Saiko Mori [APPROVED, 0-3; Hybrid]

BASIC INFORMATION

» Birth Given Name: Anael Azrael is the birth given name bestowed upon Saiko by her parents. The reason why they gave her this name is because it was meant to infuse the love they cherished for their child, while infusing the world of death in which they lived in. As Anael represented the love which brewed within her heart on the day of St.Valentines, while Azrael represents the death that demons brought upon their lands.

» Name: Saiko Mori is the name that Saiko was given after she became a hafling. It stands for "Brightest Forest" and had been placed upon her as because of the fact her soul shun with a bright life, but it would be devoured by the forest of darkness which is her demonic blood. Mana Asthavon would see to that. As while it is still quite the vibrant spirit, it is now coated and drowned in the blood of those she has killed and made to turn her soul into a sinful being.

» Titles: Saiko has quite a few titles to her name. One of the first and most commonly used is Archduchess of Sixth Circle. This is, obviously, because she is the archduchess and leading force of that circle within Shadow Fall. The second most common title is "The Void Enigma". The reason why she was given this alias is because many within Shadow Fall never could get a read on the girl, so they simply referred to her as an enigmatic void.

Thirdly, another generally known title that Saiko goes by is "The Mistress Of Melancholy". Since this is because her powersake and core is filled with glum and sorrow, so it makes sense she'd have some form of alias associated with her prowess. Some have also called her The Forsaken Traitor because of her betrayal of The Gotei 13. As, originally, she was apart of the former first division of that organization, but betrayed to align herself with demons and had many of her allies killed because of it.

» Age: Saiko is currently 176. Her birthday is Feb 14th, 2240.

» Place Of Birth: Saiko was born in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona.

» Gender: Female

» Species: Half Shinigami & Demon

» Sexuality: Bisexual.

» Martial Status: As of now, Saiko is in a committed relationship with Ash Iramasha.

» Nationality: Saiko is half Asian, half Caucasian. The more dominant side appears to be her fathers blood, while her oriental blood is the more submissive side.

» Appearance: One of the first things that is noticeable about the appearance of Saiko is the length of her hair. Following the months after the war in Iceland, it seemed she decided to let her hair grow out to her waist. This is a rather noticeable change from before because of the fact she was so insistent on it's short length. Additionally, the hue of her hair seems to have a faint, secondary plum hue when her energy arises to the surface.

Moreover, this orchid shade of color seems to be constant in her bodily appearance as well. Since, after that event, it seemed her eyes reached a deeper and more vibrant shade of indigo as well. The same can be said of her reaitsu and most attacks which are produced by Saiko's energy. This is attributed to the stronger impulse and pull of emotions, thoughts and sentiment that brews within her spirit igniting these more dynamic pulls.

Digressing, the rest of her body seems rather slender, but firm for her 5'3 height. She was an archduchess for Shadow Fall, so it stands to reason that Saiko's frame would be reasonable fit and durable. Granted, she might not look it as her skin is often quite pale skinned. And, most of her abdomen is covered in scars and injuries. For instance, there is a major gash across her stomach which stemmed from an injury that never healed from her conflict in Iceland.

Which is rather funny when considering Saiko now wears even more revealing clothing than before. Most of her armor and leggings cover her arms and legs, but she doesn't seem to care much about exposing her gut region. It's almost as if she is subconsciously proud of the scar. As it tells the story of abuse her body endured and that she has come to terms with it.

None the less, the final thing to note -- is her attire. The girl wears more black than the masses of people at a funeral. Whether it be her gloves, leggings, armor or hoodies; she is always adorning some shade of midnight to her clothing and never leaves the house without it. Perhaps it's just a preference, but it's still quite a bit excessive.

Note: It is possible for Saiko's eyes, energy and highlights of her hair to turn black or even blue at times. This is because she and her Zanpakutô spirit share a strong bond and often swap each other's energy frequencies with one another. This is because he possesses elements of who she was prior to becoming a shinigami and a half-blooded demon.

Although, as of recent, she has noted this form becoming more common around Ash. As, the plum represents her melancholy, while the blue represents more of her true and placid nature. And, with him, she feels safe enough to unveil that side of herself and may occasionally revert back to that state since it dwells into this aspect of her personality that is buried beneath everything else wrong with her negative aspects

» Rank: As of now, Saiko is the Sixth Archduchess of Shadow Fall. This position allows her access to a lot of Shadow Fall's inventory, reserves, soldiers and other resources. She is often in charge of maintaining Shadow Fall's inner order, ensuring new members of Shadow Fall aren't dead or injured, the disposing of traitors and other problems. However, it also isn't uncommon for her to dash out to the main battlefield as she is considered one of their stronger front liners. She has a high rate of successions on her missions and is an accomplished Archduchess.

Additionally, she can also be considered an un-named Asthavon. The reason for this is because she was marked and turned into a Demon by Mana Asthavon. So even if she does not actively claim the family, it is still very much apart of her blood and they accept her into their family. As that is what it means to be turned by a demon. It is a bond that is rather hard to displace and ignore.

» Residence: As of now, Saiko currently resides in the Outlands of The Sirsa Nation. In her own forest drenched in plum and twinkling stars is where The Maiden of Melancholy's manor is located at. It is a rather massive compound that sits upon the peak of a mountain and overlooks the a rich, luscious plant life below it. It resembles older Gothic styled architecture and expands for roughly a half mile across the peak. So it is here where she hosts her own small faction of followers from her circle within Shadow Fall. Her own little escape from it all.

However, this isn't her only residence. It's only Saiko'sp primary location. Due to the wealth of money, resources and connections she invested in with Shadow Fall, she has been able to expand her bases to many other different regions that are based in Demon World, the human world and even in Hueco Mundo. She's even gone as far as to invest in underground facilities in the out lands of the Soul Society in times of emergency and escape.

Most of these structures have many sorts of stations for magic based healing, food, shelter, security, defenses, weaponry and other material to assist her and those whom follow her. These bases of construction also vary from above ground buildings, to aerial fleets, spacial bases and below ground compounds. So it's safe to say that she has more than a few assets to fall back on if something should go wrong. That anxiety is certainly being put to productive work.

» Frequent Locations: Saiko Mori is known to venture constantly between the living realm and Demon World. This is because most of the bases she owns are located within these dimensions. Additionally, she is often assigned missions by Shadow Fall in these regions; so it goes without saying she has a strong knowledge of their layout and terrain. This is relevant due to the fact Saiko loves to lose herself in these worlds.

Although, she does occasionally make ventures to dimensions such as Hueco Mundo and the Soul Society from time to time. As she often handles Shadow Fall related business when it comes to maintaining relations with the hollow creatures of that realm. And, again, for Shadow Fall, she has made more than one incursion to the Soul Society. Such as when she fought against most of division one in Demonic Incursion.

