The hunter and the hunted.

"Hello sir Kagatsuchi. Welcome to our gathering." The scarred man greets me politely. "I'm Desmond." He moves out of the way so I can enter.

My eyes look back and forth between all the supposed artists. 'Their cursed energy is not much different from a non sorcerer. It might not be a trap after all.' My shoulders relax slightly.

"Let's Begin!" One of the artists suddenly shouted out. Clearly, he was full of energy.

"Let's wait for a moment. Just for Sir Amunaj." Desmond announces. Realisation crosses my eyes. 'I guess he's probably the best?'

A few minutes pass until Desmond goes to the door. I see a young man come through although he seemed a bit fidgety.

His hair is a bronze brown and his eyes of the same colour. I can see the quiver in his eyes that quickly dissappears as he straightens his dark blue suit and tightens his black gloves.

"Hello everyone." I can hear the strain in his voice. 'Quite the nervous one.' I stop my thoughts from leaking out. Although....

"Our meeting will of course be discussing art but it will also consist of our collective goal." This is a bit interesting but then again it is just art.

"Leaving our marks on the Jujutsu world!"

All faces turn to me.

BOOM! The entire cabin erupts in flames and I leap out of it. 'I didn't notice anything wrong with their cursed energy. A result of a cursed technique but who's?'

I don't have to wait long until Desmond comes out of the smoke. "I must admit I didn't think you'd fall for it that easily." He's chuckling all the while as he says this.

I don't respond. My actions are a good enough reply. "Today, Kagatsuchi, is the day you die." His hand glides along his split face. "Time to be hunted like the animal you are."

'This is clearly related to Januma.' I activate my cursed technique and there is silence for a few seconds. I keep looking into his eyes as he looks into mine. I move my hand. He reaches for his waist.

Clanck! I hear the sharp sound of metal. The ground in front of Desmond crushes slightly. 'My flame ball was turned to metal when it made contact his sword. I can't let that touch me.'

He moves forward and I do the same. I dodge his strike and attack with a flaming kick to his face. He ducks under that and rolls away.

We stare at each other in silence before he taps the grassy ground with his sword. I surround my feet in red flames and the metal melts before it reaches me. He simply stares at me again with a piercing gaze.

I dash to my right and barely dodge the zooming pillar of metal going towards me. 'It came from the ground around me. This entire area is now built for his advantage!' I grit my teeth.

"You won't be moving much longer." I ignore his voice and focus on dodging all the metal pillars. I keep speeding around whilst avoiding any natural creations like trees. 'He could probably manipulate that as well and even catch me off guard with it.'

I take deeper breaths in as I wipe sweat off my old face. 'Oh, I've got an idea.' I use the flames on my feet to glide along the ground. I wait for the pillars to approach and just before they reach me.

I kick off and strike the pillar. It melts within a few seconds. The hot goo lazily dripped on to the floor. 'He's not as strong as I thought.' I decide to finally face my foe.

My quick footwork immediately allows me to reach him. However, just before my fist slams across his face I see him look at me with a face full of confidence.

CRACK!

I bite my lip so hard blood starts to dribble out. "Haharghhaaa." My ragged breathing is the sound that fills my ears. 'How? When?' I looking at him as I clutch my shoulder.

"Hey! Need an arm?" He happily waves my bloody arm in my face then promptly throws it away. "Kagatsuchi Yamamoto. You're worst nightmare is only a few seconds away." He arrogantly looks at me as he says this.

'A large amount of cursed energy is approaching. It feels extremely sinister!' A few seconds is all I wait until I see Amunaj coming through the metal woods.

'He doesn't seem nervous at all like before and he is still wearing the same suit.' He flexes his gloved hands before speaking.

"This is something that must happen Yamamoto. Sorry." I can hear that he does sound apologetic. "I know I won't be forgiven. All I want to say is." He clutches his dark blue.

"All things have a reason. Even without knowing. I hope you will trust mine."

'Why is he speaking like this? Who-'

"JAANUMAA!" A hoarse,angry voice roars out. It's mine. "I WILL KILL YOU." The bastard only nods in response.

In that same instance I create a flame arm to replace my missing arm. I look at him with scorching eyes.

Domain Expansion: A Thousand Sun's

All the metal surrounding us quickly disappeared without a trace. The temperature rose high above survivable and my body was coloured in a beautiful blue inferno.

My lip is now bleeding profusely. Desmond runs to That Bastard and stays by his side. Calm brown eyes show no sign of discomfort.

'I already know of his cursed technique. God's Sacrifice.' I lunge towards him like a bullet train. My blue fist aiming for his eyes. 'I will burn your sight, your hearing, your taste. I will burn everything away from you!'

That Bastard dodges my attack and returns with a roundhouse kick. Somehow, I'm blown back. I land on the black grass and zoom right back to him again.

Parts of my body disintegrate into nothingness but I ignore the pain. Before I reach him he starts to make a few strange handsigns and my other real arm disappears.

I've regrow it in flames the moment it disappeared. I also note that Desmond has somehow left during our fight.

Januma is no longer there. I stop for a moment to look around my surroundings. 'WHERE? WHERE? WHERE? WHERE?'

A blurry fist collides with my burning face. I grab on to the hand and burn it. But before I could it moved away.

"I didn't want this to happen but it is the only path." I want to burn that voice of his. My leg trembles with all the strain and heat. 'IGNORE IT AND FIND HIM!'

"I guess it might be time to end this."