Chapter 15
He saw it.
Just overhead, Yuuji saw a curtain or veil coming over the city. But it wasn't a curse veil he has seen others do, this was something different… something… divine. When he realized that, he began to type feverishly. 'Divine veil is being casted, we got to go!' yet the moment he sent it out, did it cover the city.
The world became misty and people suddenly vanished!
Looking to his friends, they didn't disappear, they merely passed out. Yet, Yuuji was unaffected. 'What's going on?' he thought.
He pulled his friends into the alleyway, from there. He began to hear voices.
"The master outdid himself this time, a whole city in a divine sleep!"
"Made waiting for this worth it, we should find that demon vessel now! He's not going to be effected by this right?"
"Master said he wouldn't since he cultivating to become a heavenly being. If anything, he's a sitting duck now!"
Itadori froze. 'How did they know that I was…?' he thought. Keeping still and silent as he saw two men passed by, they didn't bother to look in the alleyway, they kept their eyes on the streets. "Won't be long now until he sends out a distress call. Then, we get all the legions we want and then some after we capture him!"
They laughed aloud to their plan, but he began to sense they weren't the only ones. The two here, there were another two just 300 yards away… they were everywhere! He needed to think of a plan, he has to get out of the city, but at the same time, he cannot abandon his friends. There's no point in calling for help… wait… no, there was a point!
He had to do this carefully, since his phone lit up as he sent a text message. The haze affected those of the divine's view as well, so he can use that to his advantage. But first, a message.
'Divine veil casted, everyone's asleep unable to help. Alone, need help soon,' he then sent it, tucking his phone back into his pocket, Yuuji decided to bide time. Keeping low to the ground he hid in the fog but at the same time took count of these divine users. There were two of them on each street, walking up and down, waiting for him or listening for his distress call.
That won't be happening.
He won't drag those of the divine into this, when it means they would be captured if they were! Instead, Yuuji made a plan. 'Take them out before they find me…' he thought.
Since then, he began to stalk them.
It was strange though, this was divine fog and yet, they couldn't see him? He wasn't too trusting of it either, but at the moment, no one paid any attention to him as he kept low, almost scaling the ground and biding his time as he waited for the two before him to reach the middle of the street. The acoustics weren't good, as well it would allow him time to make an escape before some of the others from the streets north and south of him to come and help them.
It's go time!
He struck hard and fast. Kidney shots to the first guy he encountered, palm strike to the other, knocking them out cold!
He dragged then off to the side and laid them against the wall. Two down, God knows how many more to go…
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"WHAT!"
Suiryu was furious.
He just got the text from Yuuji. The divine users have struck!
"KITSUNE!" he shouted.
"You don't have to yell…" she muttered behind him.
He wouldn't apologizing for it, instead he told her the situation. She froze to it all but then paused. Her eyes widened in shock. "A divine curtain? That's nearly impossible to summon!" she muttered.
"What are we up against?" he demanded.
She paused. "A grand master divine energy user." She said. "Equivalent of a special grade curse, possibly 12 of Sukuna's fingers maybe stronger…" she said and paused. "But I can't get a good detection of it…"
"As long as it's not equal to me, I don't give a rat's ass!" he protested. "Bro needs help… I'm going to rip that veil down!"
"We have to be careful of this!" she protested. "The divine veil is powerful in itself, despite the user's ability, it makes humans disappear as if they were froze in time, curse users fall asleep, unable to withstand it's power and it cuts off theirs."
He growled lowly. "What about me? What about Yuuji?"
"Young master is immune, you…" she paused and looked to his necklace and ear cuff. "So are you… Ryujin's blessing!" she whispered.
He suddenly smiled. "Where are these bastards?"
#
Bash!
Another two taken down.
He's up to twelve now, but, there's a problem. He was getting hungry!
Yuuji felt his strength slowly fading as he fought, the divine users keep coming, but they were getting frustrated. "Where the hell is this so called 'dragon vessel' we're supposed to be after. Master said it was suppose to be an easy job!"
"We were to follow its distress call," said another. "It's quite enough to hear it, but it's not letting one out," said the other.
RUMBLE!
He froze as his stomach moaned. That was when the divine users heard it. "Was that a growl?" one asked.
"What the hell was that?"
He slinked into a shop that kept the front door open for the moment, trying to bide some time, but he was hungry. He needs to eat, he needed the milk to keep going.
He didn't realize how painful it was to go so long without drinking the dragon milk, his body refused to function without it! He will have to avoid the fight for the time being.
Keeping low to the ground once more, he wondered through the store but found the back entrance. He slipped out and kept to the corner of the alleyway. He sighed aloud, but the pain in his stomach was getting the better of him. If he opened his throat chakra, he could call Kitsune, but the moment he does, the divine users will reach him. Also, would she hear him through a veil? Like curse spirits, it's to keep them in or out of a certain area…
"UMPH, UMPH, UMPH!"
He froze when he heard his own call, but he closed his throat chakra, he shouldn't be able to make a sound!
"OVER THERE!" the divine users went running, following the sound with great haste.
Yuuji paused as he continued to hear his own chirping sound, but wondered where it was coming from? He managed to crawl out from the side street, there the divine users gathered in the middle of an intersection. "You heard it too right?"
"Yeah, it was right here!"
"I know I heard it too. It almost sounds like an infant alligator?"
"Actually, it was a baby alligator…"
Yuuji's eyes widened and his smile grew as he heard Suiryu's voice. "But that doesn't matter now does it?"
"Wait... YOU! How could you still be awake!?" one shouted.
Suiryu was standing on a streetlight, but was smiling a wicked grin. "Is that really the question you should be asking right now?" His smile turned sinister. "I would be asking, 'why am I still alive after I just pissed this guy off?' kind of question."
