Gojo is now perking down the halls like a kid who just had his birthday.
'That was so fucking HOT!', he reminds himself upon navigating through the building. He's reliving the bliss of taking Elska from behind while Naoya continued to pierce her with his fangs and then, them swapping out for who would be the one to feel her internally. He's not even sure how many times she came but he knows it was a lot and as always, her pleasure brings him to his knees. To his half-hearted dismay, Gojo feels parts of himself throbbing again and almost turns around for more.
'No Gojo, you have to deal with this prisoner…you've put it off long enough now.', whining out loud to his newfound and cruel self-discipline.
"These fucking Titers ruin everything!", he shouts to no one.
He really would have preferred to stay in the room with them since it was clear that Naoya wasn't done. 'I'm pretty sure Toji didn't have her more than once the night he woke up…', the comparison to how Naoya currently has a seemingly endless supply of seed and endurance.
"I better hurry this up before he fucks my love into the next life!", he laughs at his own joke but is still pretty serious; partially thwarted by how insatiable the Zenin has become in this form.
"But...", Gojo momentarily pauses his feet and smiles to himself, "Zenin is at least alive."
It felt so strange to endure his own concerns for Naoya but the relief that was accompanied by the Zenin's survival is one of the realest things Gojo has ever felt. It's more than Satoru considering Elska's heartache or even his own filthy sexual obsessions; if Zenin would've died on the day of the Titer attack, Gojo would've felt an immensely wicked loss he's not suited for. To him, Naoya's attendance in their lives has become something akin to furniture; Gojo anticipates him to be there.
"Who'da thought, huh, mom?", Gojo emptily chuckles, "You were wrong!" He drags his nails along the painted wall, leaving strips of scuff behind, "If nothing else, with them, I'm capable of resembling a human."
Resuming his walk, Satoru wipes a forbidden tear from his eye. His chest swirls with indecision and a type of anxiety whenever he remembers his mother using her last breaths to curse him. Every unspeakable thing she and his father did to him set his course of direction well before puberty; they molded him with their own hatred of him.
"So why then...", Satoru throws a unguided fist into the wall, causing it to crack, "Why the fuck do I feel so...disgusting?"
He wonders what his love would think of him if she found out and it inadvertently surges his presence. The thoughts don't stop there though; he imagines Nanami's reaction, then Naoya's which all sting but the abhorrent disapproval he assumes Toji would wear would probably be it.
"They'll really think I'm a monster...", he whispers this to himself while reaching the stairs, feeling the dimmed lighting compliments his descent into self-ridicule. Each step down could be represented as just that or as the mental drudging afflicting the Silver Shaman's mind.
After exiting the stairwell for the necessary descent Gojo hears Megumi ask, "He didn't hurt her, did he?!", and turns his head to see Choso and Megumi now quickly walking in his direction but the being begs, "Megumi...please..."
"No she's alright, there're just…", Satoru tightens his lips for a second, "…certain things that have to be done once a turned first awakens.", and smiles as innocently as he can while trying to hide the naked truth. Gojo immediately notices that Choso seems more frazzled than usual though so he asks, "Hey buddy, what's going on with you?"
Choso keeps his eyes averted as he simply cannot face Satoru after what happened between him and Elska. He feels so guilty about it as well as confused by that scent and what it made him want to do. "I'm just tired, it's been a long day…I am sorry for knocking you out earlier too. I hope you're not too angry with me about it, Satoru." The being really isn't sure when he began to care about the eccentric shaman but he knows the risk of having Gojo's attacks reversed back to him was too high.
Gojo's eyes widen as he completely neglected to remember about the whole exchange involving Getou. "I FORGOT!", he was so focused and full of lust upon waking with seeing her and Naoya that he simply didn't recall all of that right away, "That's right though…you fucking stopped me…" Satoru postures himself and quickly slugs Choso in the face.
"What the hell, Gojo?!", Megumi steadies the being while glaring up at his mentor. Choso never lost balance but Megumi can tell the punch hurt as it split the being's lip.
Gojo is already grinning again, "That's for not letting me gut Getou right then and there. I owed you that much but understand that I still like you...you just had that coming."
Satoru watches Choso angrily rub his jaw which surprises him since the being is usually so docile, 'Something is really bothering him…" Gojo squints his eyes as his brain formulates possible explanations, both outrageous and realistic in category.
Not appreciating the attention, Choso scowls and warns, "I am not in the mood today Gojo.", which Satoru finds even more astonishing.
Gojo laughs and jokes, "We need to help you find a woman! You are too tense man!", he giggles some more at his innocent teasing but finds himself being slammed against the wall and Choso gripping his collar.
With frustrated and teary eyes Choso angrily churns, "I HAVE FELT A WOMAN'S WARMTH AND I SAY THAT IT WILL RUIN ME!", but immediately has to control himself once noticing the black energy crawling down his arm. He has no intentions at all of wanting to actually harm Gojo. Choso takes a few sharp breaths, glances between Satoru and Megumi and then crouches to the floor with his head down, "I'm sorry I did that. I…I am sorry!!!"
