Kill Two Birds with One Stone

"Yuuji, would you please retrieve Gojo from his room? This mission is urgent and his phone would appear to be on silent again..."

Nanami sits at his new desk attempting to organize the copious amounts of assignments for the day.

'There's an unusual surge of curses, I wonder why?'

The overloaded manager lays all the cases out in front of him and then flashes his tired eyes to Itadori's assignment.

"It looks like you're with Oda today…"

Nanami pauses, ascertaining how odd this pairing is but hides his speculation.

'Maybe their combined techniques are valued against their target curse?'

Only the Elders would know since they make these calls.

"You can kill two birds with one stone when you get there then. Both of them need to get into gear."

"Yea not a problem! They'll probably want some of these too anyways! It's a good thing I got the big one."

Itadori holds up a family sized bag of miniature chocolates with a smile of his face. He waits for Nanami to look up from his desk but he doesn't; he just scowls into the workload in front of him before running his fingers through his combed blonde hair.

"Okay, well…I'll be back."

Yuuji leaves Nanami's office to turn into the hall in the direction of Gojo and Elska's room.

"Hey! Itadori? Where are you going?"

Megumi calls out to him so he turns around and continues walking, backwards. He trips at first but laughs to himself when he sees a smirk form on Megumi's face.

"I have to go wake up Gojo sensei! Wanna come?"

Yuuji holds up the chocolate to try and entice Megumi but it turns out that he hardly ever craves sweets.

"Keep your cavities but sure, I'll join. I need to talk to him about something anyways..."

Megumi jogs to reach Itadori who turns back around to walk forwards when he approaches. They walk in short, comfortable silence until meeting the door.

"Wait. Won't Elska be here too? What if they're...not decent?"

Megumi finds himself blushing at the thought and is clearly shy about the likelihood. The insinuation of Satoru's nudity would usually irritate him more than anything but Elska on the other hand...

"Yuuji, I uhh...I think I'm going to wait here…"

"I doubt they just walk around naked but alright. I'll go in first."

Itadori assures Megumi with confidence and then quietly opens the door but the first thing he sees is the extra set of shoes and recognizes them as Toji's.

In a moment of panic, Yuuji swiftly pulls the door shut to look back at Megumi as he's not sure what else is on the other side. He worries there was a fight and maybe Toji got the best of Gojo which would explain why he's not answering, although he finds that possibility insane.

"Woah, what's wrong?!"

Itadori hears the question but would rather avoid freaking Megumi out.

"Nothing! I just...I'll give you a signal when the coast is clear!"

Yuuji smiles the best he can without hinting to any uncertainties.

Megumi, leans his shoulder against the wall and pulls out his phone to scroll through while waiting.

"Sounds good."

Itadori once again opens the door and slides inside, visual scouring the floor this time.

"What the fu-…"

Itadori sees the destroyed and fragmented wood that resembles a body being smashed into it and this instantly alarms him.

"Gojo-sensei?"

Before any conclusions could be jumped to Yuuji hears shifting in the bed so he scurries over to the foot of it. He's taking in the rest of the room on his way and notices the clothes all scattered about. Satoru's uniform being wherever it lands is nothing unusual but seeing pieces of Elska's attire has Itadori nervously putting more weight into Megumi's naked theory.

His eyes then take notice of the food and wine on the table, also the shards of broken glass further thrusting him into a state of confusion. His eyes widen upon switching his gaze to the bed itself though, the sight stopping him dead in his tracks. 

Three familiar faces and now familiar bodies; Toji, Elska and Gojo, in that order from left to right.

All three of them are completely bare but Toji's right arm rests over Elska's breast and Gojo's left arm drapes over her womanhood with the hand fastened around her thigh.

"..."

Itadori drops the bag of candy and stands there stunned and staring in awkward silence until a voice appears.

"Now this is my kind of party!"

Sukuna's mouth has taken shape onto Itadori's cheek, the extra eye on the side straining to get a better view.

"Shut up! You're going to wake them!!!"

Itadori's placing a hand over his cheek to muffle the lewdness of the curse that lives within him.

"OW! damn it!!"

Itadori removes his hand to see that it's been bitten in protest.

"Runt, this is adult time…you however are going into timeout."

"Sukuna no, don't yo-…"

Elska hears voices and groans in response, not feeling she's had enough sleep. She opens her eyes slightly with reluctance in assumption that Satoru is being noisy as usual but is entirely forgetting that Toji is there as well.

"Sati, I love you but come onnn, it's still early."

She hears a familiar ominous deep chuckle in lue of her sweet Sati that erases her ease and immediately opens her eyes fully and into focus.

'Is that...'

Elska moves her head from under Toji's chin but becomes ossified once she makes eye contact with the tattooed version of Itadori at the foot of the bed.

