Chapter 22
The school of divine learning…
They just received a call about the incident at jujutsu tech and were asked for their opinion on the matter at hand. Yet it was a confusing message they were given. "Demon vessel altered to that of an infant, need your expert opinion on the matter" was the message they were given. There wasn't a photo or any other detail about the demon vessel, however, curiosity got the better of them.
"Should we go? I mean, isn't there a binding vow in place over us?" asked the youngest Mio.
"The binding vow only applies to Itadori, we cannot approach him. However, we are able to go to the facilities and see this first hand." Said Kazue. But she paused to the message. As curious as she was, she didn't wish to encounter the clone of Sukuna.
"Then I will go!" declared Hideki. He was first to fight if needed, he was one of their strongest men as well as divine users. No one has seen his capabilities, as of yet, so it would make for a good cover. They won't assume he is a threat. "Just send me, and I will report everything."
"As tempting as that is, I don't think it's a good idea… One of the elders was suggesting we peer in on the demon vessel through a student program. We bring some of our students to train with the curse users. From there we are free to wonder the grounds and not be caught or appear suspicious." Kazue stated.
"I will gather five students then."
"See that you do, we will inform the council at Jujutsu Tech of our intentions and arrival. You will leave by tomorrow"
He bowed to her and left the room to pick out the five strongest students they have. Yet, something was off about this. "Why are they not giving us more information?" her brother Kazuo asked.
"That is what worries me." She said offhandedly. "Looking over the message, I feel they want to explain more, but are unable to."
"So, what do we do?" Mio asked.
"We wait for Hideki's report."
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Within two days, they arrived.
Fushiguro was wondering about when he saw the divine students and their teacher at the front gates. They were welcomed in by the council who insisted they had free reign over the school. Yet, something was off about this.
Fushiguro approached the students and stared at them oddly. They were all similar in a sense, oddly enough all had blond hair. The shortest one was a girl that had large curled hair, there was a really tall, skinny guy. And three others were average guy but appeared rather similar to each other. Perhaps they are related but he didn't know.
"Hey, student!" one of the councilmen shouted. "Show them around!" he ordered.
Megumi sighed aloud. "Fine…" he muttered. Yet was quick to summon divine wolves. It started the five divine students as they became surrounded by the pack. "Follow me, and I suggest you don't stray from the tour" he said in a warning tone.
"This is hospitality?" the short girl demanded. "This is INSULTING!"
"No one invited you here Goldilocks."
The five paused to a deep baritone voice, they turned as the wolves parted and revealed the face to it. But they froze at the sight of him, curse marks and all. Suiryu lingered.
"Sukuna…" the tallest whispered.
"Came from the bastard, not the bastard… I am getting sick of telling people the same shit over and over again…" he growled lowly. "So why the fuck are you here?"
"Rude! We're the divine students here to do a cross training program with the curse user students!"
"Good for you Goldilocks,"
"It's Sam!" she protested.
"Do I look like I give a fuck?" Suiryu snapped back. "You here for that, then I got to see what you can do, so… come with me."
"Why should we?" one of the boys protested.
Megumi smirked a little. "He's one of our teachers," he explained. The five went oddly pale. "As such, he has the right to assess your abilities, so he knows what you are capable of and how to help you grow stronger… you wouldn't ignore a teacher's order now would you?"
They paused and yet exchanged looks between each other. "Wait, how can he see it when he isn't a divine user!"
"I have my way Goldilocks, now get moving… don't make me drag you along!" he warned.
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The students were nervous as hell, he could smell their fear, and yet at the same time, it smelt… wonderful. The small one had spunk, he would give her that, not to mention the students are serving as a decoy as their teacher roams the grounds. He's been here before. They have not. So they stopped just outside of one of the training facilities. Suiryu turned sharply and stared at the five. "Who wants to go first?"
"Uh… excuse me?"
"Who… wants… to… go… first" he said very slowly. "Show me, what you can do. I'll be your opponent, and I won't hit hard, so don't worry about dying." He explained.
It didn't set any of their minds at ease, yet the tallest stepped forward. "Ah good, what's your name?" he asked.
"Bo," he simply stated.
"Short, sweet, to the point. Okay Bo, what can you do?"
Shockingly enough, Bo took a fighting stance. Suiryu paused as his eyes adjusted, he was able to see divine energy! Normally it's all fuzzy to him, yet this time around… but he paused for a moment as he checked his right hand. That odd symbol was glowing. The dragon's blessing perhaps allows him to see this divine energy in action.
Curious, he watched as Bo channeled the energy to his arms and legs. Strengthening them and more than likely allow him to move faster. Then… it was like a clap of lightning! Bo vanished, yet struck Suiryu at the side of his face.
His head merely tilted from the blow, which stunned the youth to say the least. "Wait, master always said that divine energy is stronger than curse!" he protested.
