Chapter three: A dream

A large creature sat in front of her, the speech was warbled. Yet she understood. Small and thin hands reached out to the creature that was much larger than she. It reached its own hand out and let her touch it.

"Live."

----

(Y/n)'s silver eyes shot open and she sat up quickly. She had a dream of the boy again. Her son. How could she have a son if she never gave birth to him? She thought she would at least remember if she had a son if she did give birth to him. Her hand reached up to touch her face and she looked over to her feline curse companion. Sors was awake. His seven eyes stared unblinking. "The same dream?," the feline curse asked. "Yeah. I remember a little more this time. He was calling to me, 'Mother, Mother'.," the young woman answered. "Did you get a look at his face?," the feline asked and sat up from his laying position. He got a head shake in response. "Shame.," The three faced cat commented before stretching, "You can go back to sleep, Vinea and I will keep watch." The young woman laid back down on her bed, her pillow cradled her head. The soft cooing of the pollen puffs accompanied her closing her eyes and thinking about things before she could sleep again.
"Hey, Sors.," the young woman asked, "Do you think I could have a Son I am unaware of?" "Normally, no. Yet your power may allow it.," Sors answered. Silver eyes stared at the ceiling, pondering the information given to her. She felt one of the pollen puffs nuzzle her hand and patted it. "Wouldn't that mean this son is a curse?," the young woman asked, "Like you, Vinea, and these Puffs?" "It is possible.," The feline replied and laid back down, his nine tails swished, "Get some sleep. We can talk about my hypothetical brother when you are fully rested."

Silver eyes closed again before being opened again from a bright light shining in them. The young woman groaned. "Dumb morning sun.," the woman hissed and covered her eyes as she got up. Her hair followed her like a long veil. The pollen puffs that had been comfortable on her fell off and rolled on the plush bed. The young woman yawned and walked to her vanity to brush out her hair and bind it in Curse energy sealing talismans. Sors sat on the windowsill and stared at the woman, "Did you have another dream?" "No. For the first time, I had a dreamless sleep after I talked to you.," the silvery blue haired woman spoke and tied her hair back.
Sors stood and stretched, "At least you got some sleep. Vinea chased off a grade one curse that was trying to get in the building while you and granny slept." "What type?," the woman asked. "Looks like the homicide type.," the greyish purple feline replied, "There was a hit and run a few days ago." "What ever happened to the value of life? People are willing to throw others lives away.," the young woman said with a tone of anger and gripped the shirt she wore tightly, "Those old men and higher ups wanted to kill a boy just because he was able to contain Sukuna." "Disgusting.," Sors hissed and bared his teeth on all three faces. The silvery blue haired young woman put on another cute outfit, a flower print sundress and a white shrug with matching white shoes. She heard a buzz from her phone and picked it up. There was a message from Gojo. An address and directions with a small message, 'Come to this location to help Yuji train.'

Sors hopped over to the young woman and perched on her shoulder, he looked at the text. "What will happen if you don't?," the cat asked. "Let's find out.," the woman replied and texted the question back, 'What if I refuse?' A speech bubble with three dots appeared on the screen as Gojo texted before the message popped up, 'I'll tell your secret hobby to Everyone.' (Y/n)'s body went rigid and then slumped over, "I'll almost forgot he found out." "Blackmail? That's low.," Sors commented. "It's Gojo, he is not really a by the book man.," the deathly pale young woman sighed. "I'll tell granny, Vinea and I will cover for you.," the cat jumped off of the young woman and trotted off. (Y/n) looked at her phone and picked up her purse, "Might as well see what he wants." She walked downstairs and bid Granny goodbye before she followed the instructions to the hidden location Gojo took Yuji to.
The silvery blue haired young woman followed stairs down a dark passageway and heard Yuji yelling in pain. (Y/n) looked into the room to see Yuji getting pummeled by a doll that came to life while Gojo was looking through a stack of movies. "So it's movie night?," the silver eyed woman smiled. Gojo looked behind him, "Good timing! What movie do you think Yuji should watch first for training? I think this one, the heroine is annoying but she dies spectacularly at the end!" "Spoilers!," Yuji groaned as he held the doll, only to get punched again. The doll was one of principal Yaga's cursed corpses. "Sounds good. Or maybe this one, it's pretty terrible, so terrible that is it funny.," the young woman said and pointed to a b-movie. "Good choice, good choice.," Gojo said and picked up the movie, "Ooh. I saw this one."