Megumi and Gojo look to each other with the same expression, wondering what could have happened in such a short time to upset Choso so much.
Gojo thinks he may have an idea though, so he says, "Hey…if you're upset about Getou getting away or whatever, please don't blame yourself. That was a surprise that none of us would have anticipated and...I even...appreciate why you did it." He then offers out a hand to help Choso to his feet but the being simply stares at the gesture with remorse strung across his face. Perplexed but now radiating with suspicion, Gojo then asks, "Choso? Did something else happen in that room?" He is trying to keep his voice soft it's difficult to when he's beginning to dread that something inappropriate occurred. When the being whimpers, Satoru addresses him again but more callously, "Choso."
Choso doesn't want to say anything but keeping such a heavy secret to himself is really taking its toll. He lets out a frustrated groan, "Gojo...I...", and hesitates to continue. When he finally looks up to Satoru, he can see the coldness in the shaman's expression as if he already was suspicious, "S-she needed to feed, I only wanted to help her!!" Choso can now feel Megumi's eyes on him too so he trains his own to the floor.
Gojo forgets what it's like to be this territorial over Elska since he's accepted Toji and even Naoya into their personal equation. The idea of Choso gaining carnal knowledge though sends a familiar wave of rage through him and he catches himself wondering about repercussions if the being simply disappeared. Satoru shakes the malevolent thought aside to keep it fleeting since its well understood that Choso is liked by everyone.
'I like him too...', something Satoru has to admit to himself after the being stood by his side during the Elder Representative meeting. To him though, it would seem as though Choso refuses to respond which forces Gojo to wire his tone to more of that like a prisoner, "If something more happened in there Choso, stand like a man and fucking tell me to my face."
Megumi is suddenly unnerved about this situation as the possessiveness polishes through his mentor's voice. Even though he as well is pissed at the idea of anything other than feeding having occurred, Megumi cannot for a second bring himself to believe that Choso was trying to make something of that nature transpire. Trusting his gut, he amicably rebuttals in the being's defense, "Gojo, I don-"
"Megs, shut the fuck up. I wasn't asking you.", Gojo never takes his eyes off of Choso who is now nervously glancing around as if he's thinking of what to say, "CHOSO!", Satoru bellows, losing patience.
The being whimpers fearfully but slowly raises his hand up in front of him; forming it in the same position it was when Elska was guiding it. He begins to open his mouth to add explanation but he catches Gojo's wild expression and realizes no words are needed.
"Son-of-a-bitch..."
Satoru stalks up to him with a petrifying expression, causing the hybrid to wonder, 'Am I going to have to fight?!' Choso would truly rather not take on Gojo but will also defend himself if pushed into a corner 'I've seen what he's capable of though, I cannot take any chances…' When Choso takes a distrustful fighting stance, he finds himself confused when met with Satoru's eerie smirk.
"You're extremely lucky that Naoya just came to mind. I imagine he and I would handle this much differently since he's got such a soft spot for you…", Gojo teases the being, leaning down into Choso's ear, "But the next time a part of your body enters my love's, you can fully expect it to be removed from you." He presumed Choso to cower but feels a sting of adrenaline course through him as he's met with dark, narrowed eyes. Gojo inadvertently scrunches his face in displeasure as he feels that Choso's attitude reflects sheer disobedience on the matter and warns loud enough for Megumi to hear him, "I am not Naoya though…", wanting the being to submit.
Choso doesn't understand why his heart feels so maligned towards Gojo's statement, 'I have no right so why did that anger me so much?' Never would he have tried to make a move like that on Elska nor is he meaning to justify the situation now but as he listens to Gojo continue to say, "I wonder how Naoya would feel though if he knew that though, hmm? Perhaps my idea of a solution wouldn't be resisted then?", Choso's chest depresses; they cut right through him allowing guilt to pour into the chasms. Merely imaging how betrayed his blonde friend would feel, Choso begins to softly cry.
"If I knew what?", Naoya approaches in his black sweatpants only, still covered in sweat. He is already picking up on the tense atmosphere and luckily is in a good way mentally to mediate. Looking at Choso, Naoya becomes concerned by the culpable expression he wears. "Cho what's going on?", he genuinely asks and becomes irritated when he can sense Gojo's aggression towards his friend. Naoya sends annoyed eyes to Satoru to combat the bratty aura, "Why can't things just be fucking cool? Were things not fucking cool a few minutes ago, Gojo?!"
Naoya was in quite a mood when Satoru casually invited himself to join him and Elska. He may not have gone for it again normally but the with the way he was feeling after feeding from her, he found it increasingly exciting.
Stepping in between the two, the Zenin demands, "Leave Cho alone.", but sees Gojo thinking and although Naoya is actually wanting to know what was said, he doesn't want his cheerfulness to be dampened by the drama.
"N-Naoya…", the woundedness in Choso's voice is evident. He waits for the Zenin man to turn around but before he can explain anything Gojo abbrasively interjects.
"Choso apparently gave Elska a gynecological exam."
Choso feels frustrated at not knowing what that means and widens his eyes to express that plainly to Naoya.
Megumi takes a deep breath and slowly lets it out as if he's trying his best to not react outwardly.