Suiryu playfully lowered Bo's clenched fist down. "He never told you it depends on the source or the power of the one you are up against. Although true, divine energy can overpower curse… however if the curse energy is greater than that of the wielder. You may as well be human going up against a curse."
Bo suddenly appeared defeated. "Master never said anything like that to us…"
"HE'S LYING!"
"Shut it Goldilocks, you can be next!"
She grinned as she took Bo's place, yet there was something about that tall lanky kid, he has potential, not to mention, he isn't completely brainwashed by the looks of it.
"Okay you curse user, I'm going to kick your ass!"
"My God, it's a more annoying, pint size Nobara…" muttered Megumi.
"Don't you dare compare her to Nobara!" Suiryu snapped back. "Nobara has class!"
Suiryu caught Fushiguro literally biting his tongue on that, but he will let it slide for now. After all, they aren't dating, still, he holds out hope that perhaps Nobara would want him over Mika.
"HEY! You ready?"
"I've been ready since you shouted you were going to kick my ass. My ass is not kicked."
Goldilocks as he liked to call her began to surge with power, and then she slammed her hands to the ground summoning her creatures. A small legion of fairies appeared before her, yet none of them were too happy about it. "Fight!" she ordered.
They hesitated.
"Hey… you do realize they don't want to, fairies like them are NOT fighters." He scolded her.
"Shut up, you're just a curse!" she snapped back.
Suiryu sighed aloud as the fairies stared at him with great fear in their eyes. "Take it easy, I ain't going to hurt you." He promised them. But he glared down at Goldilocks. "You on the other hand…" he approached her and merely gave her a flick to her forehead!
She flew!
No one could move as she just… flew! It was a good 30 yards to say the least, and she wasn't hurt too much. Her pride on the other hand…
"YOU STUPID FAIRIES!" she shouted.
"Will you please kindly, shut up"
Everyone froze as Choso appeared with Yuuji in his arms. He was trying to lull him to sleep when Goldilocks began to scream.
The divine students froze instantly. "What… is that?" Bo asked.
"That's on a need to know basis." Suiryu replied. However he noticed Yuuji was staring at this girl oddly. He turned to Choso and pointed at her. "Huh? What does he want bro?" Suiryu asked.
He didn't know himself until he brought Yuuji to the short girl. He stared at her oddly, but then, an angry look came over him. His small hand reached over and he gave a small hit to her stomach. It was just a tap but it didn't harm her, yet something happened.
Suiryu saw chains fall to the ground.
Yuuji smirked as he saw the fairies once bounded to her… fly away!
"Wait… you can do that?" he asked with amazement.
"MY SUMMONS!"
Choso smirked. "It appears little brother did not approve of your treatment of them." He was quick to bring Yuuji away as Goldilocks glared.
"That little bastard broke my servant chains for my summons! I have to work really hard to get those fairies!"
"You were not worthy of your summons, those in chain will not help you," Suiryu explained. He turned to the Megumi. "Fushiguro, would you summon the alpha please?"
He nodded. Taking his stance and summoning his own power, he called forth the alpha wolf. The five froze, Choso was rather impressed as the alpha wolf came forward yet stood beside Fushiguro. "Now, let him be your example. Despite the similarities some of you have when it comes to gaining summons, for curse users, they have to be defeated, for they only obey those who are strong and worthy of their power. Megumi had trouble with the alpha, but has gotten an equals contract with him. Correct?" he asked.
Fushiguro nodded. "I didn't defeat the alpha through combat, but a method taught to me by Suiryu." He stated. "I demonstrated my strength to the wolf without harming it, as such, we recognized each other as equals."
Bo was curious though. "But it's a shikigami right?" he asked.
"Indeed it is, but still, none the less, a living being in a strange way. When it comes to divine, there's a different method." Suiryu explained.
He was cackling on the inside as he saw the eyes of the five students widened with anticipation. "Well?!" Goldilocks demanded.
"Well what?" he asked.
"Won't you tell us how?" Bo asked gently.
"I'm a curse user, not divine. How would I know?" he replied and smirked as their faces dropped in shock. "You should have known that, right?"
They hung their heads in defeat. But then, Goldilocks turned back and glared at Yuuji. "What the hell is that thing?" she demanded. "There no energy what so ever coming off of it, and yet it broke my chains!"
Choso smirked. "My little brother," he said gently and held him a little closer to himself. "Perhaps it's the family ability, you see, we have blood manipulation and a rot technique, he may not have energy, but he has power. But it's hard to say at the moment, right little one?"
"Umph!" Yuuji replied rather contently. He snuggled into Choso and began to fall asleep.
"We'll be leaving first," Choso whispered. "Keep your voices down," and walked off.
Suiryu was rather amazed that none of the divine students knew that Yuuji was a baby dragon, but perhaps that inexperience was the reason why.
