p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"Sins of the Exiled/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"Chapter 6: A Memory/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"em10 Years before Juno Ryuzaki/em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"emComing up through the ranks of Squad 8, Kaito Ryuzaki was at a loss for words. Sprawled out on his ass, sword tossed to the side, he faced down the blade of a beautiful woman. Her deep gray eyes held mischief as she pulled her sword back and sheathed it along her back quickly. Turning to the Seated officer the woman bowed and her dark black hair fell around her./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"em"Himiko Otsubushi, takes the round. Go rest! Ryuzaki, you have a lot to prove." The seated officer reaches down to him and he takes the hand reluctantly. Running a hand through his chestnut hair he frowns at the amount of sweat in it. Shaking his hand out he goes for his sword./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"em"Everyone take a break, we will be posting rankings later this afternoon. Be ready, the top 20 will join the Captain in a mission to the outskirts of the Soul Society." The Seated officer turns away from everyone and slowly the group begins to group into smaller groups./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"emKaito stretches out to the sky, feeling the pull of muscles overworked./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"em"You drop your guard too quickly, if you'd kept it up a minute more you'd have had me." Her voice is like a soft caress and he grins before looking down at her. She stands with her hands on her hips, the left cocked out as she smirks at him. Kaito simply chuckles as he moves over to where his sword lays./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"em"Can't help it when your sword shimmers like that." He sheaths it quickly before turning back to Himiko. She places her right hand over the blade at her hip. The left handed swordsman just chuckles before coming to stand with him./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"em"Come on, I'll show you the proper stances."/em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"emOn and off they drift close and continue to grow as Soul Reapers. Rising through the ranks and even courting down the line. Kaito feels such happiness looking at Himiko. Their Captain praises them both by giving them seated spots, Kaito in seat 4 while Himiko takes 3./em/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"emYears later, Kaito and Himiko take two squads of Soul Reapers out for a scheduled battle session with Squad 5. Captain Aizen leads them all into the outer areas of the Soul Society and begins the hunt for Hollows. For most of the night Kaito and Himiko stay separate, each teaching their squad how to hunt and banish the invaders to their world./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"emOne tall, bug looking Hallow stands on its hind legs, things begin to go chaotic. Himiko is the first to pull her troops out, seeing the danger. Once all of them are behind her she pulls her blade./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"em"Hanabira o ukeireru! (Petals Embrace)" She pulls out her sword but within her hands it changes into a longbow covered in pale pink and red flowers. The petals that fall around begin to float and transform into arrows. Plucking one down she sets up her stance and lets one fire down on the bug. It screams out as one of its legs is cut clean off and the Soul Reapers behind her cheer out./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"em"Need a little help?" Calls out Kaito as he comes up behind her and holds his hands out before him. He calls upon a kido spell and places a shield in front of her. She grins as she reaches for two arrows and notches them quickly. The bug Hallow screams causing them to bow under the pressure and it begins to strike the shield./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"emRecovering quickly, Himiko fires the shots off and Kaito watches as another blow hits the shield cracking it./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"em"Himiko back up!" He forces more of his power to keep the shield up but the arrows do nothing to slow it as it keeps striking over and over. Growls from behind Kaito begin to ring with the yells of the soul reapers and he gets distracted./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"emThe shield comes down and so does the next attack from the enemy. It's mouth opens up and red light begins to gather. Turning back to Himiko, Kaito watches as she reaches out for him and pushes him. Her legs gets caught in the attack and she screams out as she lands on top of the soul reaper./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"em"Kaito, get them out of here now!" She rolls to reach for her bow but a large bug claw comes down crushing the bow. It glitters like fallen petals and settles into a broken blade. Kaito grabs her around the waist and shupo's away from the next attack./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"emGreen smoke begins to fill the area coming from the large bug and Kaito and Himiko get hit with a strong dose of it. Coughing and gagging he keeps pushing to get them further and further away. Behind him he can feel Captain Aizen's soul pressure blanket the area and he slows./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"em"Himiko!" He sets her down as he tries to catch his breath as he turns to her legs. Her right one is burned badly and her left foot looks twisted. He curses his lack of experience and is forced to wait till his breathing comes back to him./em/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"Lord Kaito wakes up yelling. The green sashed Tengu's stands over him and he reaches out to grasp them by the throat. His eyes flash red and dangerous as he squeezes. The Tengu struggles under his hand and with a flick he tosses it away from his bed./p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"He growls as he gets out of bed to stand tall over the Tengu. He holds his hand out to the Tengu, a ball of light glowing as he pulls it back ready to fire./p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;""Lord, Mizuni has fallen!" The Tengu yells trying to move but finds it's stuck to its spot. The ball of light fads and Lord Kaito stands huffing./p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;""The substitute soul reaper destroyed them! They took the body back to the Soul Society!" He keeps yelling, cowering further away from his Lord. Kaito curses as he turns away and talks out into the hall./p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;""Get Juno back to training, push her harder. Break her! I want her power to devour everything!" He yells into the hall where the other three Tengu's all stand. They flinch as they all bow before him and scramble./p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"Kaito tries to pull himself back together, fleeting memories of Himiko play with his mind as anger rips through his heart and mind. /p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"Comments, Questions, Concerns/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"Hi all!