Chapter 17
"Is everything okay?"
"I don't know, she's been asleep for nearly a week."
"Hmm, is that normal?"
She shrugged her shoulders. "Look Gojo, I got knowledge on dragons, but I don't know EVERYTHING about them." She explained. Yet it was weird. In fact, a lot of weird things have been happening in the past few months.
Yua has been training along side Nanami and Muta to control their new power. It has been a little difficult but they have managed to do it. When that power is summoned, the two went from laughing like madmen, to merely smiling wickedly. A good improvement in her mind, yet according to Gojo and the others. Yua doesn't do that, she never falls into a moment of madness. Instead her face appears stern as she overwhelms the sensation on her own.
Second, ever since the curse wombs came back from Shibuya three months ago, Choso has appeared to be on cloud nine. It got to a point where Toji was about to challenge him to a fight. "You hitting on Lady Tiamat? Or you got the hots for her or something?" he demanded of him.
Choso, being Choso, was calm and collected and simply stated. "Not in the least bit, it's merely admiration for her and all I wish to do is ensure she delivers her brood in a nice, safe environment." He explained.
Toji sneered at the news, but he saw that the other brothers were acting the same way towards her. They were going out of their way to ensure she had everything. Eso has even stepped up in making dinner menus and allowing her to test new dishes she may want in the future.
Still, why are they going above and beyond for her? Also, what happened in Shibuya?
"Yua?" Gojo asked.
"Oh sorry, just… thinking… this is weird isn't it?"
"Very, more so than usual and I've seen my fair share,"
"Same here, yet still… why does it feel weird and yet… I am not bothered by it?"
He shrugged his shoulders to her carelessly. "Let's talk about something else… what kind of cake do you want for our wedding?"
She paused and stared at him oddly. "I want chocolate,"
She rolled her eyes but giggled to his question. "You want a big wedding huh?"
"I was going to ask Eso to cater but he has other things on his mind…"
"Maybe we should wait then…"
"What?"
"On the wedding party. Let's just get married for now, and then, throw the biggest party anyone has ever seen when things settle down. I know you could do so instantly, but if you want Eso to cater, I think it would be best if we left him to do what he needs to do for Lady Tiamat." She said gently.
He pouted.
Satoru pouted the biggest pout she has ever seen from this man-child.
The very man-child that she is going to marry…
She snickered to his antics and moved along. "Besides, we got something to address… I think it's about time we purge the curses out of Shibuya."
"That's a tall order…"
"I think we can do it," she said confidently. "Considering we are getting a lot better at controlling this power in us, Nanami has named that personality split he goes through when it happens. Muta doesn't laugh as much, same with me. At the same time, as this grows, I am starting to understand it a lot better."
"Still creepy that it comes from Sukuna isn't it?"
She nodded. "It is, and quite frankly, it's disturbing to know that this is a fraction of his power. Thank God it got split up between the three of us."
Gojo nodded in agreement. "So, how would you purge Shibuya?"
She thought it over, there was something she has been testing with the others on. It's a combined domain. She was inspired by Suiryu when he was first released to the world, he was able to summon the Malevolent shrine, and yet alter it. Those who had curse energy and in the fight remained in the domain, somehow, he was able to transport all civilians outside of it. Even if they were standing next to him, if they had no curse energy or were a mere bystander, they were taken to outside of the domain.
Since then, Nanami, Muta and herself have tried to replicate it. It's a lot more difficult to do than she realized. She had to give Suiryu credit for thinking of this on the fly.
"Wait a minute… that's it!" she whispered.
"What's it?"
"I'll be right back!"
She ran off to find them. Nanami was in the middle of his class, same with Muta. Both were teaching the children the other aspects of learning, mathematics for Nanami and basic technology repair with Muta. Since they were busy, she decided to do this on her own.
Venturing to the sparing area to be safe than sorry, she focused. "If this works, I'm a genius." She muttered. She began to think of what she wanted to do, but at the same time summoned that ungodly curse energy within her. She smirked for but a moment, and yet, there was a calming sensation. It never happened to her before. She began to focus. "I need his technique… I want to learn Suiryu's technique…" she whispered.
Her hands went together. "Domain expansion…"
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Gojo paused.
