Kagome said she was not working today and wouldn't be at the school, so why is she here? Suguru plasters a smile on his face, though inside he is dying. He needs to turn this around somehow. He looks up at the sky for a moment. It is truly a beautiful day out. A wonderful day to declare war on Jujutsu society, but Kagome is here when she should be at home or doing anything but helping Jujutsu today.
This complicates things just a tad.
"Geto," Satoru greets, sticking his hands into his pocket. Suguru rolls his eyes. It's cute how Satoru is trying to downplay their relationship. Kagome pushes past Satoru, who tries to grab her arm, but Kagome pins Satoru with a look so fierce that Suguru takes a step back.
"Suguru, what are you doing here? You didn't tell me you were stopping by."
"About that..." he trails off. Well, she certainly doesn't look like she is working today, or does she always fight in a skirt? He wets his lips and then clears his throat. Maybe he should have pushed for more last night? Then she would have been too tired to work today.
"Hold up!" Satoru exclaims. "Suguru? You call him Suguru?" His nostrils flare and then Satoru is advancing on him. He presses a finger on Suguru's chest. "Was it you?" he asks, lowly. "Thought I smelled you in her apartment."
"Did you smell me on the sheets, too?" Suguru grins, flashing his teeth. His heart skips a beat. After all this time, Satoru still knows what he smells like?
Satoru freezes. "Is this how you want to do it?"
"You tell me." Suguru leans forward, though he gets blocked by Satoru's stupid ass infinity. One of these days, he will find a way around it and kick Satoru's ass.
Kagome gets in between them and pushes her hands out. "Okay, you two. Enough."
"Suguru started it," Satoru grumbles. "He isn't even supposed to be here."
Is he pouting? Suguru squints. So Satoru drops his infinity for Kagome.
"Huh? Why?" Kagome turns and looks at him and if it were possible, Suguru would throttle Satoru. "Is it because you don't work for the school?"
"Work for the school? He defle—"
"I defeated a bunch of curses on my way here and this is the reception I get?" Suguru brushes away an imaginary tear and pouts. "I came here to put our differences aside."
"WHAT?" Everyone except for him and Kagome shouts. Suguru clucks his tongue. Honestly, why are his people reacting like this? They should have some decorum. Go with the flow.
"Geto-san," Manami says, "What do you mean, put our differences aside?"
Suguru wraps an arm around Kagome and beams. "Kagome has shown me the light."
"... I have?"
"And I see now how much we have failed fighting one another when our fight is with the vermin. If we want to make a change, then it starts with us." He makes a fist. "Too many of us have died because we aren't showing the younger generation a new path. A new way of living."
"So, you're done being a curse user?" Satoru questions, his tone dubious. "Because Kagome talked you into it?"
Kagome shrugs out of Suguru's arms and scratches her head. "I haven't done anything other than give Suguru a massage like everyone else..." Kagome sucks in a breath and then leans forward. "Do they turn you on?" she whispers. Suguru chokes. She's asking this now? "Oh Kami, that's a yes." Kagome leans away and presses a hand to her mouth.
"Wait." Suguru reaches a hand out, but Satoru slaps it down. "Really, Satoru?"
"You're up to something."
Suguru rolls his eyes. Yaga cracks his knuckles and Nanami is staring at him strangely. Suguru frowns. Why is Nanami looking at him like that? He follows Nanami's eyesight, and a flicker of anger ignites in his blood.
Oh, so Nanami has gotten a massage too.
That's too bad. He kind of liked the guy.
"He's right," Suguru sighs, pressing a hand to his forehead. He sucks in a breath. "I am declaring war."
"On curses?" Kagome looks at him expectantly.
"No, on everyone here that has received a massage from you." He crosses his arms and grits his teeth. So... everyone here has received one, except for his family. Lovely, turns out he gets to declare war on Jujutsu society after all.
"WHAT?"
"Oh, this is rich!" Shoko chimes. "Someone go make a bag of popcorn."
"Now is not the time, Shoko," Yaga says.
"You're right. And bring a chair too!" Shoko slaps Ijichi on the back and then turns back around to look at Suguru. For his part, Suguru stares in bewilderment. Is this a joke to them? He just declared war and Shoko is asking for popcorn?
"Suguru be for real," Kagome scoffs. "Honestly, you and Satoru are on one today." Kagome rolls her eyes. "And Kento too."
"Kento?" Suguru's eyebrows shoot up. He looks to Satoru for confirmation.
"Yeah, he keeps losing his pants around her." Satoru jerks a thumb back at Nanami.
"HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?" Nanami's face goes bright red. The students turn to look at him. "Ahem. I mean, that was one time."
Suguru's vision goes red. He blinks. Not only has Nanami received a massage from Kagome, but now he's also taking his pants off in front of her too? Oh, no. This will not do. Suguru chuckles. "Nanami, come here. We can settle this like men."
