Chapter 3

Choso was seated outside of the curse womb estate with three of his sons and Tsumiki. She was flushing red a little as were the boys. He sat in between as his sons were seated to his left, Tsumiki to his right. "Now then, I do believe a proper introduction should be made. Tsumiki, my three sons here are interested in getting to know you. Would you accept their attention?" he asked gently.

She once more gave a small chuckle.

"You don't have to be this over the top polite, but I do appreciate the gesture. But to answer your question, yes, I would like to get to know you three… I just… find it odd that I am dating three men at once…"

Choso smiled a little, he cleared his voice gently before explaining. "Miss. Tsumiki, just to explain one other thing, since you are no longer a human and are a dragon… things are a little different if you wish them to be… for example… you don't have to choose just one…"

She froze to this, and then smiled. "I know, Tiamat told me. I just find it a little strange…"

"Speak with Yua Tooru, she has two husbands." He explained. "As such, you have the same option if you desire as such."

"We don't mind if you only wish to be with one of is… but… the three of us… we promise we would take very good care of you…" Sota said in a gentle and yet determined voice.

"WHAT!"

The table jumped. Megumi Fushiguro stood and glared at the three. "Who do you think you are!" he snapped at them.

"Fushiguro… we haven't…"

"Shut up, I don't want to hear it! Let's go Tsumiki…"

He tried to take her out of the chair, but she refused to leave. "Megumi… want are you doing?" she demanded sharply. "I came here because I am interested… why are you here?"

"THEY CAN'T DEFEND YOU!" he protested. "I'm a better protector now!"

"Megumi…" Choso said in a warning tone.

"Stay out of this, Choso! Why are you even interfering?"

Choso sighed aloud. "Because, Lady Tiamat requested that I do. She wanted me to be the medium in between the two parties here to ensure that their wishes are conveyed properly, and are respected. My sons have NOT put any pressure on your sister. We are just establishing a few things right now and yet, you won't let her? Are you going to control your sister… Like what Sukuna did to you?"

There was silence. Megumi's eyes flared with anger. "Take… that… BACK!"

"How is it any different?" Choso asked of him. "You are trying to dictate what she can and cannot do, controlling her despite the fact she just returned to the world of the living. I can appreciate you want to protect her more than anyone else here in the domain, but listen when I say, you need to let go"

Megumi glared at him, he refused to leave, so, Choso continued the conversation. "I am sorry if I said something out of terms…"

Tsumiki however understood. "I think he needs that every so often…" she said, but then turned to the brothers. "You are saying sometimes dragons have more than a single mate?"

He nodded but explained it's not mandatory, but it is an option. "I know having three well suited… suitors can be rather… overwhelming, but I can vouch for these three here very well. In fact, they were mainly helping taking care of their adopted sisters and young cousins. So child rearing skills are already established…"

She laughed to that, she looked to the three and smiled. "I would be more than happy to get to know you…"

"Let's test them…"

Choso paused as Megumi spoke up. "Let's test them and see if they are capable of defending my sister."

"Will you be satisfied?" Syth asked. "We wish to remain peaceful, but you are not making that an option…"

"You claimed you three could defend her better than me… so… prove it."

The three brothers turned to Choso, he sighed aloud but nodded in agreement. "If they wish to accept, I will not stop them."

Megumi stared at the three who sighed aloud and agreed. "Very well then," Sota said with a sigh.

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Choso and Tsumiki watched from a distance.

Both sighed aloud to this, for neither one wanted such an event to happen. Also, things got a little disrupted from that sudden pressure change. But the fight was ordered on as Megumi was determined to put the three brothers in their place.

"Is… this a good idea?" Tsumiki asked.

"Not the best, but at the moment, Megumi won't be satisfied. At the same time, he is picking a battle that is beyond his means right now. He has yet to figure out his dragon self… his form will come but ever since he was turned… he hasn't been able to control his power."

"Really?"

He nodded. "For some time, he had floppy dragon ears, then a tail sprouted, his arms were getting rather furry, but, before you returned, I noticed his throat would billow out oddly like a frog."

She snickered for a moment, but paused. "He hasn't been able to alter back?"

"Until you returned… I think at the moment he is more focused on you than himself, that distraction has allowed him to control his features better… but what he is instigating here… I feel that will be very short lived."

Choso began to watch on as Syth took the front, Sota in the middle and Grant took the back…

"Hmm… I wonder why they are doing this?"

"What is it?"

"This formation, the three have made if they are defending something or someone. Perhaps they are telling your brother that this is how they would protect you? Or, it's a ploy…"

Megumi made his move.

He began to charge towards Syth and was aiming to take him down first when suddenly…

BOOM!

Megumi dodged just in time as Grant suddenly swapped places with Syth!

"Whoa!"

"Oh right, I nearly forgot about that…" Choso said with a smile. To a dragon, curse energy is merely a toy, his sons were aware of that sort of power but didn't know how to use it… until they saw a technique in play. In fact, Grant enjoyed Todo's so much that he insisted on learning it.

Todo is a great teacher when needed… if only he didn't talk about Taka Chan all the time…

Back to the fight.

Megumi was quick to avoid Grant's strike, but knew he was faster than him, so, he ran around Grant and headed for Sota who kept in the middle of it all. Sota was ready.

All around him gathered spheres of blood like substance, the brothers have opted to call it dragon bile since it's moves like blood but isn't. Either way, his son was most proficient at the manipulation of it. Despite how fast Megumi was, Sota could make and throw these with ease, he even used it as a whip and caught Megumi off guard.

That was when Choso saw the look of fear on the face of young Fushiguro. Megumi went to summon rabbits… but none came from his order.

He tried to use his technique, but he couldn't summon a single shikigami.

It was then Sota, lowered his guard and called off the orbs of bile he made. "This fight is over." He called.

"You surrendering?"

"No, it's not a fair fight." Sota decreed. "We know we can hold our own against you, Fushiguro. However, you cannot call upon your power. We can, this fight is over."

Tsumiki appeared touched. They stopped the fight before Megumi could get hurt!

"They didn't want to hurt him…" she whispered.

Choso nodded proudly. "My children are told to never go looking for a fight. If they are challenged they can choose to accept or decline. But they must accept the consequences for their actions. Despite that, they had full right to continue this battle…" he trailed off but smiled to Tsumiki. "But they couldn't accept the consequences had they harmed someone close to you."