Chapter 26

Meanwhile…

"I swear, this is what Lady Tiamat told me!"

"And I am telling you, NOT NOW!"

Suguru was at a loss at this point, he was hearing Yua and Satoru argue, and a while ago he approached Yua and said that they need to try again for children. She flat out refused him. "Our son, Saitama is very insecure about himself. You are telling me to ignore him, have more kids and move on?!" she snapped at him.

"I'm NOT saying that!" Satoru protested.

"I am not trusting you with them if you want more kids, I refuse, after what happened the last time. You have to earn your trust from me on that again!"

"I don't trust me to do it again either!"

She froze, Suguru paused as Satoru became serious for the first time in a while. "Lady Tiamat believes her uncle interfered… I am not blaming what happened solely on that. I know I messed up, I didn't help the situation and the fact remains our kids need help and are still suffering for what I put them through… at the same time, Lady Tiamat thinks this may help Saitama somehow… she didn't explain but it may…"

She sighed to it all. "I don't trust you to have the kids, and I can't bring myself to have them…"

Then, Gojo stared at Suguru. "I'm not suggesting either one of us do… but we do have a third member…"

Suguru froze as he found Yua looking to him oddly. "Wait, did you even ASK him about this?!" she demanded. "Or are you putting Suguru on the spot here and now?"

He was rather surprised that Yua was upset for him, he bore a smile and even chuckled a little. "Yua, if you knew Satoru as well as I did… this is nothing out of the ordinary for him. I would be more than happy to, but I want to make certain you are comfortable with it."

She paused to him. "He practically threw you into this and you're okay with it?" she asked of him. "He should have asked you first, we should consult one another as a family, not pull the first idea out of your ass!" she said but sighed aloud. "At the same time, I don't know Suguru very well. I haven't had the chance to. I keep going off helping everyone else as he has tended to the kids in our absence, are either one of us truly ready to be doing this again?"

They fell silent to each other. Gojo sighed as he explained it was what Lady Tiamat said, at the same time, he will respect what Yua desires and what Suguru wants to do.

Suguru… has secretly thought of it. Child rearing is nothing new to him… he still misses the twins he raised himself. But… Yua is right. The feelings he has towards her are strong, but he isn't certain if hers towards him are as well. "Let's take a break from this and talk about it again some other time." Suguru suggested.

Yua agreed as did Satoru.

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Suguru left the house shortly after, only to sit alone in the middle of the domain square.

Wondering, thinking… among other things. But what was said today took him by surprise. Well, not really by surprise. He has heard the children say before, they refuse to allow their father, Satoru have any more kids. He knows that must have stung Satoru, at the same time, he understood the children far better. After all, he was part of the snack police! Satoru really did what he wanted, he never mentioned anything about the children not wanting what he was eating, but Yua picked up on it instantly! Hell, even he knew later one when they began to move and make sounds, they were NOT happy campers to say.

Still… the idea of it all… he never thought that he could bare the children, he didn't think he had it in him either. At the same time, he has always admired Toshi and the curse wombs when they did so for their wives, they had a certain dignity about it and pride to do so.

Was he man enough?

"I figured you would be here."

He jumped.

So lost in his own thoughts he froze at the sight of Chusi, she smiled warmly to him and apologized for startling him. "You seem to have a lot on your mind. Want to talk about it?" she asked.

He sighed and ended up blurting out the whole story to her.

When he was done, he sighed. "Don't get me wrong or anything… I WOULD do that for Yua… at the same time, I don't want to make the same mistakes Satoru did…"

Chusi sat there, with the biggest grin on her lips. "I was SO right about you," she decreed. "Despite your misdoings and other things, you have come to see the errors of your ways and in yourself… it has cleared your soul well as a matter of fact. But now, you have a new dilemma. At the same time… it's not really one. You forget yourself and what you and Yua are…" she said in a hinting tone. "Am I right, Ryomen?"

