Chapter 16
Two days passed.
And it appeared the body thief is at his wit's end.
Suiryu and Gojo have been trailing him, he has become so paranoid as of late, it doesn't help that at any given time, he could open a door and be flooded out by rabbits… or frogs.
Also, each time he tries to leave the compound, he is picked off the ground by Fushiguro's Nue summons that easily snipes him off the ground and carries him back into the school!
There are also wolves that would hunt him down every so often if he goes into the thick of the woods in attempts to escape.
But as of late, it's been Kitsune and her sisters at work. Foxes appear everywhere and at any given moment. Yet for the body thief, he believes that he is the only one who can see them. Everyone else has played dumb to it all.
It was lunchtime.
Suiryu decided to see how this thief was doing. He sat in the communal lunch room, his hands trembling as he tries to eat something, but he keeps peering over his shoulder. "You look like shit," he whispered from behind him.
The thief jumped. His food splattered about until he calmed himself down. "I… I can't take this… I can't…" he said in mid rambling. "Eating curses… just to survive… I am barely surviving the company here… I mean… WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!" he shouted.
Suiryu appeared confused. "Man, you really have lost it haven't you? I know Mika and Panda kicking your ass for the past three days didn't help…"
"I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" he shouted. Standing out of his chair he stood on the table. "EVERYONE, I AM TRAPPED IN A BINDING VOW, THAT THERE IS SUKUNA! HE IS FORCING ME TO KILL SIX EYES IN ORDER TO GAIN MY FREEDOM!" he shouted to the room.
Everyone stopped and stared at him as Suiryu merely smirked. "Dude… they already knew that," he said and gave him a twisted grin.
He snapped out of bed.
The body thief was confused as he peered about the room. Suiryu smirked as he peered through the crack of the door, his mind shift ability was coming along nicely. He made him believe what just happened was nothing more than a mere dream. But it happened a few hours ago, and his mind is just recovering from the jujutsu now.
'It's a little rough, but still manageable, I just need to polish the method a little more…' he thought to himself. The only downside to it is that it knocks the person out for some time. However it can be used to his advantage still, all Suiryu needed to do was place him in bed to make him believe it was a dream.
He slipped back into his own, by the time he was under the covers, the body thief was doing his rounds to make sure what just happened was indeed a dream. Suiryu heard his door open as the thief peered in. He let out a sigh before leaving.
Today is going to be a fun on. He invited the brothers over, and they will be playing flesh ball!
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"You want us to what?" demanded Mika.
"Play this made up game I came up with along with the brothers. It's called Flesh ball, and I'll explain the rules later…"
"Ew" came out of Nobara. "Flesh ball… you really went through with the idea to make such a game?!"
He smirked to her. "It's going to gross and freak him out, we are on the cusp of driving him mad…" Suiryu explained. "I got Fushiguro involved but I need you ladies in this too, wanna join?"
"Hard pass," Mika decreed.
Suiryu sighed aloud as he reached into his pocket. He took out his wallet and revealed the black card he has. "This will be yours and Nobara's for a full day… no questions asked…" he said.
Suddenly, Nobara's eyes sparkled. "The… whole day?" she asked.
"Yeah, the whole day… so… what's your answer?" he asked.
They peered at each other, before Mika sighed. "What are the rules?"
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"Wait, what?!"
"The brothers are coming over, we're going to train with them. Remember the game we made up with one, Flesh ball!" Suiryu explained.
The thief was confused and grossed out. "Flesh… ball…" he said with great uncertainty. "Uh, perhaps I will pass on that…"
"We need you though, or we won't have even teams! Besides, you LOVE this game!" Suiryu protested, then he leaned in. "Don't you dare hint to the others that something's not right here… the moment you refuse, the moment they sense something wrong!" he whispered harshly.
He gulped his pride nervously, but then nodded. "I… need to be reminded of the rules."
"No worries, we always go over them before the game starts. Come on, let's go, they should be here by now."
Suiryu was grinning from ear to ear on this, this thief messed with the wrong body… not to mention friends and family! When they arrived, he turned and saw the thief's eyes widened in shock at the sight of the curse wombs.
But the moment their eyes came upon him, they smiled. "LITTLE BROTHER!" they cheered.
It was like a stampede. Suiryu dodged just in time as they threw themselves on top of him! It was dog pile on Yuuji day… well… fake Yuuji. He was trapped under there pretty good too. "GET… OFF!" he shouted.
Then brothers snickered aloud as slowly, one by one they got off the ground. The thief glared at them. "What the hell!" he protested.
"What's with little brother? We always greet him this way?" Eso asked.
Suiryu shrugged. "He's been cranky as of late, maybe a good game of flesh ball will get him settled."
"Ooo, haven't played that in a while," said Junpei. "Let's go to the biggest courtyard and play there!"
Suiryu nodded. "You guys get set up and we'll meet you there."
"YEAH!" they cheered with great excitement.
The moment the brothers left, Suiryu peered down and saw the thief was rather taken aback. "What… what were those things?!" he demanded.
"Older brothers," Suiryu replied. "Remember, the curse wombs? You and I brought them back to life, so they consider us brothers. SO, as such, we need to ACT like brothers around them. That includes playing their game, so get your game face on!" Suiryu grabbed him by the scruff of his sweater and began to lug him over to the bigger courtyard where everyone was waiting. Gojo was there of course to serve as the referee.
"Oh good, we got even teams today!"
Suiryu dropped the thief to the ground. "Okay, for those who are playing for the first time, the rules are simple, avoid getting hit. Thanks to big bro Noranso, we got two different colored flesh balls. Team one will have the dark bluish kind, team two will have the red…"
He turned to the thief. "You're on team one, I'm on team two. Captains of the team shall be Mika and Nobara, any objections?" he called.
None of the brothers disagreed. So with that the teams were picked. Nobara got the thief. Mika got Suiryu. From there the teams divided as such. Team Nobara consisted of Sanso, Choso, Eso, Junpei and Sho. Team Mika got Noranso, Kotsuso, Shouoso, Tanso and Fushiguro. They were given a small wad of flesh each. Suiryu could tell the girls were slightly disgusted, but at the same time, their prize for cooperating was worth the temporary grossness.
The thief on the other hand was really grossed out! "Uh… whose flesh was this? I mean, this didn't all come off of Noranso…" he said offhandedly.
"Maybe it did, maybe it didn't." Satoru said aloud. "Now, the other rules, we go on until one team is immobilized. You are able to use your opponent's wad of flesh against them. Infuse your own curse energy into the wad to change to the team colors… Now… GAME ON!"