(Y/n) put her hand on the doll, using her cursed energy to give Yuji a bit of a break from being punched. "This is cursed energy training for You?," the young woman asked. "Yep. I need to learn how to use cursed energy.," Yuji answered, "How did you learn to use it?" "I was taught by a curse spirit many years ago. It was after I fused with my curse.," The young woman smiled. "I hope you don't mind if I ask, but how did you become a vessel?," Yuji asked. This question made (y/n)'s skin run cold, she felt Gojo look back at her. Gojo only knew the basics of what happened, that she fused with a curse. The full story was only known by Yaga. "I already know that she saved you, but, what did she save you from?," The teen asked. "Death.," came the answer.
"Whoah, really?," Yuji asked and got a nod, but he could not any more answers from the young woman. The young woman sat on the couch, "Gojo, so why did you call me here?" "I want you to train your curse energy stamina as well as giving Yuji pointers if he starts to struggle.," the silver haired man replied and started to walk away. "Where you going?," (y/n) asked. "To get snacks. You can't watch movies without snacks!," the white haired man replied and waved as he walked up the stairs. A sharp thwack and a yelp of pain made the young woman look to Yuji, he had gotten punched by the doll again.

'This looks like it is going to be a long training session.,' the young woman thought to herself. "Hey, (y/n)-san.," Yuji said and tried to hold the bear, "What did Gojo-san mean by Stamina training?" "My cursed energy stamina, I don't have enough to control the amount of cursed energy I possess, it's like trying to empty a deep well with a teaspoon.," the young woman replied and watched the television screen. She heard Yuji get hit again and sighed. She and Yuji watched the movie together. Gojo was right, the heroine was annoying. (Y/n) began to wonder how many movies she and Yuji would have to sit through. She had not been given any instructions to train her stamina. Almost to the end, the young woman was dozing and was woken up by an explosion on the screen. She and Yuji were both punched by the doll. "Ow.," she groaned and held her cheek, "Why did I get hit?"
It did not help as Gojo laughed at her, "Didn't sleep well last night?" "As a matter of fact, no.," she answered. "Guys. I'm trying to watch the movie.," Yuji commented. The white haired man took (y/n) away from the television to talk without disturbing Yuji. "Bad dreams?," Gojo asked, "Or was it something else? Did you sense something?" "The dreams are the usual.," (y/n) answered. "What about sensing things? Have you felt any changes?," Gojo asked. "I did feel a spike of cursed energy a while ago. It was in town, felt powerful.," the silver eyed woman answered, "Like a special grade curse." Gojo listened to her and nodded, "Thanks for the information. However, I have the exercise for you to build your stamina up." He handed her a doll that was similar to Yuji's. "You also need to keep this doll asleep. Use cursed energy on it. I know that because of your stamina and inability to control the amount of cursed energy you use, you tire quickly. A specific amount of cursed energy keeps the doll asleep, too much or too little will wake it up.," Gojo explained, "Now, go back and watch the movie with him."

(Y/n) sat back on the couch with her doll and focused on doing as Gojo asked. The white haired man put another movie on to show the two. It was a terrible movie that made both of the two get hit. 'What kind of weird training is this?," the silvery blue haired woman thought to herself as she put more cursed energy into the doll in her hands. She watched the screen and heard the sound of Yuji getting hit yet again, 'This isn't training. This is torture!' Her silver eyes looked down to the doll she was holding, it was still asleep. She looked at Yuji, his eyes were glued to the screen. He had some markings below his eyes, those had to be the eyelids where the secondary eyes Sukuna grew were. "Hey Yuji, I'm going to have a meeting. Stay here and keep practicing. You too, (y/n).," the white haired man said, "Be good and I may bring you some snacks back."
"Oh, okay.," the reddish haired teen said. "Be safe, Gojo.," (y/n) said to the man, "Oh yeah. I need to text Granny and Tell her that I will be out late tonight." "You can stay here with us.," Gojo offered, "I don't mind lending you some spare clothes." "Thanks, Gojo.," the young woman smiled back to him. The white haired man waved and left the two alone. Both had their attention on the movie. It was one of the longer movies. This one could last them for a few hours.

It was almost halfway through the movie that (y/n) was dozing off again, only to be woken up by the doll hitting her. She applied cursed energy to the doll and felt something in it break. The doll stopped moving and slumped over. "I think I broke it.," the young woman murmured and felt a little woozy, "I definitely used too much energy there." Yuji took a sip of soda, this time he did not get decked by the doll. He was getting the hang of it! 'I'm proud of him, he's a quick study.,' the young woman thought and watched the movie some more with the teen before her lack of sleep the previous nights caught up to her. Her sleep was not dreamless, as she dreamed again about the boy calling to her. 'Mother, mother!' She saw him a bit clearer, but not enough to recognize a face.
A sharp flick to her head woke her up. It was Gojo, "Wake up, sleepyhead. I need you to pause the movie. I'm taking Yuji on a field trip." (Y/n) yawned and got up, she paused the movie like asked. She turned and saw Gojo and Yuji had disappeared. A faint smell of smoke and ash lingered. "That was sudden. I wonder were they went.," she mused, "But I had the dream again. What could it mean?"

Bạn đang đọc truyện trên: AzTruyen.Top