Sins of the Exiled
Chapter 1: Lord Kaito
Juno Ryuzaki, took a deep breath before sitting up. Looking over the lush room before her, she felt so out of place. She runs her hands along the covers of the four poster bed, everything washed in shades of dark purple, dark blue and bits of gold. Moving to get out, Juno winces a bit. The feeling of the skeletal hands crushing her brings chills to her skin and she forces herself to take another deep breath before letting it go slowly.
A gentle knock sounds through the room and Juno looks to the ornate door. Slowly it opens and a male figure walks in. He's an older gentleman with his arms held out before him with clothes stretched across them. He moves to a chair and gently lays them out before looking at Juno.
"Please change, once you are done I will take you to Lord Kaito." The man gives her a formal bow before leaving. Juno stands slowly and makes her way over to clothes. Running her hands over them, she notices most of it was formal wear. Separating the pieces, Juno worked on getting smaller items first before the overcoat.
Looking at herself in the mirror she frowned, it consisted of reg leggings and black combat boots. The skirt was black and short and came to rest just above her knee, along the sides of her hips it was stitched with large x's in white. The top was like a kimono, a white under with a black cover. It came to rest off her shoulders and billow down her arms in large sleeves. A red undershirt came to wrap around her neck and not much else, she sighs. Looking over the room, she didn't spot Kiseichu.
Opening the door to the butler she looks him over.
"Where is Yume no Kiseichu?"
"He is with Lord Kaito, please follow me."
Walking through the Keep is odd, the pillars are marble with vine accents all along them. In some places, she notices they look untouched or broken. She doesn't see anyone else in this place, this butler that leads her, is the only person who's talked to her outside of the first Tengu.
Opening up the main hall, the butler stands aside, moving through the door Juno finds herself back in the main hall of the Keep. At the top of the stairs, the skeletal creature, Lord Kaito, sits. Along the steps going up sit 5 Tengu's each stretched out or sitting with knees drawn up.
"Ahhh, welcome back my dear." The skeletal creature waves a hand and the Tengu all seem to stand straighter. Each one reaches up and unties their masks. Pulling them down, Juno's eyes widened. All five of them have human faces, with black crow feathers lining the crowns of their head and sides. Their eyes are red and each one seems to have ticks like a crow, twitching a bit or stretching out their neck to ruffle their feathers.
"Have you calmed enough to have this conversation?" Juno looks over the throne, her eyes search the shadows. She clenches her fists at her sides as she looks to the skeleton. It's black eyes are eerie as they watch her.
"Explain to me why you influenced my dream, why my Zanpaktou is trying to kill me." Juno's words are strong, her stance straighter. She can feel the anger rise within her again and she wants this all to be over, to be able to go back to her Captain.
"I've influenced nothing, your sword, your Zanpaktou lashes out because you cannot control it. You've allowed the Soul Society to control your powers. When you should have been with me from the moment you were born." The skeleton rises to its feet and the Tengu's flap their wings and take to the sky, then move to the second level and perch like gargoyles.
Each step Lord Kaito takes forces the ground to shake and the rafters to shutter. The chandelier above her shakes dangerously and she steps back.
"With a power like yours, you'll be able to give us back our standing my dear." Smoke billows from the bottom of its feet. As each step slows the smoke billows more and stepping out of it is a man. He's dressed in a black suit with a red kimono top hanging off his shoulders. His chestnut colored hair is slicked back, violet eyes shine under the light and Juno can't help but feel taken with him.
"Your Zanpaktou is going to give me back what is mine and if all goes according to plan, you'll see the soul society for what it truly is." He comes to stand before him and Juno wants to run, staying rooted to the floor she flinches as he reaches out to touch her cheek.
"They took you from me, I'll take back what's mine Juno." Her name off his lips is like poison, he looks down at her and pulls away quickly before turning to look at the throne.
"Shino, Mizuni. Head out, clear a path for the Zanpaktou."
Lord Kaito looks to his Tengus, two stand up upon the banister, one with a green sash across it's hips while the other had a blue sash, both flap their wings once before disappearing. Juno takes a step back before looking at Lord Kaito.
"We won't help you, he still needs to be commanded to be used." Lord Kaito's eyes glare down at her and she feels like she wants to cower away from the man. But gritting her teeth she stairs him down.
"He's been leaking since you arrived, he's been providing us with enough support. But we will need more." Lord Kaito begins to smoke before her, starting at its feet and quickly consuming him. The skeleton stretches out again and turns to look at Juno.
"In the end, you'll see, I've done this for you as well."
Welcome back to Sins of the Exiled! Part 2 of my crazy ass story that you seem to enjoy!
I'd like to start by saying thank you for sticking with it and hope that you all are ready for the second half of this rollercoaster to start. Cuz we hit a high at the end of S.O.U and boy is Juno in for it.
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