'Not good.'

His markings somewhat resemble tribal lines that wrap around his arms and legs, a pattern laid across his chest, back and face. He's licking his lips as his eyes travel all over her body.

"S-sukuna…"

"You know what wench? I didn't think that much of you before but I suppose all women look better nude."

A wide grin appears on Sukuna's lecherous face as he studies the two men on either side of her.

"You needed both to get off huh?"

His tone is demeaning as he continues.

"Maybe you should try a curse instead…unless you're just that much of a whore?"

The words sting as she lies there slowly regaining the crazy sequence of events that took place the night before.

'Oh my god…that's right…'

Elska's wide eyes slowly gaze over at Toji and then to Satoru which causes her to become red-faced as they all lay intertwined within white bed sheets.

"I guess I should have expected that from you though...you can't even stop yourself."

Elska glares to the assumed insult; crossed by it's meaning but she feels the muscles of her face automatically relax when Sukuna displays a type of clement for a moment and proceeds to share.

"Cease that ugly face woman! All I am saying is that it is in your nature if you're anything like him."

Addlepated by the King of Curse's rambling on nonsense about her, Elska now reaches behind her for a pillow to cover with while she's sitting up. She hasn't the first clue as to what he's talking about nor does she find comfort with his odd behavior.

"Itadori! Please, come back! "

Sukuna twitches for a moment before losing patience at what could be assumed as Itadori fighting to regain control. His malevolent red eyes pair with a insulted scowl but his face proceeds to change to a lifted eyebrow.

"You've… grown stronger since we last met."

The curse's hateful expression has since been completely replaced by a commanding curiosity.

Elska fleetingly recalls the new enhancements she experienced after feeding from Toji but remains rooted in order to not trigger the infamous being.

"This changes everything, wench. Things are going to start getting really strange around here. But this also makes me wonder...what do you think we would create, hmm?"

Sukuna chuckles but crawls onto the bed as his energy materializes six chains that hang above and around him, intended for her.

"Why don't I show you my domain and we can converse further about this there?"

His right hand reaches out for her ankle to snatch it up and drag her towards him but she's luckily too quick.

"You little wench, get the fuck over here!"

Sukuna sends the chains into her direction with an angry yet malevolent smiling face.

"Shit! GUYS!"

Elska launches to her feet on the bed and lets out the loud demon shriek to open her wings in order to shield the men and herself. The wings open immediately begging her to wonder as to why there wasn't a delay in their forming but also is grateful. One of Sukuna's chains latch around her right wrist, the rest luckily being blocked and ricocheting off of her metal feathers. The tether that has secured itself to her tugs which forcibly brings her down to her knees and a few inches forward.

"What do you even want?!"

She struggles to keep her distance while the men beside her finally come to but screams upon the curse grasping for her wings.

"I believe we could make something incredibly monstrous!"

Sukuna laughs in exhilaration as he clearly enjoys a little of bit of chase before ensnaring his prey. All four of his eyes are fixed on her as he considers the evil and raw power that lurks inside of them both.

Toji wakes first and without thinking grabs Sukuna's chain attached to her, burning the flesh of his palm and fingers instantaneously.

"AAAAAARGH!"

He only tightens his grip however, pulling the chain towards himself to create slack for Elska.

"WHAT THE FUCK KID?"

Toji's screaming his shock since he literally just woke up to this fight taking place right next to him. He doesn't understand at first that Itadori has been overthrown.

Satoru warps next to Sukuna to which the immense curse actually halts his maniacal laughter upon the registration of Gojo's presence and force. He turns his head to meet Satoru's warm yet eerie smile with his own eyes narrowed.

"Great, now I have to deal with this shaman fuck again."

"Domain expansion…"

Satoru lifts his hand in between their faces as he wraps his middle finger around his index. He looks over to Toji as warning, the severity in his eyes communicating clearly. Gojo doesn't want to hurt Itadori and has to gain control of the situation immediately to avoid doing so.

Toji's eyes widen and then illuminate.

"FUCK! Doll we have to GO!"

The giant wraps the chain around his hand once and his other arm around Elska's waist before jumping off the bed towards the other side of the room. His strength is so outstanding that he actually launches them over the dining table, through the wall and into the hallway. Toji's back and left shoulder take the brunt of the impact but he's also cut across the chest by Elska's wings in the process. The chain searing his flesh is tugged on by some unknown force of Sukuna's in a last attempt to drag Elska with them but Toji's hold prevents his success.

"THINK AGAIN FUCKER."

"…Infinite Void."

As soon as the words leave Gojo's lips a large purplish-black sphere forms around where he and Sukuna stood. As it quickly grows it swallows the majority of the bed, only leaving pieces of pillows. The part of the floor where Elska's wings were stuck from the previous night remain untouched but the good spots in between were sucked into its diameter as well. The chain attached to Elska's wrist is broken with the connection to Sukuna being cut off and it dissipates into black smoke. 

