Chapter 22
The next morning.
Yua laid there.
She stared at the ceiling with wide eyes as she slowly turned to see Gojo with the same reaction. "Did… that really happen?" he asked of her in a startled tone.
"I… don't know at this point… What DID happen?" she asked aloud.
Slowly, they sat up in their bed, their clothing skewed around the room and on various furniture. Yet peering out the bedroom door, Gojo froze. "Our pants are in the living room… I think I see my boxer shorts on the TV."
Yua peered for herself. "Yeah, and that's my bra on the stove… How the hell did this happen? I don't even remember going to bed!"
"I don't remember much after dinner… what the hell!" he protested.
Yua sighed aloud. This wasn't the first time…
Wait a minute…
Suddenly, she glared at Gojo. "That son of a bitch…"
"Yua…"
"Get your pants on, we got to go speak with Uba!"
He paused. "Ooo you're pissed, you called him Uba… I'll get my pants."
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Yua stormed out of the house, fully dressed for the day but was quick to catch the bastard. "YOU SON OF A BITCH!" she roared aloud. The moment she did, everyone stepped back and away from Sukuna as quickly as they could!
He bore a rather proud smirk on his face. "Liked your meal? How was the tea?" he asked in a teasing tone.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!?" she demanded of him again. "It was YOU this whole time! That goddamn tea, it was YOUR doing!"
"Whoa… hey…" she paused as Toji suddenly wondered over, he appeared half asleep but looked about oddly. "First off, where the hell did I pass out, second of all. Why are you yelling? Third… when is breakfast?"
She was fuming, but at the same time, she couldn't neglect Toji's need for a meal at the moment. It wasn't communal breakfast day and she's been making him his meals when it's her turn to do so. Which happens to be today. She glared at Sukuna, so much so he even became startled by her look. "This… isn't over." She said in a warning tone. Her focus turned to Toji. "What would you like to eat?"
He shrugged. "Meat, lots of meat, eggs too…" he said offhandedly.
"If you go to the nursery I made with the others, there's a kitchen…" Sukuna said meekly.
"HUH!?" She demanded. "Since when did you… forget it, come on Toji," she stormed off, but found this nursery he spoke of. It was amazingly sturdy looking, but now wasn't the time to marvel. She walked in, but took a moment to see that this place was rather lavishing and comfortable. Toji went back to the massive bed in the middle of the sunken floor. He sat in wait of her, as Yua knew she couldn't keep him waiting.
A massive meal was made for him. Toji ate with great vigor that day and asked for seconds and thirds. When he was stuffed, he became coherent. "So… what did he do to piss you off?" he asked aloud.
She sighed. "I should have known it was him, he made Satoru and I dinner last night with a special tea, last time he did that. I got pregnant with the twins. I didn't realize it was the tea he made, he never makes it any other time… damn, why didn't I see that!" she muttered.
"Perhaps you didn't want to." Toji said offhandedly. "I could smell those herbs on his hands, they didn't make much sense to me until they all came together. I began to get a little frisky from the smell alone. Drinking that concentrated must have been a hell of a ride" he said and snickered.
"Shut up Toji…"
"Why are you complaining anyways? I over heard you talk to six eyes about you wanting more kids… but are having trouble."
She froze as she glared at him. "Just how good is your hearing?" she demanded of him.
"Too good at times, I can tell when someone rips a beefer from here… speaking of which, I think Suiryu did just that no more than three seconds ago…"
She continued to look at him oddly, until the doors opened. Suiryu and Yuuji wondered in and appeared impressed. "Whoa… nice digs…" Suiryu said as he inspected everything from top to bottom.
"Word of warning, don't go outside for a few minutes until it airs out." Yuuji whispered discreetly to Yua.
She turned back to Toji who snickered aloud. He wasn't lying apparently.
She watched on as Yuuji and Suiryu inspected the place, top to bottom. They even went around sniffing the wood to see who worked on what. "He wasn't kidding huh? Why did he make this?" Suiryu muttered.
"Huh?" Toji demanded.
"Sukuna, he made this place along with Nanami sensei and your top students. Guess your students wanted to help you in some way or form." Yuuji explained.
"Not bad, not bad at all…" Suiryu said offhandedly.
"But this is going to be great for when we have kids again, right? The ladies get cold but we can bring them here," Suiryu asked.
"Oh big time!"
"I'm sure mom will be glad to have her residence back too."
Yua sighed and nodded. "Speaking of Lady Tiamat…"
"She's been busy with stuff in the heavenly realm. Our so called great uncle is looking to change the rules. He wants the dragons to be allow to come to earth, which means, he's looking to take us out and those around us." Said Suiryu. "Not that we would let that happen. I devour every bastard that tries!"
"You would too," muttered Toji. "URP!" he suddenly belched aloud. "Ooo, Megumi is giving me some wicked gas…"
"Oh, that's probably his human form disintegrating," said Suiryu.
Toji froze, so did Yua. "Wait, what do you mean?" Yua asked.
"He's just starting to meld into his true dragon form, it won't be long now, he's just having a hard time accepting it, considering how his form is being made." Yuuji said gently.
She suddenly became all ears. "Go on…" she said with great interest.
