"The Codex doesn't teach. It remembers. And, honestly? People who remember too much... they just end up as damn curses themselves."
—Spiral Scripture Vol. II, scrawled in the margins, probably by someone who knew better
Western Mountains – Shrine of Ashen Pines
Wind's ripping through the peaks, howling like some pissed-off banshee. Two Spiral Cultists kneeling there, praying to an altar that's, yeah, definitely carved out of dragonbone. Like, it's actual dragonbone. Not the tourist-trap stuff.
The woman in the flaming cloak—goes by Shigan Tsunari—she's clutching a scroll that looks like it's been through a blender. The Second Codex, wrapped up in silk that's got a heartbeat. I wish I was kidding now...
"The Dragon Heir broked the chain," she says, quiet but sharp. "But fire? Doesn't ask permission right. Just needs something to burn."
Her partner? A Guy with a mask and bone tattoos that looked like he lost a fight with a hammer. He's dumping cursed oil all over the altar.
"We kicking off the furnace or what?"
Tsunari unrolled the scroll. The ink bleeds red and gold, snaking across the stone. Something under the mountain started making noise—big, angry, like it's not-from-this-world noise.
Tokyo Jujutsu High – Principal's Office
Ijichi slaps a map down on the table. Gojo, Akashi, and Yaga all crowded around, looking like they'd rather be anywhere else.
"Another shrine just lit up," Ijichi says.
" Is it like the same cursed signature?" Gojo asks, sunglasses glinting like he already knows the answer.
"It's Worse. They're using inverted, reversed, triple-layered cursed seals. The Whole place is a deathtrap."
Akashi just squints with all suspicion. "They're tapping into Sengoku-era curse leftovers, and trying to rewrite the Codex with the old magic."
"Or waking up something nastier than Sukuna," Yaga throws in, deadpan.
The room gone quiet. You know, the kind of quiet that makes your skin crawl.
"I'm going," Akashi says, like it's already decided.
Gojo's not having it. "Not solo levelling today,Megumi and Nobara are with you."
"They need rest."
"They need a say here," Gojo snaps. "Let them choose."
Dorm Courtyard — Later
Megumi's out there, sharpening his blade on something that's definitely cursed. Nobara's sitting on a bench, hammer chilling next to her, looking like she's waiting for a fight.
Akashi shows up, barely making a sound. "I gotta head west."
Nobara doesn't looked up. "Yeah, we heard."
"Not asking you to follow."
"Good," Megumi says, not even glancing over. "We're coming anyway."
Akashi blinks, kinda surprised. Megumi shrugs. "If you're chasing Codex or something else crap, you'll need someone who doesn't speak in riddles."
Nobara stands, cracking her knuckles. "And someone who breaks stuff."
Akashi finally cracks a grin. "Alright. Dawn, then."
Westbound Train — Two Days Later
Nagano-bound. Snow's coming down hard, The train nearly empty. The three just sit there, silent, staring out at nothing, their reflections ghosting in the glass.
Nobara breaks the silence. "Think we're coming back?"
"We always do," Megumi mutters, no emotion.
Akashi just stared forward. "Even if we don't, we must finish this."
Ashen Pines Shrine — Night
Shrine's lit up like a bonfire, red-black flames licking the sky. The Entrance is crawling with zombie monks stitched together from curse meat and Grim stuff.
Megumi does a quick headcount. "Ten guards."
Nobara, already spinning a resonance nail, and whispers, "Just need one opening."
Akashi's glyphs buzzed ,like he's ready to go. "We'll hit the back wall and the Main hall's over the flame chamber."
They moved, without hesitation with Precision, pain, teamwork. The barrier goes down in a flash— and here they're in.
Flame Chamber Showdown
Tsunari's waiting at the edge of a pit full of fire. Inside it? Some freaky fetus—part human, part dragon. Its heartbeat's shaking the whole shrine.
"It's waking up," Tsunari hisses.
Akashi and the crew kicked the door.
"It's too late," she says, grinning like the devil. "It remembers where it came from and It Remembers your mom's last words."
The fetus opened its eyes—black, spiraled, nasty.
It screams. The whole place started coming apart.
"DOWN!" Akashi yells.
Nobara's slammed against the wall, Megumi's pinned by some invisible force. Akashi throwed himself between them and the curse.
"This thing's tied to the Second Codex! If it stabilized—it'll be as bad as Sukuna!"
Nobara, blood on her lip, spits, "Then don't let it stabilize."
Dragon's Form Unleashed
Akashi steps up. The glyphs on his back flared, burning like hellfire. He breathed, slow and deep.
The spiral dragon inside him stirs—not full form, but enough. His skin shifted, fangs poked out, wings of cursed obsidian fire snapped open.
[New Form – Humanoid Dragon Aspect: Second Spiral]
He grins, all teeth. "Time to put you to the bed."
He dives into the firestorm. The fetus lashed out—one hit, Akashi's bleeding, but he used it, spinning the pain into a flaming roundhouse that kicked the monster back.
Megumi hurls the shadows. Nobara slams nails into the ground, hunting the thing's heartbeat.
Akashi clasps his hands, chanting words that aren't quite his, but landed somewhere deep.
"Memory... isn't destiny!"
Dragonfire exploded, drowning the chamber. Everything collapses in a roar.
Aftermath — Shrine Ruins
Smoke drifts. Fetus? Gone. Second Codex, just ashes.
Tsunari's vanished. But her voice lingers, creepy as hell: "There's a third."
Final Scene — Hospital Tent
Nobara blinked awake under the sour tang of antiseptic, canvas flapping overhead. Her chest burned like she'd been drop-kicked by a horse. She groaned, tried to sit up but Akashi was slumped next to her, crusted with blood, dead asleep, his hand stubbornly tangled in hers.
She rolled her eyes towards Akashi. "You big idiot," she muttered, all fondness and annoyance mashed together.
Leaning over, she pressed a kiss to his filthy forehead. Because honestly, who knew what tomorrow would look like?
She flopped back onto the cot, staring at the stained tent ceiling. "Guess we're not outta the woods yet, huh?"
Somewhere outside, the mountains growled, like they were in on the joke.