Nehze

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[nehze]

Aku wakes up and frantically looks around as he hoards air. Exequious wraps around him and Vania, forming an impenetrable cage around the two.

"What is the meaning of this?", Vania asks.

"Yes." Vel drifts besides her.

"YOU!", Aku growls as he turns to lunge at Vel.

Vania's expression turns straight. "Enough.", she grabs Aku by his trunk like neck. Her fingers dig into it for a proper grip.

"I'm... sorry.", Aku feels his throat get slowly crushed under the pressure.

"What is this outrageous behaviour?!", Vania's voice cracks.

"The experience he went through may have been... traumatic.", Vel crosses her arms.

Vania glances at her before turning back to Aku. "I'll keep my eyes on you.", she lets go of him.

The Aku staggers and kneels. "Forgive me, master.", his fist touches the ground and his head lowers.

"Wrong person. My beloved is the one wronged.", Vania looks down at him.

Aku's body stiffens as he gets up. "I am deeply sorry for the trouble I have caused you.", he kneels in front of Vel.

"You are forgiven.", the woman smiles emptily, her voice gentle, too gentle.

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The shards of glass rain down from the black sky, erasing it. The void cracks.

The domain gives out under the pressure. It crumbles like a tower of cards.

The shards fall on Aku and Exequious like snowflakes, except fast and frayed, not slow and graceful.

Aku's vision splits and freezes. His body falls but his mind remains stuck.

Exequious breaks like a chain before vanishing under the shining shards.

Vel stands, not in the black abyss, but a white void.

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The core pulses violently, cutting off abruptly as Vel dissappears.

In another plane.

Vel raises her right leg, creating a perfectly vertical axis with her two inferior limbs. Her heel bends inwards, pointed towards the impact zone.

Vel's right arm floats besides her body while the left one bends inwards above her head, the elbow almost touching her kicking leg.

Vel's body is arched, forming an increasingly smaller angle with the right leg.

The axe kick descends, shattering layers of reality along its path like fragile panes of glass. When her heel touches the ground, the plane trembles.

Vel lifts her leg once more, the shattered space halting beneath her feet.

Time itself reverberates along with the kick. The sound of shattered glass fractures the plane like a mirror.

Vel touches down with her heel. A boom like two planets colliding roars under her body.

Again, she lifts her leg and brings it down like a guillotine, severing the plane in half. A white ray peeks through the split in the horizon.

The foot rises like that of a ballerina and plummets like a dying star collapsing. Shards of transparent glass blankets the space below the invisible floor.

As Vel's leg rises for the fifth time, her core convulses violently and the plane quakes. The world seems to hang silent for a moment.

Vel brings her leg down like a bolt of lightning meant to pierce through the earth. Her core bursts into shards when her heel pounds the floor.

A wormhole appears beneath the void to pull her back.

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The comets of Vel's domain rage on until the space shatters.

An impenetrable cube of darkness engulfs the two, a labyrinth spanning tens of kilometers with Aku in the middle.

The beast's aura of darkness expands, his body hardens, and instinct takes over.

Vel is put in a corner.

"Use light.", the domain pleads.

"Futile.", Vel doesn't bother to look around, surrounded by pitch blackness.

Aku breaks free from the domain's core in the middle. His body twitches all over like a glitch, nothing more than a pair of red eyes visible in the darkness.

Vel doesn't bother with the plea, causing the surrounding darkness to alert Aku of her whereabouts.

The labyrinth quakes as Aku smashes through walls like a wrecking ball. The sound of destroyed infrastructure echoes throughout the domain.

"Let me show you what true power is. I've been yearning for this moment since being cursed with this burden of a core, a birth defect.", Vel's empty smile turns into a faint frown.

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Aku turns back to Vel who is still smiling.

As he prepares to strike, panes of transparent but shiny glass drop from above.

Aku and Exequious are pushed into the ground. His legs bend and his body lowers before getting fully pinned.

Patches of matrix appear all around the numerous, thin shards, an endless stream of space opening up in the floor.

Vel's core spins rapidly, changing the landscape into the vast expanse of space.

Comets fall down around the two, imploding into localized collapse points upon impact with the invisible ground.

