Chapter 29

The called for a discrete meeting, however they made certain that the curse wombs were called to it as well. Within the room, only Gojo, Yaga, the students and curse wombs attended.

Yet everyone sat at the table and wondered what was going on. "Does this have to do with little brother?" Choso asked. "I have felt his presence vanish recently, I was concerned and now I sense it again… but it's greatly different."

"We're about to explain everything…" Gojo insisted, just as the door opened. Suiryu walked in with Yuuji in tow.

The room froze as he placed him on the ground to roam about. "Everyone, say hello to Yuuji Itadori… baby dragon" Suiryu explained.

"Oh my God… he's adorable…" whispered Nobara.

Mika too was blushing at the sight of baby Itadori, but most smitten out of all of them were the curse wombs. Well, all but Junpei who sat there stunned to say the least. "What… how?!" Junpei demanded.

"No idea," Gojo stated. "But we are now dealing with a baby dragon officially."

"Goddamn …"

First word out of Yaga's mouth as always, but that was a no shocker there.

Gojo sighed aloud as Suiryu explained the situation with Yuuji, which prompted the response from Yaga. "I told Satoru earlier that I don't know if this is a good or bad thing yet. Being in his mind sent will prevent Yuuji from possibly going insane, since many have in this form. Normally those cultivators were at least a thousand years old. Now with Yuuji being as young as he is it may work to his advantage. At the same time, he's in the mindset of a baby, so…" he said offhandedly.

"The main question is, how long is he going to be like this!?" demanded Yaga.

Suiryu sighed. "What answer would you like? So you want the 'oh dear God' answer or the 'aw shit' answer?"

Neither one was settling. "Lay it on us," Gojo announced.

"At this stage it all depends on the cultivator, this is the aw shit answer. The Oh dear God answer is this… the baby dragon phase can last 50 years at least,"

"Oh dear God…" whispered Nobara.

"See, there it is. But as I said, it depends on the cultivator… Yuuji is remarkably a fast learner, even for one born without curse energy." He stated.

"That is true, so he may not be in this phase for too long?" Gojo asked.

Suiryu shrugged. "Depends on him, from this point on, whatever he has to do next to break free from it is the next step…"

"What is the next step?" Yaga asked.

"Fuck if I know," Suiryu replied. "As I said, according to memory, Sukuna either killed his rivals in this state or he has seen them fall into this state only to be consumed by madness." He paused as he appeared to recall the memory. "Never mind he never killed anyone in this state, it was more enjoyable for him to watch them go mad and kill themselves…"

There was silence in the room, until Yuuji made his hungry chirping sound. "UMPH!" he called out.

She appeared.

Kitsune was stunned to hear the call. "Young master?" she asked with great cheer. "Young master is okay?!"

Suiryu however pointed to the floor.

The moment her eyes came upon Yuuji, she gasped in shock. "Young master…" she whispered, but then, she appeared to be on the verge of bursting with joy. "Look at you! A newborn dragon!" she wept happily.

"Kitsune…" warned Suiryu.

She nodded but vanished once more only to return with a bottle. Yuuji's eyes widened as he rush towards her, crawling as fast as he could. When he came to her feet, he wrapped his wings around himself and rolled on to his back and waited to be picked up. She giggled to his antics as she carefully took him from the floor and began to feed him.

Gojo couldn't help but see the look of joy on her face as she did. "Young master… oh you are adorable!" she cooed.

"Less cooing more planning here. You know damn well he's in danger now,"

She merely nodded. "He will choose his guardian soon enough…"

"What?" the room asked in confusion.

Kitsune smiled as he placed him over her shoulder and burped him. "Young dragons will seek out a guardian, those they deem trust worthy and strong enough to keep them safe, they do this often, they always pick the mother or father. But since there is neither one, he will select one of us to do it." She said.

"URP!" erupted out of Yuuji.

