Chapter 30
Nobara was in a hurry.
That wasn't Suiryu, he never acts like this and yet… her body shuttered at his tone, the look in his eyes was all too familiar to her. She found Megumi not too far from her as she ran back to the school. "Fushiguro! Where's sensei!?" she called.
He paused, picking up the urgency in her voice he said. "Out on a mission, why?"
She was about to speak until Suiryu followed up from behind her. She cringed as she heard him take a deep breath, inhaling her scent. "Ah… the smell of fear on you is exquisite!" he said in a rather erotic tone.
That alone made Fushiguro pause. "Suiryu…" he said with great uncertainty.
He paused but then shook his head clear. "Sorry… ugh, I'm doing it again!" he pulled himself away from Nobara, unable to control himself and yet, he was getting worried. "Something… something is wrong with me!"
Nobara turned back to Megumi. "We need to call Sensei, now!" she said.
He nodded in agreement, just as he was about to make the call, his phone was snatched out of his hands. He blinked and missed it, but now… it was in Suiryu's grasp. "Suiryu…"
One twitch of his hand, and he crushed it. The phone crumbled as Suiryu appeared stunned by his own action. "I… I can't control myself…"
"UMPH! UMPH! UMPH!"
Nobara turned as Yuuji came running as fast as he could on four… six limbs. "Yuuji, what…"
She was suddenly grabbed!
Nobara was held from behind, pinned to Suiryu as he began to act strangely again. "Yes, struggle for me, fight with all your might, it won't be enough!" he whispered into her ear.
Yuuji froze, Fushiguro stood at the ready to fight.
"Don't bother…"
The curse wombs suddenly surrounded them. Choso took the led as he stared into Suiryu's eyes. "He's not our brother… not anymore. Isn't that right, Ryomen Sukuna?"
Nobara froze. "No, it can't be, Suiryu would never…"
"Oh, of course he wouldn't… he would NEVER betray your trust, after all… he loves you so much…"
That voice… that slimy, conniving, underhanded tone! It sounds like Suiryu, but, Nobara knew it no longer was him. His grip grew tighter, nearly crushing her against him. But his laughter began to fill her ears. "Oh how naïve you all were, thinking I wouldn't find him, and take what he has… you keep forgetting, he's PART OF ME!"
"Nobara… stay calm…" Choso said to her. "We won't let…"
His grip tightened again, his tongue dragged over up the side of her face, as he tasted her flesh. "Mmm, she tastes better than she smells. In fact this is almost familiar… this guy had good taste in women… I'm nearly proud."
"Fuck off!" Nobara said with a sneer. "Suiryu wouldn't hurt me, he won't let you!"
Sukuna snickered. "Oh? How can he stop me? He was nothing more than a speck! An insignificant speck that got lucky! He is slowly losing himself now. I can feel it. For I am absorbing him back into me, and once it is done… Suiryu as you called him, will be gone and I will return!"
She refused to believe it, she WON'T believe it, Nobara tried to struggle, but his grasp was like a vice, she has to get out of this!
"Nobara…"
She froze, hearing her name spoken in a weak voice, She turned and saw the mouth that formed on his hand. "Suiryu.."
"Remember… what I taught you? Just in case…"
She froze.
It was a private lesson Suiryu gave her, and insisted on her learning for herself in case of an emergency. Tears began to form in her eyes, but, there was no time to let them escape, she merely nodded. With what movement she had, she managed to get a nail out of her pouch on her left side, within her fingers she fused the curse energy needed.
"Ah, what do we have here?" the nail was knocked out of her hand, it rolled to the ground and out of reach. "Really? You thought a nail would stop me?" Sukuna snickered.
She only smirked. "No, but it would be enough to get you the hell off of me." She snapped her fingers, the nail sprung to life and took aim. Sukuna cackled aloud. "Penetrate," she said.
The nail came flying, yet took aim at her own heart…
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'NOBARA!' Yuuji shouted, he watched in horror as Nobara used the nail that escaped from her grasp and used it to go through her own heart! And yet, as he watched, he saw the energy distort around her chest and then… Sukuna gasped.
"What… did you…" With a firm elbow to his stomach she was released. Junpei quickly used a blood whipped and snapped her out of harm's way. Yuuji then put up a barrier to keep Sukuna in place. And yet he recovered quickly from the strike.
"Hehe… nice one… but remember I don't need this to live… better still…" Yuuji turned away as Sukuna tore into Suiryu's chest, he ripped the heart out and even showed the nail that went through it. "Nice shot kid… but you may as well take it, it belongs to you… that fool has always wanted to give it to you…" he tossed the heart at Nobara who froze at the sight.
"Suiryu…"
"He didn't need that to live either…" Suddenly, Sukuna peered at Yuuji. His eyes widened in shock but then, he broke out into a fit of laughter. "BAHAHAHA! LOOK AT YOU BRAT! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU NOW!?"
Yuuji tried to growl but it didn't sound very fierce. "Yuuji… can we still save him?" Fushiguro asked aloud.
He didn't know at this point, he didn't even know how Sukuna found his way to possess Suiryu. But there was no choice but to keep him in place and hope for a solution sooner than later.
BASH!
Everyone jumped as Sukuna punched himself. "What the fuck…"
SMASH!
Another stiff shot across the face! 'Suiryu!' Yuuji thought.
No one could really understand what they were seeing, but it appeared to be Sukuna… beating up on himself! "What the fuck are you doing you insignificant speck! You really think you can BEAT ME!" Sukuna roared.
"I won't stop! I WILL NEVER STOP FIGHTING YOU!" Suiryu shouted from a mouth that formed on the side of the face. "They… are my friends… they are my family… Like HELL I would allow the likes of YOU to harm ANY of them!"
Yuuji wept as he watched Suiryu try time and time again to take over, but the task was too difficult for him to do so. 'I have to help him, please, someone tell me how to help him!' Yuuji thought.
It wasn't long until the punches stopped. The right harm that Sukuna couldn't control began to grow weaker. He was taking over…
He clenched it proudly, as he found himself in full control. "That's better… you as big of a pain as the brat," Sukuna growled.
Yet in those word, he found the right arm refused to work under his command once more. "Oh? What is this? Are you still resisting me still?" Sukuna teased.
Yuuji watched on as the right arm moved about oddly, but, he saw a pattern. His eyes picked up on the movement, the points that were being made… this… Suiryu wants them to attack him but hit those areas of his body! The last one came right between his brow, by then, Sukuna over powered him and regained the arm. "He wasted his strength for that? Pathetic…" he growled. Then his focus came to the barrier. "Impressive… how long do you think this will hold me? Are you hoping for a miracle? This knock off isn't even as strong as you were when it came to suppressing me!"
Yuuji felt trapped. He can't hold Sukuna forever, even if sensei returns, what could they do to get him out? He knows Suiryu was trying to tell him something, the points on the body have to be struck. Why? He didn't know, but if the last of his strength went to that, it's for a damn good reason!
'Please… I have to help him, I need strength to do it. I can't as a baby!' he prayed.
'You can ask for it…'
He heard a voice come into his mind, a gentle and kind one, it reminded him of Ryujin. But it was a gentle woman's voice. 'Can I?' he thought back.
'Only if you are worthy of it,'
Yuuji paused, he kept staring at Sukuna before him, knowing Suiryu was still in there somewhere. He has to help him, he would have done the same for him! 'Only if I am worthy?' he paused. 'Whoever is speaking to me, if I am worthy in your eyes, may I please have the strength to save my brother?'
There was no answer, for a moment, he thought his own mind was playing tricks on him, until he heard a gentle laugh come over his mind once more. 'But of course…'