Vel's core spins audibly, a deep, reverberating, mechanic hum exuding from it. The rings surrounding the glass exterior orbit the glowing center.

Aku slams the floor as he stands up, fueling his cursed energy.

A black sigil appears under Vel, dragging her into a pool of darkness.

"Kneel!", he growls, voice distorted like a drowned gurgle.

"Hmm, I don't think I will.", Vel floats a few centimeters off the geound.

Aku's Ubiquitous Behestment domain is bombarded by comets from the outside.

Vel lifts her leg at a perfect 180° angle. Her upper body tilts horizontally, parallel with the abyssal floor.

Aku twitches like a glitch and sprints at her. Exequious rattles as it extends.

Vel's heel descends, the air breaking like glass under the pressure. It strikes the floor and nearly hits Aku too, if not for a timely dodge on his part.

Ubiquitous Behestment cracks under the axe kick before shattering completely, already shaking from the comets.

"I've had enough!", Aku snarls. He crouches, touching the ground with both hands.

A massive sigil appears beneath the two. The ground erodes and erupts like a range of geysers.

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"That's not how this works.", Vel winks as the claws bounce off. Her core pulses with a contained flash of light.

Aku staggers, the darkness around his body steadying, only to jut out like a violent cloud.

Vel watches the still fog. A sound of distorted silence pierces the silence shortly before a miniature black hole slowly emerges.

Exequious uncoils out of the dark cloud like a planetary rings of chains.

"Quite the predicament...", Vel brings a finger up to her mouth as the links scatter around.

Aku grabs her head and slams the woman onto the ground, causing a shockwave.

Exequious wraps around Vel and hoists her into the air for a collision with the orb. She doesn't resist, letting the black hole strike her core.

The void around them fills up with bright light for less than a second.

Vel appears in front of Aku when the flash is over, black hole gone and her core brighter. She blinks out of existence right before Exequious tightens its grasp.

"Look up~", Vel appears in the same exact place, brushing the chains away.

Aku follows his instinct and tilts his head back. He only sees the same black abyss all around them.

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The space is emtpy, comprised only of dark space and invisible flooring.

"You heard her. Don't let me down." Vel smiles emptily.

"I'm going to enjoy this.", Aku growls. Exequious wraps around him, shredding his skin for a surge in output.

"Halt.", Vel punches Aku, freezing his charge dead in its tracks.

The whip sword continues without him momentarily, trying to wrap around the woman.

Vel tilts her head, still wearing that empty smile. She stretches her arm and clenches her fist.

The void around the two of them flies by, the direction indiscernible. They get transported to another plane, an Abridged Existence.

The two stand face to face in an endless space of mixing colors.

Vel's core clicks, linking itself to Aku's soul. It starts to spin, at first slow but accelerating.

Aku's cursed energy surges as his soul gets torn bit by bit. He lets out a choked, gurgled groan. His cursed energy surges due to the unbereable pain.

The seconds pass by like a clock counting down.

Vel's core revs like an engine, trying to chew threw the mountain of cursed energy.

A wormhole pulls them back after what feels like an eternity, the space rushing by once more.

Aku circles the woman, just a blur while Exequious unleashes unrelenting strikes that whip the air like a multitude of tentacles.

Aku steps forth, carving through the void with his claw.

Vel's core core gets struck, making a noise like nails on a chalkboard.

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"If I may, what does this incursion consist off?", Vania asks.

"A stay at the luxurious resort `The Still Realm`! It is on the house.", Vel claps.

"We're broke.", Aku says with disappointment in his eyes.

"Worry not for I am the owner. It's my innate domain after all.", Vel turns to them and spreads her arms.

The landscape changes into the seaside, their feet sinking into sand as the sound of waves fills the salty air.

"Something more mundane or secluded should do.", Vania looks around.

"Very well, dearest.", Vel snaps her fingers, the environment turning into a cabin in the forest.

The three get surrounded by vegetation and pines, a waterfall dropping into a river nearby.

"Very nice.", Vania smiles.

"I have a request, if you do not mind.", Vel floats next to Vania.

"Anything.", Vania nods.

"I wish to test Aku. He is intriguing.", Vel lowers her tone into something more serious.

"Is that so?", Vania turns towardz the beast. "Put up a good performance!", she shouts at the distant figure.

