Chapter 25

"Blindfolds?"

Fushiguro's back was up, especially when they were all told to wear a blindfold on their way to the pool. Gojo sensei was the one behind it all. "Well, Suiryu asked me to do this, soooo" he said playfully.

They were standing out in the freezing cold in their swimsuits no less, until Fushiguro swore he heard Itadori's voice. "Domain expansion…"

Suddenly, it became warm!

"Okay, blindfolds off!" Gojo called.

Everyone took them off, but paused. "A beach? We're at a beach?!" demanded Mia.

"Your reward for working hard!" called Suiryu who was already lounging in a sun chair. "Pull up a spot, take a load off," he insisted and sipped back on a cocktail of some sort.

"Wait, how…" demanded Nobara.

"That… would be me," Fushiguro paused as Yuuji came out of the water. But… he was himself! "I think I have managed to control this new ability, so, with that, I used the curse's own domain to make a beach for us! So, everyone just enjoy yourself!"

"We're… vacationing in a domain… that's a guaranteed hit for the caster…" muttered Kamo.

"If anything, don't challenge brother to any games!" snickered Todo.

But they weren't the only ones there. The curse wombs were also lounging about at the beach. Junpei was waving them over as he worked on a sand castle of all things, the other brothers were out in the water just having fun.

Fushiguro smirked. "Whatever, we might as well enjoy it…"

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Yuuji smiled proudly as everyone decided to have a little fun in the sun, the temperature was perfect, the water calming, it was a perfect beach! He took up a chair next to Suiryu who peered over oddly. "How's your energy?" he asked offhandedly.

"Oh? Fine, I think… I mean, I know when I run out of it… I feel like I haven't even use any of it yet…"

"So your reserves increased as well huh?"

"What do you mean?"

"Domains like this take up a lot of curse energy, you know that, you also feel that energy leave you the moment it happens, maintaining it and all too it drains the body. I was curious to how much it was affecting you. Apparently now, putting up a domain and maintaining it… is nothing to you." He said offhandedly as he sipped his drink. "Mmm, that's a damn good cocktail…"

Yuuji smirked. "I can't believe you drink…"

"It's not that big of a shock, besides alcohol has no effect on either one of us, it's technically a poison if you consider it, you and I are both immune…"

"I still am?"

Suiryu snickered. "You got his power right?"

"BROTHERS!" Eso shouted. "I'M GOING TO PERPARE LUNCH NOW!"

"Good! I could eat!" Suiryu shouted back. "Might as well get in on some of the fun before lunch…"

Yuuji smirked as he decided to join in too, everyone was having enjoying the weather but there was something missing. "I want to do a cannonball contest…" he said offhandedly.

"You just can't participate… you will wipe everyone out," Suiryu muttered.

"Damn…"

They passed the time just toying around. Yuuji was stunned to see Suiryu wanting to get in on the action as he would playfully splash in the water. But also, he snuck up on Nobara, wrapped his arms around her waist before falling back into the sea. She screamed aloud as he did, and he laughed it up!

"What the hell!" she protested and kicked water into Suiryu's face.

The students from Kyoto all froze as she did that, many in fear. But Suiryu snickered to it all. "Got ya!"

"If I didn't know any better, I would think he was flirting with her…" muttered Mia.

"Him… flirt? Is he even into girls?" whispered Momo.

Yuuji rolled his eyes to it all.

"Brother Yuuji!" shouted Sho. "This is great! Don't get me wrong, the brothers and I do enjoy the snow after Junpei showed us how…"

"It was Suiryu's idea," Yuuji explained as he took a seat next to the eldest brother. "I think it's a nice change of pace too."

Sho nodded, but peered down at him oddly. "Is everything better now? Suiryu told us about your… incident, are you feeling okay?"

He was taken aback by his concern. He smiled and nodded. "For the time being yes, I am doing okay. I still have to eat other special grade curses that will trigger the elemental phase in me, but for now. I get to take a break from it,"

Sho's look didn't change. He still appeared troubled. "If you need help, please tell us," he insisted. "Brothers help one another, do they not?"

"I know, at the same time, there isn't a lot that can be done to help me… I just got to see this through, that's all,"

Sho sighed aloud. "Sometimes I worry about you,"

He froze. "Worry about me?"

