Sins of the Exiled
Chapter 7: Double Team
Laying on the ground, beaten Juno wills her body to breathe. The Tengu with the green orb, Shino, has been destroying her every step of the way during their training sessions. Two days ago she woke up to Lord Kaito yelling into the hall. She listened to the commotion till her doors burst open and the Tengu's dragged her out into the training grounds. Kiseichu growls from his spot a few feet away, where he'd landed when she'd hit the ground.
"You're holding back and Lord Kaito doesn't have time for your breaks!" The Tengu yells as the shards begin to rain down on her again and Juno is forced to curl into a tight ball and take the beating. She's weak, with no breaks, no food, no way of gaining any strength back, Juno feels like this could be the end.
"Kiseichū wa shōhi shimasu! (Parasite Consume)" Yells Juno, covering her head. The discarded blade begins to crumble away and the flecks it becomes shoot at the Tengu. It caws out as it tries to get out of it's way but the flecks catch it quickly and begin to suck at the Tengu's energy.
"Drain them!" Yells Juno as the shards begin to drop to the ground and fade in color. Juno uncurls and slowly pushes herself up. Anger floods her system, the adrenaline courses on high and she looks at the enemy. The Tengu tries to wipe at its arms to get the flecks off but Kiseichu keeps devouring.
Slowly, Juno limps to the hilt of her sword. She picks it up and looks it over. The Tengu begins to scream and Juno turns from it.
"Call it off Juno!" Lord Kaito's voice is booming and she wavers. Sinking down to one knee she clutches Kiseichu's hilt closer to her chest and glares at the man.
"Devour them Kiseichu!" She yells and then Kaito is on her. He has her gripped by the neck and pulls the handle from her hands. She thrashes and reaches out to grip at anything. Her spiritual pressure increases and she knows that the Tengu won't last much longer.
"Wrong answer my dear!" He raises a hand and slaps her across the face. The force is so strong that Juno goes limp and his hand squeezes tighter. Blackness takes over her vision and he waits till she's passed out before tossing her to the ground. Looking at the Tengu, he watches as it also falls with all the flecks of light now missing.
Holding Kiseichu up, the blade reforms and he turns it in different directions to see the blade. The power it emits is strong, still riding the high from the Soul Society and the added power of the Tengu. He smiles as he moves over to Juno and stands over her.
"We are running out of time, you will give me all that you have Kiseichu if you truly want to be free." He slams the sword down into Juno's shoulder causing her to cry out in pain. She grips the blade with her bare hands. It cuts into her skin and she tries to force it out but Kaito puts weight on it.
"Release his power now!"
The blade pushes in deeper and Juno screams.
"Release his power!
"Iko! (Transfer)" She screams and the blade lights up. The power travels through the hilt connecting to Kaito's hand. The man lights up as the built up power flows from sword to Lord. It's like a rumble and Kaito rips the sword from Juno's shoulder and lets the power drain into him. After a few minutes the blade goes dark and Lord Kaito sighs out. He looks to the blade again and smirks.
"You two are so close and yet so far away from the end, my dear." He tosses the sword upon her body and walks away.
"Kazin, Ashi, both of you are next. Take Kiseichu one more time, make sure you take at least half." Two Tengu drop behind him, one in a red sash and the other in yellow, and kneel down as Lord Kaito begins to growl.
The alarm sounded just as Toshiro stepped into the cave. The hell butterflies came in a group and floated off to all the Soul Reapers around.
"A Tengu has been spotted along the Barracks of Squad 13, all Captains proceed to their own Barracks. All precautions are to be taken, lines of communication will come through communicators. All move on Captain Kuchiki's orders!" Rangiku shunpo's to her Captains side and Tsuki moves to stand close. Toshiro glares at the butterfly before looking at his soldiers.
"Back to the barracks, be ready at any time!" He yells out and everyone scatters. Rangiku looks to Tsuki who inches closer to her Captain.
"Rangiku, take Tsuki to my quarters. They're far enough away, as soon as the threat is over. I will come to you." Toshiro turns to Tsuki who grips onto the haori tight.
"No! You're the only one left!" He yells and Toshiro feels like his resolve is cracking. Rangiku frowns as she reaches out to touch him, but he moves further behind Toshiro and wraps his arms around.
"No!" He yells and a small smile comes to Rangiku's face. In the years Juno and Toshiro have been together, with Juno's fear of her power. No children had ever come of the courtship and marriage. She understood Juno's fear, but seeing the two youngest of the household attach themselves so closely to their house lords. Sometimes, it was just too endearing.
"Tsuki, you're staying with me. Can't believe you wouldn't even consider me." Rangiku feigns hurt as she lets fake tears well up. She catches the roll of her Captain's eyes and hides a smile behind her hands.