/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"Chapter 6: A Memory/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"em10 Years before Juno Ryuzaki/em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"emComing up through the ranks of Squad 8, Kaito Ryuzaki was at a loss for words. Sprawled out on his ass, sword tossed to the side, he faced down the blade of a beautiful woman. Her deep gray eyes held mischief as she pulled her sword back and sheathed it along her back quickly. Turning to the Seated officer the woman bowed and her dark black hair fell around her./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"em"Himiko Otsubushi, takes the round. Go rest! Ryuzaki, you have a lot to prove." The seated officer reaches down to him and he takes the hand reluctantly. Running a hand through his chestnut hair he frowns at the amount of sweat in it. Shaking his hand out he goes for his sword./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"em"Everyone take a break, we will be posting rankings later this afternoon. Be ready, the top 20 will join the Captain in a mission to the outskirts of the Soul Society." The Seated officer turns away from everyone and slowly the group begins to group into smaller groups./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"emKaito stretches out to the sky, feeling the pull of muscles overworked./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"em"You drop your guard too quickly, if you'd kept it up a minute more you'd have had me." Her voice is like a soft caress and he grins before looking down at her. She stands with her hands on her hips, the left cocked out as she smirks at him. Kaito simply chuckles as he moves over to where his sword lays./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"em"Can't help it when your sword shimmers like that." He sheaths it quickly before turning back to Himiko. She places her right hand over the blade at her hip. The left handed swordsman just chuckles before coming to stand with him./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"em"Come on, I'll show you the proper stances."/em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"emOn and off they drift close and continue to grow as Soul Reapers. Rising through the ranks and even courting down the line. Kaito feels such happiness looking at Himiko. Their Captain praises them both by giving them seated spots, Kaito in seat 4 while Himiko takes 3./em/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"emYears later, Kaito and Himiko take two squads of Soul Reapers out for a scheduled battle session with Squad 5. Captain Aizen leads them all into the outer areas of the Soul Society and begins the hunt for Hollows. For most of the night Kaito and Himiko stay separate, each teaching their squad how to hunt and banish the invaders to their world./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"emOne tall, bug looking Hallow stands on its hind legs, things begin to go chaotic. Himiko is the first to pull her troops out, seeing the danger. Once all of them are behind her she pulls her blade./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"em"Hanabira o ukeireru! (Petals Embrace)" She pulls out her sword but within her hands it changes into a longbow covered in pale pink and red flowers. The petals that fall around begin to float and transform into arrows. Plucking one down she sets up her stance and lets one fire down on the bug. It screams out as one of its legs is cut clean off and the Soul Reapers behind her cheer out./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"em"Need a little help?" Calls out Kaito as he comes up behind her and holds his hands out before him. He calls upon a kido spell and places a shield in front of her. She grins as she reaches for two arrows and notches them quickly. The bug Hallow screams causing them to bow under the pressure and it begins to strike the shield./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"emRecovering quickly, Himiko fires the shots off and Kaito watches as another blow hits the shield cracking it./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"em"Himiko back up!" He forces more of his power to keep the shield up but the arrows do nothing to slow it as it keeps striking over and over. Growls from behind Kaito begin to ring with the yells of the soul reapers and he gets distracted./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"emThe shield comes down and so does the next attack from the enemy. It's mouth opens up and red light begins to gather. Turning back to Himiko, Kaito watches as she reaches out for him and pushes him. Her legs gets caught in the attack and she screams out as she lands on top of the soul reaper./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"em"Kaito, get them out of here now!" She rolls to reach for her bow but a large bug claw comes down crushing the bow. It glitters like fallen petals and settles into a broken blade. Kaito grabs her around the waist and shupo's away from the next attack./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"emGreen smoke begins to fill the area coming from the large bug and Kaito and Himiko get hit with a strong dose of it. Coughing and gagging he keeps pushing to get them further and further away. Behind him he can feel Captain Aizen's soul pressure blanket the area and he slows./em/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"em"Himiko!" He sets her down as he tries to catch his breath as he turns to her legs. Her right one is burned badly and her left foot looks twisted. He curses his lack of experience and is forced to wait till his breathing comes back to him./em/p
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p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"Lord Kaito wakes up yelling. The green sashed Tengu's stands over him and he reaches out to grasp them by the throat. His eyes flash red and dangerous as he squeezes. The Tengu struggles under his hand and with a flick he tosses it away from his bed./p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"He growls as he gets out of bed to stand tall over the Tengu. He holds his hand out to the Tengu, a ball of light glowing as he pulls it back ready to fire./p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;""Lord, Mizuni has fallen!" The Tengu yells trying to move but finds it's stuck to its spot. The ball of light fads and Lord Kaito stands huffing./p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;""The substitute soul reaper destroyed them! They took the body back to the Soul Society!" He keeps yelling, cowering further away from his Lord. Kaito curses as he turns away and talks out into the hall./p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;""Get Juno back to training, push her harder. Break her! I want her power to devour everything!" He yells into the hall where the other three Tengu's all stand. They flinch as they all bow before him and scramble./p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"Kaito tries to pull himself back together, fleeting memories of Himiko play with his mind as anger rips through his heart and mind. /p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"~~/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"Comments, Questions, Concerns/p
p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px;"Hi all!/p