"Toji are you alright?!"

She abhorrently looks to his melted skin and the cuts received from her feathers after he's standing them up from his imprint into the wall.

"You need to feed or see Shoko!"

Toji grabs her and holds her into him, them both understanding that was a close call. She hears his heartbeat as he embraces her and tries to work on controlling her own as she releases her wings.

"Please! You're hurt!"

"I'm fine Doll, are you okay? Did it burn you too?"

He lifts her wrist with his good hand to inspect it only to find that her skin remains intact and unharmed.

"That's pretty strange…but hey, I ain't complaining."

Toji smiles to her before looking behind her to see Megumi's surprised face while in stance for a fight. The junior shaman's eyes are fixed onto the two of them, not having expected to find his father here, let alone bare ass at that.

"Elska! And…Da-…Toji?"

He was so riled by the unexpected chaos that he didn't fully filter the word that almost left his mouth and into their ears.

"Why are you even here? What are you two doing?!"

Megumi takes in their bareness but is left completely confused. Instinctively, he searches for Gojo after feeling the engagement of his technique and finds the domain that has eaten ¾ of the room. 

Megumi's mouth drops.

"ITADORI! Why is Gojo using his domain?!"

"Megumi! Sukuna came out and attacked us. I don'-…"

Elska's interrupted by Megumi's frustration.

"It's happening more frequently then…"

Megumi's eyes are heavy with sadness as he knows this means that Itadori is likely losing overall control, which isn't good for his friend. This thought process swarms him with panic with knowing how protective Gojo usually is over Elska.

"Gojo isn't going to kill him is he!?"

With it seemingly becoming harder to breather, Megumi stumbles upon relief when the domain disappears to reveal Gojo standing with the unconscious Itadori in his arms.

"That was way too close…"

Satoru mutters this to himself, half snickering as he exhales. Through the hole in the wall that gave to Elska and Toji's rush, Satoru's face can be seen holding the weighted expression of guilt. Satoru knows that he's directly responsible for the boy's strife.

He just wasn't one to care all of those years ago.

Everything Gojo's domain touched ceases to exist. There's just a giant spherical crater where the parts of the room used to be exposing the floor beneath, the room beside them and the one above them as well. Satoru shifts his eyes toward Toji and Elska while setting Itadori against a broken wall with regret in his voice.

"Are you alright love?"

She nods to him in reply, wondering what would have happened had Toji not removed them both from its circumferential reach. Elska has been inside of Satoru's breathtaking domain before but he was able to tweak its parameters to make it safe for her to be in there. If he doesn't do that though, there's no chance of survival once encompassed unless he allows it.

When you are in another's domain, a rare technique that only some shaman and intelligent curses can produce, you're left to the whims of their mind being as the domain itself is an outward projection of it.

Gojo walks towards them, reaching towards Elska as he nears. When he gets to her he leans down and kisses her as she's being held by Toji. He places his lips on her forehead as well and then rests his chin in her hair while he brings his right hand to hold behind her head, closing his eyes in a moment of relief.

'What if I hadn't been here?'

"Satoru! What the hell is all of this?!"

Nanami runs around the corner, joining them after the clear indication that Satoru opened his domain, his presence being awe inspiring with its level of sheer superiority.

"Why are the three of you nake-…"

He lowers his voice as he takes in Gojo, Toji and Elska's nudity, embarrassed at the sight but remembering exactly why.

"Oh…erm…right."

Nanami's fighting his eyes for proper placement as a small part of him wishes to see more of Elska but like before, she's literally in another man's arms…well two now technically. The thought escapes him though as he remembers there're far more pressing matters at hand.

"Here, Oda."

Kento removes his suit jacket and walks it over to Elska with his head turned away. Toji removes his arms so that it can be rested upon her shoulders to give her body some cover. She thanks him genuinely as she uses her hands to hold it closed from the inside as best as possible.

"You're too young my boy, 22 don't mean shit."

Toji laughs to obliterate the awkward staring of Megumi not wanting to be mean or rude about the territorial claim. He remembers being that age too and doesn't necessarily blame him for looking at his doll, she's a catch.

'He really is my son.'

The giant is overcome with a sense of pride but unfortunately it completely opposes his son's mood. 

"I have no idea what's going on anymore, are you three together or something?"

Megumi is shy with his questioning, eyes averted and looking over in Itadori's direction with a frustrated pout. He witnesses Yuuji starting to stir and regains some hope.

Elska and Toji freeze to his question, not at all knowing how to answer it.

Gojo tries however.

"Well Megs, Toji here loves me so much you see and so does my love! Toji is such predator though that he wouldn't take my no for an answer…so here we are!"

