Chapter 37
The next morning…
Suguru had just finished the breakfast dishes. It was the weekend so the kids were out doing their own thing when suddenly. "We're home!"
He peered over and saw Yua entering the house with Satoru…
"Since when did he turn back!?" Suguru asked as Satoru appeared normalish… there was a weird look on his face that Suguru himself has never seen before. "Did you have a good time at least? You were gone for just over 2 months!"
Yua rolled her eyes. "Well, we got two BOYS who got into some trouble and delayed our return… unintentional I hope… then again… it is Gojo… and Sukuna…"
"They didn't wreck the place, did they?"
"I wish," she muttered.
Suguru peered over Yua, and found she has grown out a little. Despite only being two month pregnant herself… give or take, she was already starting to show a little.
He smiled to it.
"Well, I just finished breakfast for the kids, did you two need anything to eat?"
"Ooo, I could!" Yua decreed.
"I'm… taking a nap… cold shower… some alcohol…" Gojo muttered as he trudged up the stairs.
Suguru peered at her oddly, worried for his best friend. "Uh… do I need to know?"
"Not yet, besides the story will be better when I explain everything from the start. At the same time, Sukuna is acting weird himself"
"Did you at least enjoy yourself?"
Yua smiled rather proudly. "And then some, so, what's for breakfast?"
He made her a massive omelet, Yua devoured it as if she had never seen food before… it was a little startling.
"So, you are nice and refreshed from your journey, I should warn you of a few things. One, Nanami…"
"He already told me, I met his possible, soon to be wife… she does bake the best bread I have ever eaten…"
"Ah… as well… the Gojo clan has put out bounties on Shin and Rook."
Yua paused.
"What…" she whispered. "Since when!?"
"I think for a while, but since the kids haven't been seen in public… They want Rook dead, no question. Shin they said has to be brought in alive. And… I think a sorcerer I am not familiar with, has one out on Mochi…"
"Mochi… is she…"
"Fine, she is just fine. Lady Tiamat took he for a girl's weekend and it fixed her right up apparently." He explained. "But Yua…"
"He's really stepping it up huh? Kenjaku?"
"I have little doubt his hand is in it…" Suguru paused as he noticed Sukuna walking by the window… such an odd look on his face too. "Uh… is… Sukuna… okay?" he asked oddly.
Yua smirked. "Let's say this place we went too was beyond anything I could imagine being. There were rooms where you could write on a slip of paper of a reality you wanted to see or experience… he spent a lot of time there, so did Satoru too."
"Did you?" he asked.
She smiled and nodded. "Yeah, I did too."
"And?" he asked in a curious tone.
She forced a smile. "I wanted to see what would have happened, had my family lived." She said. Her eyes suddenly appeared distant, Yua was silent as she continued to eat. Suguru made her a second helping without being asked. But, that look she has… why does it seem so conflicted?
"I could only wonder what Satoru wanted to see… I take it Sukuna relived the time he killed him, am I right?"
"He did that three times," she said offhandedly. "But then, he began to alter what he wanted to see… after that it got a little weird between him and Satoru, so much so that there was even a therapy area both of them checked into… and that's when we got delayed…" she said with a sigh.
Suguru paused oddly. "You were delayed since they had therapy?!" he demanded.
She shook her head and appeared rather stunned herself. "No, we were delayed, because they forgot who they were…"