He sensed a powerful wave of curse energy before he noticed the sparring area was now… a shrine of all things. "Wait… how is that…" he was quick to get a look. Yet the more he approached it, the more it felt like Sukuna's domain, yet, there was a strong difference. There were no skulls, bones or anything like that. However, there was golden statues, some appeared to be guardians but there were also dragons within it. "Wait… YUA?!" he called aloud.
The domain was quick to vanish, the moment it did though, he saw her standing there yet appeared rather disappointed. "How did he do it?!" she said in a frustrated tone.
"Yua?!" Gojo called again. She finally took notice of him.
"Oh… hi,"
"What were you doing? That looked like Sukuna's domain!" he protested to her.
She sighed aloud and explained herself. "I was trying to make Suiryu's version of it, I am trying to understand how on Earth he did such a thing."
"Suiryu's domain?" he asked.
She nodded. "Take into consideration Sukuna's domain. No matter who is within it, get attacked right? Suiryu however was able to make it so that the attacks were directed at those who he wanted to attack, not just anyone willy nilly. I am trying to figure out how he did it. At the same time, Yuuji did the same thing too. He could summon Malevolent shrine but not harm anyone…"
Gojo considered her notion. It was true. When a domain is made, it's mainly used for attacking. Sukuna's was no exception. His carved and dismantled any and all within it. It took out a good chunk of Shibuya when he called upon it. Yet, when Suiryu does it, he remembered it going dark, and yet there was no one who was innocent that got killed, the buildings were undamaged. It made him realize too that the method and technique was outstanding. To have that much control over what happens and who is struck down and who isn't… "Damn, I never thought of it before… A domain is easy to call upon to take down a lot of enemies at once."
"No shit," she replied. "But the problem is, I can't seem to figure out how Suiryu did it!" she protested. "Did… did Ryujin teach him this?"
He couldn't answer her, not even he knew. She sighed aloud but the gears were turning in her head. "Why did you want to learn this?" he asked.
She looked to him oddly, almost as if it was a stupid question to ask. "I want to purge Shibuya once and for all of curses." She said. "We need a domain at the same time, I don't want to clear the city off the map. When I thought of what Suiryu did in Kyoto, I knew there was a method. But HOW he did it… I am trying to wrap my head around."
Gojo nodded. "He was like Itadori to think outside of the box, but perhaps… hmm…"
"What?" she asked.
"Consider the curse energy, I wonder if you spread your curse energy out, you can sense who is who right? What's human what's curse?" he asked.
"Well, not really, considering you didn't sense Toji when you fought him the first time right?"
"Don't remind me… but think about it, what if you flood the area with curse energy, fill the curtain with it, you should be able to detect gaps right?"
Her eyes widened. "Shit, that's brilliant!"
"I know, praise me later!" Gojo said as his chest puffed out.
"I'll deflate your ego later… but then… hmmm," she paused to think again. "The idea is doable, but the thing is, I think this has to be a four person job."
"Four?" he asked. "Yua, Sukuna's power…"
"It only goes so far right? 250 meters in all directions with him at the center point." She said. "I know that, but if we are to do a whole city, we need to cover from all angles, if anything. I think we need to do a four point domain, but we need four sorcerers who are nearly equal in power." Her eyes suddenly shifted to him. "I'll need you, Nanami and Muta."
"Huh?"
"The four of us are going to try and make the ultimate domain!"
He was still a little confused. "There has been no sorcerer or sorcerers who have been able to do such a thing, besides these triplets that made one to suck the life out of their enemies."
She nodded and remembered Yuuji telling her about them, the trifecta triplets. "But those were newbies, we're professional. Not to mention, have a shit ton of curse energy between the four of us. Even if we can't cleanse the whole city, we can at least force the curses to the center point and have the others take them out from there."
Gojo began to see the logic of the plan, but wondered if it would be enough. "Well perhaps it's something to consider another time…" he said offhandedly. "I am a little worried for Lady Tiamat, I mean, isn't she nine months now?" he asked.
Yua nodded. "Dragons give birth a different times, but just because she is in human form, doesn't mean she has the same reproductive cycle as one. Nine months maybe the first trimester for her, who knows at this point,"
Gojo sighed. He really did wish he knew more about dragons than this. But right now, there is no choice but to wing it.
