Chapter 44

The next morning.

Toji had returned to the fallen dragons, yet, as he arrived, he noticed the distinct lack of two massive corpses. "What the hell…" he muttered.

"Take care of,"

He froze to the mature, young voice, peering behind him, he saw a young woman with long black hair and an odd black marking across the bridge of her nose. Her clothing was remarkably similar to Choso's. Loose, baggy looking robe that's tied off in the middle, strangely though, she walked bare footed. "Who the hell…"

"Calypso." She said proudly. "Mother named me last night when I woke."

He paused oddly once more. "What the fuck is going on here?!"

"I suggest you not speak so loudly." She warned. "My uncles are still resting…"

"Sister!" she turned as two young men, the spitting image of Choso appeared before her. "Sorry… Calypso. What can we do to assist you today?"

"Choze, Sota."

"You two got named as well?"

"Indeed, mother said that we have earned names now. Normally we should have waited a few years more. But she believes we will be fine and survive to adulthood," Sota explained.

"Uh… huh…" Toji said in a rather uncertain tone. "So, what happened to the bodies?"

Calypso merely smiled to him. "Grandmother was made aware of their attempt to harm our uncles and us as well, she left the matter for us to deal with,"

Why was her smile so unnerving to him?

"Ahem, please excuse us for the time being jiichan" she lowered her head and left.

However, Toji was stunned silent.

"Did she just call me grandfather?!"

#

"YAWN!"

Yuuji woke up rather refreshed. Despite the sensation he felt just the other day, he found it strange that before he or Suiryu could get up to see what was happening… he passed out!

"What the hell…" Suiryu muttered as he woke up. "Did… did we not go see what was happening? That's not like us…"

"Yeah, Yua said it was serious too," Yuuji muttered. They two rolled themselves up to a vertical base, yet before they could try to stand, the door opened.

"MORNING UNCLES!"

Peering up, Yuuji had to do a double take. Two tall and yet strong young men were wheeling in carts. They looked like Eso, but one had short spiky, purple hair seen on a normal teenager. The other had one side of his head shaved and yet had medium length purple hair on the other side… Wait… purple…

"What the hell happened to you two!? You were small!" Suiryu protested.

"We grew overnight. Mother also named us! I'm Haru."

"Hiro!" said his brother. "Uncles, we are to take care of you today. Father insisted"

They set up a tray before them, that expanded into a small table, from there they placed these dishes down and insisted they ate to their heart's content. Yuuji didn't hold back as he did just that. Suiryu ate quite well this morning too. When they were done. The dishes were removed. "Hiro or Haru… what happened yesterday?" Yuuji asked.

Haru paused. Hiro froze. "Uh… I don't think we're allow to talk about it…"

"Did something happen? Anyone hurt?!" Suiryu asked as his voice spiked with concern.

"No! No one was harmed. Two dragons tried to come after you, they were disposed of quickly." Haru explained.

Yuuji froze. "Wait, there was a dragon attack!?"

"We were not to tell you so you wouldn't stress. The matter is resolved… it's why we are the way we are right now." Hiro explained. "Uncles, when we were small, our siblings and cousins started off as blood dragons. We fed off the blood from others, and in return it allows us to grow. Grandmother told us not to take too much at once or it will affect us, but we have been careful and only take what we need and share it among the family. Since we are like this now, we will develop into a different kind of dragon since we don't need blood to grow anymore."

"You fed off of dragon blood? Do you need it to live?" Yuuji asked with concern.

"No, we don't. We just need it to mature ourselves. We can manipulate blood and it doesn't have to be ours either. At the same time, we must be careful." Haru said.

They were aware of their own power. Yuuji was surprised, as Suiryu appeared impressed. "You guys took down dragons at such a young age…"

"Actually…" Hiro said nervously.

"It wasn't our first time…" Haru snickered.

"Damn, I'm even more impressed!" Suiryu laughed. "Thank you for the meal, I think I am going to walk around a little…"

"Cousin Calypso said you could, but you must be back by lunch!" warned Haru. "Don't make her go looking for you…"

"Calypso?" Suiryu muttered but shrugged and left then and there.

Yuuji wanted to move around too, he slowly made his way to his feet once more, despite the trouble, Haru and Hiro were quick to help him up. "Easy uncle, perhaps uncle Choso is ready with that…" Hiro said.

"Best to ask" said Haru.

"Done with what?" Yuuji questioned.

