Chapter 6

Suiryu sat Yuuji back down. But then his glare came upon Kitsune. "It's been what, 10,000 years since the last dragon was born and came to the human realm?" he asked offhandedly. "Which would be Ryujin, correct?"

She nodded her head. "Yes,"

"What the hell makes you think is was going to be any different than all the other times a sorcerer has attempted to ascended to this level?" he demanded of her.

"Uh, hi. Other jujutsu sorcerers here who have NO IDEA what the hell is going on" called Satoru.

Suiryu sighed. "We covered the fact that Yuuji has started his next stage of cultivation. Problem is, he didn't initialize this, nor should this have been possible at a young age for him either. To reach the point where he is now, he would have needed at the very least 1,000 years of power, cultivating, building and controlling his power. He's had what? 3 years tops?" he asked.

"About right," muttered Fushiguro.

"This is WAY too early for him to even consider to reach that ambition. I said before, Sukuna was considering, many had already called him a dragon, but he hasn't earned the status of one yet." He paused as he looked to Yuuji who sat there nervously. "The fact remains is this… it's happening, it was forced and there is no going back until we see it through. The infant stage is the most difficult for there are not many ways to cultivate, in fact, this maybe the only way. I fear though that he is being pushed along the more dangerous aspect of this."

"Dangerous, how?" asked Nobara.

He turned to Kitsune. "What have you been feeding him?" he asked.

She looked down shamefully. "Dragon milk…"

"Fuck," he muttered.

"What's dragon milk?" asked Gojo. "And why is it so rancid?"

Suiryu took a seat. "Dragon milk is a rarity in itself, it is created from dragons to feed and nurture the next generation. It's rancid so no other will dare to drink it. If I recalled from Sukuna, he had seen people try to drink it… then again I think he forced them to. Only to have them choke to death on it,"

"Fun," muttered Gojo.

"There was a rumor if one could swallow it and keep it down, your power would expand nearly 100 folds." He explained. "Sukuna was testing it on weaker sorcerers before he dared to try and drink it himself… never went through with it."

"You sure?" asked Fushiguro.

"I knew the smell, but there is no memory of taste up here." He said and pointed to his head. "Which also led me to believe that Yuuji is going to be on the more difficult cultivating path. I don't know all of them, but this one isn't sitting well with me to say the least. Kitsune…"

She shook her head. "Not even I know if there are more than one path that can be taken to become a dragon," she said. "No one knows, in order to keep the secret safe."

There came a knock on the table. Suiryu turned as Yuuji pointed to his throat. "Oh, why you lost your voice?" he asked. A nod came from his brother. "I'm sorry to say I don't know the answer to that either."

Yuuji hung his head.

"The fact remains is this, this is forced upon him. So someone out there is looking to take advantage of Yuuji in his current state or whatever state this cultivation brings him to. So, someone needs to have his back at all times." Suiryu decreed.

It made the room pause. "Wow… you really do care about Itadori…" Fushiguro said offhandedly.

Suiryu stared him down oddly. "He is my brother, flesh and blood. I wouldn't be here if it weren't for him." He said in a near growl. He was angry someone had gone and done this to Yuuji. They are hoping to take him out this way, making it easier to destroy him at a vulnerable time. "Brother… You and me are going to be spending a lot of time together, and I am going to make damn sure you are not left helpless!" he stated.

Yuuji merely nodded.

"Kitsune…" he said bitterly. She peered up. "You have a lot to answer for in my eyes, just as I do in yours. For now, a truce to ensure my brother's safety, will you keep providing the milk he needs to sustain himself?" he asked.

"Always," she replied.

"See that you do. Yuuji, with me, let's see what we can do to ensure you are not left defenseless."

"I want to help with this too!" Junpei called out. "Suiryu, I've been keeping notes on all of us, and it may not be much but I have them back at home with my brothers. Perhaps we should look them over?"

Suiryu nodded in agreement. "Sounds good, besides, I promised the brothers that you would spend the weekend with them. Let's go." He announced. "Yuuji, come with us,"

He nodded and joined them. Junpei and Suiryu were silent as they made their way to the brother's camp. From there, Junpei rushed to his room to grab the notebooks. Suiryu just happened to follow him to see if he could assist him in finding the notes, yet, when he entered, he paused at the posters that hung up on his wall. "What's this?" he asked aloud.

Junpei turned. "Oh, that's my chakra poster"

Suiryu then began to think of the anime Yuuji watched. "Chakra…" but then smirked as he turned to him. "I think we can work with that, right brother? It's just like in Naruto!"

