Chapter 30

A few days would pass.

Yua noticed Yuuji was gone from his room and Choso had vanished completely. "Where on earth did they go?" she paused to hear Fushiguro question their sudden disappearance.

She smiled to him. "Kitsune must have taken Yuuji for his check up. So they are probably in the land of divine." She explained. "When one is there, time passes differently, for them a day there is three days here… I have no idea how the hell that worked out." She muttered.

"Why does he need a check up?"

"Kitsune was concerned about Yuuji after the attempt transfiguration inflicted upon him by Mahito… that reminds me I need to check that fire pit later. He's still moving around in agony to say the least…"

"So… is Itadori going to be okay?" he asked.

She shrugged her shoulders. "Who knows at this point, for the time being it's best to let things be, besides. Choso will brief us when he returns."

She wondered though how the check up was going with Itadori, as well, how will they do such a thing on him…

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Yuuji felt miserable.

He woke up in the middle of the night after his stomach acted up, only to find he got bigger again. He wondered if this was what Mahito did to him in trying to transfigure his body, and yet, he sighed aloud realizing that wasn't the case.

He endured and remained in his room, refusing to come out. Yet at the same time, he felt odd… almost fussy in a sense.

Yuuji was yearning for comfort

He tossed and turned as he slept when he suddenly felt his body shift oddly. Suddenly, he was comfortable. A nice warmth came over him as something sweet danced over his pallet. 'This… feels nice…' he thought. He remained asleep for the time being, but when he was waking up. He began to hear voices… unfamiliar ones.

"OOOooo look at him! He's grown so much!"

"Sister, you have done a great job in keeping a close eye on this one."

"I agree, this has to be the biggest baby dragon I have EVER seen!"

Slowly, his eyes opened. Yuuji stared into the faces of various strangers who stared down at him in a loving manner. He tried to move, but found he had been swaddled! Not to mention, he saw what was in his mouth. A flower like pacifier! He was quick to spit it out and try to break free.

"Oh he's up!" one snickered.

"Ladies, excuse me please."

Yuuji froze as he heard Choso's voice, he made his way through the young ladies before coming to Yuuji's side. Without a word, he undid the swaddle and allowed Yuuji to break free from it. He forced himself to sit up as he tried to make sense of all of this. "Be calm little brother, they are Kitsune's sisters." Choso explained gently. "They are quite affectionate towards you." He said and smiled.

Yuuji felt unsure of himself, he was nervous but knew he couldn't tell Choso how he felt since he didn't speak dragon. However, the proud older brother appeared to be aware of his feelings.

"Ladies, would you mind stepping back a little please, he's a little nervous and unsure as to why he is here."

They did as he asked and stepped back. "He doesn't know he's here for a check up?" the youngest questioned.

'Check up?' Yuuji thought as he turned to Choso.

He nodded to him. "Yes, little brother, you are here for a check up. According to Kitsune, one must be done before each feeding. But I think they skipped the first one. She has gone to retrieve the medicine man who is to do such a task…"

No sooner were those words spoken, did Kitsune appear with two odd looking men, and one that appeared to be like an old goat! The odd looking man appeared more like a weathered tree than a person, the old goat was half man, half goat!

"Young master, these are the healers who are going to inspect you." She said gently.

Yuuji settled himself a little as they approached him. "This is the young dragon? Why on earth did you wait so long for his check up? If he has made it this far after three feedings he's going to be fine, you are aware of that!" the tree man scolded.

The old goat paused and peered into Yuuji's eyes, but said nothing. "He hasn't had three feedings yet, he's merely had one," Choso explained.

The tree man snickered at him. "Do you take me for a fool? What sorcerer would be this big from dragon milk? No doubt he's been fed three times already"

"No, no he hasn't." the old goat said. He began to inspect Yuuji, he was oddly gentle and always explained what he was doing with him before doing it. "I am going to inspect your organs, my hands are going to be…" he explained at one point. It was very similar to his check up he had with Dr. Shoko, however, she never heard or could make sense of his condition. The old goat however was fast, precise and nodded his approval. "Good, very good. You are healthy and strong, I can hear you organs working in perfect function. I do admit little one, you are the least stressed infant male I have ever examined!"

'Is he kidding me? I've been nothing BUT stressed!' Yuuji thought.

"You can't be serious old man, I have seen healthier dragons!"

"You are too young to notice what is before you and not see what is coming. This young one has come a long way, he is in great health and shape for his condition. The fact remains is this, he has indeed only been fed once, haven't you?"

His head nodded. Yuuji shied away at the news.

"Lire!" the wooden man spoke. "You cannot believe such garbage! There is no way a human body can turn like this after ONE feeding!" he protested.

"The great lady ensures he is fed when he is hungry. My brothers, his friends, we make certain Yuuji is comfortable all the time and well rested. He has only been fed once out of the final three he needs." Choso said in a gentle and yet firm tone.

The wooden man froze. "Great… great lady? You… you don't mean…"

Yuuji suddenly felt his stomach turn. The room froze as a deep moaning was heard from his belly but then, the pain he felt, it was excruciating!

"UMPH!" he roared aloud and fell to his side. 'Oh God! This hurt! This is agony!' Yuuji thought to himself. If was as if his body was on fire, his arms and legs shivered and lacked strength to move.

"YUUJI!" Choso and Kitsune rushed to his side as he began to tear up. Choso began to cry as well. "Oh my God… someone get the great lady this instant!"

The room paused. "You don't call upon her, no one does, especially the likes of you!" the wooden man snapped back.

Choso glared at him. Yuuji peered up as he noticed the gold mark on Choso's hand suddenly light up. He focused all his curse energy into that and then… there was a flash! No one knew what he did, to this day, Yuuji doubts he knew what he did too. Yet it was that flash that made the world shake and tremble. The legions suddenly prostrated themselves. Yuuji on the other hand, began to pass out…