#

He… wasn't expecting something like this.

If anything, it felt as if he was being wrapped in bubble wrap!

Hiro and Haru brought him to Choso, he appeared to be putting the finishing touches on something when he held it up. It looked like a massive and thick tube sock with no end and yet there was an elastic ending on both sides of this odd tube. "Uh… what is it?" Yuuji asked nervously.

A young woman entered the room, Yuuji knew that look in her eyes, this was Choso's daughter. "Calypso, does this have your approval?" Choso asked.

She inspected the garment carefully, inside and out, upside down, until she nodded. "Indeed father it is perfect. Hiro, Haru assistance please."

Yuuji froze as the two nodded. Taking this odd tube like stocking, the twin stretched it out between themselves before they lifted it up and brought it over Yuuji's head! "Wait, what…"

It came down over him, his arms instinctively went up as if someone was trying to put a sweater on him. It came down but then rested just under his arms and over his stomach! "Huh?"

"Perfect!" Calypso said. "Uncle, this is a special tube garment for you, this is made from very strong fur that can buffer strikes as well as protect you from falls. I waited for this to finish before allowing you to walk about. What do you think?"

He felt as if he were wearing a tube top. But instead of covering his chest, it covers everything else! He would admit, it's warm and soft. "It's weird, but if it will let me walk about, I'll wear it… it's not like I can take his off myself either." He muttered the last part, but it appears the children heard.

"With that uncle, you are welcome to wonder about. Just return for lunch and dinner, understand? Also, you can let people hug you. This will make sure Kiyoshi won't be harmed."

He was impressed, and nodded to her terms. "Thank you… everyone," he said with great sincerity. They merely nodded as he went on his way. The moment he crossed the threshold to the outside world once more he sighed aloud. "I feel like I am wearing a girdle…" he muttered.

Yuuji however couldn't resist the chance to just walk about on his own. It did bring back unpleasant memories from when he first tried to become a dragon. But, now he's like this for the sake of his son. "I don't care how ridiculous I look, if it will save Kiyoshi, I'll look as stupid as I need to!"

"Who said you needed help looking stupid?"

He smirked as Nobara approached him. "So, they finally let you go huh? What the hell are you wearing? It looks like a massive sock!"

Yuuji snickered as he scratched the back of his head nervously. "Well… I think it is a sock for my gut." He explained. His hands gently caressed himself. "Although it pins my other two arms down… but it's oddly comfortable. The lower arms act as a second brace in a sense…"

Nobara gave him a weirded out look. "How come, no matter what happens to you, you appear oddly comfortable about it?" she asked.

"Oh come on babe, give him a break, I'm in the same boat!"

Yuuji snickered as Suiryu came up from behind her, he wrapped Nobara around his arms and nestled into her shoulder. "Besides, he's not doing that bad of a job."

"Suiryu, too tight!"

Instantly he released Nobara, but it wasn't her that said such a thing. Yuko took over the right side of his face, the same way Sukuna would take over Yuuji when he had something to say. "Sorry, got caught up in the moment."

"It's okay… Yuuji… look at you!" Yuko said proudly. "You got rounder!"

His face flushed with red. "Uh… yeah…"

"It's a good thing, you do know that," Suiryu said. "And soon, you will stop growing!"

"Huh?" Nobara asked. "How is he even growing at all if he is suppose to be laying an egg or something… HOW is he going to lay an egg?!" she demanded aloud.

"Very carefully," snickered Suiryu.

"Oh come on!" Yuuji protested. "Besides, I am curious too, what did you mean Kiyoshi will stop growing?"

Suiryu rolled his eyes and smirked. "First off, his body is merely changing, as it is changing that egg you are making can expand and contract around him. So, if I am assuming to be correct. The reason why our little nieces and nephews at the time made sure you stayed put was for the egg to properly form around him. It probably wasn't fully formed so it would have been very dangerous for Kiyoshi."

Yuuji froze. "But, how did they…"

"They've been with mom more than we have… well… if you exclude the prolonged birthing process…" Suiryu said offhandedly.

"Ew, image," Nobara muttered.

"You saw her too in that state, but had no idea we were in there!" Suiryu laughed at her.

"Just move along with the subject!"

"Right, right. So right now. Yuuji, the egg must nearly be done forming. You have also eaten a lot more than usual, so… something must be happening…"

GRUmBle.

His stomach went off again!

"Damn, I think I need a second breakfast…" Yuuji muttered.