Satoru throws on the dumbest grin as he tries to save the boy from the weird truth of their situation. He doesn't know how he'd explain it anyways and would rather his students maintain ignorance over that other side of his personality.

Toji extends an arm without sound and pushes Satoru backwards, the silver shaman cackling to the extremely low tolerance of the massive man.

Gojo doesn't fall but pretends to stumble into Nanami, to which he wraps an arm around his shoulder.

"Nanamin…looks like you're my guy now!"

Satoru puckers his lips inches next to Nanami's face.

"If you don't get your dick off of my suit Satoru…so help me god…I will use my technique to cut it. Cover yourself."

With a lowered head and in frustration, Nanami uses his thumb and middle finger to push the glasses into his face.

"Do not tempt me Satoru."

Gojo laughs some more but steps away and grabs a folded napkin from the drywall-littered table against the wall behind them that still held their dishes from the night before. He unfolds the napkin and holds it over himself before making eye contact with Nanami again.

"OK! Done!"

The silver menace can't help but sway his hips so that his member flops underneath, completely amused. No one other than Elska laughs but he soon ceases once seeing that Nanami isn't having it and is waiting for everyone to get serious.

"What is it Nanamin?"

"There's a special grade curse you've been assigned. We actually all have missions this morning."

Nanami turns towards Toji's muscular but bleeding chest just to assess his injuries; not as annoyed over his nudity since the giant is doing his best to remain covered by Elska.

"Are you alright to fight like that, Fushiguro? You should head to Shoko."

Toji huffs to this.

"Nah I'm fine, this isn't anything…"

The cuts along his chest aren't deep they're just plentiful in number.

'Those things should've sliced right through me…'

Toji's amazement is clear as he assesses his body's ability to withstand her new feathers, not entirely comprehending the cause. The mysterious development pulls his eyes to Elska and then over to Megumi who's still in a bad mood and looking to the floor. His emerald meet back to Nanami.

"Which one am I taking with?"

"You and Megumi can team up. Elska and Itadori are supposed to… wait."

Nanami looks around the room after realizing the pink-haired boy isn't in view but then sees him on the floor sitting up against the wall. The manager sulks but asks anyways.

"What happened to Itadori?"

Satoru exhales with darkened but calculated eyes.

"Sukuna."

Nanami's brow furrows even further to this, also comprehending that this is not a good thing.

"Okay, well if Itadori's down for the count then you may have to go on your own, Oda."

Kento looks over to Elska, not having enjoyed saying that. He studies her a moment with regret but remains stern. Special treatment rumors aren't the issue; Elska is strong enough to not be coddled and plus, her strength is needed.

"Not happening, she doesn't go alone."

Toji is suspicious of the situation already knowing that this kind of surge in curses wouldn't be on the natural side of things.

"What if this is a trap? Ever thought about that Nanami? Why isn't she with Gojo like usual?"

The giant was already running through possibilities in his mind before he could even finish the sentence.

"I don't know, those were the orders."

Itadori is awake now and leans forward with a dazed look but quickly comes to his senses.

"You guys! I'm so sorry, I didn't mea-…"

Gojo perks up when he sees Yuuji stirring and warps next to him ready to whisper some good news.

"Hey it's alright! None of that was your fault and we know that. Sukuna should be suppressed for a while now too, I took the fight the out of him."

Satoru winks down to Itadori and extends a hand to lift him off of the ground. He pulls him up and steadies him until Yuuji is no longer wobbly on his feet.

"Maybe we should still have him sit this one out…I don't want you going out there if you're not in good enough condition."

"Sukuna won't be a problem for a while. I handled it."

Nanami doesn't doubt Satoru's words but feels his absence may be for the best, albeit while it wrenches everything else.

"I'm fine, really! I actually feel better than before!"

Itadori looks around the room and smiles while taking cautious steps closer while meeting Nanami's gaze

"I don't even have the usual mental strain which makes it even better! I don't want El to have to go alone…not when I'm capable."

Satoru raises an eyebrow and lifts an offended hand, dropping his napkin slightly before remembering to keep it upon himself.

"I think he'll be okay Nanamin, like I said, I suppressed Sukuna."

Toji has maintained silence while lost in his thoughts as he recalls the plans that were shared with him while working under Getou.

"They want her and the kid, Gojo, I feel like this is weird. They just happen to be paired up?"

"Yeah, I hear you. Smells kinda fishy..."

Satoru chews on his cheek until a plan strikes him.

"Nanamin, send me the info on mine and I'll warp there."

Gojo grabs Elska and Itadori both by the shoulder.

"By the time I'm done with my mission, you should only be arriving to yours. I'll be back up just in case."

Satoru now checks with Toji to see if that was a good enough plan.

"I still don't like it but that's better…I guess."