PERSONALITY

Somewhat Reserved: Even before her ability to speak verbally was taken away, most thought of Saiko as a mute because of her lack of dialogue and speech. This is because Saiko is more of an observer and listener more so than she is a talker. Granted, over the years, this has changed somewhat and she seems to be working on engaging those who captivate her attention. As, in order for her to give a person her energy, she has to feel there is a way for her to trust or feel relaxed with said person.

Otherwise, Saiko has no desire to expose herself to any further hurt than she has already. Hence, she is quite selective with who she shares the sentiments of the mind and heart with. Most spirits around her are nothing more than a whim away from inflicting harm upon her and she is more than well aware of that. Thus, she guards her heart with an iron blade and cast a wall of stone to protect it's fragile constitution.

Wanderer: Searching, searching -- searching for something. That is what the mind of Saiko is always doing. She isn't quite sure what she desires from life, but there is something she wants to make whole and she wants to use it to absolve the abyss within her mind and heart. Therefore, she has gone through great extents in order to find this aimless goal.

During the crux of the Iceland Conflict, she was noted as wanted to preserve the light, innocence and naivety of Ash due to the way his spiritual aura presented itself to her. Hence, she risked life and limb to preserve it and even suffered significant brain injuries because of it. Yet, even with all of that, she was still determined to pursue him. As, to her, she believed his perceived warmth and altruistic nature could help fill the void within her own heart.

Therefore, she battled her way through imprisonment, slashed her way through many foes and snuck straight into the nerve center of the Earth's defenses in order to find and take him away from the depths of Karakura Central. All in the hopes of finding some vague vision of a happy future. It's still all black, but at least she has a hand to guide through the darkness now.

Melancholic Detachment: There often isn't a day where Saiko doesn't feel the impulse of sadness flow through her being. She views the world as a place that is quite grim, sullen and devoid of most pleasure and life. Everything can be taken away in an instant, and there is a disconnect and detachment had from that sentiment. Often times, she desired not to cling to anything; in spite of the ramblings of her mind and cravings of her body screaming the opposite.

No. She often yearns to drown herself in a void of glum and sorrow because it is easier that way. Rather than embrace the flare of ecstasy, she sinks in the space of turmoil because that is simply what her mind is used to. From the events that molded her into what she is today, there is nothing else that Saiko can honestly expect. As, raising her hopes only leads to further pain and hurt, so it is easier to numb and accept things for how terrible they are.

It is a form of coping, a crummy one at that, but it has kept her sane enough from her point of view. Why bother investing such strong emotion and energy into a future that was otherwise uncertain in a world full of cruelty? Instead, it's better to expect the worse, feel pleased when things are not and work your way through the realm of troubles and grief with your head in the clouds of discontent.

This personality trait can seem quite illogical, and even contradicts itself, but Saiko would not be herself if such a trait did not exist within her. As it's always a battle between what is logical and what isn't.

Unreal Perception: Distorted is one way to describe how Saiko experience the world around her. During times of heightened or uncontrolled anxiety, dread and tension; it's quite possible for this maiden of melancholy to experience total separation from her environment. Imagine yourself being detached and broken from the familiarity of of the space around you. Then, with that sense shattered, envision a wave of terrifying surrealism; as if everything around you is out of this reality and ready to melt your consciousness into a fine oblivion.

That is what it is like at times when this Unreal Perception grips hold and throws Saiko into a whirlpool of horrifying self awareness. Anxiety is nothing new to the girl, but this level of dismay and panic is one she tries to quell and suppress as best as she can. It is why she would rather die than keep facing these tormenting feelings over and over again; and why she throws herself into so many different obstacles to absolve and forget about it.

Yet, even in her rest, she can barely find rest from these ethereal frights. The mind splits and feels as if it is a fractured self of many thousands of broken pieces. Thoughts go every which way but right, terror flows up her core and she is but a victim of unyielding anxiety from the life which she leads. Saiko often casts these worrying thoughts to the side while conscious, but her sub-conscious is more than aware of the hell it is to constantly live your life on the edge. Thus -- it eats at her as punishment for these crimes. For this is her retribution to pay for all the atrocities she committed in her lifetime.

Always On Edge: If there is one thing that Saiko is, it's the fact that she is always apprehensive, tense and rigid and ready to react at a moments notice. This is directly related to her unreal anxiety levels; as her body was reacted by constantly feeling a sense of fight or flight response whenever she is out and about. It causes her heart to feel heavy, limbs to feel as if they are made of electricity and head to impulse with delusions. These range from sensations of weightlessness, needless worry, hallucinations and unending thoughts of dread and worry.

It seems to almost never cease. Again and again these feelings repeat on a loop and they eat at the very body and soul of Saiko. As, during times of intense psychological distress, The Maiden of Melancholy could not even so much as harness her full power to defend herself without her zanpukto spirit at her side. That much was proven during her conflicts in Iceland, Demonic Incursion, The Black World Immersion and so many other events.

The only times that Saiko seems to notice that this feeling goes away is at rest, around those whom she feels she is safe with and when too stimulated to reflect and mull over these notions. Although, her richer shades of melancholy can also overpower this feeling and numb it at times; it turns into a nightmare when the two are infused together and makes just breathing, living and experiencing life a bad dream that never ends.

It is why she is so thankful to have a being like Ash in her life to help keep these feelings in check. As, if nothing else, his love and touch seems to absolve her of these notions for as long as is he spiritual wavelength is near her own. This frequency she feels almost makes her believe in "soul-mates" in this world of spirits. It would make sense given the context of the world they live, after all.

Suicidal: There is a large part of Saiko that is rather suicidal. As, for the most part, a lot of her actions are reckless, filled with emotional thought and done on whims. This is because she doesn't care much for the consequences of her actions until they come to bite and devour her whole. It is the whole reason why she decided to seek out Ash Iramasha and kidnap him from Karakura Central. The only thing that ran through her head was tracking him down and being showered in his warmth, or failing and dying in a pool of her own cold blood.

At this point, she doesn't care much for her own life and that gives her a sense of liberation and freedom. As, with this new perception on life, she is free to do as she pleases as she is more than prepared to deal with whatever comes after. Therefore, even with the chains of bondage on her soul, no one can ever take this sense of empowerment away from her; as no matter what happens -- she will be alright. If she lives? Perhaps she'll find a way through this darkness. If she doesn't? Then death will release her from this non-sense. It's as simple as that.

Yearning For The Past: Saiko wasn't always a monster to herself. There was a time in her life when everything was fine, care free and filled with hope, light and life. So, it isn't a wonder that she holds nostalgia and desire to return to simpler times. The life she leads is one filled with stress, endless worry, pain and death; the life she lived as a child was serene, happy, loving and filled with endless comfort. This sharp contrast in life changes over the decades is one that stabs in her heart as she continues to corrode and waste away.

As, no matter what she does, there is nothing she can do to mend back the sands of time which fall away from her hands grasp. It only keeps accelerating further and further until the point of her demise comes. And, despite her acceptance of that fact, it does not do much to quell and ease her fear. There is nothing that can stop this path and it horrifies her at every level; to the point of wanting to kill herself to find an escape out of this torture. That is apart of the reason why she is suicidal to begin with: this life -- it's too much. Too much for her to bare.