Nanami glares at him. "You deflected ten years ago. Where do you get off showing up and trying to run things? Kagome doesn't want you, and she doesn't want you, Satoru."
Satoru stops mid-laugh.
"Oh shit," Shoko says, pulling out a cigarette. "Yaga, we're getting to the good part."
"I can't believe I'm allowing this," Yaga mutters.
"You keep calling me by my name, Nanami," Satoru snarks back. "What's with that?"
"Once again, you are delusional. Just as delusional as Geto-san to think Kagome would want him."
Suguru blinks. Oh? "And what makes you the expert on what Kagome wants? You can't possibly think she would want you."
"You know who is the expert?" Kagome interjects. "Me! And I'm getting real tired of you three talking over me as if I'm not here."
Nanami's face falls. "That wasn't my intention."
"Yeah, this is all Suguru's fault. No one told him to come here. You're not invited." Satoru cracks his neck. "Kagome, don't you want to get out of here?"
Kagome rolls her eyes. "You know what? I have had it." She points a finger at Nanami. "You, come here." She taps her foot as Nanami, to Suguru's amazement, walks over with his shoulders slightly slumped. He stands next to Satoru and makes a point to not look at Satoru. "Suguru, come here."
He raises a brow. Did she just command him? And yet his feet move as though her words have power over him. If he didn't know better, he'd think she was a part of the Inumaki clan or something. Kagome rolls her eyes again and holds her hand out.
"Hands," she commands, only sighing when Satoru smacks Nanami's hand out of the way, so his hand touches Kagome's. Suguru sucks his teeth and his nostrils flare. Is he really placing his hand on top of theirs? What is this? He glances over his shoulders. The twins stare at him in bewilderment. Manami keeps looking at her notes and scratching her head, and the others gossip among one another.
Yeah, he's gonna have to do damage control when they get back.
"Suguru," Kagome says sharply, drawing his attention back to the matter at hand. He smiles, though it is a tight, and places his hand on top of Nanami's. Surely, he should get a reward for not crushing Nanami's hand. "Good. Now everyone is going to learn how to work out their differences." Kagome smiles, but there's nothing serene about that smile. Their hands glow pink for a moment. Kagome takes a step back and plants her hands on her hips.
Okay. He isn't sure what that was about, but he is over this hand-holding. Suguru goes to take his hand back and gets stuck.
What the fuck?
"Kagome!" Satoru whines, holding up his hand, wrapped in some kind of sutra. "What is this?"
"You all want to argue like children, then you can be stuck together until you figure it out."
Suguru makes a choked noise in the back of his throat. "Wait, what does that mean? We aren't stuck, stuck, right?" Is he sweating? Maybe they can break or cut this seal?
"Geto-sama!" the twins yell. Suguru holds up his free hand to calm them down. This is fine. This is nothing. He tugs right as Satoru and Nanami do the same... shit, they really are stuck together.
"Like I said," Kagome says. "You three need to get along and you will not talk for me." She gives all of them a look. "Keep it up and I will not go with you this weekend, Satoru."
This weekend?
"And I will not go on another date with you, Suguru."
Satoru's face turns slightly red, but for once he keeps his mouth shut. Nanami looks as though he just ate a bag of lemons. Suguru opens his mouth and promptly closes it.
Damn, an angry Kagome is hot.
He squeezes his eyes shut. This line of thinking is what got him into this mess. Suguru opens his eyes and tries to put on the same smile that puts those monkeys at ease, but the smile falters under Kagome's glare. She gives them one more look and then turns her back to them.
"Does anyone else need to be put in the... what am I calling this?"
"Sibling shirt?" Panda says.
"They aren't siblings though," Maki says.
"Tuna with mayo."
"No," Kagome says, shaking her head. "We can't call it Gojo. He's only one part of it."
Suguru squints. How did she understand that?
"Are we fighting them?" Miguel asks. Suguru turns his head and gives a quick headshake. "Why not? They bound you and we're here to declare war."
"But that's Kagome-san, the woman Geto-sama went on a date with," Mimiko says.
"When did you have time to take Kagome out?" Satoru asks casually, though he slides his blindfold down with his free hand. Nanami inhales sharply and Suguru bites his tongue. What kind of reaction is that? Satoru tilts his head in Nanami's direction and then scoffs. "For the last time, Nanami, I'm not fucking you."
"No one wants to sleep with you," Nanami hisses. "This is a misunderstanding."
"Excuse me?" Suguru interrupts, "What do you mean, you want to fuck Satoru?"
Nanami splutters. "NO ONE WANTS TO SLEEP WITH HIM!"
"What on earth are you three going on about now?" Kagome asks.
