"Talk"

'Thought'

"Here's a fun activity a Father and Son should do!~"

Outside of the mansion, both Satoru Gojo and Iruma Suzuki could be seen standing at an open yard, both carrying catching mittens, with the Honored One holding a ball in his hand.

"Catching!~"

And the one who was responsible for setting all of this up, was none other than Sullivan himself, who looks happy with what he was able to do, even taking a picture to keep the memories.

"HAVE FUN, AND SEND ME LOTS OF PICTURES!~"

But after setting everything up, Sullivan, after taking a few more pictures, quickly disappeared and left the Suzuki and Satoru by themselves, not wanting to ruin their "Father" and "Son" bonding experience.

"S-Sorry that Grandpa wrapped you into this…"

Iruma sighs tiredly at his Grandfather antics, and apologizes to the Strongest about it.

"I blame my stupid partner more than anything."

Gojo just shrugs his shoulders in response, and doesn't seem bothered by it at the moment.

"You mean the swirly eyes lady?"

Iruma tilted his head curiously when he tried to understand what the Honored One was talking about.

"Hah! Swirly eyes, I like that."

Gojo couldn't help but laugh, as if he found a new way to tease and make fun of his Devil Partner.

"But yeah, her, who is also your mom I guess."

But Gojo still confirmed what the blue boy was thinking about, though when he did, he couldn't help but frown in realization.

"And makes me your dad, ugh, that's gross, makes it sound like I'm her husband or something, yuck."

Gojo gagged at the thought of ever being married to Makima, something that he hoped would never happen in his new life in the Demon world.

"I-I don't have to call you both Dad and Mom, if you don't want me to, I will understand."

Iruma shyly avoids eye contact with Satoru as he lets him know that he wasn't forced to be his Father, or for himself to be forced to be his Son.

"Speaking of which, where are your real parents? I know for a fact you're not related to your Grandpa, not to mention you're obviously a Human."

As soon as Gojo asked this question, and even revealed that he knew that the child was human, said human child couldn't help but tense up and worry extremely.

"Don't panic, I'm human too."

Though Gojo was able to almost instantly calm down Suzuki when he mentioned that he was also human just like him.

"R-Really? Does that also mean the swirly eyes lady is also human?"

This both surprised, and even relieved Iruma, worry was turned into slight, "Comfort", as if happy to know he wasn't the only human stuck in the Demon world, though it made him curious if the swirly eyes, aka Makima, was also human like them as well.

"Ummmm, technically not…"

Which Gojo shook his head no in response.

"But we'll worry about that later, for now, just tell me how you got here."

But Gojo didn't explain further and try to change the subject, as he was more interested in the blue boy situation.

"Did Sullivan kidnap you from your family?..."

And whether or not Gojo should be angry at the Demon Lord that called himself "Grandpa" and if he should do something about it.

"Actually, my Mom and Dad sold my soul to my Grandpa…"

However, what Iruma said next definitely caught the Honored One off guard.

"... Oh…"

Gojo didn't know how to react or process what he was just told, clearly wasn't expecting such an explanation from the human child in front of him.

'And I thought only Curse Spirits and Devils were heartless monsters.'

Gojo could only sigh after a moment, both feeling guilty and sympathy for Suzuki problems, as well as hidden rage and murderous intent for the family that sold their son away to a Demon.

"Um, Sir."

But before the Strongest could dwell in such thoughts, Iruma was able to interrupt his thoughts and make him look back to him.

"I know that Grandpa forced you to be my Dad, I will understand if you hated him for that."

Iruma, even though he understood and even related to the situation that Satoru found himself in, which made him worry for what he was about to say next.

"But he's the only person to ever treat me so kindly, and give me the love and support my parents never gave me."

But despite Iruma's concerns and understanding, he still wanted to defend his Grandpa, and how he was important to him.

"So please, don't do anything to hurt my Grandpa."

And again, while Iruma knows that his Grandpa could do questionable things that could sometimes do more harm than good, he still wants to protect him, and not let anything bad happen to him.

'I can only hope he's not being mind controlled to think like that.'

Seeing the blue boy defend his so-called "Demon Grandfather", it did make Gojo slightly suspicious and worried, thinking he was forced to say such things, but at the sametime, he didn't have the heart to do anything about it.

"Alright, I promise."

So for now, Gojo just accepts the human child words, for now at least, until he knew that they weren't in some kind of trap or danger of any kind.

"Thank you sir."

Iruma couldn't help but smile and bows in thanks, glad to have someone to trust and rely on.

"You can call me… "Dad"..."

Gojo was hesitant to even call himself this, but knew he was in a situation where he needed to look after Suzuki, both to protect him, and how he needed someone to take care of him in other ways that matters.

"Y-You sure?"

Iruma was a bit surprised by this, while knowing he could trust the Honored One, he didn't think he would actually take on the part of being his actual Father.

"Yeah, but just make sure to call swirly eyes "Mommy" when you meet her, ok?~"

Gojo was still unsure about all this, but he knew he couldn't back out now, so he just accepted and doubled down in his final decision, not wanting to call it quits now.

"Ok!~"

Iruma was also currently uncertain about this, but he was more willing to agree to this new arrangement, and even feel happy about it as well, no doubt craving such a fatherly figure.

'Now we will both suffer by this kid~'

Gojo hums and decides to leave all of his problems for another time that actually matters, as for now, he just wants to have some fun.

"Well, since we're here, might as well play catch, not like we got anything better to do."

Gojo smirks as he spins the Demon baseball on his finger, suggesting to actually play the game they were here for, which the blue boy nods and accepts.

"A-Alright, I'm ready."

Though, even after Iruma said that he was already ready, when the Strongest actually throws the ball, he instantly dodges almost instinctively, which just confuses the person who threw the ball.

"Hey, you're supposed to catch the ball?"

Gojo raised an eyebrow as he watched the blue boy nervously scramble to get the ball, no doubt embarrassed for making such a mistake.

"S-Sorry, I was forced to avoid a lot of danger growing up, so I dodge out of instinct."

Once Iruma grabbed the ball, he then threw it back at Satoru, which would've hit him in the middle from how bad the throw was, though luckily it was stopped by the "Infinity" barrier.

"You don't say?..."

Gojo grabbed the baseball, as a mischievous smirk made its way to his lips, which suddenly made the human child worry at such an expression.

"Mr. Gojo, we need to discuss our future arrange-"

"Cursed Technique Reversal: Red Ball!"

After a while, Makima could be seen walking out of the mansion and into the open yard, hoping to find and speak with Gojo, though as soon as she did, she was immediately met with him using his Cursed Technique to throw the baseball in super sonic speed at Suzuki, who was able to dodge it by a hair's breadth, though the Control Devil wasn't so lucky as the baseball hit her face with enough force to both break her face and knock down to the ground, and since she was still linked to the person who threw the ball, he suffered the same injury and fell down to the ground as well, this no doubt startled and horrified the blue boy.

"I-I'll get Opera!"

Iruma, once seeing both of his so-called parents get badly injured, he wasted no time running off to go get help and hopefully fix this, momentarily leaving behind both Gojo and Makima lying on the ground, both of their faces messed up and letting blood pool down to the ground.

"... You're so annoying sometimes, Gojo…"

"Hate you too, swirly eyes~..."

Their bonding was short, but I just wanna establish the set up, basically the beginning of a "Father And Son" relationship that will soon blossom more in the future~

(Since Iruma will most likely be trained under Gojo, what kind of Curse Abilities and Domain Expansion would he get? Would it be something similar to Gojo or something more unique?)