Immense Guilt Within: At least once day there is a guilt that eats and stabs at the embodiment of Saiko's being. It's akin to being stabbed with knives over and over again in the chest and it hurts the soul. Although she'll never admit, there is a regret and remorse which devours her for all of the ill-deeds she has caused throughout the world based on her wish which turned her into the demon she is today. Although she wanted to ensure that those close to her heart would not be tormented in the embers of hell, she had ended so many hundreds of thousands lives with her hands; and millions of more lives indirectly through her mind's actions and guidance to those she leads over in Shadow Fall.

And, despite giving them a chance to flee, she still cannot forgive herself for that. As this was all her conscious decision and choice to end their life. Yet, even so, the gentleness inside of her is so broken up and torn over the ordeal. This isn't what she wanted and it hurts. And it hurts even more so to have forsaken all of the positive aspects which once made a healthy, vibrant and loving girl to what seemed like an eternity ago. There are still aspects of herself which try to shine and break through this wall of blood and shade, but she is so far gone in her mind that there is no point in trying to stop.

Nothing can take back the time wasted, no one can save her from the lives ruined and she can't hope to truly find a way back to the child she used to be. Naive delusions won't do the trick and trying to do good won't magically erase the wrongs she committed. It's just too late to go back. Thus, even if it agonizing to have such levels of guilt and regret, Saiko still is stubborn in her stance and seeks to hold this weight on her chest. For that is her burden to bare and one that she intends to carry until the very last blood-filled breath exhales from her lungs and the light of her spirit is extinguished.

Even if she regrets every last action she had ever committed on her life on her death bed -- that will be the price to pay for the life she so willingly led.

Distrust: Perhaps one of the burning factors of her reservations and detachments from most beings is the fact that she does not trust them. In a world of monsters, beasts, killers, abusers, liars, manipulators and sadistic freaks; it's hard to trust anything anyone says or does. Her own heart and mind is a fragile thing, and she isn't keen on giving that fragility to just anyone. It's why she questions why she decided to let Ash in her heart with all this paranoia and suspicion looming in her heart. As there are aspects of herself that doubt even his love.

Shattered Self: With all the many different aspects of Saiko that compromise her personality, and all of the many souls she has claimed with her reaping, it's hard for her not to feel a sense of fractured self. That is to say: Saiko isn't quite sure who she is or what aspects of herself she wants to let blossom. Despite her claims of being a monster and killer, the girl isn't quite sure what she is on the inside. There is so much doubt and confusion which plagues her mind and soul that it's like being lost in a void of uncertainty.

Slowly Finding Conviction: Following the ignition of her love for Ash, Saiko noticed that something had changed in herself -- there was a small flame of resolve beginning to burn and spread through her soul. Although she'd never admit it to anyone but her beloved, this spark of passion caused a radical shift within herself. As, following her awakening in Dr.Hebi's laboratory, she noticed a stronger pulsation of emotions and willpower to seek out what her heart desired. It is why she recalled being so angry at Dr.Hebi for restraining and restricting her from the outside world. As, with that subjugation, she could not be with her soul mate and that angered her and caused her to take action and become wild.

Prior to this point, Saiko had tried her best to avoid, run away and stop all intense emotion, fascination and desire from within herself. Yet, following her near death experience, something broke within her and wavelength of Ash's soul unlocked a phoenix within; one that was waiting to arise from the flames of it's imprisonment and break free. Now she has become more focused on what she wants, is willing to put in the work to achieve these worldly cravings and is trying to harden her mind to better meet the increased demands of caring for another and finding her place in this world.

Even if this is all occurring on a sub-conscious level, and even if she refuses to admit or accept it, it is a process that is happening and one that she feels she cannot stop. For as long as her heart beats with this affection and longing for Ash, this ambition, will and determination will continue to fester and expand in order to lessen and ease the instabilities of her melancholic heart.

Empathy For Those With Melancholy In Them: This one deals more so with the element of her powers. Saiko seems to have more fondness and mercy for those who have the seeds of sadness, depression and hurt sowed within their bodies. The reason for this is because it resonates strongly with the element of her Zanpakutô spirit. And because she has such a strong cluster of sorrow within her heart, there is a vast amount of understanding and insight that Saiko shares because of her struggles. Thus, she would want to avoid hurting someone inflicted with this curse if at all possible.

As, to Saiko, it is almost like killing one of her own when she has to slay someone with visible melancholy in their hearts. It is apart, but not all, of the reason she believes she did not harm Ash Iramasha on the day that they met in Iceland. Or, when she fought against the hopeless angel of Carter during their clash in the hell of Demonic Incursion. These were two prime chances to kill her foe, but she seemed to opt out that route entirely because of this factor playing a role in her sparing their lives.

Seeds Of Cognitive Dissonance: If one hasn't guessed it, there are some aspects of her personality which conflict with another. This is because there are conflicting beliefs battling and yearning for total control of her persona. One of the main ways that this is shown is by the fact that her actions seem to indicate that she finds hope and light in the love that she offers Ash Iramasha. Yet, there are many beliefs within herself which believe otherwise. As she claimed herself as a lone wolf many times and that of a monster, yet she still attempts to spare and plead with those she slaughters to back down more often than not.

More importantly, there is a deep seated kindness that is nestled within her heart that greatly empowers and drives the source of her guilt and wants to fight against her instabilities. It is this seed of awareness and consciousness that seeks to drive her back to the happiness she once had. Even if Saiko's consciousness mind vehemently fights against it, this cognitive dissonance still thrives and runs amok in much of her thoughts and actions.

It all leads into the finale aspect of her persona...

A Love That Never Ends: Past all the layers of blood, corruption, melancholy and fear is a heart that beats with love. Even if it had been so torn up, damaged and bruised from years of abuse, it still thumps with affection and tenderness to those select few Saiko deems worthy as receiving her love. For this aspect of her persona is the remnants of her younger self that still flow and live on within The Maiden of Sorrow.

For it is this side that has given her enemies a chance to retreat from their path and cease their progression to Saiko's Arm of Grief. Despite the blood she has spewed, this internal self saw to give them an opportunity to end needless fighting and seek to spare them of that torment and agonizing death.

As despite everything else Saiko says and does, this internal self is there to counter it and speak otherwise. It gives her conflict as she finds herself at ends with this compassion within herself and seeks to stifle it to better suit the life of a corrupted killer she has led all of these years. As it does not suit a monster befitting Shadow Fall and it certainly doesn't belong in her personal life; as that had long since been destroyed, shattered and obliterated in the fires of war and hell. Yet, in spite of her protest -- it still persists. And it still hurts so much.

