Chapter 11

KABOOM!

His body skipped along the ground.

He hit harder this time, but the strikes were getting worst. 'Why did I agree to this?!'

"On your feet, Suguru!"

He cleared the blood from his lips as he glared at her. Chusi has been doing these spar sessions with him once a day, every day! Why? He didn't know, but she refuses to let him decline these little sessions.

"Why are we even doing this!" he demanded of her.

"Keep up with me and I'll tell you," she replied and smiled.

Suguru sneered, he has been sparring with her for the past two weeks, not once as he landed a hit on her. She just started doing this at random too! He doesn't know or understand why, but also, he's not given the option to say no either. She will relentlessly hound him to spar, she won't stop until he gives in. Matters are not helped much considering they are doing this in snow that is knee deep. He can't move as fast as well, he wasn't wearing much clothing to keep himself protected from the elements. Her order of course, he could wear pants, shoes but no shirt.

He's wondering what he has done to piss her off!

Suguru slowly picked himself up off the ground once more. "I'm done with this game, what the hell do you want from me!" he demanded of her.

Chusi stared at him.

It wasn't one of those soul piercing stares she usually give him, this one… reminded him of Sukuna.

Her eyes sharpened, as she looked him over. "Very well, I'll tell you. The reason why we are doing this is to ensure you are ready to have Yua's back at any moment. When you become her second husband, I am expecting great things from you Suguru. As such, you need to be on your A game!" she decreed. "My mother had four husbands, only one survived. You of all people should know that a Tooru is constantly hunted. And since our numbers are so little right now, a full out purge could happen…" she stated.

He froze.

She's training him to be a second husband?!

"Wait, just a moment…"

"You need to show me that you can protect her!" Chusi decreed. "Right now, you are not much of a rear guard. You need to be strong to hold your own AND protect Yua!"

Suguru was at a loss.

"So… you want me to train so I am worthy to stand at her side?" he asked offhandedly.

"Indeed, as such, I have come to accept your notion that Yua won't accept you as a husband, and I think I spoke too prematurely about it too, with the way you faced off against me. You have a lot of work to do."

"You won't let me use my technique…" he protested.

"That's because there would be nothing left for you to call upon if you summoned them against me." She replied rather bluntly. "NOW, listen up. For the time being, you and I are going to spar, and until I have deemed you worthy, we will not be approaching my sister on the notion of a second husband. So, until then, we are going to fight every day until I deem you worthy. Understood?" she asked.

"I can't refuse?" he asked with a defeated sigh.

"You can try and see how far that takes you" she replied with a rather… disturbing smile…

'I'm starting to see why Sukuna wanted her as a wife… I am also understanding why Sukuna does not piss her off…' he thought to himself.

"Suguru," Chusi spoke rather softly this time. "There are only a small handful of Toorus left in this world, and I cannot stand by and let my clan die. Yua is a wonderful mother, however her husband is lackluster in my mind. I also know arrogant people rather well, his pride will be his downfall. And you of all people know that fall all too well, don't you?"

He paused to her words, she was right. When one is blinded by their own ambition… there is no saving themselves from it.

"Too well," he said offhandedly.

"Then know why I do this now… since if Gojo ever thinks that he can handle everything on his own and not worry about my sister or the family… that's what scares me the most. But that's also where you come in, and take this as a grand compliment since it's coming from me. You are someone I can trust and know who would protect Yua no matter what. I want to ensure you are strong enough for such a task."

He froze.

She has that much faith in him?

He cleared the blood from his lip once more, he sighed aloud before stating. "What am I lacking?"

Her smile grew.

Chusi chuckled a little. "Oh, I was right about you." She decreed. "Despite your ability and before believing it was the best, you continued to seek a way of improving yourself, even now with no curse technique you are asking the right questions in my mind…" she said. "Now, here's what we are going to be doing moving forward, and understand there is a reason for everything. You are going to keep training with me, and then, when you land a strike against me… you train with Ryomen next."

He froze.

Sukuna… she wants him to train with Sukuna!?

"Why…"

"Ryomen was the one to destroyed the clan once before. He can teach you how he took out my clan members, so he can train you as to what to look for, what kind of attack they aim to unleash and how to better protect my sister and the family. If you truly wish to be part of this clan, Suguru Geto. Get passed me, then, show me how you would have stopped Ryomen."

A part of him died that day. Despite Sukuna not having curse energy, he was worst to deal with than Toji Fushiguro!