By the time Kiyomi came back from taking care of the Amegakure Team, she saw both of her teammates were attached to each other like magnets, lips locked and hands wandering where they shouldn't.
Karin was sitting on Sukuna's lap, his hands were strictly staying on her back, no lowering, stiff but still not forceful. It was rather Karin who had her hands roaming over his chest while both of their lips were exploring each other in an intimacy that almost halted her momentum.
'What the hell…!' A spark of irritation sparked inside her.
"Oi, what are you two doing!" She shouted, the scroll she stole from those Amegakure guys tossing in her hands.
That shout jolted both of them away, finally gasping for air. The need for oxygen in them was enough to tell that they were going at each other for a while.
Both knew she was there. They sensed her from miles away. They just didn't wish to separate.
"TCH…" Karin clicked her tongue, and she was rather open about showing her displeasure when she showed up.
And if that didn't make Kiyomi mad, then the later smug look Karin threw her way surely did. A tick mark seemed to form there.
"Why the hell is she looking at me like that, it's making me mad."
Sukuna, with his thumbs, caressed his lips like savoring the taste, before recalling what happened like 10 minutes ago.
—-<>—-
[Flash Back]
Karin threw herself onto him, lips already connected. Sukuna couldn't even react before he was on the ground, and the girl was desperately kissing him like this was the last kiss she was going to get.
Unlike last time around, he didn't let her do whatever she wanted. He had to explain himself this time. So with a bit of force, he forced her back, looking at the hungry look on her face almost made him forget what he was about to say.
"Karin, listen, I'm not saying I'm—"
"Shush!"
Before he could even complete his sentence, he found Karin's finger on his lips, shushing him up.
"I know, I know. You feel you're taking advantage of this situation. Hmph… you're always responsible and reliable like that…" She huffed.
"But why can't you understand, you idiot? It's not taking advantage if I also want it." She replied with so much intensity that it halted his thinking for a minute.
For once, Sukuna really thought about it. 'Is it really that bad? If I went after someone of my collective age, I'd need someone in her mid 30s.
And it's not like I'm taking her to bed, it's just kissing.'
He thought and immediately shook his head. Her words were messing with him.
He opened his mouth to say something, anything, but once again found her shifting her weight on top of him, in a way that her butt directly pressed against his groin.
"You know, I was only 5 when it happened. Before that, I always thought my mother would be there for me always. And one day when I woke up, she was gone…" She said with a solemn expression which shut his mouth back up.
"We are shinobi. Whether we live tomorrow is uncertain. I know you're strong. But life is unfair, Sukuna. Sometimes strength alone isn't enough.
And I'm not as strong as you…"
"I'll protect you… nothing's gonna—" He told her, but once again the finger shushed him up.
Karin, with a genuine smile, said, "I know, you're always there for me." She leaned down and, with all the grace she could muster, had her arms lock around his neck, resting her head on his chest.
"But as I said, life is unfair. It wasn't fair to me before I met you, it wasn't fair to my mother, and it sure wasn't fair to the Uzumakis…" Her voice lingered off like recalling memories she didn't wish to recall.
"What I'm trying to say is that I want to die with regrets. If I die tomorrow, I'd rather die thinking of the time I had with you…" She said softly, the voice so soft that it almost made Sukuna think she was crying.
"You know what I felt when the Raikage kidnapped me. That I couldn't kiss you. That I couldn't tell you just how much I love you…"
"You know I always wanted a home, just ours. Me and my precious people. I used to dream of it even when mother was alive. A place where no one would hurt us.
I still dream of it. With you, ya know.
And when that Raikage kidnapped me, I felt like that dream would never become true.
I was frightened, more so of losing that dream than dying or being sent to breed Cloud Shinobi…" By then, her voice was cracking.
He unconsciously wrapped his hands around her, bringing the now sobbing girl into his embrace.
Mentally feeling that he had to make her strong. Find a way to protect her when he wasn't there. He slowly took her words and the emotions behind them into account.
'She really must have been terrified back then, remembering her previous condition. That's what led her to kiss him back then.'
Sukuna now felt like slapping himself for not directly talking to her.
"Hic… I- I don't care about age. I just want to be with you. I-I'm okay even if you impregnate me and never acknowledge me, just stay with me." She broke into tears, emotions suppressed by loneliness, exploitation, childhood trauma, and raging hormones of puberty.