Other Mental Traits Unrelated To Her Persona

Cautious Tactician: Having an overthinking mind does have some benefits; and one of those benefits is that Saiko understands how to lead tentative battle plans. She did not get to be an Archduchess of Shadow Fall without having a knack for organizing massive undertakings. There is a natural instinct for combat which beats within The Maiden of Melancholy from her time living in Earth's outlands. She understands when to follow her gut, when to fight with a plan and when to just go in guns blazing or retreat when the fight cannot be won. It seems like basic things, sure, but most spirits in this world seem to lack those common sense traits of fighting and waging war.

One of the finest examples of this is when she managed to penetrate through Karakura Central's air-tight defenses in order to take Ash Iramasha away from that horrible place. Or, in terms of combat, she successfully managed to take down one of the Rukogani Districts during the Demonic Incursion invasion and destruction of the Soul Society on her own. Lastly, as a final example, Saiko has even taken on multiple opponents far stronger than herself at once and managed to successfully complete her operations despite all the disadvantages thrown at her.

Body Attuned To Combat: Loosely related to Saiko's tactician skills is her rich experience on the field of battle. However, this deals more with sub-conscious movements and memories. She has spent many decades, if not, a whole century in many constant battles, fights, clashes and wars. So, it goes to reason that her body is naturally attuned to the art of combat.

Therefore, she is often able to perform dynamic feats of bodily control, spiritual attacks and reflexes with effortless thought and movement. Even when she is under extreme psychological stress, her body still appears to react on it's own because of it's keen instincts which had been hardwired into her for so long. It's almost as if it is an involuntary movement at times due to the nature of how quick these signals reach her metaphysical and physical circuits.

Knack For Pain: More than anything else, Saiko does have the stomach to endure blinding amounts of pain and grin through it. After serving in Shadow Fall for many decades, it's hard not to have run into instances where you weren't subjected to horrifying physical anguish at some point or another. She has had her limbs torn off, organs pierced, body scorched and even gone as far as to endure multiple stabs in the head that induced varying amounts of brain damage. All the while, she was more focused on her mental anguish as opposed to the physical and found the strength to continue fighting even under these extreme conditions.

So to say that Saiko doesn't have a strong tolerance for pain is a massive understatement. The woman was practically made for abuse, and her mind is no exception. Every waking moment is almost a form of mental anguish and it has strained itself to the utmost of it's conscious perception coping with such a agonizing thing.

Keen Mind: The mind of Saiko Mori is one that has had one hundred and seventy six years in order to expand its intelligence, knowledge and overall understanding of the world and the subjects and beings which make it up. Therefore, it is a fair assumption to draw that Saiko is a highly intelligent woman when one looks past her unstable and irrational traits. As from her magic based studies, she has had time to ingest and mull over a variety of topics, subjects, sciences, histories, physical and metaphysical understandings pertaining to the many different realms which make up the PH Verse.

For, prior to becoming a half demon and joining Shadow Fall, Saiko was a woman who did have a higher than average intelligence. However, with these augmentations, there was a definite increase in her perception of the world. These came in the form of magical runes which sealed and compressed the information of numerous subjects that those in Shadow Fall were able to seal and imprint into their minds. After constant decades of this, it isn't a wonder that she is such a dangerous and well trained weapon. As she has a firm understanding of the principles which make up our existence.

Such illustrations of this mental ability is the fact that she can often learn a subject rather quickly with enough hard focus. If you give her the needed studying materials? She can learn a magical art within a few hours, to days or a week at most depending on how determined and pin-point her focus was. Or, in combat, her ability to decipher attacks is accelerated due to the higher concentration needed when in the heat of combat. So, she could attempt to de-code and understand the patterns, particles and energy frequencies of opponents she fights with enough fixation on them.

Which, in this example, is the keyword: focus. She still spent many years trying to comprehend the knowledge infused into her mind and had to spend a fair amount of time memorizing, comprehending them and allowing her brain to process this information. So, she isn't the type of person of high intellect who coasts by easily; she has had to work and earn her way to have this understanding.

An Outliner Of Worlds: Saiko does not belong anywhere. When she looks at her humanity, shinigamihood and demon blood -- she doesn't identify with any of them anymore. With how disarrayed, distorted and broken her mind, body and soul is, there is no point in claiming either world. Instead, she simply sees herself as something that shouldn't exist and a monster which finds it stuck in between realms.It fuels the wandering aspect of her persona because it helps to add to the feeling that she is a lost soul.

The only reason she is even apart of Shadow Fall is because of her bond to Mana Asthavon from the union made when she was turned into a half demon. If it wasn't for that lingering chain on her soul, she'd have left that a long time ago and truly be alone. So, it is safe to say that she holds no qualms killing either species as she holds no claim to either of them. Thus, to conclide: Saiko has long since given up on her humanity and demonhood and is merely an ugly beast that roams between worlds.

Deep Rooted Instability: This goes something beyond her own psyche. This is a feeling that Saiko gets when she senses and feels the demonic blood within herself brewing and churning around within. More noticeably, in the past six years, Saiko's growth in power has agitated the maddening blood of The Demon Queen which still slithers within her body. It is attracted and pulled towards desire for more power and the core of instability within her Zanpakutô and mind.

At times, it has even gone has far as to totally have her become unhinged. For example, during her clash in Iceland, it nearly fully came out as she was prepared to let go of her restraints and tap into the foul essence that is The Danava of Discord and Lunacy's madness. However, the spiritual wavelength of Ash's pleas and cries quelled and subdue it like an infant being pacified with warm milk and food.

Ever since she vowed to stay by Ash's side and be his knight and partner, this portion of herself has grown, yet been subdued. As, with her new fond power, she has felt these tendrils of instability grow within herself. However, the depths of her love and the healing elements of Ash's energy have otherwise kept this in check. If it had not been for that, Saiko believes she would have been devoured by this spiraling chaos within herself. Therefore, this is more motive than ever to keep her soul mate in her life so that this ugly nature does not overpower her soul. She needs him now more than ever.

Fear Of This Intense Love And Passion: There is a fear that beats and thumps within the heart of Saiko. That fear is that one day perhaps Ash will awaken to the monster that Saiko truly is. And, when that moment comes, the inevitable end of his light and love will cease. For, even when she is with him, she cannot help but feel there is something within him that feels disgust and distaste for her being. She doesn't quite understand what he sees in her, but she wants to hold out hope and belief that these feelings are truly shared with him and aren't done out of guilt or some sense of obligatory duty.

As, even pass that, she wants to ensure that her own possessive traits are submerged and kept in order. Since, over the time she has spent with Ash, The Maiden of Melancholy had most certainly experianced intense feelings of wanting to look over and keep him safe. It bordered on the edge of obsession and she doesn't want that ugly and putrid side of her passion to taint and ruin what they have. His altruistic and gentle nature doesn't deserve that horrible corruption.

But -- didn't he know he loved a monster? And -- didn't she know that everything in this world ends in a tragedy? After all, is always ready to die at any moment. It's the fate of a soul who kills and takes. So how far gone in her delusions did she go to believe that she could make him happy? Damn, it hurts so much to even find this light and affection. And yet -- she can't live without it anymore. Cursed once again by the chains of life and fate.

