Chapter 19

"Why… did I agree to this?"

"Honestly, we are asking ourselves the same question…"

It was a strange dynamic. Chusi has asked Suiryu and Yuuji to get Sukuna more new clothing, he wanted him to be out in the world but not dress how he usually does. Besides.

Nothing fits him anymore.

"I am not going to have him walk around holding his pants up!" she decreed. "If they came off that easily, I would not be having issues…"

"LET'S GO NOW BRATS!" Sukuna shouted, as he was quick to grab them both and drag them away.

It was hilarious.

But, the odd thing was… Megumi came with them.

"Are you sure you want to be out here with… that going on?" Yuuji asked.

So far, Fushiguro was keeping it together. He just has to stop himself from sneezing, how and why he has been sneezing was the next question.

Yet, from Yuuji's perspective, he found Sukuna was keeping his distance from Fushiguro rather respectfully.

"I'll be fine," Fushiguro insisted. "I… just wanted to get out for a while."

It was strange to be out like this, it got even stranger still when they went shopping for clothes. People were whispering about Sukuna as he browsed. Suiryu had masked his face with jujutsu so people won't notice him. Yet, the question kept coming up.

"Is that Suiryu's older brother or something?"

Yuuji snickered at the notion as Suiryu glared at him. 'What are you laughing about? You're my brother too, which makes HIM you older brother!' he shouted telepathically. And even did various motions with his hands as if he were speaking out loud!

It was still hilarious!

Yua had asked Yuuji to do this, she also warned that Sukuna isn't exactly acting like himself as of late. When he asked how she knew, Yua gave a strange face. "Let's just say I know my husband well enough to know HE'S not acting like himself."

He didn't understand it until…

"Ooo, I think this is nice… You think so?" Sukuna was dressing in some high ended clothing, he was posing in the mirror… like how Gojo sensei did to mess around… Come to think of it, Sukuna had a sweet breakfast this morning, didn't he?

"Something wrong?" Megumi whispered.

"Isn't Uba acting a little…"

"Too much like sensei, yes,"

Yuuji froze. "YOU noticed it too!?" he whispered.

He merely shrugged his shoulders; Megumi has been around sensei a lot longer than Yuuji has. But the fact that he doesn't say anything about this…

"I think I need to switch to boxer shorts, underwear is too tight!" Sukuna shouted from across the store.

"That's sensei…" they both muttered.

"But… how?" Yuuji wondered. He knew that Chusi Tooru switched their bodies but that's all right? She couldn't do much more than that… could she?

It got to the point that even Suiryu is embarrassed to be seen with him!

When they shoved Sukuna out of the store, he suddenly shook his head and shuttered. "I don't like it!" he protested.

"What the hell are you getting on about?!" Suiryu demanded. "What's with you anyway acting like an attention whore in that place?"

There was a look on his face that really struck Yuuji.

Sukuna… was scared!

He couldn't speak and turned away from Suiryu. "Spill it! What's with you? You out to make me look like a laughing stock? Wouldn't put that pass you right now!"

"Suiryu…" Yuuji said gently. "He really doesn't understand it either."

"Like hell that's the case!" he protested.

"Suiryu… he doesn't."

Everyone paused as Megumi spoke up. Even Sukuna was stunned that he did such a thing. "Listen to his voice, you and everyone here knows the tone of his lies… that wasn't a lie."

There was silence, until something startled Sukuna. "We should keep moving,"

"Huh?" everyone asked.

"I can't explain it, but someone is following us."

Suiryu paused. Yuuji did too. Megumi peered about, but… nothing was sensed.

"There's no energy, curse or divine at that…" Yuuji whispered.

"Trust me this once and believe me, we are being followed!" Sukuna pleaded. "We have to move, now!" he began to walk away from them. They caught up with him as he tried to explain the sensation. He swore he felt it once before.

"How can you without…"

"When I was young, there was a time I had my curse energy cut off, Mother Tooru insisted since I couldn't control it at the same time, I was lashing out" he said under his breath. "In that time, I learned my senses are beyond that of a human as well. I felt something lingering near by and spoke of it to Mother Tooru. She checked herself but saw nothing, but never dismissed my warning. I only learned the next day that there were five assassins that tried to take out Ryujin, they were targeting him and his vessel. They only learned this after the last one they captured was berating the family for protecting a demon… wrong demon he should have been upset about."

"You mean to tell us there are such things as dragon slayers?" Suiryu demanded.

Sukuna… nodded.

"They came once, but failed. All other times they have made an attempt, ended their lives. They soon lost track of the Tooru family since I had lost my mind. They knew better not to get in my way and abandoned the mission."

"How do you know this now?" asked Fushiguro.

Sukuna was silent. "I don't know,"

"That's been your answer to a lot of things, considering your mind is a steel trap on information…" Suiryu muttered.

However, Yuuji chose to believe him. After all, if there are dragon slayers… his son Kiyoshi would be on their hit list!

They continued on for a short while, until Suiryu noticed something. "Bro…" he whispered. Peering up ahead, Yuuji saw a fairy of all things, trying to get their attention desperately.

"What's with that thing? What is that?" Fushiguro asked.

"You see something?" questioned Sukuna.

"Yeah, a fairy is trying to get our attention, it maybe trying to help us. Divine creatures do that."

Yet, as Suiryu was about to go forward, Sukuna grabbed his arm. "You sure about that?" he asked. "Despite the fact that Shellboy controls curses, doesn't mean they obey blindly."

Suiryu glared at him, pulling his arm away he opted to trust the fairy more than him. "They are not here to hurt us, we're dragons, we're like gods to them," he explained.

That look of distrust. Yuuji felt odd but, he felt he should believe Sukuna more at this point. "Suiryu…"

"I'm going to at least ask what it knows… You guys go on ahead without me."

As Suiryu went to see, Sukuna pointed to another area. "This way,"

For someone who hasn't been into the city much, he knows his way around oddly. But, Sukuna took them to an odd place, an arcade of all things. There were so many lights and sounds that it bothered Yuuji and Fushiguro, but, Sukuna…

"We cut through here, go out through the back!" he called.

Yuuji nodded as they made their way through the masses, they reached the back of the arcade and took the exit. When they were out, Yuuji peered back. He saw them. People looking about trying to find them, since one froze the moment he caught a glimpse of Yuuji.

Itadori was more familiar with that look than he should be…

"We got to go!" he called.

Sukuna nodded, as he let them led the way.