Chapter 10

"PPPPPPHHHHHAAAAHHHAHHHAAAA!"

Suiryu was laughing like a madman after that incident. Everyone for that matter, even Megumi. "He played that card right away huh?" said Megumi.

"Oh, it was perfect… look at his face!" Suiryu snickered as he turned away to cackle a little more. "Oh God, this is gonna be fun…"

Nobara couldn't hold it in as the body snatcher was now walking very awkwardly back to the dorms. "This is going to be great!" she said with a giggle of her own.

"So what's next?" asked Fushiguro.

Suiryu paused to think about it. "Hmm, let's see…" he appeared to go deep into thought until he decided on something. "I think he's going to have trouble with the shower… let's go"

They were quick to move out, they turned off all the water in the dorms making it impossible for the thief to take one. When they saw him appear frustrated, Suiryu turned to Megumi and gave the nod. He strolled up to the dorm casually but quickly noted. "Why does it smell like shit?"

Nobara and Suiryu were trying to contain their snickering as the imposter Itadori tried to explain what happened. "I didn't… I mean… that kid said shit… and then…"

"You were around Inumaki when he spoke? You should know better, he has a curse tongue," Fushiguro gently scolded. "Also the water is turned off for repairs…

"I got to get clean, is there anywhere I can go for a shower?"

"Well, I maybe able to help you, we have to go outside though."

"Whatever I just have to get clean!"

They watched on as Megumi led the thief out of the dorms. "We're going to watch?" Nobara asked with a devious grin.

"Hell yeah," Suiryu replied.

They kept a distance but stayed hidden, from there Megumi explained. "You are going to watch to take your clothing off…"

"What? You want me to stand naked in the middle of the school yard?!"

"It wouldn't be your first time,"

"Ppppffff" came out of both Suiryu and Nobara. But they were quick to silence themselves again as they waited and watched the thief strip down.

"Now what?" he demanded.

"I suggest you anchor yourself…" Fushiguro then made the symbol. The Max elephant appeared beside him but kept rather quiet until he gave the order. "Max Elephant!"

"What?"

He was blasted with water! So much so that he went flying down the field and into a wall!

"BBBBBAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Erupted out of Suiryu.

Megumi was even snickering to that one!

"Too bad we agreed no photos…" Nobara snickered. "I hope our Itadori is okay with this…"

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Meanwhile.

"PPPPPPFFFFFFFF! HAHAHAHAHAHA!" erupted out of Yuuji.

Ryujin was laughing just as hard as he was! "Oh my gods, your friends and brother can be terrors!"

"Oh man, I am so glad I am not an asshole to them. If I were… damn…" Yuuji said offhandedly. "But it's nice to see he is getting tormented."

"Yes, and it is but a taste of things yet to come." Ryujin snickered. "Now, we must get to work ourselves, the sooner we do the sooner we can get you back in control."

Yuuji agreed. For the past 24 hours he has been training with Ryujin to sense for the soul fragments. When they are found, Ryujin explained how to replace the fragments with his own divine energy. "It has to be done fast so he doesn't notice. But we also have to make certain it's the right amount of energy…" Ryujin warned.

"Almost like Indiana Jones and the gold statue he has to take."

"Very similar. Now then, have you found one?"

Yuuji paused as he searched this man's soul, he sensed one fragment and nodded. "Yes, near his chest, below his heart. There's one there."

"Now, explain to me the energy you feel come off of it, what is it like? What pulse is it letting out?"

He paused to it, sensing the soul he merely nodded. "It's like a pulse, but it's opposing to his own heartbeat… well… I guess my heartbeat…" he said and smiled. "But I can feel it… strange… Do you sense that?"

Ryujin paused but smirked. "Ah, you are a lot more interesting than I thought. It appears your body is already removing the souls…"

"But how come he's not noticing it?" Yuuji asked. "I mean if something were being taken away from me, I would feel it right?"

Ryujin nodded in agreement, but then again, perhaps this is an adaptation Itadori has developed that not even he knew about. "Itadori, how did you obtain curse energy?"

He paused. "Well, I only got it after I ate Sukuna's finger, since then it just grew stronger…"

"Perhaps that's what is happening…"

"Huh?"

"Your curse energy came from Sukuna, since you became his vessel, some of his energy went into you and became yours. Your body is doing the same thing now with the soul fragments, you are absorbing their power for they were divine users…"

He froze. "Wait, my body is EATING these soul fragments?!" he demanded.

"Which is why he doesn't sense anything wrong… the energy is going into the body… but at the same time…" Ryujin paused as his hand extended, a ball of light came out of nowhere and drifted into the palm of his hand.

Yuuji stared at it with great fascination until he heard. "Help… me…" in a weak voice.

Ryujin gently passed it along to Itadori. "Set it free." He said gently.

Yuuji nodded. His eyes closed as he felt his own divine energy surge, from there he gave enough to the fragment and then waited for nightfall.

As the body thief went to bed that night, he was able to release the fragment. It drifted out of the mouth and into the open world, finally able to move on. "One," Yuuji whispered.

"One," Ryujin said back. "Now then, let's work on the others. I will leave that to you, as for me… I wish to learn more about this so called body thief…"