Chapter 20

They waited for them to return, which, luckily was only twenty minutes.

When they did come out of the house again, Sukuna appeared as quickly as he vanished but dropped Yua's father, uncle and cousins to the ground rather brashly. All four of them were pale and refused to speak a word. Her brother on the other hand looked rather… upset.

Suguru hasn't seen anything like this, and yet, he doesn't know how to tell Yua that those before him… don't look like the sorcerers they took over. He sees the Toorus as who they really are. Her father is a rather tall man, in fact, he has a body type similar to Saitama. Her mother has a gentle elegance to her and a soft face. Her grandparents did appear old to him, and yet, there was a youthful look behind their eyes. The cousins were like Rook and the Uncle had similar features of her father.

Still, it was nice to see.

"Is… everyone okay?" Yua asked with concern.

"Some people have all the luck…" muttered her brother.

Before the conversation could continue, others in the domain began to show up. In fact, Shin, Yua's son had just arrived with Yuuji, Kiyoshi and Suiryu. "What the fuck is this!?" Suiryu demanded.

"You sure you should be swearing…" Yua whispered.

"She's having dinner," he muttered, but Suiryu's eyes came upon Damian. "Okay, why the hell are you here?!" he demanded.

Damian froze. "Suiryu?! YOU live here?!" he demanded. "This whole time… YOU KNEW MY SISTER?!"

He froze. "Your… sister?" he asked slowly, then peered at Yua's father. "Kashimo… is this what you were trying to hint towards?"

He nodded. "I felt… you knew my daughter…"

"First off, who the hell are you talking about?"

Yua's hand went up.

Instantly Suiryu paused to this and then peered at those around him, perhaps he is just seeing the phoenix clause wrapped around the bodies. "Oh shit…" he muttered. "I had NO idea you were related to her…"

"For good reason"

Her family suddenly prostrated as Lady Tiamat appeared. "Oh please, cut that out!" she scolded the family. "Now then, since we have come to this point… at last, I can explain." Lady Tiamat told the family and everyone gathered about the stipulations her uncle had placed on the phoenix clause. Had the family found Yua and bluntly told her they were back, it would sever the others from returning to the living world through the clause. Anyone related to Tiamat couldn't speak of it either since Tiamat knows all and was already aware of their return, but also knew the sneaky section her uncle put in. "I had Suiryu forget what was spoken between you and Roark Tooru. However, it worked out perfectly, since I always figured it would be Ryomen who would see the truth" she said.

"So that was another reason you wanted him alive?" Yua asked.

"He's been the destroyer and yet rebuilder of bridges torn and burned…" came out of Suguru.

"Well put," Tiamat said with a satisfying smile. "Sukuna is the key to many things that have happened, both negative and positive. But, let's set that talk aside for now. Let's go have dinner!" she said with glee.

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It was rather odd to see, and yet… it was a rather decent family meal.

Yua introduced her children to her family, many were stunned by the numbers and yet, they kept peering at Suguru who only smiled and waved to them. 'Why do they have to look at me like that?' he thought.

Yet the meal… he can't remember having a meal this good before… well… that's a lie… back when he had his cult, those he considered his family… that what this felt like, but, without the hatred. He realized now, they were only together since those sorcerers believed in his cause that they were the greater beings. But was that truly the only thing that bonded them?

"You have to see that brat in action. Rook… if anything that boy is going to live up to his ambition!" he heard Sukuna brag. He has been doing this ever since dinner. When the children speak about their technique, he was the one who trained them as to how to use it.

"I still find that hard to believe." Came out of Yua's father, Roark. "At the same time, since it's you… it's possible."

His chest puffed out proudly. "I am rather pleased with myself on that notion, I did something six eyes couldn't do!"

Suddenly, the family glared at Satoru. But it's deserved, he really didn't do much to help his kids, he just dropped them off on Sukuna as a form of torment. Not realizing it would bite him in the ass later.

"Be that as it may, the fact remains… The Toorus are returning, are they not?" Suguru asked aloud.

"Indeed, we have taken over most of the dragon slayers to do this." Damian explained.

Yua froze, in fact. The table paused to this. "You?! You've been taking them down!?" demanded Suiryu.

"Please, they were nothing without their weapons and armor and they couldn't even use those properly. But since they have stopped coming, we turned out attention elsewhere. We are focusing on the alchemists." Roark explained. "We have in fact worked with a very unusual dragon on this too…" He paused and peered about the room before noticing… "And that's him…" he pointed to the curse womb table, and right at Tanso and his family.

"Makes sense" chimed everyone else at the table.

"So you know…"

"Dad… over at that table are the curse wombs that Kenjaku forced into existence over 150 years ago." Yua explained. "All of them have their own bodies, powers and yes… they too have been turned into dragons since their wives are."

He paused to process this. "So… Trigun…"

"Works for him and was created by him too." Yua explained. "In fact, Trigun came after my daughter… who happens to be with her boyfriend at the moment."

"Say no more as to how Trigun came to be, but your daughter…. Did she pick a good man?" her mother asked.

"Well, this one has had her back since we went to high school for a short while before it got attacked…" came out of Shin. "We went along with five others who are Lady Tiamat's children and Kiyoshi Itadori…"

The family froze.

"Your daughter… is seeing a child of Lady Tiamat!?" her mother demanded. "That's wonderful! I don't care if he's a Gojo if that's the case!"

…..

"I don't mean I am promoting that sort of idea since she already has Gojo blood in her!" Her mother was quick to correct herself as her previous statement sounded rather… awkward.

"HEY!" Satoru protested.

"He's a Zen'in… by blood, but Fushiguro by name" Yua explained.

"Not thrilled on the Zen'in aspect, but at the same time, Lady Tiamat wouldn't have chosen one for a mate without just cause." Came out of her father.

They continued to eat, however, Yua saw something oddly disturbing across from her.

Chusi was eating as much as Sukuna was.

In fact he even paused to this. "Did you skip a meal or something!?" he demanded of her.

She shook her head mid chew but kept going. Then, it dawned on him. Sukuna sneered and cringed before shuttering.

"Are you okay father?" Ryoto asked.

"Judging by the look on his face, I think you are no longer going to be an only child." Came out of Suguru.

"Lucky guess…"