Chapter 9

For the rest of the day, they tried to settle things down.

Those who have grown and age were outfitted with new clothing, and yet, despite the sudden growth spurt, they weren't the least bit upset about it!

Even Yua's children were thrilled!

Rook was instantly taken to Toji, and Toji knew right away the boy was just like him. "You are going to be an ass kicker huh?" Toji asked.

"YES!" Rook said proudly. "I want the be the best ass kicker!"

"TOJI!" Yua shouted. "Don't teach him to swear!"

"He's going to know these words sooner than later, I'll make sure he uses them in context… say, kid. Let's see what you can do huh?"

"HE'S EIGHT!" Yua snapped.

"Yeah, and he already has potential. I'll go easy on him, come on kid!"

Yua of course wasn't going to stand by and let this happen. Just as she was about to charge after Toji, she felt a hand grab on to her shirt. She turned and saw Shin. "Mom… can you help me?" he asked innocently enough.

She turned for a moment to see Shin… yet there was this cheeky grin on his face, she turned and caught Rook was the same smirk…

Did her sons learn to trick her already!?

"Shin… did you just distract me?" she asked of him.

He didn't say anything, but he smiled. "I do need help though mom, can you? I think I want to learn about my ability…"

Yua sighed. "I think your father is going to be the better teacher for you. You have his technique." She said gently.

Shin turned and saw Gojo smiling to him. His hand playfully came on to Shin's head as he ruffled his hair. "Let's go train!" he cheered.

The two then wondered off. Yua then turned to Mochi who was pouting. "What's wrong?" she asked.

"They get to go train, how come I can't!" she protested.

"We haven't figured out your technique yet… have you?" she asked.

Mochi sighed, then, she began to summon her curse energy effortlessly, from there she toyed with it, until…

Flames erupted!

Her curse energy caught fire! She can freely move and contort the flames to her will and even made fire shikigami from them!

"That's… a little OP for an eight year old…" Suguru said offhandedly. But the fact was… she took to it so quickly.

Mochi was soon dancing around with flames surrounding her, she made them move to her will and then created fire shikigami… mainly kittens… she did have a thing for kittens.

"Mochi… you control your technique really well, I'm very proud of you," Yua said.

The flames went out, Mochi smiled and said. "I get to be a big boy like my brothers right?" she asked and smiled.

"Uh…." Came out of Suguru.

Yua snickered. "Of course," she laughed.

"YEAH! I'M A BIG BOY LIKE MY BROTHERS!" she cheered.

"You sure about this?" Suguru muttered.

"She may grow out of it, either way, it's her call." She sighed aloud but then hear some intense fighting. "Suguru, watch her for me please!" and rushed off.

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The dust was everywhere!

The ground trembled from the impact and yet, Yua could hardly see a thing! "What the hell…" she muttered.

Maki was near by, her eyes twitched every which way until they came to a pause before her. The dust settled as Yua saw Rook holding his ground against Toji!

"What…" she muttered.

"Relax, it's nothing serious, just a little sumo wrestling." Maki explained.

She froze oddly. "Sumo wrestling?!"

"Yeah, actually this was a bit of my idea… and Sukuna's."

This only confused her even more! "Sukuna suggested sumo wrestling?"

Maki nodded and explained when he was affected by the drug, he was watching her train the students, they were learning hand to hand combat when he brought up sumo wrestling. "It's a better way for them to understand their strength. You are depending on that more than the motion of your arms and legs. Sumo is about balance." He explained. Maki agreed.

"During the culling games, I ran into such a fanatic of sumo. But, he taught me what I needed to know to break free from the binds I was under. I understood what heavenly restrictions was about, and realized my full potential."

Yua nodded to her, and yet… how is her son holding his own against Toji!?

The two were in a lock up right now, Toji was going easy on him, but that smile on his face… he was enjoying this match up!

It ended when Rook hit the ground, however, despite his age. He was smiling it off. Normally an eight year old would be in tears by now!

Toji smirked as he turned to Yua. "He's a Tooru alright!" and laughed it off.

Rook's chest swelled out proudly. "I'm really strong!" he decreed.

"Ah, don't get ahead of yourself. You're a kid, you ain't at my level yet!" Toji said as he ruffled his hair. "Guess this would make us even…" he muttered.

"What was that?" Yua asked.

"Just thinking, I suppose six eyes is going to want me to train his brat… I suppose that would make up for him raising Megumi in my absence…"

"I think Satoru owes Megumi money if that's the case…" Yua said.

She got Toji and Maki to laugh at that one. Yet she knows what Toji meant. He was still trying to be a badass about it, but it was his way of saying, 'I'll help Rook reach his potential.'

"Momma, can I stay and play with uncle Toji?"

He froze.

"UNCLE!?" he demanded. "It's Sensei!"

"Uncle sounds better."

"Defiantly six eyes' kid…" Toji muttered bitterly.

Yua however was curious. "Toji…" she said gently and nudged her head away from Rook. He got the hint as the two got some distance between them. Yua went as far as putting up a small barrier so no one could hear. "He has potential, doesn't he?" she asked.

He snorted a laugh. "Are you shitting me right now?" he demanded of her. "The kid just turned what eight? He has never sumo wrestled before, he has never learned the moves, knows what to do, and yet he held his own against me!" he protested. "If anything, I see a lot of your goddamn aunt in him more than anything!"

She froze. He could tell Rook's potential by one sumo match?

"Kids his age can't even get me to budge, they can force my hands back an inch or two but nothing more and if that. That kid… he can hold me back. And he was going all out to do so. When I go easy on a kid, I still use some of my strength, mainly it's to show them how far they have to go just enough for me to take them seriously. I'm already willing to take him seriously."

She was amazed.

Rook, he has great potential!

"But, we got a bit of a problem…"

"Problem?" she asked.

"Yeah… he wants to train with Uba."