Vel's fingers snap once more with an echo. Both her and Aku get transported to a different plane.

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"Now that the vow is in place, you are prohibited from hurting anyone here. Vania is the exception, that woman you nearly beat.", Gojo says.

"I'll be leaving now.", Qwin heads towards the door.

"Not yet. You have to work on your temper, forgot?", Piffle walks besides him.

"I'm fine.", Qwin shakes his head.

"Were you also fine when you arrived here?", Dalv nods upwards.

"You're a disgrace to rulers.", Sukuna crosses his arms.

"As if you're one to speak.", Qwin looks over his shoulder.

"That's enough. You're not going anywhere, son.", Sen steps in front of him.

"Now tell me, since you've piqued my interest, how did you make Vania fumble so desperately? If I saw correctly, she was practically shaking, which is unnatural.", Gojo lets out an amused laugh.

"That woman saw what a god is.", Qwin smirks.

"See this? We have to fix it. Your narcisism has to go.", Piffle paces back and forth.

"I'm right, nothing more. Is the truth hard to swallow?", Qwin narrows his eyes.

"This will take a while...", Sen sighs.

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"What happened?", Vania groans as she comes to her senses.

"I had to intervene, master. That blindfold would've ended you.", Aku settles her down.

"Ah, yes, good. My performance should have been sufficient to deter a search.", Vania wobbles a bit.

"You lost, darling.", Vel lets out a soft giggle.

"But did I die, beloved?", Vania steadies herself before looking at her.

"No, you lived... thanks to me.", Vel tilts her head and smiles.

"No matter. Either outcome would have been favorable.", Vania shrugs.

"Why did you underestimate him? You ignored your own advice.", Vel brings a hand up to her chin.

"No, I just got ahead of myself. Anyone can be reckless.", Vania shakes her head.

"Well then, there is always a next time.", Vel smiles from ear to ear, her fingers curling.

"He lived?", Vania narrows her eyes.

"No, he got salvaged.", Vel responds.

"Mhm. He is useless scrap, a ticking bomb.", Vania dismisses.

"Alright. Shall we go on a vacation?", Vel inquires.

"Please do so. Are puppies allowed aboard, by the way?", Vania tilts her head with narrowed eyes.

"Things can be arranged.", Vel nods slowly.

"...", Aku watches the two in silence.

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"You're safe with me master.", Aku descends with Vania in his arms. Upon landing, his legs bed to absorb the impact, knocking up dust.

"Can you heal her?", Aku turns aroun.

"Yes.", Vel nods.

"Then get to it.", he extends his arms.

"No.", Vel shakes her head, smiling.

Exequious lashes out at her, but time stops and movement halts.

"You're so loyal to my darling, yet you haven't a clue about her.", Vel slowly drifts behind him.

"I'll make you yield.", Aku foments once time resumes.

"Vania would refuse your help if she were awake.", Vel brings the tip of her thumb and middle finger togtether and snaps them.

"...The darkness sees all.", Aku retreats Vania along with his arms.

"And the universe dictates all.", Vel raises her hands with indifference.

Vania's eyes open. She squints her lids and groans before waking up in disorientation.

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They get back to the dorms.

"Get to healing him, Sukuna. He's not in peak form yet.", Gojo says.

"No. I can heal myself.", Qwin crosses his arms.

"Then why did I have to do it until now?", Sukuna scowls.

"I burned out. Power isn't cheap.", Qwin replies, his voice tinged with superiority.

"You tend to do that.", Sen sighs.

"When are you going to get to the point?", Qwin turns to face Gojo.

"First, your name. Don't play it cool this time.", Gojo's face is straight.

"Qwin.", the lord responds with narrowed eyes.

"Seems familiar...", Dalv's head tilts.

"Here's how it'll go. We'll help you improve. After all, I don't like wasted potential. In exchange, you'll get your revenge, but no harming the gang.", Gojo explains.

"Count me out.", Sukuna shakes his head.

Gojo side eyes the king. "Oh, and I'll be the one dictating who you can harm. Breaking the vow results in death, just so you know.", he resumes.

"...Fine.", Qwin drags the word out.

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"Time to end this lesson.", Gojo says while crossing his fingers.

The domain expands, engulfing Qwin before he can truly spark.