HER BACKGROUND HISTORY

Chapter One: Birth [From 2240 to 2443]

The world that Saiko was born into was a dead one. Living in the outlands of the Arizona desert, there wasn't much life or prosperity to be had following the aftermath of World War Three. While the climax of the war had died down by this point, there were will many regions of instability that would be worked on during the years. Constant clashes for control over of the terrority were all but common place. Whether it be by man, demon or supernatural being alike. Bodies dropped day after day and the fragility of life was more than scarred into the land and it's people during this time of rebuilding in the world.

However, despite the hellish atmosphere of the state at the time, there were still many humans who held on to hope and love. In a band of small, but capable rouges, both of Saiko's parents conceived their bundle of light a world of death and decay. Born on Feb 14th, 2240, Anael Azrael was the original birth name which Saiko was given by her mother, Ariel Azrael. Each of her parents named them this as they both clung to the faith and belief that perhaps the embrace of angel's will help save this world cast in the blood of demons.

Ergo, the name "Anael" was bestowed upon Saiko because it represented an angel of love. While, Azrael, their family's last name from her father, Uriel Azazel, embodied the world of death they inherited from World War Three. Thus, their child of St.Valentine was meant to do great good in the world and they held on to that unfounded belief as strongly as they could. Since, against all odds, they believed that their daughter would be a miracle child and perhaps that she could arise to the ranks of being someone capable of changing this turmoil with these elements of love infused into her birth. It was quite absurd to believe in the grand scheme of things, but they needed something to hold on to and to have hope in.

Therefore, they raised this child with the utmost of love and compassion. Even in the midst of bloodshed and destruction, they shielded her from the hostile reality of the world and did their best to provide as much of a stable infancy as two superhuman beings could in a world of supernatural strife. They always kept her locked away in the many compounds they traveled through when on the run from enemies who wished to kill them and their families, always had powerful relatives at her side to keep Saiko safe and gave her the best of what limited resources they could provide. They would both often even starve many nights if it meant their child would have more to eat than them.

Hence, Saiko grew and turned into a child who knew not much sorrow despite all the odd happenings occurring around her. From what she recalls, this period of development was filled with happiness, warmth and freedom from the stresses of the world they called earth. She was allowed to thrive, flourish and latch on to her own inner love in order to awaken an abnormal power. As, at the age of three, the potential for Saiko started showing in the fact that her powers seemed to highly resonate with her spirit. During times where she felt extreme happiness, glee and affection, the toddler of Saiko would exhibit odd flares of powers that soothed and relaxed the tense souls of those hardened soldiers around her.

From what her parents recalled, it was almost as if her soul was capable of taking the sorrows, heartache and glum of a persons heart and absolving them into her own. And, more than anything else, this power seemed to feast and grow stronger from the sources of carnage, melancholy and death which permeated the lands around them. However, the child did not seem to be too altered by it because of the fact her psychological state of mind seemed to be healthy and she could properly wield this power without any cognitive thought put behind it. As it was almost as if it were mere instinct more than anything else.

In spite of this gift, many of the others within their family were more concerned about what this could lead into as she developed into her teenage years and became more aware of the world. The reason for this is because it seemed that this strength seemed to stem more so from the child's mind, and like anything from the mind, there was a chance for things to go wrong if that mentality broke or shifted. Therefore, each of the parents, while still loving and supportive, aimed to keep the child of Saiko at a leash and close to them during most times because of this looming fear that a power like this might backfire.

At the time, though, Saiko didn't seem to mind much. As long as she had her friends, family and happiness -- everything was ok! None of the troubles of the world mattered as long as this love and childish optimism kept her going. Because of this, Saiko was noted to be a child that was always talkative, social, loving and always had a smile across her face. It served as a morale boost for many of the people around her, though quite a few still held their reserves about the child's unknown power and what it might lead into later.

For now, however, life was alright.

Chapter Two: Embers Of Nostalgia [From 2244 to 2254]

Blissful.

That's one way to put her childhood from the rose-colored glasses that Saiko paints it as.

Even as Saiko's family ran through the out lands of America to find stability and peace, she came to find serenity and placidity in the midst of nature. This is because they were always safe when the lush forest life surrounded them all like a blanket of protection. For in these years, the ever constant leash that her parents pulled around Saiko's neck grew tighter. So, whenever they reached the beauty of mother nature, she knew it was safe as that leash grew less and less rigid. Thus, when in these serene locations, she rarely, if ever, felt sadness when coated in the depths of the woodlands.

This was important to her as they ventured through as her family traveled throughout southwest of the United States. Throughout these travels, and as she grew older, Saiko started to notice how much conflict there was in the world. Humans, demons, shinigami and so many other beings were always fighting one another or trying to fight them. It was a terrifying reality to try and comprehend, so with the help of her parents -- she shut it off.

What else could a child with such protective parents do? She had no coping skills to deal with the stresses of the world, so she simply ignored them and clung to others in order to keep feeding her happiness into them. All the while, she'd slowly accumulate their sorrows, heartaches and misery for her own. As with each person her powers touched, a small piece of Saiko's self grew further and further conscious to the world around her. And, while her own inner world flourished, it was hanging on by a piece of wire which grew weaker and weaker with each year that passed.

So while her parents and family took care of the monsters which loomed in the distance, Saiko stayed increasingly sheltered throughout her developmental years and grew to live her solitude. For it is in this isolation where she learned to expand her mind and find something so far away from the hardships which loomed in the horizon. She lost herself in many books pertaining from the sciences of this existence, histories of the world, fictional stories and so many other subjects in between. They were her comfort and helped to expand to her knowledge so that she could further cultivate the empathy, warmth and love within herself with this early wisdom she perceived herself as having.

As it would be something which was key to her finding some of the best friends of her life. After many years of searching, both Saiko and her parents would find a refuge for those who were effected by the aftermath of the third world war. Placed in an unspecified location of Texas, there was a vast desert where a large gathering of disbanded humans, shinigami's and other neutral supernatural races alike called home. They made a community and ensured that none of the killers, demonic freaks, hollows, Arrancar or any other mad man of this world would bring harm to it.

Called "Ranger's Haven", this location would be the perfect place for Saiko and her parents to set-up their new lives. So, at the tender age of 7, Saiko found a home and she was very much keen on befriending all those she came into contact after being sheltered for so long. Always the life of the party, she tried to make as many friends as possible at the asylum. As, all she truly wanted as a normal childhood where she can run, play and have fun to her hearts content without the need to fear for her life, her parents life or the lives of those around her in this strange, nightmarish world of boogie-men that played outside the walls of her sheltered life.

That was just stuff that happened to people with bad luck. So, she would enjoy her life and invest in finding a good circle of friends. As when her parents were away, they often left her in a children's education center. At this center they taught children history, science, mathematics and all the traditional aspects that are typically taught to children. However, what was different was the fact that this school also specialized in developing the powers of those children who showed promise in developing into people who could help change and shift this world. Whether it be through the art of combat, the mastery of healing, the methods of defense and everything else in between.