Even he might have broken.
No, she didn't have a weak heart. He was wrong. She was braver than anyone he'd seen.
"Shu… it's fine. I'm here, you know." He slowly comforted her until her sobbing quieted down, and he himself made a decision.
'Fuck age. I'll be a bigger scumbag if I still don't respond to her heartfelt confession.'
[Flash Back End]
—-<>—-
That was what happened, and the rest was history. The great Sukuna brought down by a girl's tears.
The only thing mildly comforting was that it was his girl.
"Can't you two leave all this for after the exam?" Kiyomi chided, not even bothering to go into the fact that she caught them making out, let alone asking since when this took place.
Karin clicked her tongue again, surely ready to give a nasty response to the girl, but Sukuna beat her to it.
"We are shinobi. Someone told me life is fleeting for our kind. Enjoy it while you can." He winked towards Karin, who instantly turned red recalling her super embarrassing heartfelt confession.
Kiyomi didn't seem impressed, but didn't refuse it, since sorcerers were similar if anything.
She herself was a virgin when she died, an imposition the Zenin clan put onto her, something about keeping her purity for her husband. A sneer appeared on her face.
"You seem to be enjoying yourself a bit too much… ain't you!" She narrowed her eyes.
"Why, you jealous? Wanna get in on some action as well…" Sukuna teased.
"No thank—"
"NO!"
Both girls seemed to say at the same time, then looked at each other with contemplating gazes and then once again irritably huffed and looked away.
This further irritated Kiyomi, while Karin sent a glare at Sukuna for joking like that.
'Geeze…'
Irritated but unable to express herself, Kiyomi just sent more glares their way, which the newly formed couple easily shrugged off.
"Anyways, how did it go on your end? Which team was it and what scroll did they have?" Sukuna decided it was the right time to change the subject.
Kiyomi snorted and then tossed the scroll in her hands to him.
"Heaven… we got what we want."
Sukuna effortlessly caught it with a smile, checking it just in case and then pocketed it. With this, their work was done. Now time to make their way towards the centre tower.
"Good job… time to—"
Sukuna was saying when suddenly his eyes widened.
A threat at the corner of his senses.
'It's Flying Thunder God.'
"Well, that changes the plan. You two, make your way towards the centre tower. I'll have to go and help out Team 7 for a bit." He sighed and ordered, serious now, already speeding up to locate their exact location with his senses before teleporting.
Kiyomi furrowed her brow. "What's wrong with Sasuke?"
"Did something happen to Naruto?" Karin sounded worried.
"Remember I told you about that one target you sensed earlier? It seems like they are in conflict with him or her."
Karin quickly opened her Mind's Eye of Kagura and checked it out, and yes indeed, that malicious chakra signature was close to Team 7. And even Team 7 members' chakra wasn't that strong now.
"I'm coming with you." Kiyomi immediately said.
"Me too."
Sukuna frowned. "That's dangerous. We don't know what kind of danger they are in."
"That's not right. I'd rather go with you if it's dangerous than let you go there alone." Karin said with a determined look.
"Look, I know you're a big shot, okay, I get it. But my brother is there. If you think I won't come, then you've lost it." Kiyomi was more rash about her approach, but the ultimate objective remained the same.
They wished to come along.
'Shit…' Sukuna wondered, perhaps he shouldn't have told them.
"Fine… come on then, we better hurry." Sukuna grumbled, and then with a tug, brought Karin into his side embrace, earning a yelp from the girl.
Then he motioned Kiyomi to come. "Come on, I don't have all day."
Kiyomi's eyes twitched, but knowing this wasn't the time, she quickly walked forward and gave her hand to his.
Sukuna rolled his eyes. 'Does this girl think this is a walk in the park, hand in hand? Teleportation is hard. A single mistake and half of her body would remain behind.'
He grunted and pulled the girl into his embrace as well…
"What the—"
"Shush… let me focus." Sukuna barked, and the next second, they were gone.
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A/N : Many might say there is age gap, but honestly there will be always a age gap with the character so please don't point it out. I can't do anything about that.
Same with their current age, it does make sense people might thing they are too young however, they are shinobi, their kind don't live too long. Their mindset is just different.
Sukuna himself wasn't considering it but after today, that changes.
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