Despite his agreeing, Toji reaches out for Elska's hand as he holds her fingertips with a pit in his stomach.

"Doll, I need you to be extra careful, alright? I really don't like this."

He turns to Itadori, hardening his expression.

"I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm counting on you kid…do not let me down."

Itadori responds with an earnest head nod.

Nanami pulls his phone out of his pocket and sends everyone their designated locations, Satoru's first. He looks up to everyone in the hall.

"Alright that should do it. Please confirm that you've received your files."

Adjusting the sleeves of his suit, Nanami shifts his stance as he also forms doubt over the surge, something he knows with certainty is foreboding.

"And everyone, be on guard."

Satoru walks back towards Elska and bends down to give her a kiss.

"Alright my love, I'll be right behind you."

He sighs as she looks up to him with conviction but he's also beginning to worry.

The last time he ignored his gut he paid dearly for it by getting sealed. If he fucks up this time, he could lose them both.

"Oh we've got this."

Elska confidently grins over to Itadori with absolutely no caution in regards to Sukuna.

'If Sati said he's suppressed, then he's suppressed.'

She trusts them; they wouldn't put her in a dangerous situation if they knew better either.

"Alright love, I'll see you soon."

Gojo pecks her on the head not wanting to leave but knows its best he does sooner than later. He darts his eyes to Itadori as he wears a faint smile.

'They don't need to know yet...'

Referring to the quick conversation between himself and Sukuna while they were in his domain. There is a pretty good reason as to why Satoru's so unwavering about Sukuna's slumber.

"I'm going to the old room first to grab some clothes…I don't think this is the best battle attire."

Gojo laughs once realizing they're all still naked while speaking of fighting. After looking back to Elska and winking, he disappears into thin air.

Toji is only now letting go of Elska's hand as everyone gears up to part ways. He doesn't want to leave Elska alone with Itadori but he's also wanting to watch over Megumi who would otherwise be by himself.

"We'll head over to y'all too once we're done. I still am not so sure about any of this."

Exhaling only a fraction of the weight on his shoulders, Toji searches her eyes for assurance of the outcome all while knowing that their fate wouldn't be revealed so easily.

"We'll be good, we actually work off each other well!"

Itadori accepts the boost and feeds off her efforts.

"Yeah! Like that one time with the overgrown syphilis curse!"

Elska cringes but makes manages to respond.

"Yeeeah...that was a messy one..."

Her and Itadori's eyes finally meet putting each other at ease until the junior shaman reddens and jerks his neck in the other direction.

"OH! Right...I should probably get some clothes as well…"

She awkwardly giggles while stepping over the ledge of the hole made as the men silently look away.

"Toji! I believe these are yours!"

Pants and a shirt come flying out of the room which the giant's able to catch with a still-satisfied grin.

Toji looks around at the others before turning his body to dress himself. He huffs as he bends over to place his feet into the legs and feels the claws of vulnerability. Elska is walking back towards him, roughly in her shaman outfit as he pulls his shirt over his head. Her face is so gentle and loving that he can't help but reciprocate the affections. She wraps her arms around his neck and speaks into his chest.

"You be extra careful too my beloved."

Toji's eyebrows jump up in response to her sincerity as he reclaims his embrace of her quickly. Shutting his eyes, he hums to her as the world seemingly fades from around them in that moment.

"Doll, I'll never leave you, don't worry."

They pull apart from each other and the warmth that's obviously felt between the two of them uplifts their mood.

Itadori shakes Megumi with sheer enthusiasm.

"Alright let's go get some curses!"

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"Is everything set?"

Getou scours around to everyone in the room as they prepare for what you'd think to be a performance.

They've enacted their change of plans recently; wanting to kill two birds with one stone.

"The shaman should be dispatched out by now, all support needs to go to their designated targets. Keep them busy."

The elders requested the capture of the vessel and the bird girl in haste as they've recently discovered her ability that changed Toji. If she does that to Gojo, they don't know how the surge of power increase will affect him since the man's already insane as it is.

"I just wish we didn't have to use her room for this, you know? What if it gets damaged?!"

Naoya is desperately excited that the day has finally come but finds himself irked by the switch in plans.

Choso is using a dimensional barrier that, once crossed, will place Itadori and Elska right into their very establishment and into the room they designed to corrupt her powers. The shaman won't have access to their cursed energy once they enter but Naoya knows they're both still a handful nonetheless.

He truthfully just wants her to have a nice room and there be something left of her to be impressed by when its all said and done.

'They should be here any minute!'

Examining Choso, the Zenin hoped to share in his anticipation but it seems the being is doing well at hiding his too.

"Naoya, I don't care if that bitch stays in a fucking box. Get your shit together."

Suguru's curiously studying Naoya, having had enough of his frivolousness regarding the girl.