Gojo waits for the same discontent to be shared but becomes disappointed when Naoya's demeanor remains unaffected. "Did you not hear me? Your boy's fingers were inside of her!" Satoru darts hostile eyes to Choso who's back to returning the glower behind Naoya but then watches Naoya sigh and then turn around to Choso.
"Cho, is this true? Did you touch her like that?", but the Zenin's voice is sympathetic almost which irritates Gojo as Choso softens his eyes for Naoya and nods, confirming it with deep regret.
"She needed to feed so I sat down beside her…", Choso takes a deep breath, "…she switched though and…pulled me onto her."
The being hears Gojo scoff behind Naoya and say, "Choso, you're not exactly a small guy, surely if this were the case you could've fucking got away from her..."
Becoming fed up with Gojo's sudden nasty cause towards him, Choso shouts, "SHE WAS ALREADY FEEDING!", but then composes himself and with uncertainty adds, "and there was this scent, it was driving me crazy! Y-you...YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!" Choso now drops his head again and closes his eyes as he relives the animalism that flooded through him, the innate desire to have her decaying his mind, "It triggered something inside of me, I've never f-felt anything like that before…"
The Zenin sighs with realization but firmly turns to Gojo who is already less acrimonious.
"Gojo...you dick.", Their eyes meet and Gojo's seem to admit that he should've gotten all the facts.
Once understanding that Choso was hit with a wave Naoya finds it further difficult to be upset at him directly.
"Cho, those were her pheromones. They can make the strangest thoughts run through your mind and even compel your limbs, I would know." A glimmer of respite camouflages the Zenin's face, "I'm honestly glad that it didn't escalate..."
Naoya now turns to Gojo, "You were seriously gearing up to fight him?! You know Cho wouldn't do something like that on his own Gojo…"
Zenin shivers his body while addressing at the shaman as he tries to forget having the knowledge of the being's recent intimacies. Naoya of course does not like this but he understands the predicament Choso was put in when he was simply trying to help. A thought crosses his mind though, "Hold up. Cho...why would you feed her when we know that brings the other her out?!"
Megumi chimes in, "I offered myself but she wouldn't have me…and Sukuna was attempting to convince her to feed from Itadori." Although Fushiguro was casually speaking, he's immediately met with darkened eyes from his mentor and a weary look from Naoya.
Gojo cracks his knuckles while pursing his lips as if something horrible was about to fling out from between them.
"Listen Megs, you need to back the fuck off.", Satoru's tone is back to threatening as he studies his former student, feeling this has gone on long enough. "She's with us…and your dad for fuck's sake. You into that shit? You a little fucking weirdo?"
Naoya rubs the bridge of his nose in agitation but no longer feels defensive about the junior shaman as he's come to understand the master and turned bond. Any doubts Naoya ever harbored over his relationship with Elska have now been laid to rest. He knows Elska doesn't feel anything for Megumi in return but is bothered about how nasty Gojo is being. Zenin thinks about his cousin while chewing his lip and upon witnessing Satoru's decline in patience, he figures it's time to act.
"Look kid…", Naoya starts as he walks over to Megumi, "I understand you have a little crush on Elska but this is not something you want to be caught up in, okay? There's so much more than you know and it would be best if you dealt with your feelings soon. I imagine Toji was going to have this talk with you but since he's not here to do so, I will stand in."
Megumi sinks his posture with a menacing glare that points to the floor, "I can't help the way I feel, I just know that she's important to me…she always has been..." He was expecting an argument to pursue but is surprised when he feels Naoya hugging him, "What the hell are you doing?!"
Naoya embraces the boy, feeling badly about his unrequited affections, even with them being directed towards Elska.
"You're family…the son of the man I look up to.", he feels Megumi become less tense and continues to hug him while saying, "But she is spoken for Megumi, a few times over…and eventually I will marry her. I don't want to hurt you with these words but we can't tiptoe around this any longer, you could end up getting hurt."
Gojo's agitation can be felt to mention of marriage but it soon decreases again.
Megumi surprisingly feels a little calmed and takes a deep breath before coming to terms that he doesn't hate Naoya like he thinks he should.
After releasing Megumi, the Zenin turns to Choso and adds, "But that doesn't explain why you still fed her Cho, you were the most apprehensive about this subject so what happened to change that?" He sees the gears turning inside the being's mind and patiently waits for an explanation.
Gojo sighs, trying to separate himself from his anger, "It turns out that Elska reacts that way to his blood because they're both half curse." He sees the visible confusion wash over Naoya's face and continues, "And judging by your new energy, you are too now. Toji as well. And...she said that Choso can make her whole…", and looks down to the left as he thinks about how manipulating her mind is the reason she's fragmented to begin with.
He brings his eyes back to the being and also recalls how desperate she seemed to have Choso, hating that fact, "I think she wants to turn him too but she can't without his consent." Satoru still isn't okay with what went down but he understands better now that the being was in her perfumed grasp and it also explains why Choso was exuding aggression. "Some advice? You're probably going to have to relieve yourself there buddy. You'll be a dick until you touch yours."
