Sins of the Exiled

Chapter 4: Yume no Kiseichu

Yume no Kiseichu lays across the table. It's drawn from its sheath and lies as it's normal katana form. It's blade shines, it's a full blade with blue wave like designs etched into the blade. The royal blue is beautiful and Juno will never not be amazed at looking at it. It's gold guard is intricately done like flower petals. The wrap of the guard is the same blue of the blade with gold details in the middle and on the end.

"It's beautiful, my dear." Lord Kaito's voice echoes in the room and Juno makes no move to acknowledge the man. She steps closer to the table and hesitates.

"Can you feel its power? How full he is now?" His voice sounds happy as she takes a step back.

"Fear not, my dear. We've started our attack and now it's time to get you two in perfect working order." Manifesting on the other side of the table, Lord Kaito stands in his human form. He lays a hand over Kiseichu and she watches as he lifts the blade and turns it in the light.

"I won't fight for you, you wage war on my home!" She yells, the chatter of the Keep had been stifling. The attack destroyed a whole district just to charge Kiseichu.

"You will fight, my dear. You limit yourself to the fears of the world and in joining us you'll know peace. The madness that courses through your Zanpaktou will feel like home." He smiles as he lays the sword back down and gestures for her to pick it up.

Fear spikes within her, since being here at the Keep, she'd not been allowed to touch her blade. She could feel him along the inner world but they had not communicated. His laughs of glee at the situation had her smiling to herself. It had been too long since she'd heard it, but then guilt would rack her. How could they find happiness in this chaos?

Reaching out, Juno grips her Zanpaktou and gasps. The amount of power coursing through her blade is far stronger than any other time. She pulls it close and lets the amount of reishi within course through her own body. Closing her eyes she stands in her world, the fog floats along the floor and Kiseichu stands before her.

"We will be perfect Master."

He smiles at her as he raises his hands. He looks perfect and in balance with himself. The jewels along his hair glitter in the light and he laughs as he raises them higher to the sky. The blue streams of reishi begin to swirl around them and he begins to absorb all of it.

"We are so close to awakening, please Master, we must."

From the simple joy the Zanpaktou emanates, Juno trains. The butler assigned to her brings her to the back of the keep. To a barren land of dead trees and unfertile land. Looking to the darkened skies she watches as the Tengu's fly above, monitoring as Juno takes in the land. Pulling her blade from her hip, she looks over it before sighing. The reshi within is exhilarating and the thought of letting it loose sounds so appealing.

"Yume no kiseichū, shōhi shite kaihō suru! (Yume no Kiseichu consume and release)" The blade within her hand changes and Juno smiles. Holding the chinese jian form is like holding electricity. It vibrates all the way up her arm and she shakes it out just a bit.

"Easy, my fear." The sword hums under the name and she can feel him reach for reishi. Nothing begins to come toward him and she wonders what that could mean. But the reishi from the Soul Society bubbles up within and she smiles.

From above, the green sashed Tengu flies down and stands before her. Moving into a stance, she sets her right foot back and left foot forward. She brings her hands up to her front and stares down the blade at the Tengu. Pulling their hands together they form a green orb and then crush it.

Using shunpo, Juno charges forward and the green orb shatters and falls. The Tengu takes one step and Juno's sword is stopped as the shards clamp down on the blade. Her eyes widen as the Tengu reaches out back handing her against the side of her head, sending her flying.

She crashes into a boulder and groans as she lays within the crater. She coughs a few times as she feels Kiseichu chastise her from within. Pushing herself up, out of the corner of her eye she sees a blur of green and she shunpo out of reach. She moves quickly, trying her best to stay out of the shards' line of sight.

Turning quickly she slashes up catching one of the shards and dogging the next. Kiseichu hums in approval as Juno holds the blade out before her and brings up her other hand to push against it.

"Kiru! (cut)" A yellow light forms along the blade and charges up, reaching for the reishi within, she channels it and fires a blast on the on coming shards. It's able to take out two but the ones behind shoot right through the blast and stab her in both shoulders. She cries out and falls to her knees and stabs Kiseichu down into the ground.

"You're much too slow." Comments the Tengu as they come close. They cross their arms before them as the shards all begin to swirl behind it.

"Your sword is a devourer, lash out!" One of the shards shoots out and crashes closely down beside her and she covers her head while the ground rains down on them.

"Kill me!" It yells as all the shards begin to bombard the area around her. Pulling Kiseichu from the ground she covers her head and waits out the booms around her. Inside her she can hear Kiseichu growl, like a live wire within she reaches for the reishi.

"Kiru!(Cut)" She yells out surrounding herself with the yellow light and forcing the reishi out. She blasts the shards back and the Tengu flies up as he watches Juno breathe hard from her crouch. Her clothes are cut and dirt lays like a heavy coat on her.

"Esa! (Feed)" The Tengu blinks and she's gone. Juno appears behind and begins to yell as she swipes and jabs at the Tengu. Each shard speeds up and begins to block each attack but her speed seems to increase. Looking at her face, it sees the sneer and the anger in her eyes. They pull their hands in and let the shard become a shield before them, spinning fast taking the brunt of the attack.

The Tengu sags it's shoulders and forces the shards out catching Juno off guard and knocking her back to the ground. He hovers for a moment before setting down and turning away. The butler bows before the Tengu and rushes over to the down soul reaper.

Juno stands above the Soul Society with her eyes closed. The reishi around her swirls like soft clouds and she chuckles as she reaches out to touch it. The buildings below begin to crumble away and Yume no Kiseichu hums happily as the reishi fills them up and completes them.

Voices swirl like any other busy day in the Soul Society. Yells and screams join the mix and frustration crosses over her face. Her brows crease and anger flashes along their connection. Drawing her blade, Kiseichu growls as Juno glares down at the people below.

Standing with her are three Tengus, sashed in blue, green and red. The faces from below are familiar and yet they seem like a far off dream. She runs her hand along her blade cutting her hand and she flicks her hand down at the ones below.

"Kiseichū genkaku! (Parasite Hallucination)" The ones below her flinch as the blood lands on them and then begins to smoke. Some try to wipe off the blood but the smoke intensifies and slowly one by one they begin to fall.

The Tengu's begin to caw as if laughing and Juno can't help but join in. She watches as a few Captains shoot up and out of the smoke and frowns when they become out of reach. Kiseichu growls and Juno charges forward.

Captain Byakuya Kuchiki is the first to meet her blade and she puts everything she has into the jabs. He follows her for each attack, deflects just enough to keep her coming closer and closer. Pulling back just a bit Juno pulls her sword across her chest.

"Kiru! (Cut)" She yells as yellow light begins to emits before her and shoots on him like a machine gun. Byakuya's sword disappears and pink petals engulf the arena. Behind her she can hear the other Tengu locked in battle with whoever still stands.

"Juno Ryuzaki under order from Central 46, we as captains of the 13 Court Guard squads are ordered to bring you in!" The younger Kuchiki yells as she comes to stand with her brother. Juno's eyes flash to her before taking a step back and dropping her sword arm.

"Don't play coy Captain Kuchiki, we all know the order was my head."

Juno jolts awake breathing frantically as she looks over the room. She's in her room at the Keep, Kiseichu resting next to her. Fear racks her body and she wraps her arms around herself. The tears come on quickly, her voice echoing in her mind.