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❝darling we're heaven and hell❞

"€ 1,260,000,000 is my last offer", reina stated, her face devoid of any apprehension, as the men in front of her nervously fiddled with their papers.

"but we're not sure if we can deliver such a massive order in such a short amount of—"

"well make it happen. germany's one of the largest producing countries, so I expect nothing less", reina interrupted, pressuring the men to answer, as she was in a time crunch.

"we...we accept!", the man sitting in the middle hastily agreed, making reina smile as she shook hands with him.

"perfect. alert me when the manufacturing's done. I want to inspect it two days before you all send it out", reina demanded, to which the man had nodded, watching as reina quickly left before he could even say anything more.

reina's light green heels clicked down the streets of central berlin, as her matching dress cinched around her body, showing off her curves.

the dark-haired woman also had on a pair of white silk gloves along with a matching beret, giving her a high-class illusion.

suddenly, reina halted in her steps, as she felt a tingling feeling rise up to her neck.

"oh goodness~ at least wait for me to arrive first, sukuna".

kugisaki was taken by fushiguro's shikigami frogs, as the special grade curse had proven to be too strong for the three first-years to handle.

itadori had originally helped kugisaki and fushiguro escape first, as he claimed that he'd be able to handle it himself.

however, the boy was now unconscious, leaving sukuna to take care of the fingerbearer, that had flinched in the presence of sukuna.

"come on. let's go kill those kids", sukuna waved, to which the blue curse had surged up a golden ball of cursed energy, hastily firing it at sukuna.

"tch! you fool", the king of curses spat, about to activate his domain before the fingerbearer's head was sliced off.

before it could regenerate, a hand had swiftly penetrated through the curse's chest.

retrieving one of sukuna's fingers, the blood had stained the woman's white glove, making her sigh as she decided to throw it away.

"huh? what are you—"

"what's the condition of the boy?", reina interrupted, clearly not interested in what the king of curses had to ask as she shoved the bloody finger down his throat.

"I don't have much time before he switches back", sukuna honestly replied, expecting itadori to take over, only for him to continue staring at the empress of curses.

reina slightly grinned.

"you were saying?"

sukuna's eyes widened slightly as a low chuckle had emitted from his throat, slowly evolving into full on laughter.

"don't be excited too early. I'm sure the boy's got more spunk in him than this", reina hummed, making sukuna scoff.

"you always ruin the mood", he bitterly muttered, making reina raise a brow, as she cupped sukuna's face.

"do I really?", the woman whispered, her charming eyes seeming to lure sukuna in.

the curse hated it, but at the same time, he was addicted.

"what is it that you wanted?"

reina lightly chuckled as she held up sukuna's arm and wrapped it around herself, leaning her back against the man's chest.

"remember the challenge that I mentioned?"

"yeah, and what of it?"

reina turned around as she traced the markings on sukuna's face.

"let's have a killing competition".

at the word killing, sukuna had gotten excited, as a broad grin had escaped onto his face.

"when?"

"I'll let you know", reina hummed. "but it's not just any killing competition".

"hah? why do you always have so many rules?", the curse groaned, making reina smile.

"there's a twist. you can only kill those that can't use cursed energy. there's no limit as to how many you can kill, as long as you get rid of all the non-sorcerers".

"so I can't kill any of the sorcerers?", sukuna asked, quite displeased, as they were the only ones that could potentially rival him.

"I never said that", reina answered. "though my human is off limits".

sukuna furrowed his brows.

"why?"

"guess you'll just have to wait and see", reina teased, flicking sukuna's forehead, as the curse grunted.

"however, you will start in europe. I'll start in america. we'll both meet in japan and have a final standoff. the one who kills the most keeps their title. and of course, if I lose, I'll disappear", reina bargained.

"disappear? what, you tired of living?", sukuna snorted.

reina simply didn't answer, as her silence had said enough. the woman then slid her hands down towards sukuna's shoulders, connecting her delicate fingers at the base of his neck.

"why? will you miss me?", she softly questioned, her face devoid of any playfulness, as sukuna couldn't hear anything but the woman's words.

reina's hand then snaked it's way up towards sukuna's head, gently grabbing a fistful of hair as sukuna craned his head down, shutting his eyes as he could feel reina's breath, trailing from his lips towards his ear.

"remember sukuna, never let your guard down. not even with me", the dark-haired woman whispered, as she quickly tapped the male's forehead, making all the lines on itadori's body disappear.

the boy then fell forwards as he was still unconscious, to which reina had smiled, as she carried the boy bridal style out the abandoned building.

fushiguro flinched as he watched reina carry itadori's body, to which he was about to summon his other shikigami dog before reina had handed him off to the dark-haired boy.

"take him back to jujutsu high. I apologize for assuming that you three would be able to handle it", reina said.

"why are you helping us? what's your goal?"

"oh dear, such a cautious child. the proper response would be thanks. after all, who knows what would've happened if I weren't here", reina stated, as she walked off, giving a short wave.

fushiguro stood there supporting itadori, meanwhile he watched the empress of curses disappear into the streets.

the boy then called his sensei, to which gojō had immediately picked up.

"moshi, moshi~"

"gojō-sensei, the curse has been exorcised", fushiguro informed.

"oh? I knew you three could do i—"

"not by us, but by the empress of curses", fushiguro interrupted, making gojō hum.

"is that so?"

"indeed. sensei, I think we should exorcise her as soon as possib—"

"megumi-kun, I'll handle it in due time. no need to worry, because I'm the strongest".