Yuuji's eyes widened, he smiled and nodded. "Really? You can harvest chakra energy?" Junpei asked. "Then again, we got curse and divine energy…"

"The human body creates it's own all the time, to keep the body in flow and harmony. Yuuji must have a shit ton of this in him. Considering how well he took to both energies…" he muttered. "We were trying something like this with Mika, we got some results but not as good as I hoped for. Let's give it a try, I'll do some tests on me first and if I can get it to work, I'll show Yuuji." He paused. "Bro, favor to ask, no elemental power. Got it? I want you to be safe than sorry, you had good control over them before, now I don't know…"

Yuuji merely nodded in agreement.

"What do we do in the mean time?" Junpei asked.

"Watch some movies," he insisted. "He had a rough day, take some time and relax, okay bro?" he asked.

He only got a nod out of him, but a small smile came from Yuuji as he mouthed 'thank you'.

Suiryu went outside and decided to find a quite place for this. He has to figure this out or Yuuji will be in trouble. Despite how strong he is, he needs to have a trump card if need be.

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Five hours later…

Suiryu walked in.

He paused only to find all the brothers had returned, and were watching a movie along with Junpei and Yuuji. He smirked as his brother was smiling for the first time in a while, but when he noticed him, he chirped again!

He smirked and nodded. "I think I got something that will work," he said gently. "But after the movie,"

He enjoyed a good flick from time to time, but Suiryu never liked to watch one mid way through or near the end, it defeated the purpose of watching one! But when it ended, Yuuji came rushing to him. There was a look of excitement in his eyes as his hand were trembling, eager to learn.

They went outside.

As Suiryu was about to explain, the brothers came out to watch as well. Junpei armed with a pen and notebook, ready to take notes. "Okay bro, you need to have a seat on the ground."

PLUNK

Yuuji dropped and sat perfectly still.

He snickered to his antic but took a seat as well. "Now, we are going to focus here. You are not going to think of your curse or divine energy. Right now, you are just going to focus on YOUR energy."

Another enthusiastic nod followed. Suiryu closed his eyes and walked him through it. "Suppress all other energy in your body but your own, follow the resonating heartbeat, for this is part of the energy we will call upon…"

Suiryu felt his own chakra and it began to connect to the others. "See the connection, they will fall in alignment shortly, and when they do… tap my leg." He said gently.

It took him no time to arrange his. Yuuji… struggled. But there was a girt to his face, as he was determined to learn this method. It was about an hour later when Suiryu felt the tap on his leg. Yuuji appeared excited. "You got it? Okay, now stand up and show me."

The two rose.

Suiryu began to focus his once more. "Now, let's see, I am going to channel it to my hands…" he began to envision his fists empowered with this new energy. When he felt them surge he smirked.

Smash!

He struck the ground and made a rather impressive crater. Nothing like what he could do with curse energy, but for the moment, beggars can't be choosers. "Not as powerful as I would hope…"

SMASH!

He looked to his left, Yuuji was grinning from ear to ear as he made a bigger hole than Suiryu! "Of course you did…" he muttered and sighed. "It appears you are going to catch on faster than anticipated. Very well, let's bombard that mind of yours!"

He merely had to show him, from there Yuuji took to it right away. He was so happy he started chirping again, but quickly stopped himself as he began to do it too fast. "Easy, we don't want a swarm here…"

"Suiryu, what happened to Yuuji?" asked Sho.

He explained it as best he could to them, however not even he knew how the method was forced. "At the moment, there's no going back. So the least we can do is push him through the infant stage of this. From there, when he enters the fledgling stage, it is merely fifty years or so of cultivating, again it depends on the sorcerer."

"Umph!?" came out of Yuuji.

"Yes, fifty years at least, but again depends on you. Becoming a dragon is a thousand year process, you do know that right?"

His face dropped.

"Wow… a thousand years…" whispered Junpei. "Does he have a good chance at achieving this?"

"That I am trying to figure out. For I don't know if this body is going to age on me, if it doesn't I can help him through it. If it does, time is limited and we will have to push this through, but the more important aspect is getting him through the infant stage as soon as possible. For now, he has some tools to use to prevent an attack, since he has no energy, he shouldn't be detected by the curse or divine users…"

"He still in danger isn't he?" asked Eso.

"More or less…"

Tanso suddenly put up his hand. His chest began to ooze blood but it was what he wanted to say. "Do you think it would be best if Yuuji had a familiar with him…" Suiryu read aloud. "That's not a bad idea, but it needs to be something plain and simple…"

He nodded in agreement. Tanso's hand went on to his chest. From there a symbol formed. The word snake came oozing off his chest as a serpent then formed from his blood. It was small and yet it slithered out of his body and approached Yuuji.

He was taken aback by the gesture. Tanso nodded his approval as Yuuji picked it up off the ground. From there it coiled around his left arm, and became nothing more than a red mark. "Thank you brother, it's appreciated." Suiryu said on his behalf.

Yuuji lowered his head in gratitude.