Chapter 19
She returned back with Suiryu. He excused himself as Yua saw Satoru fast approaching. He suddenly stood before her and said. "Marry me?"
This was what… the fifth time he has asked such a question. "When are you going to grow up, Satoru. I wasn't funny the first time…" she began to walk off, but he kept close behind her.
"Come on won't you at least answer the question!" he snapped back.
"I will when there is a question, right now you are just teasing me. I know when you're serious Satoru, and at the moment, you are not very serious. Second of all, I saw you propose to Nanami just the other day since he brought you back some mochi." She snapped back.
He paused to consider what had happened the day before; he smirked a little before realizing it was true. He soon moved pass the conversation of before. "So… what did Suiryu want with you? Is he hitting on you now?" he asked with a snicker to his voice.
She glared back at him. "No, besides, you don't have to know." She said and smirked back at him. "But I could see it pissed you off… did you really think that? Please? Despite the fact his mind is from a thousand or so year old sorcerer. He has a jailbait body."
"You wouldn't think so if you saw the full Yuuji…" Gojo said offhandedly.
"And I would want to know how you knew Itadori's… item was particular… why?" she snapped back. "Or are you into the jailbait bodies?"
He froze as his face turned red. "I am not!" he snapped back. "You think they would let me teach if that was the case?!"
"I still wonder myself…" muttered Suiryu as he happened to have walked by.
Yua snickered aloud. Gojo paused, but then smirked. "It's not often someone can match me in wit…"
"Please, I've had a few years to stew on this. Any time and place, if you want to get roasted Gojo…" Yua said in a challenging tone. "But for now, I better check on Itadori… Yuuji," she said as she nearly forgot, Suiryu was standing right there.
"He's with Choso right now. Probably getting rocked to sleep."
"That is a particular person, Choso…" Yua said offhandedly.
"Get to know the brothers, I think they would surprise you." Suiryu said as he nudged his head to their residence.
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Meanwhile…
"There has to be something to this… something here…" Toji has avoided the masses as much as he possibly could. He didn't want anyone noticing who he was with the exception of six eyes.
But for the moment, he will keep looking. This place… this domain… isn't natural. He could smell it too. The earth was odd. He felt that with every step, and yet, he could smell the outside world with great ease. "So what the fuck is this place?"
Even the weather here, it mimicked the outside world perfectly to a T. And yet, they were in a mountain. It made no sense to him, as well, a way out appeared to be impossible to use unless one has curse energy.
He knows the entry point and exit. It's the same path everyone used each day, Yet every time he has tried to leave, he hit rock. Solid, mountain rock. "Someone is keeping me here on purpose…" he muttered. Since then, he has spent his days in attempts to find a 'trap door' as it where.
Yet today proved to be interesting. As he searched, he could hear a voice and then, pick up the smell of a beast. "Ooo, prey here?" he wondered.
He was rather deep within this place. The woods were thick and lush. Anything could be hidden within. Yet, as he drifted deeper, he paused.
His son, Megumi was training hard. He kept back to observe as he sparred with a massive wolf. Never has Toji seen such a beast, and he has read all the family notes on the ten shadows. The user has two divine dogs at their command the moment the technique is developed. Yet, why is this wolf massive?
When the spar session finished, his son turned to the wolf. "Ready? Shadow Possession!"
'Shadow possession? There's no method…' just as he began to think it. He saw it.
Megumi fused into his wolf, or the wolf fused into him, he didn't know at this point. But the fact was, a nine foot tall werewolf stood before him!
And the first thing it noticed was him!
Toji came out of the woods, his arms in the air. "Take it easy, I was just wondering about…"
His son snarled at him. "WHY HERE?!"
He was rather amazed that he was able to speak rather clearly. "Ahem, well, I train. You see, I have no curse energy…"
Toji fell silent as Megumi began to circle him about oddly, sniffing him off. There was a look of confusion on his face, as he continued to draw in his scent. He came back around again, growling.
"Smell…. Odd… smell… familiar?" came out of this wolf child.
Toji shrugged. "I was just reincarnated through that weird looking kid…" he said offhandedly.
Suddenly, Megumi separated from the wolf. He called it back but he still looked at him oddly. "Shibuya… that was you, wasn't it?"
Toji nodded. "Not by choice mind you."
"Why did you help us? For that matter, why did you kill yourself at the end?"
He had to be careful here. The whole reason why he came to fight with them was because Megumi was in danger. He felt it, sensed it only as a father would. As well, at the time, there was a high concentration of sorcerers for him to take out after. It was the last words of the old bitch anyway to kill the sorcerers… she should have been more careful with her wording…
"Something to do…" he finally said aloud. "Not to mention, since I was brought back by force. I had to do what that old hag told me to do. Kill sorcerers…" he said bluntly.
Megumi stumbled back oddly. "So you were…"
"Partly, but there was someone stronger than you to face. I like a challenge, that special grade or whatever the hell that thing was made it fun… then when it was defeated…" he paused. How DOES he explain this part?
"You took me away, you were going to kill me next, weren't you?"
Toji looked him dead in the eyes. "No, I wouldn't do that. Not to you."
"What do you mean, not to me? You were ordered to kill sorcerers and I am one, yet, you merely asked me my name… what was so important about that? As well, you were happy to know my last name wasn't Zenin…" Megumi paused once more as he stared at him. "Were… you making sure that I wasn't a Zenin? Did you make an agreement with my teacher on that?"
Toji smirked. "Yeah," he said. "Made a bet with him, the last bit of money I had. You were going to go to that family, more than likely to breed with close family members to farther the family technique…"
Megumi appeared sick at the notion. "What…"
"You didn't know that? They got to up their ancestry records. PS, don't look at them." Toji warned.
He was still confused, but at least he hasn't pried any farther into his history. "So… are we family or something?" Megumi asked. "If you know that much about the Zenins…"
"Guess you could say that, but it's not important… I'm curious though to what I just saw. There is nothing in the family history that dictates the summoner can possess his summons…"
"Learned it, from a fox."
He said that as if it were normal.
Toji froze oddly and must have had a strange look on his face. "Eh?"
"A fox taught it to me, a divine fox. To save my friend who was imprisoned by the council. It was the only way…"
"I don't give a shit about that, the fact is that you can do that…"
"And more,"
Now he was interested. "Care to show me?"
"How can I… for that matter, if you have no curse energy, how did you see me fuse with the wolf?"
"Right you don't know. I have no curse energy whatsoever. Doesn't that girl Mika have the same ability? When you gain heavenly restrictions, you senses sharpen like a blade. Curses can be seen, heard, smelt and even tasted. There is no need for energy to see a curse when your senses do that for you."
Megumi nodded to him, believing what he said. "I won't show you what I can do. I don't even know who you are, or why Suiryu brought you back…"
"Me either kid," he muttered, but then smirked. "Could be interesting though. A black horse in all of this huh?"
"Whatever, I'm going back."
He watched Megumi leave. Toji felt all sorts of pride for his son, his ability is beyond anything the family could imagine. And now, he is on par with being a special grade sorcerer. At the same time, he has no idea he is his father. Perhaps it will be best to keep it silent. There isn't anything good to be spoken of him anyways…
