Corpse Flowers [Jujutsu Kaisen]

🥀 Chapter Three 🥀

"Suguru," Satoru spoke up without any hint of explosive emotion. He decided not to annoy Seiran right now, given her state with the approaching full moon. "How're the surveillance spirits?"

"Right," replied Suguru. "I wish I could share their vision like Mei or Sei-Chan when she's feeling good. But if something happens, they'll immediately let me kn –"

Mid-sentence, Suguru had fallen silent and Seiran knew with a single glance at his eyes that something had gone amiss and she immediately readied herself for what awaited them. Next to the two dark-haired Sorcerers, their white-haired friend was clueless.

"Satoru, Seiran-Chan – we have to get to Riko, now.
Two have already been exorcised!"

"I knew I shouldn't have given in with your offer to put up surveillance!" Satoru said, shaking his head. "The only one I can truly trust is my Sei-Chan after all. She should be in-charge of me,"

"What in the world are you going on about?" Suguru responded, astonished. "We're approaching the full moon and you want Seiran-Chan to work constantly through that as well?"

"Right now is not the time to argue," Seiran interjected into their conversation, trying to contain herself. "We have to head out and deal with this situation, starting with finding Riko-Chan,"

"Yes, right as Sei-Chan says!" Satoru agreed at once. "Where's the girl?"

"It's time for her music class now," replied Kuroi Misato. "So, either the music room or the chapel!"

"Chapel?!" repeated Satoru.

"It depends on the teacher," Misato explained quickly. "This is a missionary school, by the way,"

"Satoru-Kun, you should head to the chapel," Seiran instructed at once. "Kuroi-San, please head to the music room. I will raise a curtain and accompany Suguru-Kun toward the two intruders,"

"Understood," replied Misato.

"I'm not letting you go with him!" Satoru said at once. "You're coming with me!"

The four of them had been rushing down the hallway toward the main building of the school when Seiran was pulled away from Suguru by Satoru as he caught her hand, using his strength and her shock to pull her with himself as he turned the corner.

"Just go with him for now, Seiran-Chan!" called Suguru's voice from behind. "I'll head for the two intruders and deal with them! I'll catch up to you! Until then, protect the girl!"

"Let's run away together before he catches up," Satoru suggested to Seiran, who had begrudgingly only come with him upon Suguru's request. "I really don't like it when he tries to order you around,"

"You need to behave out in public, Satoru-Kun," responded Seiran coldly. "Suguru-Kun is also one of our partners. We have to work together. You cannot just hoard me to yourself,"

"You're not safe here, either, honey," Satoru told her. "I don't want you interacting with intruders when you're on a mission and the full moon is upon us,"

While Suguru had headed off in the opposite direction, Seiran, Satoru and Misato headed down the other hallway. Seiran did not respond to Satoru, who seemed to direct his annoyance over Suguru and the situation with Seiran upon Riko.

"That's why I told her to let us stay close!" muttered Satoru, visibly irked. "That brat!"

"I'm sorry," replied Misato quickly. "I even told her to keep us updated with texts!"

"If you and Suguru-Kun had behaved well," Seiran spoke up, glancing toward Satoru. "Then Riko-Chan may have allowed us to stick around closer. She wanted me around, and you refused,"