Chapter 11

Suiryu went to bed that night, and was instantly brought before Ryujin. The two stared at each other before a sigh came from him. "And what do I owe the pleasure?" he asked sarcastically.

"Yuuji said no," Ryujin stated right off the bat. "Giving this some thought I have come to an understanding…"

He knew what was coming, the dragon will side with Yuuji. He knew it was going to happen too, but he thought it would have been much sooner. "And?" Suiryu asked in an uninterested tone. "Look, I know this was sort of my idea and all, but ever since I brought it up, you have been a little… obsessed with the notion of obtaining the curse wombs. I don't even know why, but…" he paused as he noticed the look on the dragon's face.

Ryujin merely smirked.

He said nothing more but had that wicked smile on his lip. Instantly he picked up on it. "Wait…" he said.

Suiryu suddenly snapped out of bed. He woke in a cold sweat before realizing he didn't sense Yuuji next door…

#

The next morning.

He woke with a yawn. Yuuji stretched himself out and yet he felt rather sick that morning. "What the hell is with this taste in my mouth..." he muttered. Either way, a good brushing would clean it out.

He was just finishing up when he heard someone pounding at the dorm doors. "ITADORI! OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW!"

He swallowed his toothpaste spit in shock. He wondered outside where the principal and the elders, waiting for him. Suiryu happened to linger behind him wearing nothing more than sleeping pants, scratching himself as he looked about. "Huh, some party, what's going on?"

"We want to speak with Itadori," one elder said in a cold tone.

"So?" Suiryu said. "I'm an Itadori too…" and smirked wickedly. "So, next time be more specific as to who you wanted to come out. So, what's going on?"

"We need to speak to your brother about an incident last night." Yaga stated.

"Incident?" they both asked curiously. "Huh, you get into mischief huh!?" Suiryu laughed.

"This is no laughing matter, stealing special grade curse objects is a serious crime in our school!"

Yuuji froze. "Stole? I didn't steal anything!" he protested.

"You better come with us…"

#

Yuuji and Suiryu were taken to another room. Yaga was on hand as were the elders. They bought out a TV and played security footage from that night. It showed Yuuji entering the containment facility, he peered about before going towards the curse wombs. From there, he froze and cringed as he watched himself devour them, one by one!

"Ugh… oh God!" Yuuji muttered as he suddenly felt sick. He rushed to the closes garbage can and threw up black bile!

When he pulled away he was disgusted with himself. "What the hell did I do!?" he demanded. "I didn't even want to do that! What the hell!" he protested.

Suiryu wasn't the least bit surprised by the looks of it. "So that's what… six cursed object you no longer have to worry about falling into the wrong hands again?" Suiryu said offhandedly. "Quite frankly, I don't know why you left those hanging around. It's just an invitation for those of the wicked intent to raid your school after all…"

"You… don't seem surprised by this." Yaga said offhandedly.

"Huh?" Yuuji muttered. "Wait, this was YOUR idea to begin with and I said no to it! How could…" he shook his head to it all. "Did you use cursed speech on me?!"

Suiryu smirked. "That has no effect on you unless I am stronger than you are… which I freely admit, I am not," he said and smiled. "No, this appears to have been your own doing or something like that…"

Yuuji couldn't accept it, he shook his head but then began offering his deepest apologize to the school for his actions. "I am so, so sorry! I had no idea…" he began to mutter.

Yaga sighed aloud. "What I want to know is how did he get in without tripping the alarms, breaking the doors or any thing that should have detected him?" he demanded. "Itadori are you holding out on us?"

"I…"

"He is still grasping the concept of his own curse energy. When you take a lot from Sukuna it takes time to process let alone learn how to control. The bastard was strong. Remember that. As well, after the incident in Kyoto, he burst his energy veins and isn't able to use either or right now." Suiryu stated. "If anything, you are asking the wrong side of Yuuji… perhaps the dragon got hungry or something…" he said offhandedly. Just mentioning Ryujin made the room pause, but as they looked to the security video, they began to see that Yuuji's hair was on fire. "Besides, we're going to be doing some private training together. Once his arms are healed up. I got to get him ready for what's to come. I'll still come by and teach, but for the next while. Yuuji is all mine!" he decreed.

"Why should we trust you with the demon vessel?" one elder demanded. "We don't trust you at all!"

Suiryu snickered. "Like any of you can stop me?" he asked in a challenging tone. They went silent rather quickly. "Thought so,"

"Wait, private training?" Yuuji asked. "Since when…"

"We spoke of this before, I have to train you. But I can't be doing it on the school grounds, right now, too many people around and too many are asking for my help at the moment. I will assist them, but my focus is going to be on you!"

He could only nod his head in agreement. Yuuji turned to the elders and said. "It's true, I need his help right now to better understand my own power." He explained.

Yaga agreed, but the elders, not so much.

#

"Since when…"

"A while… besides, I've been busy when I am not here… I already made a camp site for us to train at, just you and me, no one else!" Suiryu said as they walked out of the meeting. Suiryu paused as Yuuji was holding his stomach oddly, he still felt sick from what he did, but now, time was not on his side. "Brother, I need your help with something, and only we can do it." He stated.

Yuuji paused to his decree but nodded. "Okay… what is it?"

"First thing first, let's get a few things from here, I'll take you to the camp and from there, we begin"

He has to work fast, had he known Ryujin would have gotten to work so quickly, he would have sped things up a little more. Instead, Suiryu has to think fast and work even harder now to achieve the purpose of this situation.

They gathered up some clothing, snacks and supplies before heading out. Suiryu led him a few hundred miles from the school, to a place with similar buildings and structure as the school. "Wait…"

"Old school," Suiryu said and smirked. "The school use to be here, until they made upgrades and improvements, since then, this is abandoned. I've taken time to spruce it up a bit. My model money went to a worthy cause!" he said rather proudly. "But besides that, we got to get to work. You and I are going to make a new curse ability!"

His brother's eyes widened in shock. "Really?" he asked.

"I got one rattling up here, one Sukuna himself abandoned, but we are going to use it!" he said with a grin. "But first brother, what I need your help with… I have found a strong hold of finger bearers."

Yuuji froze to the news. "Where…" he asked.

"Hokkaido," he said.

His brother appeared rather bewildered. "Dude, that's… that really far. How could you have… never mind, I keep forgetting…"

Suiryu smirked. "I only learned of it recently when someone from the modeling agency was showing off a video. They went there for a trip with friends but stopped by this place called the round schoolhouse in Hokkaido. They spoke of noises and things, one of her friend claims they saw something in the darkness, but none of them went to confront it. I decided to look for myself. The place is blocked off with a curtain to normal people, but inside I sensed them. Finger bearers." He said in a matter of fact tone.

Yuuji gulped his pride a little. "We need to get rid of them."

Suiryu agreed. "Since you are not working with divine energy for a while, you should probably eat these ones, but don't consume the finger!" he warned.

"Ugh, I don't know what kind of appetite I am going to have…"

"Well, just try anyways, let's go"

Suiryu taught him how to warp. The only issue with a warp is one has to know where they are going and what the location looks like before doing so. He had to warp Yuuji the first time, but made him practice once before they went after the curses. Of course, his brother impressed him, mastering it within a few minutes of being taught. From there, they stood before the haunted round school. "Wait, I know this place, it's one of the most haunted places in Japan!"

"And thus why the curses live here and are awaiting orders. Come brother… let's clear them out."