"If you fuck this up Zenin, I will mercilessly take your precious intended and strangle the life out of her."

Getou's eyes are cold and ominous as he narrows in and egregiously proceeds.

"And I'll make you and your fucking clan watch while I do so. Do not fucking try me...you know well enough of what I am capable of."

He scoffs as he finally sees Naoya slip in demeanor. It was only for a second but he's sure that it took place.

Naoya's rage almost got the best of him. He knows Getou means what he's saying though which is why he's so on edge by the statement.

'Keep your cool…breathe…you'll get him soon enough…'

He's trying to maintain his sanity as he forces his muscles to tense up instead of contracting into a fist. There's simply not enough time in the world for Zenin to express his discontent over literally everything Suguru seems to stand for nowadays and being that he's so close to receiving Elska, he bites his tongue to stave off the truth.

"I've got this here, you can take your leave."

Naoya's voice is as cold as Getou's eyes as he attempts to brush the eeriness of Suguru's aura off of his shoulders.

"Right."

Getou doesn't believe him for a second but waves everyone away and leaves after the exchange; smirking as he seemingly disappears into the shadows.

'We'll see about that.'

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Itadori and Elska are approaching what looks like an abandoned building mostly surrounded by a gravel parking lot. It's broken down exterior would fit in a dystopian film could easily a place where a curse could take root and flourish.

"Yep, this looks like it's it."

Elska shows her GPS to Itadori as if he wouldn't trust her word. She notices something odd though and grabs him by the shoulder to slow his pace.

"I don't actually sense any cursed energy. There's something weird going on."

She thinks to call Satoru but knows he has his own work to handle and with him surely being on his way any second, she's reassured, releases Itadori and they continue inside.

"The air in here is strange, heavy almost…"

Itadori is now on his guard as he's picking up on some abnormalities too. They reach the front double door to which they both stop and look at each other, Elska taking the lead as she feels obligated to protect the junior shaman. She turns the knob and pushes it open to show that before them lies a completely darkened room.

Itadori reaches to grab her hand but catches the hem of Elska's skirt instead but clutches it so they don't become separated. Once they step through though, the door slams shut behind them and they're brought to their knees as the atmospheric pressure changes and threatens to rip their lungs out through their mouths. It only lasts a few seconds but the amount of pain experienced from it leaves them hunched over catching their breath and blinded as lights turn on all at once.

Elska feels a hand slap her upper back and without lifting her head up she calls out to her junior shaman.

"I'm fine Itadori, how about you!?"

She hears nothing in response and her eyes widen to the absence of the boy beside her.

"ITADORI!!!"

Elska struggles to her feet, chest still feeling the slight fire from whatever the fuck just happened in there.

When she looks around, she perceives a large, elegant dark blue room with a bed, couch, dressers.

'What the hell?'

She turns around and sees the corner which is an open bathroom with a massive tub.

'There's no way this a domain. Where am I?'

"Don't be alarmed...you're not in danger."

Elska's body tenses up to the sound of the familiar, deep voice. She slowly turns around to see Naoya behind her, staring excitedly.

The Zenin walks up to her cautiously, not wanting to freak her out with his enthusiasm as he's finally here with her as she takes in her new quarters.

"Do you like it? This is all for you…every bit of detail was contoured with your comfort in mind."

Naoya nervously notices that her expression is still that of shock and not much else. He swallows down his nerves, stepping a little closer with the ravenous fear of rejection haunting his ear. Elska spins in place, clearly uncertain of her surroundings so he tries to put her at ease.

"I will not harm you Elska..."

"WHERE IS ITADORI!? WHAT DID YOU MONSTERS DO TO HIM?!"

Naoya does his best to not show it but the hostility in her voice wrecks him. There's a shrill component in her vocals that truly paints the images of her distress Dancing his view around the room in search for words, the Zenin's eyes eventually wanders back to her with everything he's cannot bring himself to say.

Her question goes unanswered and unfortunately the culpable expression on Naoya breeds miscommunication; panic resurfacing once she mistakes his lamentable look for Yuuji being in trouble.

'Toji was right…'

Elska's head hangs low as she thinks of everyone in the moment that they notice something's wrong.

'SATI!'

She reaches for her phone to pull it out, wanting to reach Satoru immediately. She looks to Naoya who doesn't seem eager to stop her which she finds weird but she ignores it and dials Satoru anyways.

Backing away from Naoya with the phone to her ear, Gojo answers but right as he speaks into the other end, the phone is snatched away.

Naoya's blood ices with horror as his eyes take to Getou behind Elska.

"I SAID I FUCKING HAD THIS COVERED!!!!"

"Tsk, tsk tsk…little birdie, what are we going to do with you?"

