could you hope to achieve?? Just offer yourselves to lord sukuna and take another step."

The deranged cult leader begins laughing maniacally before getting promptly sucker punched in the face by akumu. The confused cult leader tries to counter attack but this time Akumu taking another step toward him responds with a black gauntlet that sends him flying away into the distance.

Everyone looked at him with shock, Akumu was floating just above the ground with enough distance for the domain effect to not work on him. That's when he explains,

"As long as your domain's condition isn't fulfilled its effect won't work on me right? After I used Ken's move on Shinji it felt like my brain had been using my cursed energy more effectively ever since. It was only now that I was just able to change the properties of my black whips. Before I only used them like springs but now I can use them to displace air allowing me to float!"

Kladd shouted in response, "WHAT KIND OF PLOT ARMOUR BULLSHIT IS THAT"

He quickly dashed toward the floating akumu at terrifying speeds but that's when another compressed arrow of wind hits him in the head. He turns around only to see Yukiko being picked up by the air itself.

Unfortunately, Kladd had encountered the two people who perfectly opposed his domain expansion!

More arrows began to approach the desperate Kladd, he was about to get pummeled and now his domain was reaching its limit. He hurriedly tries to escape from the situation only to be grabbed by the leg by one of Akumu's black whips. He is forcibly pulled into the wind arrows and takes crucial damage before being further pulled into Akumu's attack range.

Readying both his fists in black gauntlets he prepares to exorcise the weakened cursed.

[Akumu] BLACK BARRAGE

He showers Kladd in a barrage of black fists breaking his bones, teeth, skull, arms, and legs.

Kladd's domain crumbles away forcing everyone back into the reality of the forest. As he lay on the ground pathetically. Still alive he slowly tries to heal himself but only has enough energy to recover his two arms.

Taori then shouts, "KLADD, FOR YEARS YOU HAVE SACRIFICED INNOCENTS TO A LONG DEAD CURSED SPIRIT. DIE FOR YOUR SINS AND ROT IN HELL FOR THE REST OF YOUR EXISTENCE."

Kladd screamed from fear, his cursed technique was burnt out, his energy was emptied and worst of all he was outnumbered. He then begged and prayed to his God one last time,

"LORD SUKUNA, I AM YOUR MOST LOYAL AND DEVOTE FOLLOWER. PLEASE SAVE ME LIKE YOU HAVE DONE BEFORE."

And then he appeared. Emerging from the shadows the, third arm of the demon king cult appeared from the shadows of the cliff face. Kladd shouted at him,

"3RD ARM RYO, USE THE CURSED TOOL ON ME AND SUMMON OUR DARK LORD!"

Ryo looked at him. He saw the pathetic state that his master was in and laughed. 

[Ryo] My master wouldn't have been bested by such pathetic fools.

That's when he reveals the truth that he had been hiding behind from the cult leader and the cult. He spoke words that shattered the vengeful curses psyche,

"Seven years ago I worked at the cursed energy plant that absorbed energy away from Tengen. I proposed the idea of putting the masses of cursed energy that he emitted and placing it inside strong humans. BUT THOSE EXECUTIVE BASTARDS REJECTED MY GLORIUS IDEAS SAYING THAT IT WOULD BE A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY AND MORAL ETHICS. But that's when he came to me, that man Senjuro! HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO PRAISED AND FUNDED MY PROJECT IDEA. but there was just one problem. Tengen's cursed energy was too potent even for human hosts like Gojo Owari to handle. Hence why the idea had never been attempted before. That's why we changed the subject from Tengen to Sukuna's last finger. And still, there was one last hurdle to overcome. Sukuna's soul would take over the host of the human who ate it. So I created a device that would be able to suppress his soul while allowing both a human or cursed spirit to make use of his cursed techniques and immense knowledge! I CALL IT THE SOUL-SEALING BRACE!"

He rips away his hood only to reveal his wildly unkempt grey hair. Around his neck, laid the device that would allow him to achieve strength beyond his own. Kladd asked meekly, "I thought you said that the device wouldn't be ready until tomorrow??"

Ryo quickly responded, "your right it isn't complete, but desperate times call for desperate measures."

He pulls out a dry shriveled-up finger that he had hidden away in his cloak pocket. It was Sukuna's . Then Ken quickly awakening from the earlier fight shouted,

"SOMEONE QUICKLY STOP HIM"

Akumu fired a black whip while Yukiko shot a blast of wind both racing toward the man however they were too late. The finger had already swum down the Ryos' throat and into his bodily system. There was only silence for some time. Then he suddenly shrank back from pain before being engulfed in flames of red lightning.