The Bride of Gojo Satoru

Chapter 12

Naozumi's POV

After bumping into mommy in the hallway, I ran downstairs to play with Yuji. "I wonder if grandpa is gonna come out to play?" I whispered to myself as I made it down to the basement. It was dark down there with a big flash of light from the tv. Yuji's been training to control his cursed energy even after mastering it, or maybe he just likes my daddy's movies.

Hopping off the last flight of stairs, I announced myself to him. "YUJI!"

"Hey Nao!" Yuji ran to the light switch and turned it on. There was a big grin on his face. "What's up?" I have never seen a day where Yuji's never smiling.

"Can we play a game?"

"Sure. What do you want to play?" Yuji crouched, still smiling at me. Compared to Sukuna, Yuji was actually down to play any games with me. Sukuna always moaned and groaned about everything unless I brought up my mommy. I like him, but he drains me often because I have to use my brain a lot.

"Let's play hide and seek!" If I were to play this with Sukuna, he would drag me out like a serial killer pulling its victim under the bed. Sukuna would grab my ankle and yank me with a devilish face. Chills ran down my spine from thinking about it.

"Are you good, Nao?"

"Yeah I am! I'll hide, you count!"

"Sure!"

Running outside, I had ten seconds before I'm found. There were trees, bushes, and medium sized rocks where I could hide. "He won't find me in the tall bushes!" I cackled to myself. He's going to have a hard time finding me because I'm small.

"Ready or not here I come!!" Yuji shouted from the top of his lungs, and I smiled in place. He won't find me, I know it. Yuji's going to check around the house first and then the outside.

Out of nowhere, a loud pitch scream erupted in the air. My ears perked up; it sounded like a little girl. My guts were telling me that it was a scream of terror. If I'm going to be a powerful sorcerer, I need to protect the weak people!

I glided my way outside my residence without getting caught. From a distance, there was a little girl getting thrown over a man's shoulder as there were three men in total. She couldn't fight back because they bound her hands and ankles, and they taped her mouth shut from making any future cries for help.

"I can't let them get her!" Without thinking, my legs ran off on their own. For some reason, I didn't think about asking Yuji for help because if I did, the girl would've been gone. Who knows what's going to happen to her if I left five seconds for Yuji.

Running towards them before they stuffed her in a van, I grabbed a palm sized rock and put half my cursed energy into it. I hoped it wouldn't create a hole in the man's head. That's going to scare the little girl more than being thankful that I saved her. I swung my arm forward, letting the rock fly as it shot the man's head.

Bam!

The man stopped moving when the blunt force hit his head. As a result, the back of his head began bleeding a lot. He touched the back of his head and stared at the crimson stain on his fingers. His two henchmen turned around and saw me glaring at them.

"Hey you let her go!" I shouted, gaining up on them. I'm going to punch the life out of them and make sure that it hurts like hell.

"Argh! Grab the boy and go!" The man with the bleeding head yelled in irritation, and his henchmen charged forward.

"Naozumi!!" It was Yuji! Did he finally realize that he couldn't find me? Just in time.

Less than a quick second when I was about to shout out for help, I was quickly engulfed in darkness. I didn't even have time to react or comprehend what happened to me. It felt like a blur— a potato sack was over my head, and I was hastily picked up into the kidnapper's arms.