Suguru wraps a hand around her throat while seizing the phone above their heads. Gojo can be heard through the speaker.

"LOVE WHAT'S WRONG!? ELSKA!?"

Getou lowers the phone to his ear and with an atrociously satisfied calmness, speaks into the receiver.

"We've got her and the vessel. You shaman are so fucking predictable!"

Suguru laughs calamitously while he squeezes Elska harder, daring Naoya to come near them.

"WHAT ARE YOU FUCKING DOING, GETOU?!"

The Zenin's voice bellows through the room as he refuses to stand by idly and watch.

"RELEASE HER NOW."

Naoya's on the verge of exposing his secret technique prematurely but also doesn't care for he can't trust Getou's intentions. Biding time for his trump card he instinctively activates his projection technique instead to select the best path of attack.

'I have to fucking get to her!'

Naoya's amber eyes water to the sight of Elska ensnared one of the most diabolical men of their time. Every single unobstructed breath that is stolen from her will be repaid by the one stealing it.

Getou throws the phone into the wall, smashing it. Elska begins frantically clawing at his hands which brings him amusement. He lowers his neck to inform Elska.

"I just wanted to leave them with something to remember her by at least…"

Suguru proceeds to lick the side of Elska's face her clearly revolts to his gesture.

"Ge-…get…off of…mee!"

She's struggling to form words but also realizes that she can't summon any cursed energy, nor use her wings.

'What did they do to me?!'

She looks at Naoya with intensified fear as she's not sure what's going on or what their intentions currently are.

She only knows that she's fucked.

"PUT HER DOWN NOW!!!!!"

Naoya's about to charge him when Getou stoically holds a hand out in a gesture to stop.

"Un-wad your panties Zenin, I just wanted to say hello to our famous guest."

Skimming his hands from her hips to her upper back, Suguru glances to Naoya maliciously.

"Grab me another talisman, Naoya."

"I already put one on her can't you fucking see that!?"

Naoya's losing his patience more and more and is wondering if his own plans are about to be shot to shit as he's gearing up to kill the sadistic fucker right then and there.

Getou cannot stand the obstinance exuding his supposed right-hand man.

"GET THE GOD DAMN TALISMAN, NAOYA. NOW!"

Suguru squeezes Elska again extremely hard, her reaction of visual pain motivating Naoya to finally cooperate. He takes a new seal out of his own pocket and walks towards them. Upon approaching, Naoya's eyes meet Elska's and he fiercely tries to covertly tell her through them that he is mortified for her.

That he's going to stop this.

"Thank you! Now for the love of God, was that so fucking hard?"

Getou rips the talisman out of Naoya's hand and motions for him to step back. He notices Naoya's expression morph into confusion as he tears the already placed one on Elska's back, off. He then leans down into her ear.

"Now little birdie...why don't you try to fly out of this cage?"

His sentence is finished with a deep chuckle but he jumps away from her, clearing himself from her the reach of her wings.

As soon as his grip is removed from her Elska turns around to put eyes on him and jumps backwards.

"Don't mind if I do…"

She then lets out the demonic shriek that echoes off of the walls, turning her head upwards as she happily embraces the discomfort of her quickly forming feathers.

When they stretch out of her skin and take shape out of her back, she pushes off the ground and hovers herself in the air.

'These should be heavier than they are!'

Noting the mind boggling efficiency of her new feathers, not having taken flight yet with the fully metallicized version, Elska briefly experiences a thrill amongst the danger.

She looks down to see Naoya gawking at their appearance and hears him mutter something under his breath.

"They're different now…"

Her stunning form once again brings Naoya to a fleeting moment of awe.

Getou is still on the ground beneath her as well, horrifically smiling as she's yet to figure out why he's given her wings back to her. His eyes leave her in the air though and narrowly meet Naoya's on the ground across from him.

"Let this be your final warning Zenin and do know...this is on you."

Before Naoya can internalize what he means, Getou activates his gravity manipulation and barrels Elska into the floor so hard that her body bounces and leaves her without a voice to cry. 

Naoya instantly engages his projection in sheer rage but to his complete shock, Getou anchors him into his current position as well.

"GETOU WHAT THE FUCK ARE …YOU DOING?!"

Naoya's lost all composure as he just watched the bastard brutally smash Elska into the floor; indenting her body into it further as he crushes her with his technique.

'GOD NO!'

She hit her head so roughly that she's bleeding from it and all he can do is watch it pool and vibrate to the gravitational waves.

"ELSKA!!!"

Naoya really can't move this time unlike before when he was underplaying his abilities.

He's stuck.

Forced to hunch over on his hands and knees while he strains to keep his head up towards them.

'Was he aware of my strength the whole time? What is he about to do to her?'

The Zenin's mind races as he fears Getou's purpose with all of this.

