Chapter 4

Currently…

"So… you DO know where he is keeping his real body?" asked Suguru.

Yua paused and turned to him. "YOU should be resting!" she demanded.

Suguru however… didn't appear like himself. "Uh… I just had a check up with Calypso… she doesn't think I am expecting… this maybe a faults pregnancy…" he said in a disheartened tone.

She paused to this oddly and peered to Lady Tiamat. She nodded. "Sometimes things like this happen, however, keep an eye on it. What maybe one thing could end up being something else," She explained in a riddled tone.

She didn't have time to figure this out, for now, she turned back to Sukuna and was about to ask him again… but then realized. "Why aren't you wearing your robe and how come I am just noticing this now?!"

His smile dropped instantly. "Oh… well…" he was about to explain himself, when Yua saw first hand as to why. After all, Rook was wearing it… and it fits him.

Rook was cautious as he approached the masses, Nanako, Mimiko, Zennyo and Ka Riu were all sleeping in his… four arms. She felt her body tremble a little as she stared at Rook.

"Uh… hi mom…" he said meekly. "Now… don't freak out…"

"Hon… do I look freaked out right now?" she asked of him, on the inside she was screaming 'what the fuck did Sukuna do to you?!'

"I am just as shocked as you are if that makes anything better…" Sukuna muttered to her. "Not even I know how this happened…"

"Well, Saitama thinks my body demonized." Rook said offhandedly. Yua then realized a whisper could be heard by his ears now! "Which may make sense, I mean, my diet was mainly divine beasts weren't they?"

"Some how I find this… what is that word mortals use… ironic?" Sukuna asked offhandedly.

Yet before anyone could speak farther, Lady Tiamat peered him over. Looking Rook up and down she nodded oddly to it all. "I think he's right." She said. "Rook's body indeed went demonic, at the same time, it has purged his human element from his body… how interesting."

"So… what am I?" Rook asked bluntly. "Am I human still? Or am I a demon? Either way right now I don't doubt I'll be called a demon…"

Lady Tiamat snickered to him. "I think it's a demonizing of the body, but not the soul. You still talk and think like yourself. If anything, I do believe this is Ryomen's influence on you. His energy is very powerful and may have… nudged things slightly. I will say this though… had you consumed a dragon's soul during this incident… you would have turned into a very powerful one."

"Really?" Rook asked in disbelief.

"No doubt… have you considered…"

"Lady Tiamat, after going through that, I'm done." Rook said in a defeated tone. "That was a four hour hell I don't want to endure again, at the same time, turning into a dragon takes a week, right? No thanks. I'll stick to this."

The children began to wake up. First it was the girls who smiled at Rook, but froze to the sudden change he went under. They trembled a little but he spoke gently. "I'm sorry, I don't mean to scare you… I got transfigured by Kenjaku." He explained.

Their fear suddenly vanished, and the girls… looked upset! "HIM AGAIN!" they protested. "Is big brother okay?" asked Nanako.

"Big brother is fine, I assure you," he said gently back. "And Kenjaku is going to suffer for this as well!"

His sisters were quick to inspect and look him over, they went as far as sniffing him and picked up the scent oddly enough. "It's weird, I don't smell Kenjaku's scent…" sake Nanako.

"Blind eye potion…" muttered Zennyo.

The brothers soon woke up, but, they appeared upset. They looked to each other and nodded before turning to Yua. "Mom… we want to grow up really fast." Decreed Ka Riu.

She paused to this as Zennyo nodded to the statement. "What… why would you want that?!" she asked of them.

"Because" Said Ka Riu.

"We cannot kill our former father in such small bodies." Decreed Zennyo.

No one spoke as Rook let the brothers down, when they stood before everyone. They peered to Lady Tiamat. "It's about time he is removed, and he has to be removed, but no one in the heavenly realm is strong enough to do it. Therefore, we need to be the ones to return the favor he had given us so many years ago…" Ka Riu stated.

"We're suppose to be in charge of the heavenly realm, not him!" said Zennyo.

Lady Tiamat paused oddly, before she suddenly nodded. "They are right!" she said in an astonished tone. "Their mother, her race were the rulers of the heavens, they married into my family in order to build stronger bonds with other dragons… yet my uncle…" she said and sneered. "He had them destroy themselves…"

"That was our former father's gift. He is able to manipulate those around him, giving them reasons to fight and kill one another. And his power became absolute when there was no one strong enough within the heavenly realm to contend against him." explained Ka Riu.

"Sounds like something I would do." Came out of Sukuna. "At the same time, I don't like missing out on the fun of doing it myself… so your former father is a coward, yes?" he asked.

"Indeed, the biggest one you could imagine!" the twins decreed. "So, as such, we have to grow stronger. We want to challenge him for the heavenly realm!"

Yua froze to this as she peered to Lady Tiamat.

Lady Tiamat was about to speak until Rook did.

"So we need meat, lots of good meat!" he decreed. "Oji, we can go hunt again right?"

"Are you feeling better?"

"Little sore but I got to figure out this new body frame of mine and at the moment, I think you are the better one to explain it than my old man. At least it's not… 'the talk'…" Rook said and snickered.

"What's the talk?" Sukuna whispered to Yua.

"When you explain sex to your child."

"Ah… not looking forward to that."

"I think that's why you have auntie, she explains it no problem, right grandpa?!" Rook called.

Yua snickered as she turned and saw her father, uncle and two cousins shutter and tremble at the thought of it all.

"Okay, enough jokes, let's go hunt. Lady Tiamat… any areas of interest?" Rook asked of her. He passed the twins to Suguru, Ka Riu and Zennyo were at the ready too, it appears they are going to come along hunting with them.

"In honesty, I do believe the realms that the divine have been dwelling have experience a surge of unwanted visitors…" she explained.

"To the Zen'in estate then!"