Word travelled fast among the school grounds… Gojo blabbed and texted everyone to say the least. He was quick to find his students and inform them of what was going to happen. Everyone was now interested in the sudden turn of events! Sitting in the bleacher as it were with curse devices that allow them to see into the forest. "So, what are the rules?"
Naoya smirked. "Take down as many as you can before you are brought to your knees, simple right? You against twenty of the top Zenin family members!"
"Yeah, compared to Mika, you guys are not cream of the crop here…"
"You have a two minute head start…" growled Naoya.
"Nah, just try your best. I don't need any time to hide or shit like that. So, without farther ado…. Catch me if you can" Suiryu smirked as he began to walk backwards into the training area. The moment he cleared the gate, he vanished!
The Zenin clan was stunned as it happened before their eyes. Naoya however sneered. "It was a trick, let's go, he couldn't have gotten far!" With that, they stormed in.
The moment they vanished, Mika smirked as she saw Sensei walk around with a hat. "Taking all bets, all bets, taken here." He called.
Mika smirked as she dropped in 400 yen. "Five minutes" she said.
"Wait, what are you betting on?" asked Noritoshi.
"How long it will take for Raze to defeat everyone." Gojo explained.
"Oh…" Noritoshi paused before suddenly placing money down. "600 yen in three minutes"
"YOUNG MASTER!" his elders protested. "You insult the Zenin clan!?"
"No, I am merely being polite and giving them the benefit of the doubt… why did you bet five minutes?" he asked of Mika.
She smirked. "Sensei said he wanted to toy with then earlier, the extra time I gave it to account for that,"
There were a few more bets collected, Gojo wrote everything down as they began to watch. It wasn't long, not even 30 seconds in and there were five bodies at the entrance of the forest. Not dead mind you, but knocked out cold.
"Hm, guess he's not playing with them as long as I thought." Mika said offhandedly.
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Within the forest.
It was child's play.
Suiryu was picking these guys off left and right. Naoya was smart to keep his five strongest family members close to him. But everyone else… sitting ducks. Within two minutes, he picked off those who didn't interest him. A quick shot the chest here knocked the air right out of them, and didn't give them time to scream. So far, they suspect nothing. Yet still, Suiryu wanted his fun.
"Wanna know something funny?" he said aloud. Using jujutsu, he was able to have his voice heard all over the forest. "I've been looking into the histories of the three great clans and quite frankly, I don't think the families have much to really brag about."
"What did you say!? Are you insulting us!" one of the Zenins yelled.
Suiryu snickered. "I thought this was already known knowledge among the clans?! Either way, you want insulting, get me six bottles of Sake and twenty minutes. I'll be insulting you by then."
"SHOW YOURSELF YOU COWARD!" Naoya demanded.
"I will, but first, back to our conversation. I've been reading about Sukuna's defeat and found it rather odd, that the families were able to do such a thing to him and it sounded rather easy to be honest. I mean all your curse energy and technique transcend from this family member correct? So, with that being said. The fact that they all survived Sukuna makes me believe that his defeat didn't come through battle, yet timing."
Silence came upon the forest. "What the hell do you mean?!"
"Consider it, when he was defeated, everything but his fingers were destroyed? No, I heard other wise; his body couldn't be destroyed; yet him coming back within that body yeah, that was taken away. You do know that there are methods of transcending your limits through a meditative death?" he said aloud. "Sukuna must have been doing that by the time the families came to stop him. He couldn't stop the mediation, so he did what would preserve his power, placed it into his fingers. They would be taken and scattered, yet still in tact and holding on to his curse energy and essence. Makes sense, doesn't it? Had I been your ancestor, I would have been searching for ways to ensure the death of this sorcerer. How come they left the fingers and body be?"
"SHOW YOURSELF YOU FUCKING LIRE!" Naoya demanded.
He had toyed with them long enough. Suiryu snickered. "Sure thing, open field just up ahead from you. I'll wait there, oh… and I have a surprise waiting for you too…"
Suiryu went on ahead, he took his armor off and made a body double out of the earth. He had it sit in wait for the Zenin to arrive. He stood on the outer edge of the forest when they appeared. Without hesitation they attacked the dummy, before realizing it was a fake. "COWARD! SHOW YOURSELF!" Naoya demanded.
Suiryu snickered. "Very well then, but I will warn you… I haven't been truthful about myself. You're right, that little origin story I told you was pure bullshit. But that was part of my fun…" he altered his voice, it slowly vanished the more he spoke from sinister to a deep, commanding baritone. "Now as for who I really am… why I am good at teaching… it's rather simple really…"
He then appeared behind them. They turned and were at the ready to fight, until they realized. Sukuna stood before them.
Naoya's face drained of color. As did his men's. "Well, since we have reached this point, let's see how well one of the three great families is doing… don't hold back now…" Suiryu said as his face began to look like that of a mad man…
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"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The scream heard across the school.
No one moved in the stands. Mika checked her watch. "Four minutes and three seconds." She called out.
"SALMON!" cheered Toge as he was paid out the winnings.
However, the councilmen and the elders who came with Noritoshi, froze. "Is that… really…" asked one of the Kamo elders.
No one moved as Suiryu wondered out, whistling a happy tune no less! Yet he wasn't hiding behind his 'sensei Raze' persona. Wearing nothing more than running shoes and black pants… usually the look Sukuna had when he took over Itadori. He continued to drag the fallen before throwing the Zenin clan like a bunch of garbage off to the side. He smirked and turned to the councilmen. "I can see why the elders are terrified of Sukuna, you have a loser like that to count on to fight him. HA! Yeah, right…" he said.
"Sukuna… Sukuna is here… He took over the demon vessel!"
"He's not Sukuna," stated Noritoshi. "This is Sensei Suiryu, the end product of Sukuna's defeat through purification. In short, he was the only good aspect of the king of curses."
"Him… Good?!" they demanded.
"None of you are dead…" Suiryu said offhandedly. "Besides, what I said before was true. You guys got to get off the family tit," he began to whistle as he walked off. Mika smirked as she took her leave as well. Not before she stared down the fallen members of her clan.
She'll clean that mess up soon enough…