Suguru calmly strolls up to the pinned Elska as she can't even flail from the pressure encased over her. He straddles her on the floor being unaffected by his own powers and hears Naoya roar as he lowers himself over the battered girl.

"I said I wanted to leave them something to remember you by, didn't I?"

His mouth twists into a leer as he yanks her upper body up towards him as if to embrace her but grips her left wing with his right hand.

"I think they'll love this, they are uniquely gorgeous…"

Getou smacks Elska across the face, splitting her cheek open as she did his upon their first encounter.

"I really…really can't fucking stand you though…"

Elska feels his hand at the base of her wing and her eyes fill with tears as she gathering what he's about to do.

There's only one explanation for it.

She can't move, she can barely breathe and so all she can do is brace herself for what is to come with quivering lips and fear engulfing her.

Getou's hand begins to pull at her left wing; his grip is unforgiving as he attempts the horrendous all while laughing at her weakened screams.

Naoya's heart drops.

"NO NO NO WHAT THE FUCK!!?? ELSKA!! LET HER GO NOW!!"

Elska wails in incredible pain as he can do nothing but watch in agony.

Getou's laugh layers deeper and more prominent as he's tortuously ripping her wing out of her shoulder and back.

Her shrieks cut through Zenin's body more viciously than her feathers ever did.

Naoya watches Getou raising his arm higher and higher, harshly twisting and jerking as the wing fights to stay connected to her body. When torn muscles and stretching skin turns into thin translucent-like flaps, Naoya screams for Elska when she begins to lose consciousness.

The noises that occur from her bones snapping cause Naoya to throw up in his mouth, jerking his head to the floor as the sight is far beyond anything he can handle. Her skeletal structures crack and break, leaving the sounds to be left of the remnants of flesh being separated until those too snap and hang; the elasticity of her skin being drawn to no return.

'WHY DID I THINK SHE'D BE OK HERE?'

Naoya's eyes overflow as his anger grows and boils over. He raises his view back to the nightmarish scene, daring to brave what he knows to be the cruelest example of power ever displayed.

He watches the only woman he's ever cared for becomes mutilated before him, because of him.

"HA GOOD GOD… this thing is heavy!"

Getou is having to use both hands now to lift the wing itself as blood drips and runs down the metal feathers from where it was stolen from her body.

"How did you get this into the air?! You look so weak."

He's genuinely interested in the physics altering answer that he knows he won't receive at this moment. But assures the dying girl further.

"I'll make sure your loved ones get it…"

Suguru offers a cold smile, being overly satisfied with the gore and how pathetic she looks unconscious on the floor.

"Stupid bitch…I warned you of your atonement, didn't I?"

He turns to leave the room, dragging the wing until he releases his manipulations over Naoya and Elska, transferring his focus to floating the 5ft long silver and dark grey tipped prize beside him.

As soon as he can move Naoya quickly scurries over to her. Tears haze his vision as he's afraid to touch her, not wanting to injure her further.

"…Elska, wake up…please…"

His head is bowed as he dares to lift her up to see the wound left by Getou. He sits himself on his knees beside her and cautiously pulls her off her back and forwards.

"…oh my God…."

Naoya can see inside of her.

The stretched and misshapen muscles of hers that remain, the splintered bones Getou twisted to break, the adipose tissue…parts of her spine.

Naoya crumbles into an inaudibly sob, embracing her carefully and rocking them in place; only high pitched squeals leaving his usually baritone lips. He's choking on his own breaths as he pulls the cloth of his robes apart in a makeshift attempt to nurse her and stop the bleeding. He positions his trembling body in front of her but he's crouched over her legs as he leans her head into his chest. Naoya grabs his phone and sniffles as he brings up a number and chooses it.

"Cho…Choso…I need…"

Holding his breath to try and subside his hyperventilating, Naoya yields his woes to gain composure but is still unable to get the words out that he needs to.

"Cho...Elska..."

"Naoya?! What happened!?"

"Elska…Getou fucking…her wing…Choso…help…"

Naoya lets out a sharp cry as he applies additional pressure to the gaping, bleeding area next to the replaced talisman. He feels his whole body shaking but he can't tell if it's from rage or from being shattered in that moment.

"Elska…you have to…you can't..."

He inhales past the congestion.

"…wake up…please…"

Naoya holds her closely with his eyes closed, forgetting he was on the phone with Choso as this occasion has left him completely shattered.

"…please…"

The line falls silent but Naoya's hoping Choso understood and is on his way. He finally is unable to fight back the tears as he continues to cradle her, swaying them as he puts their weight on his knees.

In a pool of her blood they sit, Elska losing her color from creating the puddle around them.

"No, No, NO…baby…PLEASE!"

Naoya's screams reverberate throughout the room as the echo beams back to him, feeling the absolute hopelessness pour from them both.