Chapter 14

"Incredible as always!"

"That's our nephew for you!"

They were chatting it up at the communal kitchen, everyone was getting out from the cold after the snow battle. Kiyoshi wasn't knocked out since Yuuji decided to end the contest early. "If you keep getting knocked out, your mother will kill me!" Yuuji decreed.

Kiyoshi snickered. "That was fun dad, although… you were a lot more difficult to deal with than Sukuna…" he pouted.

"Sorry, I have element power as well… also being a dragon… I tend to have more endurance too…" he muttered.

"Then take a seat tomorrow, brat, I'll handle it."

The room paused as Sukuna had come into the communal kitchen and made such a decree. Kiyoshi's eyes lit up.

"Really?! You promise?"

"You want a binding vow or something?" Sukuna muttered. "I mean what I said,"

"Ooo I ought to sell tickets for this!" Toji said with a greedy grin.

"It's free, do a side hustle like sell snacks and hot drinks… unless you are faster than my uncles at getting those." Kiyoshi teased.

Gojo on the other hand… "HEY Itadori, how about we talk outside for a moment, I got to ask you something!"

He caught Yuuji off guard, but he agreed.

They stepped outside. Gojo made sure the door was closed before saying. "One, your son is amazing. Second, what the hell is with Sukuna? Third, when can I get in on this? Forth, did you see what I saw as you two 'fought' in a sense?"

Itadori paused oddly. Surely he noticed it too. In fact, he suddenly peered back towards the door of the eating area. "His power spiked again, in fact, he was stronger than when he faced Sukuna."

"DING, DING! WE have a winner!" Gojo cheered. "So, how is your little munchkin doing that?"

Yuuji wasn't smiling. In fact, Gojo's smile began to slowly vanish. "So… that's not from him training with you or anything?"

He shook his head. "Raynn… has been doing some questionable things. I have warned him not to take over Kiyoshi when he sleeps at night, but I am certain he does so anyways. He gave me lip the other day too, not to mention, he is taking credit for Kiyoshi's hard work, claiming it's his power allowing him to do what he can do. Raynn hasn't trained on his abilities, the sisters told me so."

Gojo nodded, he understood where Yuuji was coming from. "You think that dragon is up to something no less?"

He nodded to him. "No doubt about it. Question is, what is it? What does he want?" Yuuji then noticed something. He peered to the left. Gojo smirked as he saw him limping towards the eating hub. Suguru looked like he had the shit beaten out of him!

"What the hell is with you? Why are you not wearing a shirt in cold weather?!" Gojo demanded.

He was covered with bruises and welts. His lip was fat and swollen as his left eye was puffed. He merely forced a smile before limping in for something to eat.

Yuuji was rather stunned. "Chusi is beating the shit out of him!"

"Chusi?" Gojo asked. "Doesn't she want him to marry Yua? If so that's an odd way of showing it…"

Yuuji shrugged his shoulders to it all.

However both kept silent as Chusi soon came into view. "Everything okay?" she asked as she stared at Gojo oddly enough.

"God she hates me, granted a lot of people do but this one is REALLY getting to me." Gojo muttered.

Yuuji smiled to her and nodded. "Yes, we are helping Kiyoshi with his abilities. Sukuna has offered to help him again tomorrow."

"OOoo there's going to be lots of snow tomorrow too… I look forward to their battle!" she decreed and went inside.

"If push comes to shove, sensei. I am going to ask Chusi to take Raynn out of Kiyoshi… I won't make that mistake again."

Gojo sensei nodded in agreement.

"If that's the case let me say one other thing to you, Itadori. Raynn's energy has been disrupting the place as of late. And it happens at night. With what you told me, it makes sense, but the question remains. What does the dragon do at night to cause such an alteration of energy and why?" he asked aloud.

Yuuji shook his head. "I don't know, but I am certainly going to find out!"