Satoru hears Naoya release a quiet chuckle and wonders, 'Why does Naoya seem so different?', no knowing what else to expect form the newly turned. After offering Choso a nod to show he was kind of sorry for how violent he was about to get, he asks Naoya, "Where is Elska? You left her in one piece, right?"
Naoya sees Megumi turn his head in a subtle pout and feels like Gojo could've questioned him a little more discretely.
"Yes, fucker, she's taking a bath.", but Naoya sighs, "In that pathetic little excuse for a tub…I mean honestly, is their no one with enough class to recognize this huge design flaw?" It's felt like an eternity since he was able to soak with her, share in the wonderment that was their bath time so it being away hurts him. "My estate doesn't have these kinds of barriers…", he mocks, waiting for a something snide from the silver shaman. He finally catches a smirk briefly appear on Choso's face, knowing that the being has always found humor in his passion for the act.
"That's better…", Naoya smiles and throws an arm around the being before addressing everyone as a whole, "So how about we go talk to this kidnapper woman and find out what she knows? You can explain the rest to me on the way.". Naoya is eager to have additional information, really anything that he could use in the efforts of guarding his princess.
Gojo notices Megumi not moving with the rest of them and calls out, "You too Megs, don't think I'm not watching you.", and thinks to smile as he felt his words were still pretty harsh. "Come with us, we don't know what this chick is like.
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Suguru finds himself back in Elska's room. He made sure to check the area out through the bowl before reappearing again but wishes she at least was in there. He holds in his hand, a gift he's created using his gravity technique. As he rolls the thinnest part nervously in between his thumb and fingers, sounds from nearby steal his attention back from a daze. He freezes for a moment, being startled but snaps out of it and quickly places the gift down on the pillow where she was laying before. As he straightens back up the bathroom door opens and with wide eyes he hastily turns around with Elska standing before him; also frozen and in nothing but a dark blue towel.
She blinks a few times, not even breathing, wondering if she isn't just dreaming perhaps.
"Ge…Getou?", she cautiously asks, as if seeing him right before her wasn't enough proof that he was there. She creates slack in towel on her back and instantly calls for her wings. Though her initial reaction is of fear, Elska takes in how harmless Getou seems and studies his expression in an attempt to conceive a proper idea of why this twilight zone like chill was crawling through her veins.
He says nothing at first nor does he do anything. They both stand there, staring at each other, the answer of how to maneuver through this meeting eluding them equally. When he takes steps towards her, she tenses up and steps back regardless of feeling threatened or not.
As calmly as he can, Suguru nears her with their eyes never leaving each other. He feels her inquisitiveness and wonders if she can sense his as well. Once standing about a foot away he ponders on what to do, what to say, how to say it. He's unable to even think clearly as he swims through his amazement of her not screaming or trying to alert the others of his arrival. After seconds of prospered silence, he finally finds the courage to ask, "M-may we speak?"
Elska glosses over the tall Titer but notices he's wearing a black suit again and not his robes; striking the retention of his horrendous behavior in their previous encounters. Still though, she's never seen him look so human before. His eyes are not as dull and empty as they once were and his mannerisms are collective of her comfort. She glances down to the scar on his cheek that hides behind loose strands of long black hair that fell from his bun and remembers how she brazenly kissed it on the day of the attack.
She's taken aback when he smirks slightly and says, "Oh this? It doesn't bother me anymore…", remembering the horror she felt as he brutally ripped her wing out over it in the past. The memories cause her to raise her guard anyways but she nods to his request and says, "We can talk."
Suguru watches her walk back into the bathroom after releasing her wings and remove a black silk robe from a wall hook to wrap it around herself in order to lose the towel. He's not intending to be lude but he's unable to deny how lovely she looks right now as she tightens the fastener into a bow and returns to standing before him.
He thinks about how they've all been manipulated, how somber he still is over Toji's dilemma of finding out about Sachiko, whom Getou didn't even know about, reiterating, 'Genghis keeps too many secrets…'
In a strange act of seeking comfort, he reaches out for Elska's hand and holds it gently. Her eyes widen as he takes it up to his lips and respectfully places it to them but even better, she listens after he lowers it.
"Elska…I want you to know that I deeply regret our past and how I've behaved towards you…the pain I've put you through.", he notices she still looks so uncertain as he places her hand back down by her side but still holds it. "There are things a man should never do and I fear I've done them all.", he darts his eyes to her hand as he feels the pressure of her gaze. He's still shocked that they're able to be so amicable but feels grateful for it.
"Choso said you helped him find Toji…", she's baffled by the sincerity in Getou's eyes as they lift to meet hers again. "I need to see him, he needs to come home.", she feels herself tearing up and tries to keep them from falling but some do. To her shock though, Getou's hand reaches up to wipe them away.
She no longer knows what to say as she experiences this gentle version of the monster she's come to know, the whole thing feeling eerily similar to her and Satoru. He catches every single tear and afterwards places that hand on her cheek, holding it lightly against her skin as if he's afraid he'll get burned.