"Well, Kento has a thing for Satoru," Shoko quips. Nanami chokes. "And he kind of has a crush on you," she continues, despite Nanami's less-than-subtle head shaking. "And then Suguru and Satoru go way back. Those two were always up to something in their dorm room."
"Excuse me?" Satoru exclaims.
"On campus grounds!" Yaga yells. Suguru rolls his eyes. Please.
"Oh please, like the no girls allowed sign wasn't obvious." Shoko rolls her eyes. "Yeah, these two, messy." Shoko takes the bag of popcorn from Ijichi and pops some in her mouth. "And then there's you, Kagome."
Kagome presses a hand to her forehead. "This is exactly what I wanted to avoid. The last thing I wanted was to get in between someone's relationship."
... Relationship?
They all tug and try to break free, but the seal doesn't budge, and they are still stuck together.
"How long will they be stuck like that?" Yaga asks, crossing his arms.
"Until they can get along and work out their differences," Kagome replies. "Speaking of which. Satoru, shouldn't you all be doing missions now?"
"You expect me to fight like this?" Satoru asks.
"Aren't you the strongest? You can't exorcise a few curses with one hand?"
Satoru chuckles. "I can do a lot with one hand."
"Turn off infinity," Suguru says. "So I can smack you."
Satoru scoffs.
"What about the war?" Manami asks. "Are we not going to war?"
"Why do you keep going on about war?" Kagome cocks her head to the side. "Aren't you all sorcerers? Why are you fighting with one another?"
"Suguru is a curse user," Yaga says. "And those people are his new family."
Kagome frowns. "Suguru, you came here to declare war on curses and not your fellow humans, right?"
"Well..."
"Because I would hate to have to take you out."
"On a date?" He cracks a grin.
Kagome sighs and pinches the bridge of her nose. "I'll have to find someone else. This isn't going to work."
"What?" they shout. Nanami looks off to the side, though his cheeks are dusted pink. Satoru sucks in a breath and looks up at the sky for a moment and then exhales.
"Find someone else?" Satoru says, though it comes off like a question. "Who did you have in mind?"
"I'm not telling you, so you can pester them."
Satoru sniffs and then scratches behind his ear. Suguru coughs and scratches his ear as well. Nanami gives them a, are you two serious right now, expression. Suguru shrugs one shoulder. Just because he hasn't seen Satoru in a decade, doesn't mean they don't know how to read each other's cues.
"... So we aren't going to war?" Manami asks again.
Suguru sighs. "No, there will be no war." At least not right now. He needs to get unstuck from Satoru and Nanami first, and then figure out who the hell Kagome is thinking about going for, so he can kill them.
Kagome walks past them and heads towards the twins. They look at him for confirmation. Suguru nods, though he isn't sure what Kagome is doing.
"Would you like to join us for training? I wasn't planning on working today, but I think since we're all here, it'll be good to work on some barrier techniques again."
"We don't know about... that one," Nanako says.
Kagome looks back over her shoulder and then back at Nanako. "She has done nothing to you. The only one hurting is you if you continue to carry all this hate in your body."
"But Geto-sama—"
"Is going to lead by example," Kagome finishes. She turns and addresses them. "The girls are going to join me and the other students for training. You three are going to take care of Satoru's and Nanami's missions today.
"Tuna," Inumaki says.
"Yeah, Kagome-sensei is scary," Yuta says.
The twins walk over to the other side where the students are. They glance at him for a moment and then focus their attention on the others in front of them.
Kagome smiles and then heads over to them. "The longer you delay, the longer you three will be stuck."
"How are we supposed to all get in a car like this?" Nanami asks, clearing his throat.
Kagome doesn't drop her smile. "It's a good thing Satoru can teleport." She takes a step back and waves at them.
Satoru stiffens, as does Suguru. What the hell is that?
Kagome blinks and looks down at her feet. Blue flames. Hands emerge from the hole? A portal? They run toward her, though it's awkward. Nanami trips, though neither Satoru nor Suguru stop. Those hands wrap around Kagome's legs and pull her.
As quickly as the flames appeared, they die down.
"Kagome-sensei!" the students yell.
Satoru glares at the spot Kagome was just at. "Is this your doing?"
"No," Suguru says, tensely. "I don't know what the fuck that was."
"Funny how you showed up today, and she just disappeared."
"Funny how you couldn't even sense it," Suguru shoots back.
"Enough!" Nanami yells, rubbing his side. "Arguing isn't going to bring Kagome back." He lifts the hand connected to them and shakes it. "We'll gonna have to work together."
Suguru inhales.
Lovely. All he wanted was to declare a little war today.
A/N: Happy Sunday! Hope you are having an awesome week and wishing you an amazing upcoming one. Poor Kagome is going to get so many questions when she comes back lol.
Stay healthy. Drink plenty of water! It's going to be in the 90s over here, so make sure to stay cool and don't overwork yourselves.