"That's...you can't...I mean." His words sputter and he steps out from behind Toshiro. Laying a gentle hand on his head the Captain pushes him gently.
"Go with Matsumoto, I'm only going to the front of the barracks. We're on standby and nothing else." The boy struggles for a moment before letting go and moving to Matsumoto's side. She smiles at the Captain before shunpoing out of the area.
Taking a deep breath, trying to ignore Hyorinmaru's anger, he works quickly to move to squad 13. As much as he'd like to stay with his squad, he needs to be in this fight.
When he arrives, he's met with Rukia's sword wrapped with a red whip. Black feathers float around while just behind the Tengu stands another. Floating just in front of it Kiseichu floats, sucking up the area around.
Hyorinmaru growls and Toshiro pulls his sword. He charges for the red sashed Tengu but a hard winded figure clashes with him and Toshiro steps back. From below, gold whips attack at the red Tengu with Kiseichu and wraps around its ankles tight. Rojuro, stands braced and pulls the Tengu down.
Rukia fires off kido's and the Tengu she's tangled with pulls the whip back and growls at Rukia. Moving quickly, Rukia gets up in the Tengu's face slashing at the beast as it begins to wind it's whip around itself to defend.
Rojuro yells as he gives one last hard pull and the Tengu comes down with a harsh crash. Moving in quickly, Rojuro unwinds his whip but the yellow wind elemental clashes with him. Debris from the area is caught up in the wind, large chunks of ground swinging at the Captain.
Toshiro pushes past the battle and goes for the blade. Reaching out he grabs it but the blade lights like it's on fire and burns the Captain. He pulls off and pulls his sword up and points it at it. Hyorinmaru growls as the skies above cloud over and cold spiritual pressure fills the area.
"Let the winds cut and the land become jagged. In the name of Lord Kaito, we bring punishment upon the world." The wind element comes rushing at Toshiro and the Captain is pushed back away from the blade, down below a loud boom sounds and Toshiro gets distracted.
He watches as Rukia pushes herself up from the broken wall and Rojuro moves to stand before her. Both whip uses lash out at each other and Rukia keys up a kido. The soul reapers around come at the Tengu on all ends and with a loud scream the whip hits them all and knocks them down.
"Kiseichu is not finished, you are not permitted near it Captain." Yells the yellow elemental Tengu. It comes to stand just behind the blade again and the elemental begins to grow in size. The clouds overhead grow darker and Toshiro charges. The whip from below grabs him and drags him to the ground like a sack of potatoes.
Both Tengu move to stand side by side. Kiseichu eats more of the area and all three Captains look to one another.
"Where is Juno?" Yells Toshiro as she sees Rukia pull her blade out before her and start to strike the ground.
"After this, Juno will be long gone." Speaks the Whip holder, they swing the whip down at Rukia but Rojuro lets it take his non dominant hand.
"Tsugi no mai, Hakuren!" Like an avalanche, ice shoots out at the Tengu and the elemental tengu jumps out of the way. Kiseichu, glows bright as it takes the brunt of the attack and keeps sucking up the snow.
"Rukia cut it off!" Yells Toshiro as he shoots up and cuts the whip from the Tengu. It screams out as Rojuro's whip catches it and brings the Tengu down. The elemental Tengu growls as it's wings spread out and the elemental goes back into it's yellow orb shape. The snow cuts off but they watch as Kiseichu pulses, the blade seems to shake before them all and the Tengu reaches out to take the blade.
"No!" Yells Toshiro as he takes to the air but the portal is already opening. He winds up and spins, sending an iced Hyorinmaru at the Tengu. It laughs in his face as it slips through the portal, the portal shuts on the ice dragon severing it's head from the rest.
Below the last Tengu growls as it's red orb forms again. It thrashes like a wounded animal and Rojuro pulls his whip to tighten around the Tengu. The orb charges at Rojuro and the blonde moves out of the way rolling. The orb shatters and the Tengu screams.
"Fu!" The orb forms it's whip form again it drops into the Tengu's hand but Rojuro gets his footing.
"Kinshara Sōkyoku Dai Jūichiban - Izayoi Bara!" The rose on the end of Rojuro's whip seems to gain life and turns to attack the Tengu. Rojuro thumbs his whip and the vibration travels down, the whip tightens and the rose attacks. All three Captains watch as the Tengu bursts and the red whip begins to disintegrate.
Comments, Questions, Concerns
Hello all!
April has been busy and it's only like the first week. Haha. I will try and keep posting regularly, It looks like I'll be doing double episodes for a bit.
Part 3 is almost finished, I only have two maybe three chapters left and most of it's...well...I cant tell ya. But I hope you all are enjoying.