"I will take you to him right now if it would please you.", he soothes to her, just wanting to make things as right as he possibly can, "I can inform Choso and he can create a portal for everyone else. There's a lot of things we have to discuss, all of us. Toji particularly would benefit from seeing you right now…"
Suguru waits for signs of her suspicion and removes his hand from her face to pull out his phone to show that he will message Choso instantly. She takes a step towards him but he backs instinctively backs away still being afraid after having felt her darkened presence before.
She asks him, "Let me drink from you while I'm myself, there are some things I want to understand."
He wasn't expecting that but agrees to these unofficial terms. As he begins kneeling down to uncomfortably place himself, she points to the couch and nearly professionally states, "It'll be easier on us both if we sit."
Elska follows him over to the love seat and positions herself next to him on her knees once he's in sitting. She motions for him to unbutton his shirt so he does after leaning forward and taking off his jacket. Elska can't help but take in how apprehensive Getou is and is in astonishment with how this exchange has gone so far.
Nearing him about half of the distance between them she asks, "You seem like a completely different man…is it possible that you've found your own will?" She studies the hurt in his eyes but notices how quickly it disappears as a gleam of confidence shines through.
"Yes…I believe I have.", is all he says while watching her fangs form. "I have been lost in despair for some time now and because of this weakness, my mentor has taken the reigns.", he squints his eyes as he thinks only to himself, 'But I don't trust his intentions Elska.' He tries to pull his collar to the side, realizing he needs to undo more buttons so while he does, he proceeds, "I've recently been informed of some horrible news and I fear what this could mean for you if we don't put our differences aside…", the worry on her face plagues him as he's not sure of how much she even knows.
"It was never my idea to take Fushiguro, please understand. I also...never truly wanted to hurt the innocents." He gulps now as he wonders if full honestly is truly the best policy, ultimately deciding that if he's going to have any chance of building trust with her, the truth is best. "We were aiming to capture you…", he hesitates as her brow furrows, "…for you to become my wife."
Elska was already aware to an extent that she was their main goal but finds hearing it from Getou's lips is still surprising for her.
"I will decide my own fate. You and your Titers are incapable of forcing me to do anything.", her tone is blunt and she was expecting him to retract but she understands that he's already figured that part out.
"I no longer wish to force anything upon you…", his heart breaks to her confirmation but figures he couldn't expect her to jump for joy and into his arms. He throws his head back against the couch and stares at the ceiling while in muddle, "I know you can uncover my truths for yourself if you drink from me…", he completely opens his shirt now finding that was easier. He catches her eyes looking over his chest and becomes bashful so he turns his head and nervously states, "Please, just see for yourself."
Elska scoots closer to him, picking up on his uneasiness. 'I didn't even know he was capable of being so…normal.', she thinks in perplexity as she uses her fingertips to brush away the straying black hairs from his neck.
"I'm impressed you figured that out so quickly, no one else has…", she leans down closer to the crook of his neck and visibly sees his respiration irrationally increase pace so she quietly offers, "I won't hurt you unless I feel the need to. If you have nothing to hide then you should just relax, I won't need to take much." She lowers her face to him but picks up Toji's scent which automatically causes her presence to intensify. Bringing her head back up, she corrosively questions, "Why do I smell my beloved on you?"
Suguru snaps his head back in her direction with wider than usual eyes as the force exuding her is frightening. She's only inches from his face now as she sternly glares but even with the ferocity in her querying eyes, he can't help but feel Elska's actually beautiful, "I…Toji fed from me not too long ago…" Her expression becomes relieved so he sighs, wondering if that may have helped his case.
"He needs to feed so thank you for offering yourself.", she smiles when she can tell by the look on Getou's face, that's not exactly what happened but decides to leave it at that knowing that her beloved at least isn't starved.
"The fact that you're here and unscathed makes me trust more in what you say. I doubt Toji would have let you live otherwise.", she's now completely curious about what she's about to find after saying that. She watches Getou cautiously bend his neck to give her access so she grabs the left side of his face to position him better. The nearly silent noise that left him when she did so excites her ever so slightly but she entombs that deep within while preparing to bite.
The moment her fangs dig into him, Getou releases a muffled, clandestine moan. His body becomes limp but she supports his head with the hand on his left cheek. Elska whimpers into his neck which riles him in so many ways but he's forced to just focus on his breathing as she aggregates his heart. He's half worried that she'll switch into that daunting form at any minute but finds himself relaxing while she slowly draws from him. Reflexively, his hands form into fists but he stops himself from squeezing once he comprehends that what he's grabbing is actually her.
Elska is carefully drinking him in and attempting to remain in control as she decodes his information. Suguru's taste has a spice to it which she completely enjoys as it travels across her tongue. Noticing his right hand on her wrist that clutches as if he holding on for dear life makes a little more sense when she's able to decipher his feelings for her. What Getou experiences in relation to her, it's not exactly love but it's not, not love either.
'How can this be?', Elska's brow twitches to the depths of conflicting emotions that comprise of the man himself, 'He's...much more delicate than I could have ever imagined.'