He nodded. "Yuuji, we may not be fully blood brothers, but we are connected as such. In that connection, I cannot help but be concerned for you. I am the eldest out of us all, and I wish to be sure that my little brothers are taken care of"

It was heartwarming to hear, but at the same time, Sho can't really help him with anything that happens to him. Yet it was nice to hear him say that too.

"Are you guys happy?" Yuuji asked offhandedly.

"Of course we are!"

But Yuuji looked at him oddly. "Truthfully?"

Sho's smile didn't vanish. "Yuuji, if we weren't happy, you would be the first to know of it." He stated confidently. "We know what we are, at the same time, we are together. That's what matters to me most, my brothers are all together and we stay that way. Junpei has been wonderful to us, he may not be Kechizu, however I still sense our brother in him, and he has embraced us as one of his own as well…"

He was glad to hear that, Junpei would need a strong support system after becoming a cursed human. He peered over and saw Junpei laughing it up with not just the brothers but Todo of all people!

"LUNCH IS READY!" Eso shouted to the masses.

"Ooo, I have been waiting for this!" Sho said with great excitement.

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Yuuji was quick to partake in the food. Eso had set up a great spread as he was quick to fill his plate. Suiryu followed suit along with the other curse wombs, but he paused as no one else was grabbing a plate except for Gojo sensei. "Aren't you hungry?" Yuuji asked.

Nobara leaned in and whispered. "Is it safe to eat?"

Suiryu snickered. "This is some of the best grub you will get next to Yuuji making it," he insisted and took a huge bite of a burger. "My God, how does he do it?" he muttered as his face covered in grease and sauce.

Fushiguro was brave enough to try, he took a bit of everything as his classmates watched on. When the first bite was taken, he was stunned. "It's delicious…" he said.

The nervousness soon vanished as everyone partook, Gojo sensei most of all. "Mmmm, see there's a reason why we keep hanging out with you guys!" he laughed.

"I can't believe a curse made this…" whispered Kamo.

"Excuse me, but I've been reading up and watching a lot of cooking shows to get my skills up!" Eso protested. "Not to mention using my siblings as test subjects…"

"No complaints," the brothers called out. "Seriously, we have never had a bad meal from Eso," Junpei explained.

"I am curious to this one, he doesn't look like all the other curse wombs…" Mia said offhandedly. "He looks too human,"

Junpei smiled. "Thanks, but I am one of them," he insisted and brushed back his bangs. When he revealed his discolored face and oozing mark, Mia appeared sick and lost her appetite.

"Ew," she whispered as she put her plate back on the table.

"Yoink!" called Suiryu as he sniped away her dish.

"What the hell!" protested Momo.

"What? She wasn't going to eat it… you don't waste food around Eso" he stated and polished off the meal.

"So… you're not below eating off of other people's plates are you?" Mia whispered.

"If he didn't do it, I would have," Gojo snickered. "This is too good to resist!"

"So… who made this domain?" asked Todo.

Yuuji put his hand up.

"Wait, I thought yours was…"

"It is… but after I have seen a domain I can replicate it,"

Everyone froze. "Wait, you can…"

"Of course he can," Suiryu said offhandedly. "Don't you know why Sukuna had these bad boys? It wasn't to make a statement!" he said as he took his necklace off.

Everyone froze as he exposed his curse marks. "Each of these markings on him, it's like a cheat sheet in a sense, they have stored countless jujutsus within each marking."

They suddenly went pale. "So… how many does one marking old?" asked Mika.

Suiryu paused and thought it over, "Let's see… I know this one here is at the very least a 1,000 curse abilities…" he said pointing to the smallest marking on his chest.

No one moved. Suiryu continued to eat without a care in the world, but even Yuuji was stunned to learn this. His eyes drifted to the markings on his body. "One thousands…" he whispered. "Wait, my marks changed too! So that means…"

"Yep," Suiryu said between mouthfuls. "You are holding more than ten thousand per mark. Think of it, you keep revolutionizing what you learn, at the same time this is part of Sukuna's ability of dismantle. You break down the fundamentals of a curse ability, learn it and reapply it to your own needs. I do it all the time,"

Once more, no one moved. Gojo sensei was even stunned. "Seriously?" he asked aloud.

Suiryu nodded. "Anyone else going to finish off those burgers?" he asked.