Therefore, it was aptly called "The Dream Institute" because they aimed to invest in the future and help the children of that era become champions of tomorrow. So, given that they sensed her abnormal power from reports received to them by her close family, she was automatically enrolled and placed into this program. And it is in this program where she found many whom seem to accept her for whom she was. Thus, having a strong backing behind her, it was hard for Saiko not to thrive.

When she was apart of this program, Saiko always seemed to ace through her studies, achieve a greater combat prowess and enhanced her overall potential as a person. Since, with the love of her friends and family, she felt she wanted to do them good and perform as best as she could. Therefore, she pushed herself to become one of the top ranked students in this intuition. As each time she succeeded in her courses, the further her friends and family seemed to be proud of her and that made Saiko feel increasingly cheerful and content.

Yet, as the years went by, something nefarious swept through the lands as children started missing in mass droves. Many thought it was the work of some renegade demon force, or just a band of sadistic humans out to get their sick kicks. However, the truth was far more sinister than that. On one sunny day, an explosion erupted towards the town center of The Ranger's Haven Refuge. When this explosion occurred, a mass carter, about a mile deep, became unveiled beneath the city.

What was unveiled in this hole? Unspeakable evils. As Saiko's parents were some of the first responders to the scene, they were extremely concerned that their daughter had been missing for many weeks prior to this incident. And as they ran through the labyrinth of mazes, they eventually found blood. Blood dripping from the floors, ceilings and walls of this hellish laboratory located underneath The Dream Institute.

Past the sea of human waste, half-mutated creatures between demonic and human origin started appearing in droves. Some were still breathing and begging to be killed, while others were puddled messes that mended into the floor as liquefied corpses. As the smell of death spread throughout the compound, it was only natural for her parents to switch into panic and try to find their daughter.

However -- it would be too late. She was already corrupted at this point.

As reinforcements stormed the lab and killed the researchers whom were apart of this project, they would soon discover that The Dream Institute was nothing more than a ruse. In truth, it was an operation to experiment and test on the supernaturally gifted to see if they could bond with demonic matter. For, if they could, they had hoped to create their own super soldiers which were mind-controlled and enslaved by their bodily modifications.

Since they believed that with humanity's natural ability to evolve and adapt, together with the savage strength of a demon's body, could a hybrid soul surpass and exceed both races once their science had been perfected. Then, once enough had been amassed, they had hoped to be the saviors of the planet once they ushered in their radical change to the planet. They would be deemed as heroes with the faction of monsters they controlled and receive power, wealth and recognition; which were the primary motives of them working with demons to begin with.

As many of the parents and police force of the refuge continued to search the lab, some of the last documents they discovered were instructions that informed most of the researchers apart of this project to seek out the aftermath of major battle locations waged in War World Three. Their task was to extract the remaining organic and energized remains of known powerful demons in the globe. Then, they were to infuse their extract into these children in order to record the results of what happen to the test subjects. The majority of their victims could not handle the demonic host, so it was natural that most of them died or became far too unstable to control.

However, it is at that moment where the lab burst into flames and a deformed Saiko came crying from the darkness. This disturbed all further information from being amassed by those trying to divulge the attack and left a trail of blood on her hands. After a short battle, a berserk Saiko slaughtered some of the remaining children and adults in the center before finding her parents. When they discovered her, Saiko was entirely covered within what appeared to be a mess of liquidized black fluids. Yet, despite that, her oceanic eyes peered through the melting material and cried for them to kill her.

Horrified by this discovery, they pleaded for Saiko to be strong as she resisted these intensive urges to kill, devour and spread destruction and chaos. Still begging, this time the mortified Saiko prayed for her mother and father to save her as she was utterly terrified by the actions she committed, the experiments performed on her and the bond she forged with this demonic substance. But, unknown to all of them, the empathetic traits of Saiko's power bonded with organic material from Mana Asthavon, the current Demon Queen and embodiment of Discord and Lunacy.

This is why many of the researchers apart of the "Dream Project" believed she would have been their best hope of realizing their dark dream. As she was one of the few children to actually maintain her psyche, keep her form and receive beneficial boosts in her powers as the parasitic values of her demonic matter turned Saiko into a killing machine. After many painful procedures, they instructed for the primal Saiko to begin killing other of the children in the facility and extract the pain of their essence to make her stronger. For, it seemed that this demonic extract appeared to grow stronger the further she killed and more she feasted.

And -- it is why one of the researchers apart of this dismal project saw mercy on the unfortunate child. Before this unstable rampage could go on, Saiko was put under sedation by said researcher. With a shot to the neck, she was injected with a supernatural medicine that suppressed and kept her demonic traits under wraps. It would allow her humanity to be the dominant side and keep her from fully turning into a hybrid. As, soon after, he informed the parents of what occurred to their daughter. And, before Saiko's father murdered the scientist, he divulged the methods of how to find and keep producing the medicine to keep their daughter from losing it and becoming a full blooded demon.

He further explained that she has great potential to become a powerful hybrid of each races if allowed to grow, but his father didn't care to hear any more of his words and promptly killed him before taking both he and his daughter out of that hellish underground. As far as they both were concerned, their daughter was still human and whatever that researcher cleansed their "angel" of those toxins. Since, neither of them could sense that presence within Saiko and assumed she was fine. So, to spare her being an outcast, they would keep this secret to themselves and merely cover up by saying that Saiko was injured in the debris.

Only those close to the family and Saiko herself would ever know of the dark deeds which occurred on this day. They would see to it and suppress any word that may have gotten out. Their daughter wasn't going to be some monster, not as long as her father was in control of this operation. Therefore, after things died down following the freak incident, their family and close friends decided to seek a new life and leave the ruins of that horrible place to seek a new refuge in this chaotic world.

All the while, Saiko was left to cope in isolation and heavily question the bonds between humans, demons and her own family for the actions all parties took. As, this whole event crushed her safety net and awakened her to the existence she was apart of. If it weren't for the heavy drugs which kept her psyche in check, Saiko would of had a break down then and there. Instead, she only felt a numbing sadness and a heavy confusion that took her into this new stage of her life.

As, what bonded with her was something that would forever change her human and spiritual life forever....

FURTHER HISTORY

Chapter Three: The Final Years Of Humanity [From 2255 to 2259]

There were still many troubling thoughts that lingered and weighed down on Saiko's soul following the experiments done to her following the crash of The Dream Institute. And, given the traumatic events, it was only natural for a newly made teenager to feel traumatized. There was a large amount of anxiety brewing within the heart of Saiko given the fact her world was no longer stable, while the urges from the demonic extract she bounded with induced so much pain into her beings. Yet, something within kept absorbing and binding with it to drive her inner source of power to reach new heights.

