PART THREE OF VIVID
"the final arc"

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As the cars approached the house, Sukuna and Gojo exchanged a few idle words. I could sort of make out what they were saying through the window.

"Hey, why are trying so hard to protect y/n anyways? You a got a thing for her? Just a question." Gojo asked.

Sukuna ignored him.

"I'm gonna help you fight this one time. Only to make sure they don't get their hands on the girl." Gojo said, cracking his knuckles.

"Aren't these people your coworkers?"

"Yup, but I don't mind kicking their asses if they plan on hurting an innocent kid ya know. I've got morals." He chuckled.

"Whatever." Sukuna sighed.

These two were an unexpected duo.

All twelve cars paused and pulled up into the driveway. A bunch of men in their staff uniform stepped out with various weapons like guns and swords. Considering they were sorcerers, these probably weren't going to be ordinary weapons.

"Satoru Gojo, strange seeing you here!" One of the men said.

Gojo smirked, "Strange seeing you lot here as well. Are we having a party?"

"We're just here for that beast standing beside you and the girl."

"Hmh, you know I can't let you get your hands on an innocent kid."

"You're stepping on dangerous territory Satoru. We need both that girl and Sukuna!"

"Good luck with that." Sukuna grimaced. With the raise of his hand he sent a blasting force across the driveway, flipping the cars upside down and even dismantling trees. Some of the men were sent flying and impacted hard on the cement.

I gasped covering my mouth, blood splattered all over the driveway. This was getting gruesome really fast. Knowing Sukuna, he wasn't about to hold back.

Gojo jumped down from the porch and began fighting one on one with with a few of the guys. Sukuna remained effortlessly destroying every opponent with a few hand gestures.

As the men fought one of them eyed me in the window and aimed his gun. I looked away and ducked down against the wall, covering my ears. An array of gunshots flung through the glass window and over my head. I heard a banging at the door, like one of them was trying to break it down. I didn't know what to do, I had no weapon, no skill in sorcery, if any of those guys found me I'd be killed immediately.

As I ran up the staircase, the front door flew off its hinges and in came two armed men. They shot at me while I scurried up the stairs. I locked myself in the master bedroom.

My heart was beating like crazy, vibrating throughout my entire body. I could hear their footsteps in the distance growing louder until heavy thuds clashed against the door. I backed away, my heart beating faster with each knock. I held my breath and hid in the closet. The door bursted open.

I paced my breathing in an effort to blend in with the silence. They raided through the room in an effort to find me. Looking in every little crawl space. Every breath I took felt like a death wish. If they heard me, even just a little bit, I'd be done for.

"When you find her, kill her. As long as she's alive then there's a chance that Sukuna can die." One of the men said.

So that's why they wanted to kill me huh? They knew about the curse... So Valorie was telling the truth after all. The higher ups wanted to take Sukuna alive in order to harvest power from his body. They couldn't do that if he was dead, and the only person that could kill him was me... because he loved me...

I slowly put the pieces together as the men searched around the room.

"Did you check the closet?" One of them said to the other.

I froze, holding my breath.

The man walked over to the closet door, readying his gun. I moved back, attempting to hide behind the clothes. He opened the door and stared into the closet blankly, like he could sense that there was a person hiding in there.

He took his hand and pushed all the clothes to the side.

I gasped, he looked me in the eyes and smirked, "Found ya."

He put the nose of his gun to my head. My entire body went cold.

"I'm sorry little girl... I don't want to do this, but it has to be done."

His gun made a clocking sound and I squinted my eyes shut. Just when he was about to shoot, I heard a third person walk into the room, I opened my eyes. The man moved the gun away from my head and pointed it at the new person.

It was Gojo...

With one single phrase and the flick of his fingers, a purple flash appeared in the room and quickly killed the two men. They fell to the ground.

I could finally breath.

"Hey you okay?" Gojo said, walking over to me.

I stepped out of the closet, "Yeah I'm fine. I'm just a little shaken up. I thought I was really gonna die. Thanks for saving me."

"Anytime, c'mon lets get you out of here." He grabbed my wrist and led me out of the room.

"Wait Gojo... Do you smell that." I said pausing.

