Chapter 3

"AAAHHHHH!"

Chusi was refreshed.

The bath was perfect, the water, perfect in fact, she felt like she could go back in again! However, Tim insisted that they bathe only once in that water. "This is a special cleansing water, you only need to bathe in this once to receive its affects. We have other baths you can use, but this is customary to cleanse yourself before entering here. You'll understand soon."

Yet, as Chusi tied up the robe she was given, she found it odd that Ryomen had yet to exit the bath.

"Ryomen? Everything okay?" she called.

But there was silence.

Tim told her she cannot enter the men's bath, and it's enchanted preventing her from doing so. But, Ryomen was in the bath before Chusi was in hers. And she soaked in there for a good hour! "Ryomen?" she called again.

"Miss, please understand he will take longer, we had to change the water out twice for him" Tim explained.

That was half an hour ago.

Then, the door opened.

A waft of steam followed and Ryomen wondered out in the robe given to him, yet, that look on his face. "Ryomen? Everything okay?" she asked gently.

He found a seat and took it, but then gave out a deep, content sigh. "I haven't felt like this since Mother Tooru prepared my bath…" he said.

Chusi froze.

That water did feel like the time her mother prepped it for her too. "It did feel like that, didn't it?" she asked.

"Yeah… it felt… good…" he said but appeared oddly conflicted. "What do you think this place really is?"

Chusi shrugged her shoulders. "Hard to say, no one in my family spoke of this … why do you seem familiar to it?" she asked.

Ryomen shrugged, not even he knew, but perhaps he is able to put two and two together a lot more easily.

"Anyway, let's enjoy ourselves here okay? Let's have some fun and see what they offer!"

He agreed to that. He was about to speak when a gentle knock came to the door. "We are ready to bring you to your room" it was Tim on the other side.

Chusi smiled as she put on slippers given to her by Tim. Ryomen did as well. When they walked out of the room, before it was a long, narrow hallway of endless doors, but now… they walked out into a lavishing lobby full of plants, a waterfall in the middle of the structure and countless other creatures who were here as well enjoying the facilities.

"Neat"

She forced a smile as Satoru and Yua came from their bathing room to take it all in. It was like a lavishing lobby of a hotel, but here, everyone wore the same robe and slippers. "I see they keep things rather uniform here…" Yua said offhandedly.

"It's so no one know who you are." Came out of Ryomen. "Look at the people walking around, you don't see any distinct features, in fact, their faces are rather blurred are they not?"

Chusi focused on a young woman chatting. She could tell she was a woman, but nothing more. She couldn't even speak the hair color even if she wanted to!

"Weird…" Yua muttered.

"No, security" Ryomen decreed. "If anyone knew anyone that needed to be taken out or were hiding here. You would be a sitting duck wouldn't you?" he asked bluntly. "This is to prevent anyone who maybe after you, from knowing you came here or are here… it's rather impressive."

"And soon that impressive tone will turn to pissed off tone quickly enough…" Yua said and smirked. "You still got some Gojo stuck in you, as Gojo is suffering with the same on my end here…"

Chusi snickered. "Leave them be, it's going to be fun. And don't worry, it will be out of their system soon enough."

"So, what WAS my lesson?" Gojo demanded. "I am at a loss here, unless it was to understand that he has it bad since he can't do everything I can do." He stated.

"Partly" Chusi said and smiled. "I wanted you to understand Ryomen better, at the same time. I got to know you better through Ryomen. I still don't like you, Satoru. However… I am glad to know that you're the kind of man that would do anything to make my sister smile."

Satoru froze.

He appeared confused as well before he stared at Ryomen, than back at her. "What?!" he demanded.

She giggled to his outburst.

"You got some explaining to do as well…" Ryomen warned her. "Don't get me wrong either, I had fun… too much fun… at time it scared me… because I was channeling HIM" he said and glared at Gojo.

"I wanted you to let loose!" Chusi explained. "You have been so damn serious, and yet, you figured the only way you could have fun was to fight someone to the death or something. There are other outlets!" she scolded him.

He snorted a laugh.

"Anyway… so you switched them to understand Gojo better? Or to get Gojo to see Sukuna has it rough and yet let Sukuna have some fun being a normal person?" Yua asked.

Chusi merely giggled and winked to her.

"You are terrifying," Ryomen muttered.

"And you married her" Gojo snapped back.

"I wouldn't be bragging either, Six Eyes…"

"Ah, there we go! See, on the mend already! OOOoo, me too!" Gojo decreed as his more playful side began to come out.

They ended their conversation when Tim returned, he brought along a deer looking fae with him, who explained that she would be tending to them from this moment on. Tim took his leave and wished everyone a good vacation before vanishing. "I am Celine, please come this way to your rooms."

She led them down a hallway, there were many large rooms along the way. "Miss Celine, what rooms are these?" Yua asked.

"These rooms can allow you to see, relive and live out events of the past, present and near future. We even have rooms that can answer a hypothetical question you may have, for example if someone you knew didn't die, what would happen in the time line. However, we limit those interactions to three. You can ask three hypothetical timeline altering events. No more." she explained.

"Where's the room where you can relive past events?" Ryomen asked.

"I think I know what YOU'RE aiming for…" snickered Gojo. "In fact, I want to join him on that."

"Oh God, if you two are doing to do a commentary on your fight like it's a director's cut or something…" Yua said.

"OOOO GREAT IDEA!" came out of the both of them.

"Damn, that is a lot of Six Eyes in me there…" Ryomen muttered.

"We'll make sure to get that all out of your system before going home, it was fun, but I want my Ryomen back." Chusi decreed.

"You are some interesting mortals…" Celine said offhandedly.

Before they knew it, they were in the hotel hallway. Their rooms were opposite from one another. "These are your rooms, there is no key, it opens to your touch. We ask that you limit the number of people who can enter your room. You are permitted to enter each other's with permission of the opposite party. After you settled in, you are free to do as you wish here to unwind. We have many other services offered, and we also have some for those expecting and can still enjoy themselves." Celine explained.

"Fancy…" Gojo muttered.

They entered their hotel room. Chusi peered about and found it large, lavishing and spacious.

It would similar to a high ended hotel room of the mortal world.

"I can actually fit in here…" Ryomen muttered.

"Let's just enjoy our own company for the moment and see what they offer. There's a scroll on the side of the bed that explains their amenities." Chusi said aloud.

Despite the fact that Gojo's sense of play is wearing off in Ryomen, Chusi was determined to take full advantage of it!