Overwhelmed by the magnitude of his feelings, Elska breaks that path to delve deeper and figure out what she can about Toji but the sheer heartache Getou harbors for her beloved throws her off. She recalls smelling the mixture of Getou and Toji together while feeding but it inadvertently sends her over the edge. She ascertains that she's taken in too much of him, too late.
Suguru is brought out of the weightless, euphoric trance when Elska's presence darkens like a cloth placed under a waterfall.
"Els-…", he tries to speak to her but she covers his mouth with her hand and proceeds to seductively straddle his lap.
He can't ignore that the combination of her bite and her body pressing down on him excites him even as he fears for his life.
"Don't move, Titer."
Catapulted by her lowly tone, Getou begins struggling against her but she slams her weight down into him in warning that she isn't finished with feeding. He submits to her out of anxiety, resorting to calming himself when he feels her fingers tickle across his neck and her teeth unhook. When she lifts her head to look at him, he loses any form of confidence once confirming that creepy differences in Elska's eyes.
In her lowly voice she giggles to his expression, "You've really searched your soul since we last met…", and glides her thumb over his scar, "You are worthy." Elska takes in Getou's statuesque rigidity and considers that he's actually quite adorable when humbled. Cupping his face with both of her hands she leans down and amuses, "I could change your clan's entire fate right now with you alone.", and shares a devious smirk.
Suguru doesn't believe she's messing around and screams internally when he fears he's made the wrong move yet again. Her eyes glow sanguine with green dashes; the direct reminder of her display when they attacked sending a chill down his spine. He's positive she means to kill him but is hurdled into muddle when instead of taking advantage in the way he predicts, she places her lips against his own.
"Mmmmm...", Elska shows her satisfaction through a sadistic moan.
He doesn't know how to react in this moment and worries that he's just being toyed with but she incites a groan from him when she grinds his lap.
"E-Els-"
Her hand can be felt grabbing him through his pants which causes him to hiss but she quickly sends her tongue into his mouth before he can speak anything. His drowned protests and uncertainty become a verse in the melodies she's stringing together and her forceful ministrations cause him to melt even more when he can smell the slightest trace of the scent beginning to seep from her.
Part of her knows this is wrong but the dominant half that currently rules, encourages the situation to escalate. Her lips crack into a smile once she feels him giving in and wrap his arms around her waist. Getou sits up and glares with hurt as its clear he doesn't understand what she's doing but she pushes him back against the couch and rubs herself against his growing but restricted member.
"You don't quench me like the hybrid but this could very well work…", she then growls as she places her hands on his shoulders to keep him leaned back.
Getou stammers in utter confusion, "W-what are you trying to do?", but wisely surrenders to her control.
"Do you understand what kind of situation you've put yourself in by coming here?", she smirks to his bewilderment as she now runs her nails down his chest, chuckling condescendingly from above.
Getou is now freaking out as he isn't sure if she's trying to seduce or kill him. He wouldn't mind the first possibility but is now overcome with the feeling of needing to flee from her once purple hues steal the color from her eyes.
"S-STOP! ELSK-", he tries to reason for his life, not understanding what else would make sense but his thoughts are cut short when Sukuna barrels through the door.
"Winged-wench…you are so bad!", The King of Curses chuckles diabolically while standing in the doorway, "I believe that bite is mine still…" he scowls at Getou being in the way once again. "Come here curse girl, NOW!", he seethes before manifesting his chains to send towards them.
Getou leans up one time to pec her lips, watching her dark expression as well now unfold into confusion before he's using all of his strength to hold onto her. One of Sukuna's chains latch around his wrist, searing skin, so in a split second decision, Getou shuts his eyes and uses his traveling abilities to bring them back to the Titer compound.
All he can hear upon returning to his home are his own lungs, heaving for air.
"Master Suguru?"
When Getou unfastens his eyes, he discovers that Elska has fallen unconscious in his arms, "SHIT!", but sighs to being able to evade Sukuna in time. For once, Suguru's happy to enter the cheerful room he now resides in. He feels himself being shifted which is also when he can finally hear his name being called.
"MASTER SUGURU!", Sain has been waiting in the room, wanting to discuss things about Genghis but full on alarmed when he notices the burned chain pattern around Getou's wrist. "What happened?! Why do you have Lady Oda?!", he rushes over to take Elska from him and gently sets her down onto the bed while Suguru takes a moment to gather himself. It obvious that they're both consumed by the possibility that relations will further be ruined by his Elska ending up here.
"We were attacked by Sukuna, I couldn't leave her there! He was after her!", Suguru defensively shouts as he too understands that this will likely be seen as an act of aggression. "FUCK!", he drops down to his knees, trying to figure out a way for this to not blow up, and it hits him. "Choso!", Suguru yanks out his phone and calls the being instantly with a heart that races faster each time it rings, "Pick up damn it, come on!" He's not meaning to seem so panicked and regrets that Sain is seeing him in such a state but the Titer seems to understand completely.
"CHOSO!", Suguru hollers instantly as soon as he heard the line pick up. "Look, I have Elska, you should use that energy to come to the compound. I swear I wasn't meaning to take her! She is SAFE!" There's no response for a moment so he looks at his phone screen to see if he's connected but then a different voice other than the being's siphons through.