This feeling of melancholy, tension and strain, intermixed with the bodily modifications made to her body, caused Saiko to shatter, break and retreat back to the safety of the womb. When her parents finally found a source of stability in the forest of Oregon, they managed to build a small refuge and Saiko hid within that compound for roughly one year. During this time, she was allowed visits from her friends, and they did soothe her soul, but she wanted to keep far away from the world around her.


There were multiple reasons for this period of seclusion and isolation. One of the first and primary factors for this was that her powers were growing more unstable. It took most of her waking energy to suppress this feeling of pure terrifying energy from breaking her, rupturing her mind and breaking free from the bond her body made. So, during this time of reclusion, Saiko endured these ghastly pains in hopes of making this satanic blood ease and cool off.

Secondly, she could feel herself beginning to feel terror and fear for the world. As not only were demons aiming to tear apart her souls, mankind itself turned just as brutal and devilish as they teamed up and experimented on every square inch of her body. Past the dull ache of the medicine they tried numb her with, Saiko could still recall the burning red imagery of the forced mating sessions with other test subjects, every orifice of her body being yanked with many scorching hot instruments and feeling her very spirit invaded and violated on every level imaginable. It gave Saiko a mistrust of people, a fear of spirits and paranoia of the world that would never leave her entirely.

Thirdly, Saiko's entire body felt as if it didn't exist at this point. The way she perceived reality was forever changed and constant series of panic attacks broke the way her mind recognized the world. Walks in nature that were once placid had been filled with a loud static noise in her hand, a sense of absolute surrealism and absolute panic that struck every fiber of her being. It was if just stepping outside the safety of her enclosed shelter induced feelings that she was being dissolved straight out of reality. All of these new and alarming feelings horrified Saiko to the point of nearly losing her psyche and grip on the world around her.

It became such a downward spiral of a time that even many of the residents of their current refuge and family began to wonder if she were turning into a danger. Although never spoken in front of her, Saiko's heightened senses overheard many hushed conversations about the state of unstable being she entered. Many could feel the fluctuation in her energy and often questioned if she was a flight risk or not following the fiasco with The Dream Institute. Aside from her small group of friends and immediate family, most simply kept their distance away from Saiko as they did not want her new ominous atmosphere clouding their lives.

Even her own parents seemed less warm and felt more distant during this period. Perhaps it was her own perception, but everything seemed dull, devoid of hope and the light in her life was beginning to fizzle out and become drowned in shadows. She wondered if there was even a way out of all this mess and pondered the horrors of the world. Horrors that that both her new found grip on reality possessed -- and the demonic parasite living on within her whispered to her.

So as all this bared down on Saiko, one had to pose this important question to the great beyond: Saiko couldn't live her entire life like this, right?

No.

No one could.

Something had to give and there came a threshold point towards her 14th birthday where she decided that enough was enough. She wanted to regain the person who she was before all this and begin her march back towards humanity. Therefore, Saiko learned many meditative techniques in order to help suppress these feelings back inside and gain control over herself. It was a struggle, but eventually she discovered the needed strength in order to break out of her prison and begin stepping back into the world she so shut herself out from.

After doing so, Saiko clung hard to those who remained in her life. By leeching off their remaining love, she'd grasp hard to the fact that people were still there for her and she'd try to live for them -- and herself. Therefore, living under a sea of such strong angst, she became devoted to the work of fighting against the demons, sadistic humans, hollows and other nightmarish fiends who sought to make the world hell. She joined her parents, family and friends on constant incursions where they clashed against these forces in order to gain some control over her life once again.

She liberated people from prison camps, killed these beasts on the daily bases, endured life or death battles alongside her parents and pushed herself to the limit and beyond with her mental, physical and supernatural training. Everything from honing her skill with all sorts of equipment, instilling the body memory to have her instincts become a weapon to use, increasing the volumes of energy that brew within herself and expanding her knowledge in order to make the overall make-up of herself dangerous and lethal.

In doing so, her newly adapted body quickly saw vast advancements over the few years she spent honing her skills as a fighter and killer. She could feel something inside of her being satisfied, fed and empowered each time she engaged in her conflicts. Nagging at her, pushing at her and guiding her towards the path of strength to find her own salvation. So while the world was ever turbulent around Saiko, she had the strength to subject it and fight against it's ugly fangs with the power given to her.

In fact, she felt quite confident, smug and downright arrogant with this new strength she acquired. There was still love, compassion and kindness that she showered those close to her in; but they could definitely note the radical change that occurred in Saiko and thought of her as a new person entirely from it. She was determined to not let the likes of this demon win and to reclaim her life.

But could such a thing ever come true for her?

Chapter Four: Death Of Self [Summer 2259]

Things seemed to be going up for the newly developed Saiko. She was attaining a reputation for being a slayer of demons, hollows, villains and all those who wish to perform ill-deeds upon innocents. Many thought she had the potential to change things in their small region of the world. Sure, Saiko wasn't the most powerful person in America, but that didn't matter to her. She just wanted to ensure that her piece of existence was guarded to the best of her ability. However, it seems even that wish was well out of her grasp.

On the night of June 3rd, 2259 Saiko, her parents and a group of her closet friends and family were making their way to the Grand Canyon to deal with a distress signal they picked up. At this point, they were known as a band of vigilantes who acted as "superheroes" of sorts trying to save those whoever needed their help. From the vague reports that they were able to overview, it was apparent that a cluster of demons were destroying, consuming and killing all life within a one mile radius. Yet, in spite of the grave warning, they merely brushed it off as another settlement of people who got in way over their head with a bunch of run of the mill demons. So, Saiko was one of the first to go gung-ho into battle; anxious and ready to kill off some of her bad nerves at the time.

However, what she had not anticipated the sheer strength of these creatures. Unknown to them, these were a cluster of powerful demons which had somehow escaped from a mad scientist's lab known as "Dr.Hebi". They were meant to be experiments in order to test the boundaries of how potent both demon and hollow blood could be when infused, but it ran wildly out of control and the savages started killing everything in sight with unbelievable power. Not even Vice Captain Class Shinigami were enough to dispatch these threats, as the group whom sent the distress signal to begin with were a group of division one shinigami of the then Gotei 13. This squadron had originally been sent out and tasked to deal with the disturbance, but they were quickly overwhelmed by what they had found at the time.

So, what hope did Saiko and her friends and family stand against these threats? Not much. As after a few minutes of enraged combat, most were brutally wounded, maimed or outright killed by these beast. It was one of the most terrifying experiences that Saiko ever experianced because of the fact she was powerless, her mind was disarrayed and her life was burning at the seams around her. And while there was a power yearning to be released at the time, it was deeply suppressed, sedated and numbed from the years of drugs and meditation used to keep it constrained in order to prevent this demonic influence from taking over her humanity.

Therefore, while consumed by absolute horror at her existence ending, Saiko screamed in bloody pain and terror as her body was feasted on by these creatures until she eventually passed as a bloody and crumbled piece of flesh. Now, in between worlds, the soul and spirits of these heroes were in limbo. With the infection spreading quickly, they could either be transformed into new fond hollows, be sent straight to hell or find the path of release if a Shinigami were able to cleanse their spirits. Which, fortunately for them, happened to occur.