She placed him back on the ground where he started to crawl around. He would stop and stare every so often until he looked at everyone in the room at least once. "Why does he appear more… I don't know… coherent than a baby?" Gojo asked. "He's as big as a one month old, and yet, he moves remarkably well!"

Kitsune giggled. "Baby dragons are very strong and have far more refined motor skills than a human infant," she explained. "They are able to process and discover things far faster for their minds are more developed. He understands what you are saying most of the time, but also sometimes his more mature memories will come through and influence his growth." She paused as his eyes came upon her. She smiled warmly to him. "It's a great honor to tend to an infant dragon and become its guardian…"

"So our Itadori is still in there somewhere?" Gojo asked.

"More or less, at the moment, the mindset he has is what it is," Kitsune explained. "However a guardian must not be taken lightly, it's a serious task. I have full intention of taking my young master from here should he chose me…"

"Wait what!" Suiryu demanded. "You can't do that on a whim!" he protested.

"I agree, that is uncalled for!" stated Choso. "He is OUR brother too you know! You cannot just take him from family!"

"As the dragon's guardian I will do what is necessary to ensure his safety, development and growth!" she snapped back. "You cannot defy the guardian, let alone the dragon's choice once it has been made!" she was adamant on that, but also appeared rather confident that Yuuji would chose her out of everyone else in the room.

Suiryu was about to speak until he peered down and saw Yuuji nestling against his leg. He glared at Kitsune, who now appeared devastated. "Young master, please consider…" she was about to say. Yuuji then rolled on to his back and wrapped his wings around himself once more.

Suiryu rolled his eyes to it all and reached down to pick him up off the floor. Kitsune now glared at him. "He has chosen…" she muttered.

Suiryu froze. "What?"

"He was favoring you. The moment you pick him off the ground, you acknowledged him and accepted to be his guardian," she said. "That's one…"

Yuuji got squirmy and was released once more back to the ground. "He picks his guardians?" Gojo asked aloud. "So…"

She sighed aloud. "A young dragon normally has parents to choose from to protect them, mainly the mother. But since there isn't one, he has gone with the strongest as well as those he considers family…"

The room paused as Yuuji somehow vanished off the ground. No one knew where he went to, until he saw Choso's left slash moving oddly. A strange purr followed as Itadori nestled into him and passed out! "He has chosen his caretaker." Kitsune stated and yet, she appeared rather disappointed that she wasn't picked!

Choso however smiled with pride. "I rather be his guardian, but caretaker… I gladly accept."

"Uh… you picked him off the ground before he could move along, you do know that right?" whispered Junpei.

Kitsune sighed. "It matters not, Choso has been selected for Itadori didn't resist being picked off the ground, even now, and he is nestled into him. If young master didn't not trust Choso, well… he would have mauled him by now."

The room froze. "He… can maul people?" asked Nobara.

"With enough energy, yes, but he is still rather young…"

"Umph"

Choso peered down as Yuuji woke up once more, he jumped out of his sash and made his way back to Suiryu. Once more swaddling himself in his wings and peering up at him with cute eye. No one, not even Suiryu could resist those eyes.

As he held him once more, he bore a smirk of victory towards Kitsune. "So Kitsune, you aren't taking him from us any time soon, correct? I mean, not only would I be upset, but big bro over there would be pissed… right Choso?"

"I will fight you, no matter how powerful you are to ensure my brother remains with family." He suddenly became far more serious. Big brother mode has officially gone into overdrive!

"No, I have no right to remove him. But you are going to be the main protector… and I will be certain to help you…" she said the last part bitterly. "So you better treat him well…"

Suiryu smirked, not to the task before him, but the fact that Yuuji picked him over Kitsune. The room awed as Yuuji began to snuggle into him. "Who knew this would ever happen…" Gojo said offhandedly as he took a ton of pictures with his phone.

"What the hell!" Suiryu demanded.

"I'm making a baby book!"

"Fuck you, Satoru!"