"I will fucking kill you…", pure hatred can be easily translated through the receiver.
"…N-Naoya?", Getou fastens his eyes and dips his head down, understanding that he's speaking to the man he has some seriously bad blood with, the man he wished dead.
Nothing more can be made out, there's a lot of bustling going on but Getou intensely listens until Gojo in the background is saying, "Let's go." A woman can be heard raging as well, crying angrily and shouting profanities.
'No way...', Getou wonders if the woman is Sachiko, 'They already found out about her too?!' Comprehending that there's likely about to be a portal forming, Getou shouts, "I WASN'T TRYING TO KIDNAP HER!!!", but hastily hangs up the phone and dashes over to Elska to pick her up.
Sain is already on offensive as he heard what the other voice said and is aligning himself for a battle. He watches Suguru scoop up Elska and wonders why but then hears, "We need to get her to Toji right now!", and hurriedly opens the door so his leader can run out with Elska.
Suguru stampedes out into the hall being so bemused in this moment that he doesn't even think to travel. Genghis is up ahead to the left but becomes a blur as he races through the cold levels against time.
"Little one! What's happened?!", Genghis can tell something is wrong as Suguru speeds past him without so much as an explanation but has to pick up his jaw and shake his head back into reality. 'Was that Lady Oda in his arms?!', After watching Sain intensely pass him as well, he begins to quickly track right behind all while fearing that his pupil has taken matters into his own hands.
Getou knows that since he gave Choso his own energy, using it to map will bring the portal to wherever he is. The urgency coursing through him to get Elska to Toji allows adrenaline unlike he's ever felt before because he knows that if he doesn't make it, there's a slim chance of being able to smooth this over.
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Toji sits in the darkness having not moved in hours as he contemplates on the harsh fact that Sachiko is alive.
He's torn between resentment, anger, denial, and even sadness; not knowing which of the surging emotions is the correct that belongs. He could've escaped this shit hole cell already but his misery and the unknowing of why she wouldn't contact him or at least Megumi, stings viciously.
"Sachiko…why?", his heart shatters now that he knows she not only works for the enemy but always has and was also captured by Nanami, 'What will Gojo to do her for holding Shoko captive?' The moment before hell broke loose at the restaurant, the text he received about the mysterious woman floods him with angst as he wishes he'd only known.
The door abruptly jars open but Toji doesn't even look up, he doesn't care about anything going on around him. When he picks up on Elska's scent though he jumps up and becomes a mess when he sees her limply cradled into Getou's arms.
"Toji, your friends are coming and I'm afraid they have the wrong impression about what we're doing here.", Suguru breathlessly trudges over to Fushiguro, huffing, and reluctantly hands over Elska. "There will be a massive fight if we don't straighten this out, I'm begging you to help me."
Toji immediately takes Elska and holds her close to his chest as he uncharacteristically cries in relief.
"Doll…", he kisses her on the head and brings them both to the floor so he can comfortably support her in his lap. While rocking her in his arms, he comprehends that he desperately wanted to see Elska; to feel the strength that she gives him so all he can do right now is wipe away his tears that fall down below onto her face.
Getou is honestly moved by this as he feels such stark sympathy for everything Toji is going through. He sits down a few feet away from them while he waits for the inevitable and clenches his jaw as soon as he senses Choso's energy.
Sain and Genghis now run into the room, Genghis being extremely winded from trying to keep up. The faux-head looks over Elska and feels an urge within himself so he turns away and faces the door as he awaits an explanation. 'I have to control this…', he thinks to himself as his eyes dart over from feeling the portal forming as well.
Toji's scent reaches Elska and causes her to shoot open her eyes.
"MY BELOVED!", she blurts out as she jumps from his lap and knocks him backwards into the ground, being overcome with happiness and being reunited. She immediately kisses him all over his face and whimpers to the familiar embrace of his arms engulf her. "Tojiii!", she's crying now but all in reprieve as she stares into him, haphazardly defeated by this being another dream.
"I'm here doll, I'm here…", he squeezes Elska tighter and merely lays there feeling uplifted by this sudden change in events that are overcoming the previous depression that stalked his existence, "Fuck, I missed you..."
The cheerfulness is cut short though as the portal manifests and Getou stands defensively, clearly preparing for retaliation. A golden light electrifies out of the portal first though and Toji immediately recognizes it and mutters, "Oh shit…"
He looks up to Elska and says, "We need to get up, Naoya doesn't understand!", so they as well bring themselves to their feet but Toji runs over to the portal praying Naoya wouldn't just release his scalar warfare without judging his surroundings first, 'Otherwise, we're about to get fucked up…'
"TOJI!", Elska isn't sure as to what's going on but she can sense Naoya coming through so she runs over next to her beloved, ignoring his telling her to stand back. When her prince appears, she almost falters in stance from the sheer power he's gathering, making her gawk in amazement.
"WHERE ARE Y-… huh?", Naoya's glowing red eyes take to Elska and Toji where he notices that they're both unharmed. He diminishes his technique instantly, being glad he didn't blindly send it through like Gojo suggested. As he looks around and sees Genghis, Sain and Getou as well, he becomes completely bewildered, so much so that he can't even find the words to question what is happening. "The fuck is all of this???", but the Zenin is knocked forward and down as Gojo comes through, followed by Choso, Megumi and Sukuna.