"His shikigami sacrificed themselves to make his dragon body." Suiryu explained. "They combined into one and are now being absorbed by Megumi. He's having trouble with it since he didn't want to lose them, at the same time. There's no going back now since they made the body. It's just a bump in the road for him, he'll get over it." Suiryu explained.
"URP!" erupted out of Toji again. His stomach them moaned oddly as he appeared to be trembling. "Whoa… easy there big fella!" he snickered and caressed his stomach. "I can already tell, he's going to be a force to be reckoned with!" he said proudly.
"I'm surprised to how well you're taking it," Yuuji said offhandedly. "I thought for sure we would have to tie you down or something."
"Nah, I put him through enough. I'm not going to fuck this up," Toji vowed. "Besides, it's about time I started acting like a father…"
"Good on you" Suiryu said, then, he turned to Yua. "Now, what's this I hear about you verbally ripping Uba a new asshole this morning?"
She rolled her eyes and explained what occurred, she was pissed off that he was doing such a thing, and yet, she wondered why he did. Suiryu smirked to her as he already appeared to know the answer. "A few things, one, he saw how miserable Gojo was when you had twins, he mainly wants to make Satoru suffer. Second, even though he is rendered human in a sense… mortal is probably a better term here. He is still the Tooru family guardian, so more Toorus the better his chances of living longer are. Lastly… he knew you were having trouble."
"He was actually helping Yua?" Yuuji asked.
"As I said, he knew she was having trouble…"
"Does everyone know at this point!?" she demanded aloud.
"Yes," all three of them answered at the same time.
She was stunned, Yua who has tried to keep this under wraps… has learned that everyone knows of her fertility issue. "Oh God…" she muttered.
"Hey, take it easy, it's no biggy." Suiryu insisted. "We got your back and it appear someone else is VERY interested in keeping the Tooru family bloodline going. So… that's something, right?"
"But it's Sukuna." She said defiantly. "He maybe bounded to me and the Tooru name as a guardian, but at the same time…" she paused and shook her head of it. "Whatever, I should just give up at this point!"
"But, you got Mochi and Rook because of the tea he made, right?" Yuuji asked innocently enough. "I'm glad they are here too, they are wonderful kids and a great friend to Kiyoshi. Speaking of Kiyoshi, I think I have to have a sit down with him. Yuko said he's been complaining about his head hurting…"
"Ooo someone's horns are growing in!" Suiryu said with great cheer.
Toji's stomach went off again. The room froze as a deep, aggressive churn came from it. It even trembled!
"Ooof, ease up will ya kid?!" he gently scolded. But he would smile it off and continued to caress his belly. "I can't wait to see him again,"
"This is getting awkward…" Yua muttered.
"Yeah," chimed Yuuji and Suiryu.
"Either way, I better go out and finish yelling at Sukuna before I lose my anger. If you need anything Toji…"
Suddenly she saw five fast moving shadows enter the nursery, they appeared out of the darkness before looking over the place. "Whoa, you are staying here now father?"
"Yes, I am… you know what. I think it's about damn time you five got names!" he decreed.
They froze. "Names? Really!?" they asked with great excitement.
"I should wait for your mother before doing this…"
"Actually…" the eldest son stammered. "Mom has been waiting for you to name us, traditionally, the fathers do such a thing, they name the sons and the mothers name the daughters."
"But, we asked mom if father could name us," said the youngest daughter. "Mom agreed."
He sighed aloud and thought it over. "T1," he said aloud. He stepped forward, this one was nearly a carbon copy of himself. Then again, Yua looked at the boys, they were all carbon copies of their father. Toji looked to him and nodded. "You're name is Ankoku from this moment on."
He froze. "Ankoku? Father named me!" he cheered.
"Tama 1," She stepped forward. "Amaya,"
She looked as if she would cry. He went on to name the others. T2 is named Daku, and T3 is named Hoshi. Tama 2 he named Nisha.
The five were thrilled, they kept uttering their names over and over again out of pure happiness. Suiryu on the other hand was smirking as he peered over at Toji. "What the hell is with that look?" he demanded.
"Up until now, you haven't acknowledge them," he explained. "Dragon society is a little messed up, they were waiting for you to give them a name, for you have just acknowledged them as your children and offspring."
"I didn't before?" he demanded.
"Mom even said this is complicated. Males don't name their children, since often, they eat the young males and the females they don't care for. When they don't give them a name, it means they won't protect them or do anything to help if they are in danger. But now, since the name came from you; you made it clear to them, they are your children and you will protect them." Yuuji explained. "I wished you did this when you were human. When a dragon names their children, all dragons know of it. But, they are strong enough they don't have to worry about that."
"I didn't even know it was that complicated…" said Yua.
"Well, now it isn't." Suiryu replied. "Bros, sisters!" he called. Instantly they stopped their celebration, they turned serious to him.
"Yes elder brother!"
"We are going to need to keep a close eye on Pops here. I have no doubt Megumi is getting bigger and stronger by the day, as such he's going to need more food. Let's keep an eye on him, understood?"
"YES!" they cheered. Their smiles also grew. "Big brother… I can't wait to see him again… and we can tell him our names!" cheered Daku.
"Well I am going to excuse myself now. I still have a former king of curses to chew out…" Yua said.
"Ooo wait for me, I wanna watch!" cheered Suiryu.
"Send me a recording!" called Toji.
