A/N: This is definitely au. Well…let's just see how it turns out shall we?
Enjoy.
Black Twilight chapter two, Fallen defense.
The King's key…the object needed to open the gateway to the castle.
She knew it had been found.
The first breach within the outer defenses came with the walls shaking, the servants running to and fro and the sound of swords clanging. All too soon the main hall's doors were being pulled shut and barrier Kido seals placed to stall the invaders as long as possible.
"Lady Rukia!" one of the head maids called to her. Rukia hesitated, the west wing her destination was only accessible through the door she was about to go through—off the main hall.
"Misao," she said trying to stay calm even though her heart was pounding, "there's something I must retrieve from here, please just give me two minutes!"
The maid eyed her Lady warily, "alright…but hurry up!"
Rukia gave her a look of thanks and raced through the door. Behind her she could hear the pounding and scraping of the locks and whizzing sounds of the Kido seals withstanding the furious barrage.
She ran down one long corridor only stopping to re-gather the heavy folds of her four-layer kimono. Another hallway and a flight of stairs brought her before a door leading up to the third tower. The Sen'nenoki had about four towers all together. Rukia twisted the knob and it swung open slowly to reveal a bare room. One solitary cabinet was up against the wall, she went to it and began rifling through the drawers in the very bottom one she found what she was looking for.
A looking glass made of thin clear crystal backed by a sheet of black diamond…a very precious possession imbued with powerful magic. Rukia slipped it inside her kimono—she would study it later-- and made her way to the main hall…
The doors stood blasted open.
Total chaos reigned as the castle guards and the Arrancar army clashed inside the small space.
Everywhere Rukia turned, figures clad in white advanced from all directions, she screamed when a sword slash gone awry fell upon her shoulder…blood spurted. Someone—Misao—grabbed her wrist and tossed her heavily into the next room.
"Mi-!" Rukia started and then the doors were slammed shut. She was alone in the second smaller hall from there you could only go deeper into the castle. She stood up and clutched her shoulder…the battle sounds were fading as the remaining guards were finished off…an eerie silence descended.
Rukia crept backward slowly never taking her eyes off the opposite doors; she flinched when the wood splintered…the Kido wasn't holding anymore…and one teal blue eye peered in, "Lord Aizen, there's one left!"
Rukia screamed.
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A/N: sort of short…but oh well. Review if thou so choses.
