Chapter 21

He couldn't recall how he got to where he was, but all he knew was this.

The odds favored him VERY well.

The brat, knockoff and the boy were all tied in place before these men in strange black leather. In fact, Sukuna began to remember who they were, for their material has not altered in the past thousand years.

They are the dragon slayers.

When he came too, Sukuna wasn't tied up or anything. In fact, these humans were very kind to him asking if he was okay. Of course, he played dumb to it all until they asked. "Did you know those three were dragons?"

That was when his plan went into motion.

In his many years of tormenting people before death, Sukuna knew how to do a good plea for mercy as well as understanding.

He thinks he has the right amount of pathetic for his performance.

He trembled as they uttered the word of dragons. In his hand was a glass of water that began to shake uncontrollably. "You mean…" he whispered as he stared into the eyes of the young hunter before him. "You mean you see it too!?"

This took them all aback.

"Hold on, let's properly introduce ourselves. I'm Felix. This here is John. Over here…" he could care less about the other four that were with him. All he knew was he has their attention.

"So, what can you tell us about those beasts?" John asked as he sat before him. "Don't hold anything back, we want the FULL story!" he ordered.

Sukuna merely trembled and nodded.

On the fly he made up a complete bullshit story explaining that he had a wife and family. "Then, one day, those… things appeared. They wanted to take my family, but I begged them not to. But they refused to leave empty handed. I… I offered myself so my family would be spared. They… they agreed and used me as a servant… a mere toy for their amusement!" he said with great dismay to his voice. "I wanted nothing to do with them, and yet… how could I say no? They were too strong!"

They nodded in sympathy to him. "You're safe now," they decreed.

Now, he stands in the room where the three young dragons are held. He made an open suggestion to the slayers. If they want to start butchering them, to take the boy, Megumi first.

They smiled to his suggestion, but John hesitated. "Why him?" he asked bluntly. "If anything, I would take the two who altered their appearance to LOOK like you… you mangy beasts, can't even make your own human forms? You have to TAKE them don't you?"

He couldn't help but smirk as the slayers had their backs to him, the knockoff gave him a death glare. The brat for that matter did too. But, they can't stop him at the moment!

"Besides the fact he tormented me the most? That's not a good enough reason? So be it, but the one there with the odd ears, is a rare dragon." He explained. "I heard through the others I was forced to serve, he's a pure Asian dragon, those hardly even exist to begin with. Not to mention, when he turns, he has fur."

"What nonsense are you spouting now!" Megumi protested. "YOU POSSESSED ME AND HAD ME KILL MY SISTER! YOU TORMENTED ME!"

"Don't you see how manipulative they are!" Sukuna protested. "I haven't been called my human name in years…"

The slayers were truly eating this up. After all, why doubt him?

The one named John nodded. "Since you suffered as long as you have, its only fair that you pick when each one of these is killed. By the way, would you like to join us? You put up a decent fight when we were capturing you. Beyond human strength to boot as well, you would fit in as a dragon slayer!"

Sukuna smiled but waved off the offer. "I rather find my family first before I pursue a career… but please, if you have a way of contact, I may change my mind after all…"

Felix smiled and took out a card made of obsidian. "Break the card when you are ready to join us." He said.

Sukuna nodded and tucked the card away.

He then watched on as John took out a rather interesting butcher's knife. He sharpened it before Megumi who was trembling in fear. "Don't do this! Please, you have to believe me!"

John smirked. "I don't listen to lizards."

Splat!

"FUSHIGURO!" the brat shouted as the knife went in. The boy gasped, his eyes rolled back as he went limp in the bindings.

"He didn't put up much of a fight!" John laughed as he cut he boy down from the bindings.

There happened to be a table near by. He laid Megumi out and was getting ready to process him. "I am curious, how do you get materials out of a dragon in human form?" he asked aloud.

John laughed. "We're not always in it for the materials you know, but they are handy. When a dragon dies in a human state, they slowly turn back to their true form if you don't break down the body. Hacking their limbs off and what not will prevent them from turning back into their true state. Because of that, we are just going to wait for that to happen with this one, when he does, we will skin him and go from there"

"Ah," Sukuna said as he kept interest. "So what parts are most valued?"

John was rather passionate about his work, he spoke of it as the others inspected the brat and knockoff, wondering who is the next to die.

However… Sukuna wanted to get back home. This was no longer entertaining and he got his jollies out of it.

"You know, this has been rather fun, but I think I have to head back to the lady of the house…" Sukuna said offhandedly.

The slayers laughed. "I suppose you would want to go find your family huh?" snickered Felix.

Sukuna smiled back. "Oh… not really… I mean I have a wife… sort of… we're not married but she is insisting I call her my wife. Tooru women are very possessive…"

Suddenly, their smiles dropped.

John even dropped his knife the moment Sukuna spoke of the Toorus. The dragon slayers know them as well.

"Figured it out yet? Despite your little… mission to hunt dragons. You should take into consideration, not all dragons are evil… just as not all humans… are innocent. Nor are all humans… human, like me."

"What are you getting at!" John demanded.

"Turn around and tell me what I am getting at?"

John peered over, his butcher's table… was empty.

The boy was gone.

"Megumi…" the knockoff whispered.

Then, the room went dark.

"It's one thing to hunt dragons, it's another not knowing what kind they are…" Sukuna said as he heard movement in the dark. "Currently, you are up against a hatchling, one recently born. However… he wasn't a dragon before… he was mortal… like you. A Jujutsu sorcerer who specialized in the ten shadow technique, but now, it's on a different level."

There came growling, like packs of wolves began to fill the darkened room… followed by screaming, ripping and tearing of leather and flesh. When it was silent, Sukuna stood up and wondered over to the wall where he remembered the light switch was.

When he turned it on, well… let's say he was rather impressed.

The room was covered in blood, leather and various body parts.

"Yeah, that reminds me of my glory days…" Sukuna said in a reminiscing tone.

Megumi was out cold, covered in blood on the butcher table. The whole ordeal must have been hard on his body. Sukuna on the other hand went through tattered remains of the slayers until he found what he was looking for. Hidden on John's torso in the breast pocket was a small knife.

He wondered over and cut the brat and knockoff out of their bindings. "I do believe that was a good performance on my part!" Sukuna said proudly.

The knockoff and brat glared at him.

Apparently, his performance earned him a punch to the gut!