"You've got potential, but your arrogance and narcisism needs to go. I'm guessing that's why you lost.", Gojo stands in the void.

"...", Qwin's mind gets overwhelmed by information.

"You deem yourself a ruler. You want to prove strength. Yet, you hinder your own power. I can help you improve, but we need to keep you in check, a binding vow.", Gojo collapses the domain shortly after.

Qwin is still immobilized by Unlimited Void's flood.

"The show is over! Thank you for your attention!", Gojo mimics the ending of a theater play. "I'll take care of him, just make sure to keep an eye on the guy, gang!", he adds.

"Ow!", as Gojo touches his shoulder, he gets singed by the lord's voltage.

"...", Qwin follows along reluctantly.

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Qwin’s punch stops short of the teacher.

"Something wrong?", Gojo finishes the stretch while smiling at him.

"You'll pay!", Qwin grits his teeth and goes for a low blow kick, which gets stopped again.

"For what? Did I do something?", Gojo crosses his arms.

"Tsk.", Qwin tries to advance the punch and kick, but they won't move.

"You want respect, yet you can't even prove your worth.", Gojo shakes his head with disappointment.

"Silence.", Qwin puts up a straight face.

Gojo charges up Red and shoots it at the lord, launching him into a building.

Just as he was flinged, Qwin emerges from the dust and tries to hit the Gojo's head with his arm.

"You're not making progress, just give up buddy.", Gojo's Infinity stops him dead in his tracks.

"I'll kill you!", Qwin's cursed energy flares.

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"Take it outside.", Sen gets in between the two.

Qwin throws a punch at the "gnome", but his fist is grabbed and twisted, causing the lord to spin and tumble to the ground.

"Don't make me repeat.", Sen moves his hand behind his back.

"You heard the old man.", Gojo smirks.

Qwin grits his teeth and stands up.

The two leave followed by the rest who watch from the sidelines alongside the students.

"Don't make me look bad. My students are watching.", Gojo does his usual stretches.

"Hmph.", Qwin's arms are crossed.

As the teacher stretches his back, the lord closes the gap in the blink of an eye. He tries to grab Gojo's head but is stopped.

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"I don't have the slightest bit of trust in you, so here's how things will go-", Gojo stops talking abruptly.

"Did I give you permission to speak?", Qwin nods upward.

"Ok buddy, listen up. Either we kill you right here or you cooperate. Don't try anything funny; you're out of cursed energy.", Gojo lowers his blindfold.

Qwin gets up, but he's still far from healed. "I bow to nobody. Now get out of my way.", he walks toward the door with slow steps.

"That's fine by me.", Sukuna smirks.

"That won't do. You're one of us now. Gojo here saved you, ungrateful brat.", Zo's and Ath's personalities seep through.

"Just try and stop me.", Qwin doesn't back down.

Gojo steps in front of him, the lord standing tall over the teacher and looking down upon him.

"If you can get through me, you're free to leave.", Gojo smiles.

Qwin stops, his lips curling into a grin.

"Gojo...", Dalv warns him like a concerned parent.

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After some time, Gojo returns with Sen and the students.

"He seems fine.", Sen shrugs.

"He's anything but fine! You have no idea how much I have to expend just to make him look presentable!", Sukuna turns to look at the veteran.

"Get away from me, mongrel.", Qwin pushes the Sukuna away. He gets up but collapses to his knees almost immediately.

"Your insides are still mushy. Where do you think you're going?", Sukuna mutters with narrowed eyes. The students give him a look of contempt and take Aky outside.

"So, did you do that?", Gojo points at Qwin.

"Do what?", the lord narrows his eyes.

"Oh, nothing. Just Okutama being a wasteland.", Gojo shakes his head.

"The terrain was in my way.", Qwin crosses his arms.

"Such arrogance...", Dalv sighs.

"Now you've got my attention!", Piffle smiles from ear to ear.

"I just got rid of obstacles.", Qwin flaps his hand in dismissal.

"Do you seek revenge? Also, what's your name?", Gojo smirks.

"No. I simply want to deliver righteous punishment. Additionally, you can call me `Your Majesty`. It'll suffice.", Qwin responds.

"Right...", Sen closes his eyes and exhales through his mouth.