Full of secrets
Gabi put Makima down as they got high ground from the curse. " Thank you," She breathily said.
" Don't thank me yet, " Gabi said when he was about to move he felt a burning pain on his left calf before he had to say something Makima was already on it.
"The vomit must have been laced with poison or acid, " She was about to bend down and examine it but Gabi grabbed her wrist, " Come on, run. " When Makima turned behind her she saw a group of fun-sized dark chubby curses that had multiple eyes on their face with a gigantic mouth showing off their sharp teeth ready to rip the flesh off their bones.
The duo increase their speed dodging the vomit attacks that are aiming towards them when they are about to reach a dead end. Gabi thought quickly and ripped the iron rail off the floor, infused his curse energy on it, and used his brute strength and charge into the crowd. Gabi used the rail like it was a sword and slashed the curses horizontally through their stomach. When Gabi thought he was safe Makima yelled out trying to get his attention before it was too late." GABIMARU BACK AWAY NOW!" She screamed but her voice reached the boy late.
The curses' bodies were lighting up like fireworks and exploded in front of him like self-destructed bombs. Right in front of his eyes, he saw how the curse guts sprayed right into him and the impact was so big that it pushed Gabimaru 30 meters from where he was at causing him to crash through the brick walls landing harshly into the dusty shelves that haven't been cleaned in years. As always luck was never on his side because when he tried to get up an iron rod pierced through his stomach preventing him from moving. Gabi weakly moved his hand to the wound and felt how his blood was gushing out of him. He took a glimpse at his arm and lower body and noticed it had chemical burn scars. It doesn't take a genius to know that the curses had to do something with this.
( That's weird. I don't feel any pain.)
Gabi's vision began to get blurry and he started to hallucinate or so he thought he was. In his sight, he saw a worried redhead girl running to his side pushing his hair back and scanning his face.
(Makima? Why do you look scared?)
Gabi couldn't hear any audio but he could see the girl's mouth moving. Everything felt in slow motion to him but in reality, everything was moving fast. He was losing more blood and Makima was trying to put pressure on his injury but the blood wouldn't stop coming out. Gabi's eyes finally shut and his last thoughts were.
( I can't do anything right. I will always be the weakling that everyone looks down on. It's my time to go.)
When Gabi thought he was about to die and voice caught his attention, " Oh? I thought you wanted to be the strongest sorcerer that has ever stepped on this world. Giving up as a pathetic human you are. I can't believe I wasted my precious time working with you."
( Is that Higanbana?)
" Prove to me that you are not the weak boy who I met five years ago. SHOW ME!"
" How…" he murmured.
"I will give you strength all you have to do is use it, my sweet Gabi."
All of a sudden he felt a large amount of surge energy running in his body and his eyes shot open. He gripped the iron rod and pulled it out of his body. This feeling he hadn't felt for a long time ever since he killed his mother came back to him. Gabi's curse energy was going through the roof, every step he made caused cracks in the ground. His senses became 10 times better and he could tell Makima was back downstairs fighting the 2nd-grade curse but something was telling him that it wasn't a second-grade curse it was probably a special-grade curse. Gabi smashed the ground underneath him so he could go to the first floor and when he made his grand entrance Makima stopped what she was doing and faced the boy.
" Gabimaru?..." She was clueless about what was going on because just a second ago she thought her partner was dead.
Gabi didn't say anything to her he raised his arm above his head not caring that blood was still oozing out of his wound.
" shi no tsuru { vines of death}"
The arm above his head he used to point at the curse that was right ahead of him. The ground started to tremble and soon the ground began to burst open with vines coming out that had Higanbana flowers on it. Makima quickly moved away from the scene and watched the whole thing from above ground. The vines came out at full speed wrapping around the curse and the curse was unable to move away.
"FOOOOD!" The curse roars again to call out the rest of the curses who are hiding around in the mall.
Gabi was in the center of the mall waiting for the others to show out and when they came running after him he infused curse energy into his fist and slammed his two fists hard on the ground when the curses were in close range with him. That smash on the ground caused the stone material to break into medium-sized pieces causing it to pierce the curses surrounding him and it did. Since Gabi infused his fist with curse energy, that energy was also infused with the material on the ground exercising the spirits that had been penetrated by the sharp stone pieces. More curses came down from the roof and started to explode in mid-air. Gabi knew from prior experiences that their blood and vomit felt like it's made out of acid and when it made contact with Gabi he had burn scars on him. He used his curse energy as armor to protect himself from the burning sensation and minimize damage. Makima was still on high ground about to intervene but Gabi stopped the girl in her tracks.
" Don't come Makima!" He ordered the girl trying to protect her.
Gabi stood there rushing all his curse energy to the surface of his body as protection from the reddish-purple acid blood as it rained on him. Gabi was about to charge into the special grade curse but he felt something was behind him and as he was about to turn he saw a figure that he thought he would never see ever again. The big muscular figure mercilessly slashed the two curses who were lingering in the back of Gabi waiting for an opening. When the close was clear the figure faced Gabi again with that smug look on his face.
"Glad to see me, kid," The man smirked at him.
( How is he even alive?)
" Stop goofing around and finish this," Makima said out loud ordering the muscular man.
Gabi slowly turned around, meeting eyes with Makima. " How?"
Makima raised one of her fingers onto her lips, " It's a secret " ending it with a smirk on her lips.
The muscle figure walked up to the tied-up special grade curse and decapitated its head off like it was easy work for him. " Go back Toji. Your job is done. " Makima said and the figure magically disappeared.
Gabi stood there thinking if he was imagining the whole thing. He really thought he was dead and he started to pinch his cheek to know if he was actually dead or alive when he felt that stingy pain he realized that this was reality and that he really saw Toji Fushiguro the man who Gojo killed. Makima started to head to the exit but Gabi stopped her in her tracks.
"Wait! I want an explanation right now ."
Makima turns her head around and faces the puzzled boy, " Of what?"
" You know what I'm talking about. I have no time for your mind games."
Makima shrugged her shoulders, " I have no clue what you are talking about."
Gabi walks up to her and gazes his blue eyes into her red and yellow eyes, " Stop playing around Makima. How is he alive ?"
Makima looks up to the boy who's towering over her, " We both are hiding stuff from each other. Just a minute ago your eyes were red with quartz clocks on them now it's blue. How is that possible, Gabimaru?" she softly said as her breath touches his lips.
" I ask you first then I will tell you mine." he tries to negotiate with her.
"Hmm, sounds unfair. "
( This girl is a pain in my ass.)
" How is it, not fair Makima?"
The girl turned her body around and attempted to walk away but Gabi grabbed her wrist preventing her from going further, " Answer me Makima."
Makima glared at the boy, " I don't like to be ordered around. We are not equals."
" Too bad. Answer me. " The boy was eager to know. Makima was full of secrets and he wanted to know what she was hiding but his determination earned him a kick to his family jewels. The boy fell on his knees as he cupped his little buddy who was aching in pain.
( Bitchhhh)
As much as Gabi wanted to say out loud he would probably earn another kick to his penis and he didn't want to test the waters with the unpredictable girl again.