It smelt like smoke coming up from the downstairs foyer.

"What the fuck... Did those bastards set this house on fire, shit!" He grimaced. We raced to the foyer where the room was beginning to get engulfed with flames.

The two of us stood at the top of the staircase.

"They must really want to kill you huh." Gojo said in shock.

"I guess so... There has to be another way out of here, the fire's blocking the front door." I replied.

"This big ass house definitely has a back door or something, c'mon."

We took a turn down a random hallway and hoped for the best. The smoke was starting to thicken, it was hard to ignore. The two us could've been killed if we didn't find a door in time.

I coughed through the polluted air. My lungs were starting to hurt as my head got dizzy. Gojo looked at me.

"Y/n, get on my back."

"It's okay, I-I'm fine I can still walk." I said between coughs.

"You look like you're about to pass out. Get on before I throw you over my shoulder instead."

He bent over and I immediately hoped on his back. We raced down the corridor until we found another stair case, it led to the back of the house. On the first floor, he looked around until he found the back door which led out into the garden. He let me down.

The roof of the house was beginning poke with flames. It made me kind of sad, this house that Sukuna had been preserving for 300 years, was going to be destroyed. He cared about this place. It was his pride...

"What are you staring at that house for? Let's keep moving y/n." Gojo said.

"Yea.."

We ran through the yard and back into the front of the house. I was horrified by what I saw. Gojo grabbed me and made me duck down behind one of the cars.

I had tears in my eyes...

"What are they doing to him!" I cried.

Gojo covered my mouth with his hands, "Shh! If they find you they'll kill you y/n."

Sukuna was surround by six men as they hooked metal chains into his body. It looked like they were putting all of their cursed energy into the chains as they patched onto Sukuna's body.

Sukuna writhed, trying his hardest to break free.

"What are they doing to him?" I said.

"I've only ever seen this done once. It's a high level attack, only used on special grade curses. It takes multiple people to even facilitate the attack. It's used to subdue the strength of an extremely powerful opponent."

My heart dropped.

"So they're really going take him?"

"Yeah..."

"No... No!" I screamed, Gojo covered my mouth again.

"Shh!" He said sharply.

I squirmed in his grasp, tears rolling down my face. Sukuna fell to his knees, bleeding all down his torso. He was completely subdued.

I watched them take him away as the house burned up in flames. When the cars were gone, Gojo let me go.

"Why didn't you do anything! You just let them take him!" I said in tears.

"I'm not here for that devil! I'm here to get you back y/n... Because there's someone in the city who cares about you a lot... It's Megumi."

I widened my eyes.

"Yeah, we've been going through hell trying to find you. And now, it's like you don't even want to be found. You've got this strange attachment to Sukuna." He continued.

Thinking about Megumi made my heart hurt.

"I'll explain everything, I promise... But we just have to save Sukuna."

"You're on your own with that one, now get in the damn car. I'm taking you home whether you like it or not." Gojo demanded.

I got into the passengers seat as the two of us drove away from the house. I looked out through the back windshield to get one last look at the burning mansion.

Even in flames, it was still beautiful.

"Hey, Y/n."

"Hm?"

"Whatever's going on between you and Sukuna... Do not tell Megumi, alright." He said, looking forward.

I glanced down at my lap and nodded, "Yeah... I won't."

Gojo must've known that Megumi had feelings for me... If he ever found out about Sukuna and I, it would break his heart.

That even got me thinking about my own boyfriend back at school. Ever since this whole situation began I'd slowly forgotten him... The fact that I cheated.

I'd really hurt a lot of people...

Was I being selfish by falling for Sukuna? Should I have just left that mansion as soon as he said I was free to go? I mean I had a whole life back at home, even a sick father in the hospital.

I thought I was doing the right thing by staying with Sukuna, falling in love and then killing him. I'd finally be able to end this...

There was so much on my mind it felt exhausting.

"Just out of curiosity... What is it between you two? You and Sukuna?" Gojo asked.

I clenched my jaw. I didn't really know how to say this out loud to another person. This thing I had with Sukuna felt so personal... so intimate.

"I-... I'm in love with him." I whispered.

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