Chapter: 124: Dagon(2)

" Tch, you'll be going back, alone. "

Said Mute as he yanked out the nunchuck, and slammed a kick into Toji's solar plexus, sending him skidding back. Before he halted to a stop, and grinned at Mute maniacally. Mute scoffed at Toji's grin, as he pondered, with hundreds of thoughts running through his head...

Ten, 10 percent. That's how much-cursed energy I have remaining, truthfully, I don't know what happens if you run out of cursed energy, but I'm guessing. I will die, or become crippled, becoming unable to wield a cursed technique. 

And that is something, that cannot happen. The main reason, I let that nunchuck pierce into me, is because I'm trying to conserve my energy, just in case, Kenjaku does his backup plan. But let's forget about that plan. I need to focus on the man in front of me, he's a crafty one, he figured out, I had to protect Maki after a few exchanges. That binding vow, I made with Mai really bit me in the ass. 

Luckily, that binding vow should pay off, if I manage to make it out of this domain alive. I slowly begin to heal the wound in my shoulder, as I feel Maki gaze, piercing into my back. Her mind is probably racing with thoughts right now, she'll probably figure out, that it has something to do with Mai. After all, everyone born with Zenin's blood is somewhat clever. 

I need Dagon to handle, Megumi and Maki, while I try to kill him. Although, if he's anything like me. He's going to attack Maki, I slowly slide my feet apart entering into a stance that covers Maki's entire frame. The man glanced at my stance before he spoke. 

" It doesn't matter what you try to do. It's not going to matter. I'm going to kill that woman. "...

Outside the domain, on a random street. Negi and Mimiko could be seen walking next to each other, passing by hundreds of dead bodies. That were mangled, transformed into curses by Mahito. Their steps echoed in unison, somewhat rhythmically, until Mimiko glanced over at Negi and spoke. 

" Are you ready? Yuji Itadori's body should be less than five minutes away. " 

" Of course, I am, Sukuna is the only way we can get Geto back. " 

Said Negi staring forward with a pure look of hatred, Mimiko nodded her head in agreement until she asked a question. 

" Couldn't we ask Mute? He's probably around that man's level. " 

" We can't, he probably made a binding vow with him. Someone as smart as the fake Geto wouldn't let Mute run around unchecked. " 

" Ahh, that's true. What a shame. But I still think we should look for him. He's going to be our safety net. Besides, I doubt there's anyone in Shibuya that can cause him major trouble. I'm going to go look after him, give us a signal after you find Itadori. "...

As Mimiko said this, back inside Dagon's domain. The sound of fighting echoed through the sunny beach, Dagon floated high in the sky, narrowly dodging Nue, as he repeatedly flew after him. Dagon leaned to the right as Nue flew past him at lightning-fast speeds. Dagon let out an inaudible groan as he stared at Megumi who was standing in a pitch-black pool. 

Sweat poured down Megumi's face, as he used his incomplete domain and Nue at the same time. Even though, Megumi was quickly running out of energy, he wasn't going to be the first one to falter. In the middle of the beach, an intense exchange of close combat was unraveling. Toji could be seen lunging at Maki, throwing a barrage of powerful combinations she could barely fend off. 

Maki swiftly raised her guard, skillfully blocking a punch that left a bruise on her forearm, she gritted her teeth in agony until she lowered her guard and twisted her hips, about to throw a counter right hook until Toji's heel suddenly appeared inches away from her nose. The kick was about to land until suddenly Maki's body teleported being replaced by Mute who slipped the kick and slammed a powerful punch into Toji's side making his body fly off into nearby woods.

Mute stared at this woods breathing heavily until he glanced over at Maki standing next to a lounge chair staring at him confused. Maki turned her head slightly before asking a question.

" Why are you protecting me? " 

" Does one need a reason to help their cousin? "

" Don't bullshit me. You could care less about me. It has something to do with Mai, Right? If so, you better fucking tell me!- "

Before Maki could finish yelling out her sentence, the sound of a rustling brush caught her attention, causing her to quickly look back, as soon as she did this, massive punch were mere millimeters away from her eyes. She started to squint bracing for the punch, before to her surprise, suddenly the fist vanished and was replaced by Mute. 

Mute stood there panting, he was quickly running out of curse energy, he locked eyes with Maki until suddenly, his eyes dilated and he snapped his head back. Right when he did this, a thrown nunchuck shot out of the woods narrowly missing Mute's face, however. The same couldn't be said for Maki.

The sharp nunchuck, sliced across Maki's face causing a massive gash, making her teeth visible through her cheek. Maki touched the hole in her cheek in shock, until she noticed, that the same hole could be seen, in Mute's face even though, he dodged the Nunchuck. 

" Ain't this fucking perfect, I can't even heal the wound. " 

Murmured Mute touching the wound. Due to the binding vow properties, and the fact that Maki can't use RCT. Mute cannot heal any wound on his body, that stemmed from Maki. Maki and Mute's bodies are linked, any damage done to Maki will also appear on Mute's body, that's why Mute protected Maki so ferociously. The only reason, the binding vow didn't affect, Mute while Maki fought Dagon on her lonesome. 

It was because the attacks stemmed from the owner of the domain. The owner of the domain is waived from the many restrictions of the binding vow. Only the basics of the vow remained, meaning that Dagon couldn't kill Maki without killing Mute. However, if the attack didn't come from the owner of the domain, the full properties of the vow are in effect. 

This was something that Mute and Dagon knew. But with Dagon's hands full with Megumi, he isn't able to battle Maki. Mute locked eyes with Maki while letting out a loud sigh, and instantly her body teleported away. Maki appeared 200 feet away from everyone else, she glanced around confused while Toji and Mute dashed at each other throwing a barrage of attacks. 

Toji and Mute exchanged fierce blows, each of their attacks landing with precision until Mute saw a gap through Toji's attacks and swiftly evaded a punch by ducking, making Toji's knuckle graze his temple. Before Toji could pull back his hand, Mute reached up and tightly grabbed Toji's burly arms. Using Toji's momentum against him, Mute flipped Toji making him collide with the ground violently. For a brief moment, Toji was sprawled on the ground, until he rolled and leaped forward, tackling Mute onto the ground, landing on top of him. 

He sat on Mute, laying on top of him, and was about to start repeatedly throwing punches until a sudden horde of rabbits, stormed towards Toji and Mute. Mute glanced at the incoming horde of rabbits before he murmured just loud enough for Toji to hear. 

" Damn it, Megumi Fushiguro. "

The horde of rabbits came from Megumi, as he desperately tried to keep Dagon away from him. Megumi knew he couldn't beat Dagon but as long as he kept him at bay, Maki might be able to kill Mute and Toji. He summoned the rabbits, trying to engulf Dagon, confusing him. However, unbeknownst to Megumi directly above him. Was Dagon glaring down at him before he stretched out his red palm pointing it at Megumi. 

Water started to fill Dagon's palm until a sudden shadow was cast on top of him, Dagon glanced up confused before a powerful punch slammed into his face, sending him crashing down into the ground. Dagon collided with the beach, creating a crater. 

Dagon pushed off the ground in agony until a powerful stomp slammed into the back of his head indenting his skull, Toji repeatedly, stomped on Dagon's head. Making blood spew out of his mouth while his body twitched uncontrollably, until finally. Dagon stopped all movements. 

Toji stood on Dagon's corpse until he locked eyes with Megumi while the domain's barriers slowly faded away. Toji grinned at Megumi before he spoke. 

" Megumi...It's been- "...