Chapter 17

"GGGAAAHHH! GET IT OFF, GET IT OFF OF ME NOW!"

"Huh, five minutes in and he's already freaking out… that's a new record" Satoru said as he checked his watch. "Yep, new record."

Suiryu smirked as he stood there with Satoru as the thief was smothered under a good hundred pounds of loose flesh. Nobara and Mika were actually smirking to it all. "This is a lot more fun than I thought it would be…" Mika said offhandedly as she held a wad of flesh in her grasp. "But at the same time… we're playing with human skin…"

"Mainly curse skin," corrected Noranso. "Brother Junpei suggested it, but there is some human in there…"

It was rather funny, the moment they started the game. Everyone lobbed their flesh ball right at the thief… bring them to this moment here and now.

"GET THIS OFF OF ME!"

Noranso turned to Suiryu, who nodded his approval. With a mere wave of his hand, all the skin came off of the thief. Noranso has even developed a way to storing the flesh he collects on to himself. Like Junpei when he takes in extra blood, Noranso add it to his body, yet he is able to shift it about so he doesn't look too big in appearance.

When the wad was taken off of him, the thief trembled as he looked about at everyone. "You're all insane… utterly insane!" he stated. His body trembled as he looked about once more, then, a sickening laughter came out of him. "This isn't worth it anymore… I am being haunted by all of you! I am being tormented… I can't take it…"

"Sleep" Suiryu called out using curse speech.

He went limp and passed out that moment.

"Ah, it's nice to see him breaking, but I think we can do a lot better, don't you agree?" Satoru asked aloud.

"Of course we can do a lot better… in fact…" a devious grin came over him. "Let's see how far we can get this to go, call everyone to the courtyard outside of the dorms… we'll leave him here to sleep. Bros! Can you watch him for us?"

"Of course, we won't let ANYTHING happen to our little brother…" Sho stated and smiled wickedly himself.

"I like to hear that."

Suiryu led the others back to the dorms, there he pitched his idea to them, at the same time. Yuuji returned to the left side of his face! "Jeeze, that's creepy, since when…"

"This is his second time doing it," Suiryu explained to Satoru.

"Hey, sorry again Suiryu. We are liberating the last soul this guy has, I got to admit it got a lot easier recently. You guys wigging him out?"

"You could say that, he's now trembling and has an unexplained fear of rabbits," Suiryu stated as he smirked towards Fushiguro.

"Really?"

"Megumi has been going to town with rabbits to say the least. He fills a room up with them that he knows the thief if going to go into… he gets flooded out by them." Snickered Nobara.

"Not to mention the wolves in the woods when he tries to sneak out. Nue that plucks him off the ground every so often and leave him on the school roof…" Suiryu said offhandedly. "So, we can finally kick this bastard out of you?"

"Yes, but after we get the last soul out. Whatever you guys have been doing to him, keep it up. When he is in that state, he doesn't notice what I'm doing." He explained.

"So grand finally tonight. Sounds like a plan. Thanks bro, can't wait to get you back."

The mouth vanished as Suiryu turned to the student body and Satoru. "So what do you think about my idea?" he asked offhandedly.

Satoru was grinning. "I think it's perfect. Any objection?"

"Do we really have to look the part?" Nobara demanded.

"Yes," Satoru and Suiryu said at the same time.

She sighed aloud. "Okay, let's get this over with…"

#

Xing woke once more.

Yet somehow it was already nightfall.

With a sigh, he picked himself off the ground and tried to work out the kinks in this body. He doesn't quite remember how he passed out or for how long, but he then recalled that tomorrow, the council here will have his way out of this godforsaken hellhole!

But for now, perhaps a good night's rest is in order. Xing was looking forward to returning to Hong Kong. He is going to rest first and foremost before he goes to see the elders of the divine oracle. Then he is going to make a plan before seeing said elders and perfecting his strategy. Despite the setbacks here, he still holds all the cards, and all he needs is a little time to understand this body and how it works.

After all, he has been feeling strange surges going on with it. His arms and legs are feeling stronger and more powerful with each passing day. He can also sense energy coursing through him. It's just a matter of time before he unlocks this influence for himself.

As he ventured back to the dorms, he felt something was off. In fact, a lot of things were off… the whole courtyard for that matter appeared to have shifted into a maze like setting. "What the hell…" he muttered.

Then, he swore, he heard music. Aggressively played riffs and odd tempos.

"Tell me exactly what am I suppose to do

now that I've allowed you to beat me!

Do you think that we could play another game

Maybe I could win this time…"

"Who the hell…"

Peering to the rooftops, he saw Suiryu singing aloud, but, he was singing towards him!

"I kind of like
The misery you put me through.
Darling, you can trust me
Completely.
If you even try
To look the other way,
I think that I could kill this time."

The courtyard began to shift and alter rapidly! Xing felt like a rat forced to run a maze! There was no way around it as the paths grew smaller and tighter, forcing him to move!

Yet all the while, Suiryu was singing… and then he came across the Fushiguro kid. He came out from the side of a shadow… but he looked like Sukuna, curse marks, extra eyes and all!

"Rah! Rah!

It doesn't really seem
I'm getting through to you.
Though I see you weeping so sweetly.
I think that you might
Have to take another taste,
A little bit of hell this time."

This Fushiguro kid… was singing too, but sounded just like Suiryu!

Xing was freaking out.

What the hell was going on around here?!

He tried to turn and make a run for it, yet this place kept shifting! The students were appearing left, right and center before him and yet they all bore Sukuna's marks and extra eyes! They were stalking him, slowly. They were also singing and sounded just like Suiryu! It was as if he was almost being lured into the middle of this damn thing. As the world continued to shift about, he finally found the center of this damn maze. He was surrounded by the students but then saw someone come out of the shadows.

He froze when he saw Six Eyes before him. "Gojo, what's going on!" he demanded.

But then his blindfold came off. His eyes turned to a blood red… and he had the demon eyes as well. The curse marks began to appear over his body as he smiled a wicked grin towards him. The music suddenly stopped. Xing was surrounded by the student body and Gojo.

"Stop… what do you want with me!?" he demanded.

Six Eyes stared down upon him. "Itadori… I want MY Itadori back."

He froze. Xing paused as he looked at Six Eyes but smirked. "I should have known… this whole time… you knew?" he asked.

"No shit."

Xing smirked as he saw Suiryu approach. "HE'S SUKUNA! HE PUT A BINDING VOW ON THIS BOY!"

Suiryu smirked. "No, I didn't. Also, I ain't that bastard." He stated rather sternly. "Now then, my brother… give him back"

Xing smirked as he picked himself off the ground. "That was it? This whole hell on earth you put me through was because you knew I wasn't this brat?" he demanded. "But the ball is still in my court isn't it? I POSSESS this body now! Your Itadori as you stated… is dead!"

Then his face got pinched by his lower right arm!

"I wouldn't be too sure…"

Xing froze once more as he felt a mouth form at the right side of his face. He went blind in the demon eye yet the dominate one peered down and saw it looking up at him! "What…"

"Hey bro, wanna take it from here?" Suiryu called.

"Don't mind if I do,"

Xing felt the body pulse. He collapsed shortly after…