He made a leap from the streetlight. He landed in the middle of the gathering legions but sent a shockwave! The mist that covered the streets was blown back completely, there was no more smoke to hide in. They were blown off their feet as he began to walk so casually. "You divine users are really pissing me off… and that's not hard to do considering where I came from. Now, with that being said, I'll grant you a simple wish. You can wish to die fast, so don't run. OR, if you want a slow one… run!"
They made a mad dash through the streets, but the intersection was not the place to do it. "Too easy…"
Yuuji froze as he saw two of the users running before him, but were slowly hacked to pieces! Their hands were the first to go, then their arm up to their elbow… then the arm… then the legs before finally being cut in half down the middle!
In fact, they were all severed to bits, before their bodies became aflame. He didn't know if he would have gone THAT far to get rid of these people, but at the moment, perhaps it's the only way to ensure he's not hunted.
Then again, somehow, he did smell a lot of blood on these sorcerers.
The fog tried to creep back in, but was lifted from the fire, the streets were clear as Suiryu shouted. "YOU WANNA SHOW YOURSELF, OR DO I HAVE TO HUNT YOUR SORRY ASS DOWN TOO!?" he shouted to the sky.
Yuuji then felt a great divine power. A man appeared behind Suiryu, dominating, strong and yet had long blond hair and blue eyes. He was almost like a Greek god! "You dare kill my legions, curse!?" he demanded.
Suiryu smirked. "You know who I am?" he asked.
"Sukuna…"
"Not quite, but close… for the record I don't give a fuck as to who you are. So, are you pulling the strings here?"
"What concern is it of yours? A heavenly being is a divine creature, not a curse, not something Sukuna would care for."
He appeared to have nodded in agreement. "True…" he said offhandedly. "At the same time, you appear to be going through a lot of trouble… and legions to obtain it. So, what's your deal?" Suiryu also paused. "How do you know about it?" he asked curiously.
The man snickered. "None of your concern curse. As to why we desire it. A heavenly being is capable of being a dragon, which is the ultimate source of strength and energy, with one, the world would be a much better place in my hands. No more curses, no more fear or suffering…"
"Yeah, sounds too sweet for me, but at the same time, power corrupts… personal experience talking here…"
"I don't care for the words of a curse…" the man froze. "Your ear… what is on your ear?!" he demanded.
Suiryu reached and touched the ear cuff. "Oh that, souvenir." He said with a smartass smirk. "Like it?"
"That's… that's the sign of a dragon!"
"Whatever…"
"A dragon favors you!?"
He shrugged. "Sure?" Suiryu said, but Yuuji was laughing on the inside, he was purposely trying to piss this guy off! "Look, I don't know about you, but I am really board of this, so can we move on to me killing you already?"
The man smirked, and then he laughed aloud. "Kill me?!" he demanded. "I'm under the divine protection of a great creature like yourself! You kill me, and you face its wrath!"
"Yeah, what's stronger than a dragon, asshole?"
This made the man pause, but still he grinned. "All creatures of the divine have a pact, that pact is if any of those they favor are harmed or killed by another, then who made the kill is to suffer!"
"I'm already suffering…" Suiryu said with a sigh. "You haven't shut up yet."
Yuuji really wished he could laugh aloud right now. He really did!
This guy though refuses to back down. "You are obviously after the cultivating boy, we strongly believe that he is developing into a dragon due to the one he contained, and he has yet to start his refinement what would a curse like you gain from it?"
Suiryu smirked. "Nothing," he said. "I gain nothing for seeking what you desire and pursuing it myself. Still, the person you want… I am bounded to by blood and flesh… I refuse to let anyone have him!"
He was touched to his words. Yuuji almost felt teary eyes.
"So be it… Despite my power, I do have one trick up my sleeve, thanks to you for clearing the divine mist…"
He reached into a pouch at his side and held out a black orb, "Release, Basilisk!"
A massive curse Basilisk erupted from the ball! Suiryu was unmoving to it as the massive serpent stared him down and he it! "HAHA YOU ARE AS GOOD AS DEAD! YOU LOOKED INTO IT!"
Yet it became a staring contest between to two. Suiryu refusing to blink as his eyes widened, then his demon eyes opened, the serpent… began to wavier until it turned away!
"What?!"
"Immune to poison, also, I was expelling some curse energy… I can still do that with this thing on my ear… but it's not my full power to say the least… Hey, snake… wanna ditch him and work for me?"
The serpent hesitated.
Suiryu however wasn't going to take no for an answer!
He somehow summoned curse energy and dispelled it from the Basilisk. It appeared confused by the notion until its sights set on Suiryu again. Yuuji watched as he used the same technique as one Suguru Geto used before. The basilisk tried to resist until it was condensed back down into the black ball! From there Suiryu smirked as he opened his mouth and swallowed it!
"How… that was already captured…"
"Urp… it was…" Suiryu said as he burped aloud. "Now, it's mine! By the way, thanks for telling me that you're not working alone… and got some strong curse users on hand." The ground suddenly trembled. "And it looks like that is time…"
The blond man froze. "What's going on, what happening to my veil!?" he demanded.
Suiryu bore a wicked grin once more. "You never heard of distraction before?"
He stepped out of the street and back on to the sidewalk, as the divine veil fell. The blond refused to accept defeat, he demanded Suiryu how he did it…
Then was carried away after being struck by a transport truck!
The world returned to normal as Yuuji slinked out of the alleyway. Suiryu turned to him and smirked. "I've always wanted to see someone get hit by a truck… not as satisfying as I thought it would be though…"