Chapter 21
The dreams grew worst.
Sukuna went to sleep long before the wedding was over, and yet the dreams he had were not the least bit pleasant to him. For some reason… he dreamt of a wedding, and yet… he was the one getting married.
There was a blurred figure of a woman standing before him, and yet, she too looked oddly familiar. She had the same body structure, hair possibly. Yet he couldn't get a good look at their face. It was all smudged in his mind. "Who the hell are you?" he demanded of the figure.
He then heard it giggle…
Wait…
He knew that laugh.
HOW did he know THAT laugh?!
"WHO ARE YOU!" he demanded. But the figure spoke in a very odd manner. No coherent words came out of it, and yet, it continued to speak and approach him. Nothing was understood, but the way this thing walked, he… knew this walk as well. "Answer me, now! Who are you!" he demanded once more.
It stood before him fearlessly, mumbles were heard and then… he felt a hand.
A gentle hand came on to the disfigured side of his face! "Don't touch me!" he tried to push it away, but his arms went through. Whoever this was, controlled how tangible they were?
He began to back away. "Why won't you answer me? This is my dream isn't it?" he roared. "What do you want? Who are you? What is it that I have that you cannot leave me alone for?"
The figure paused oddly, almost surprised to the questions, the mumbles altered, and yet, he could hear the tone almost ask him a question. It was getting a little clearer. "Are you asking me of something?"
It then peered about before finding a paper, there was no pen and yet they tried to write words on it. Of course in a dream, words don't always appear. "It's chicken scratch."
Then, there came another notion, instead of words, it tried to draw a picture. When he got the page back, he froze.
This… was oddly clear.
"Wait… what's the meaning of this? Are you asking me… do I remember?" he looked to the picture again, and yet once he did, Sukuna sat up in his bed, wide awake and in a cold sweat.
His heart was racing once more, whatever that vision was… that was almost too clear, it felt so real to him too. "What is happening to me?"
The dream soon vanished, he forgot about it by the time he ate breakfast. Yet there was that image that became engrained in his head. Something wasn't right about this.
"You look like shit."
He had just left the communal eating area when Yua saw him. "Shut up" he growled and continued on.
"You're troubled, aren't you?"
He suddenly paused in his steps. He turned and glared at Tooru. "Mind your own business."
She sighed aloud as she held her son a little closer. Shin on the other hand was reaching out to him. "Shin, no, not now." She gently scolded. But he was acting up.
"If you want to talk, I'll at least listen to you." She said offhandedly and excused herself.
"Tch, yeah, right. You want to see me torment myself…" he muttered.
He needed to get out, of course he cannot leave the domain looking the way he was, he also learned recently the mask he has been forced to wear will limit where he goes unless he is companied. His limit is to the end of the village outside of the domain, which means, he can still meet up with his people…
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He snuck out that moment.
Sukuna went to the temple where he first encountered his legions, but already he felt something off. He could smell the brat's brat was here, but at the same time, he got another scent. Uraume.
Yet, as he began to wonder about he heard a commotion. "Has no one seen him?"
"Not since three days ago,"
"Where could he have gone?! The young boy was looking for him earlier too…"
Young boy… so the brat's kid was here earlier…
"Master…" he heard a whisper.
To his left he saw Uraume. "You wasted little time…" he said with a proud smile. "I'm pleased to this, do you have the child?"
They smiled wickedly to him. "I had to help him find his favourite monk…"
"And I take it you found him?"
Their smile only grew. "Indeed, come master, let's not waste any more time…"
Sukuna peered about, he didn't sense the brat or knock off. Then again, their presence wasn't felt at all early this morning. Perhaps they had to go to their mommy for something. Either way, it's the opening he needs. He was about to follow Uraume when he noticed something odd on the ground, a strange pearl of all things and yet… he felt compelled to pick it up and keep it.
He went into the thick of the woods and removed his mask. "I'm limited in my travels, is there a way…"
"We already perfected it master," Uraume insisted. They went deeper into the woods where another member of his legion awaited him. There they casted a jujutsu. He used a little curse energy to make this minion be his proxy. As long as they sense him in this area, they won't go looking for Sukuna, since he carries his curse energy signature.
"We have to hurry master, or your meal will be spoiled."
"I look forward to it."
