Chapter 5

The next morning.

"Okay so we got Gummy here ready to learn!" Gojo announced as Yuuji went to class. He sunk a little deeper in his chair at the comment. "I'm just messing with you but I heard you lost all your teeth…"

"Wait, you did?" demanded Nobara. "Let me see!" she said with her phone at the ready.

Yuuji covered his mouth. "Why? I lost my teeth, I look like an old man, what of it!" he snapped back.

"Leave him be, Nobara, can't you see it's upsetting him?" said Junpei.

But then his stomach rumbled.

It was only 10 in the morning, but his stomach was acting up as of late.

Then he made that noise again.

"UMPH!"

The whole room paused, even Gojo as he turned and stared at Yuuji oddly. "Was that you?" he asked.

He turned red but nodded.

A knock came to the door, but they invited themselves in. Kitsune appeared once more. "Sorry for bothering you, I am merely here to check up on my young master…" she said gently.

"I think it's more than that…"

The room jumped as Suiryu appeared next to Gojo. "Kitsune… Suiryu… what are you two doing?" Yuuji asked.

UMPH

The same sound came out of him again. He was quick to cover his mouth as Kitsune rushed over with the same container from yesterday. "Young master, drink up," she insisted.

He didn't hesitate.

"UGH! That's terrible, she is making you drink that?!" Nobara demanded.

"What is that stench?" muttered Fushiguro.

Even Junpei was covering his nose to it.

He finished the drink, but appeared confused. "I don't smell anything wrong with it…"

Suiryu appeared to have sighed aloud. "You really did it now didn't you damn fox?" he muttered angrily. "WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING IN ENCOURAGING THIS!"

She froze to his outburst but glared at him. "What are you talking about?" she demanded.

"What are either one of you talking about?" said Gojo.

Suiryu sneered. "Yuuji is on the brink of ascending to the next level of sorcerer, a legendary class that was nearly grasped by Sukuna himself. The problem is there has been NO HUMAN let alone sorcerer to ever reach that far, let alone cultivate beyond stage one!" he protested.

She was startled by his outburst, but at the same time, she peered away. "It's… it's been so long…"

"I don't give a shit!" Suiryu snapped back. He turned to Yuuji. "She's helping you reach stage one of this new ascension. Bro, you're cultivating to become a heavenly being… more specifically, a dragon"

The room froze.

Yuuji went white in the face as he turned to Kitsune who merely nodded her head. "He was already cultivating before I got involved, and I had to or he would have starved!" she protested.

"I'm WHAT!" Yuuji demanded.

Suiryu stepped forward. "The next level of a jujutsu sorcerer or even a divine cultivator, you reach the level of a heavenly being, beyond that of a master and what Sukuna had tried reach before you. But there are different paths to this... I think… We need to speak of this in another room, I hate small classrooms…"

#

They reconvened in another room. It was usually where the elders met, but it gave more space and allowed everyone to see everything. Yuuji was frozen with the thought of what's becoming of him. He merely sat and listened as Suiryu ripped Kitsune a new one. But after he took a deep breath and sighed aloud. "Now, that we know what the hell is happening…" he said aloud. "What's going to be a pain in the ass is what we do next!"

Yuuji lifted his head up. "Wh… what happens next?" he asked nervously.

"Shit he really did lose all of his teeth," muttered Nobara.

Suiryu sighed. "The cultivation has already started, this is the infant stage. I assumed there is more than one way of reaching this point, but at the moment. I don't think I know of one. This is the single, most direct path into becoming a dragon… but it's the most dangerous. Just going by Sukuna's recall here…" he paused and shook his head on the notion. "I can't even bring it up, it's all familiar to me, but at the same time… I don't know what to expect." Once more he paused and stared at Yuuji oddly. "What is troubling me is this, Yuuji isn't trying to conceal his curse energy, and I barely even sense it."

He froze.

He tried to summon his curse energy, but found his marks were even vanishing! "What… why is this happening?"

"Your curse energy is being sealed away." Suiryu said. "Your divine energy will follow."

"WHY!?" he demanded.

He sighed aloud. "When becoming a dragon, as I said, no one has reached past stage one… go through various changes. This however is the first I have seen one's power getting locked away… I fear the method that is forced upon him is the more dangerous methods of obtaining dragon status…"

Yuuji felt his body tremble. He shook his head to it all. "Why… why is this… Ah… ah…" his throat suddenly ached…

UMPH!

The sound he made earlier, but higher pitched came out of him. It was the only sound that came out of him. He panicked, louder and faster he made the noise in worry, unable to stop himself. He shook his head to it all and rushed out of the room.

"BRO WAIT!" Suiryu shouted. But he had to get out of there, he has to figure out what's wrong with himself! Yuuji just stumbled outside, yet the sound coming out of him refused to stop. It only grew louder and rapid as he tried to run.

"YUUJI! CALM DOWN!" He heard Suiryu yell, but as he tried to get close, Suiryu was suddenly thrown back! He landed on his feet, but Yuuji froze as a swarm now surrounded him!

Creatures of the divine had come out in droves and were now barricading around him! He tucked himself back and away, sitting in worry as the creatures continued to gather around him and refusing to allow anyone near him. He saw Suiryu appear worried but then a look of determination came over him.

"Fuck this…" he growled. Yuuji watched as he approached the swarm, he took the ear cuff Ryujin had given him and suddenly dispelled a massive amount of curse energy!

Instantly those of the divine were pushed back and away from Yuuji!

"BACK OFF, HE'S PANICKED ENOUGH!" he shouted to the world. He then stared down Yuuji. "You have to calm yourself down, or they will do that every time you panic, got it?" he demanded.

He merely nodded his head, Suiryu offered him a hand and got him to his feet once more. His glare then turned to Kitsune. "We got to get our answers, let's go."