Suguru froze. He turned and saw Sukuna lingering, but smirking at the whole idea. "Indeed, you have always been good at knowing people's true state. Despite my past, she knows before I went mad… I was someone important to the clan… a family… But now we need to address yours… well… the lack of one that you have. Therefore I have taken it upon myself to step in!" he decreed.

Suguru still froze in place, he looked utterly confused before he turned to Chusi. "Sorry… HE took it upon himself to step in?"

"One of the few meddling affairs he can do around here." She explained.

"Besides, I am not the one to offer advice on this… that's what they are for…" he turned and saw the half of the curse wombs lingering.

Suguru stood and appeared confused. "Why…"

"They know what a female is looking for… Boys, teach him to flirt like a dragon, especially to get Yua's attention to have children."

"Oh that's easy!" Junpei decreed. "Real easy. Let's take him hunting!"

The brothers smiled and agreed.

"Hunting? What you want me to bring food back for Yua?" he asked in a confused tone.

But their looks… why do they appear rather sinister right now?

"You know what to do," Sukuna decreed, he then turned to Suguru. "Little word of advice from me, do exactly as they say, and take their guidance to heart."

He couldn't even protest. Tanso and Sho grabbed Suguru before vanishing along with the brothers.

Suguru was taken to the hunting grounds. "Sit" Choso ordered.

He did so without hesitation. Choso peered him over before nodding. "Now, listen well, we are going to assist you in this for it's rather delicate as well you can go overboard on the notion."

"Overboard?" Suguru whispered.

"Brother, if you will?" Choso asked Tanso.

He smiled and gave off a rather high pitch whistle.

There came rustling in the trees until…

It dropped from the canopy.

Suguru froze at the size of this massive monkey before him, and yet, it was blood red like Tanso's familiars. The thing was four times bigger than Sukuna! "What the hell is that?!"

"Suiryu has called them Chunk monkeys. If a dragon eats one, they get rather large very quickly. However, you are not eating him. He works for my brother and keeps tabs on various troops of these creatures. They are annoying to the life forms that live here, but one needs to be careful. If a dragon eats too many of them, they become so vast they cannot move. The survivors of the troop will come in and kill the dragon, they are capable of such a thing."

"Then why…"

"Simply put, we are going to take one for a snack!" Junpei explained. "Granted, we can't let you eat the whole thing yet, you are just looking to flirt at the moment right?"

He froze to the decree. "I have to EAT one?!"

"If you did that you ain't getting any for a while" said Noranso bluntly.

He froze to that once more, just what the hell do they plan on doing to him?!

Tanso turned to the monkey once more, he pounded his chest a few times but it appears a message was sent to this familiar as it rushed back into the trees. Tanso turned to his brothers and gave a wicked grin to them.

"Oh good, it looks like we don't have to go too far then," Eso said aloud. "Come Suguru we need to get you ready, brothers?"

They nodded as Junpei, Choso and Noranso ran on ahead of them. Eso turned and smirked. "This is going to seem crazy, but trust me, Yua won't be able to resist you once you return… just keep that in mind don't approach her, let her come to you."

He paused oddly. "Why are you helping me?" he asked bluntly. "I mean, this isn't that big of a deal, is it?"

The remaining brothers paused oddly, Sho turned to him and said. "Lady Tiamat wants us to do whatever we can to assist Yua and her family. She wants her to have children, lots of them, however she wants to ensure it's done safely. She wouldn't dare force Yua to have children when it has traumatized her, at the same time. She knows Satoru messed up. However, the biggest aspect of this is… she wants to see what you have to offer Yua."

He was taken aback by the decree. But, how did the brothers know all of this? He wanted to ask, but at the same time, their wives are Lady Tiamat's daughters, she would speak of such a thing to them?

"Either way, you better prepare yourself, when we are done with you, you are on your own when it comes to Yua. Understood?" warned Eso.

Suguru gulped his pride but nodded, just as he heard a shriek break the silences of this odd world. Tanso then nodded and waved for Suguru to follow him, he gave a nervous nod, but did as he was told…