Elska bends down to help Naoya up but falls back into Toji when her prince launches himself into her.
"Baby…I was so fucking scared, are you okay?! Did that conniving asshole do anything to you?!", He scans over Elska in the robe but as soon as his eyes see how little she's wearing, he feels his left eye twitch. "What the fuck is going on?!", he darts his amber eyes to Getou who still seems to be reeling by the power the Zenin exerted seconds before. Before he can say anything more to the Titer though, Satoru is already charging him and they begin to struggle against each other, exchanging fists.
"Boy, I'm glad you actually used your head and didn't blow us up!", Toji ruffles Naoya's hair, completely emotional that he's alive and walking around as if he didn't technically die only days ago. Grabbing his younger cousin by the shoulders, the giant reels the blonde in with an aggressive hug and buries his head with a large hand, "I thought...I thought that was it, kid...", Toji inhales his capacity, "I'm-so-fucking-glad-it-you-made-it."
Naoya blinks the emotion away from his eyes, or at least tries to but as he hugs Toji back, a large void that has always lived inside of him, fills. His fingers are soon digging into the giant as if they are scraping up time to keep this acknowledgement going forever, "Me t-too..."
"HEY! WATCH IT!", Megumi ducks when a piece of stone flies into his direction and the crash of Getou being slammed reverberates the room. He's feeling amped up from watching Satoru fight but his eyes dart over to the mysterious older Titer who seems to be impatiently observing them all.
"KILL EACH OTHER!", a cheerful suggestion from Sukuna who postures himself out of the limelight once all focus are on the two.
Toji understands that there's a lot of miscommunication going on but takes his time and doesn't separate Gojo and Getou as he enjoys watching the Titer being outmatched in hand-to-hand combat. It's pretty apparent to him that Satoru is more so taking some frustrations out and is refraining from killing him because everyone here knows he could in an instant if he wanted to.
Genghis, now feeling normal again, uses his suffocating presence to layer the room in a thickness that steals everyone's preoccupation and air. Getou collapses along with Gojo, Megumi nearly hits the floor and Sain, Naoya and Toji strain to keep their chests inflated. The only one left unaffected is Elska and the distrustful eyes she sends him fills him with abhorrence.
Sukuna laughs through the suffocation and manifests his chains to attack the faux-head as he has suspicions now as well. Right before they make contact though, Genghis minimizes his presence and the chains are slammed into the ground from Suguru's gravity. Sukuna gathers them around his own body again and calmy states, "I'm really fucking tired of your intervening, Titer.", and spits on the floor with a snarl.
Elska watches this but becomes afraid when Sukuna's eyes now meet hers.
"What are you doing here?!", she squeals in horror as she doesn't understand why he would've been brought with them and is gradually remembering what happened before she passed out. She hastily glances to Suguru who's gathered himself against a far wall to glare at Sukuna, coming to terms that Getou actually saved her before.
Choso has been quietly nearing Sukuna this whole time. They didn't have the luxury of dealing with him before venturing over to the compound and it was Gojo himself that said, "Fuck it, we'll let Sukuna go on a spree." The being, of course, couldn't agree with that sentiment so he schemed to handle the King of Curses as soon as he could. Once he's close enough, he yells, "SLEEP!", and Itadori's collapsing body falls into the being's arms.
"Oh...Choso...", Elska laments to how horrible that must have made the being feel but she undoubtedly appreciates his quick thinking. She watches him drag Itadori's body over to wall where he's placed for safety.
"Dad…", Megumi runs over Toji and is met with a caring hug as Toji holds him and apologizes for making him worry. He has so much he wants to say to his father but there aren't any words he can force out. He's only just met his mother and was mortified by how she acted, the kind of woman she seems to be. Megumi feels Elska run her hands through his hair which makes him cry out, "My mom…she's a terrible person…", as he slowly turns to latch onto her now, feeling safe in her hold.
"Mom?", while soothing Megumi, Elska looks up to Toji who wears an excruciating expression that she questions, "Toji, what is it?"
In this exact moment, Nanami enters through the portal with an older woman who has short black hair and is in restraints. She's thin in frame and roughed up from captivity but she's incredibly gorgeous to the point that it almost seems criminal for Kento to have her like that. Elska scours the female's face and feels like a boulder has been dropped on her heart; the resemblance to Megumi is uncanny, "No way..."
"Doll...I can explain...", he presents these words to Elska but her surprised expression ridicules him to no end. Defeatedly, Toji sinks a little lower into his depression as he doesn't know how he could expect Elska to understand.
The mysterious woman's eyes take to Oda with envy as she looks down upon the girl holding her son. Sachiko knows that she must do this right for everything to work out how it should and nothing says get ready bitch quite like her cold, calm glare.
Sensing the hostility, Toji steps in front of Megumi and Elska with a torn heart while his former wife's expression twists into a grimace as soon as he mutters her name.
"Sachiko…"