As the last bits of life flickered out of Saiko, it attracted the attention of a Captain-Class Shinigami known as Zen. Since numerous Vice Captain Class Shinigami were unable to cope with the threat, he was assigned to the area to try and make sense of the killings. Therefore, he and other similarly powered Captains managed to otherwise destroy and kill these monsters. While, at the same time, managing to save the souls of Saiko, her family and her friends at the same time. As without that assistance, most of them would have probably mutated their souls into an atrocious monster of a being.

With their spirits cleansed, however, they'd soon be sent into the Soul Society and ready to pass on in order to enter the next phase of their after life.

But -- Saiko would never be the same.

Chapter Five: Rebirth Of Self [From 2259 to 2269]

There was a flash of light -- then feeling. So much feeling. Saiko's vision returned, hearing faded in and the wholeness of a body formed and she found her new spiritual form landing in the out lands of the Soul Society. Shaking and unstable, Saiko's mind was not right, but her body -- was alright -- for now. As during the transition from life into death, Saiko felt a coldness envelop her essence. It brought with it a very dejected, lowered and blackened feeling. It signified the end of her bliss and she could feel her happiness steadily being snuffed out by this new power which was birthed within her.

Though -- much of the same couldn't be said of her family and friends. When they made it through the other sides, most of their memories had been fractured and broken to the point where they barely even recognized Saiko. In fact, both of her own parents had entirely forgot who she was and why they ended up here.



After much pleading, crying and begging, there seemed to be nothing that triggered the flame of acknowledgement which she so craved to see from them. All of their memories, love and protection they bestowed within her -- eradicated.

No more mother.

No more father.

No more family.

No more....anyone.

Her life as she knew it -- died.

. . .

It was in that moment that she understood that she was now all alone in this life. That imprinted a strong sense of hurt within her heart, one that would never go away on top of the previous strains of heartache she endured in her human life. Everything within herself became glum and she found herself embracing the element of melancholy as two male and female voices whispered sweet nothings in her ear. One voice pleaded for her to remain strong, while the other called for her to accept this glum reality for all it is worth and become numb.

She wasn't quite sure what to follow, but Saiko certainly felt a void within herself and would allow it to grow in this new age. Yet, even still, she had them in physical form. Therefore, all hope wasn't entirely lost, right? So, with her friends and family still breathing, she would guide them through the ways of the Soul Society and try to stay at their side for as long as she could. She would begin to explain the lives they all lived to the best of her own memory, have them understand that they were all dead spirits and that this was their start at a new life.

It would be the second time that Saiko would need to entirely start over, but this time, she grew more detached from it. Instead of letting the instabilities consume her, she merely accepted it as time went on and allowed it to fester and grow within herself as she felt further power from it. As she and her family and friends traveled through the lands of the Soul Society, she'd re-teach them the lessons they gave to her and instruct them on to fight, what earth was like, how to fend for ones self and the kinds of people they all were prior to this restart.

They all seemed so confused and scared, yet at the same time they were content and happy to have someone like Saiko guiding them. It killed her on the inside to have to lead a tribe of people like this, as she could only see the shadows of the people they once were burned into her mind forever. Thus, it's perhaps for this reason why her Zanpukto spirit called out to her in these times of great trouble and glum. As during one night where she found herself wandering into the depths of an uncharted forest, a strong sense of sorrow over washed herself and she found herself in a plum forest with blackened waters.

Sinking deeper and deeper into it's murky depths, Saiko drowned, but still was able to breathe. So, she did not dare to resist this pull and simply fell into the abyss. For, at the bottom of her inner world is where the reflection of her spirit lay. And this mirror possessed fragments of her former self, shadows of the person she wants to be and attachments of the demonic host which still lived inside of her soul. Therefore, since they were both one in the same, there was no sense in playing games with his master. Ergo, the Zanpukto spirit of Saiko quickly divulged his name to her:

"Ude No Kanashimi" [Arm Of Grief]

He was the arm of her grief materialized and given an empowered form to let her sorrows breathe and take life. Henceforth, he announced himself as a presence that had constantly watched over her the entirety of her life because he WAS her. If nothing else, he could almost be considered an extension of Saiko by acting as the embodied form of her alter ego all things considered. In his company, she would be given an eternal friend and spirit which would never leave her side. As both understood one another desire for company, loyalty and love in this world of horrors, melancholy and death.

Thus, unlike most other shinigami, Saiko had a strong bond with hers from the start because of this mutual knowledge he shared and the level of understanding and comprehension her Zanpakutô. Furthermore, given the fact that she still seemed to possess all her memories and energy from when she was a human, it was almost in this moment where he bestowed and crowned her The Maiden of Melancholy. In doing so, she unlocked The Essence of Melancholy and was allotted privileges to activate her shikai whenever she felt she was ready to embark on the next step of her journey into this world of heartache.

And, at the same time, she unlocked another crucial step in her evolution of a soul: the understanding of the demonic extract which was bonded to her body as a human. With the chains of restraint broken from her mortal body, the strains of demon essence that were still flowing around within Saiko's soul developed a consciousness. This consciousness unveiled itself to be not Mana Asthavon, but instead, the first human host she originally possessed to attain her corporal form: Haniel Iahhel.

Due to the fact that Saiko's soul was able to absorb and ease the strife held within her demonic blood with it's emphatic prowess, fractions of this human's consciousness was able to break through and protect Saiko further. As, more than anything else, this remnant of Haniel was apologetic and regretted how much grief this curse must've given her. It also vowed, that from this moment forward, it would do whatever in order to ensure the protection of its host.

Since she further explained that Mana Asthavon herself is nothing more than a symbiotic parasite that attached itself to material beings who were unfortunate enough to be claimed by her mark. This was done in order to attain a physical form and reach frightening new levels of power in order to turn the world into chaos, madness and disorder. As, more than anyone else, this Queen was unveiled to be the main hand at causing World War Three due to her endless lust for mayhem, power and depravity.

The same fate would have befallen Saiko herself when The Dream Institute first experimented on her if not for her ability to quell the tensions of spirits. For it accepted this madness, purged it of it's possessive traits and managed to stabilize it for the time being. She explained that could change in the future based on how much control Saiko yielded over her prowess, but that both her and Kanashimi would be there to protect her like the family so she so yearned for.

After these bombshells were unveiled, there was a sense of peace that brewed within Saiko's soul and she felt another evolution of her power awaken because of it. As, following that night, she appeared to become strong enough to fight on par with veteran and experianced Captains of the Gotei 13. Enough to where she caught the attention of a recruiter which wanted to enroll her in the Soul Society given the grim circumstances on Earth. This recruiter would then turn out to be Tsubasa Unabara, someone who would go on to become the first captain of the commanding division of the Gotei 13.

She was offered a chance by him find a stable life for both herself and her family and friends who followed Saiko. With the shelter, protection and power the Gotei 13 promised, there was little reason for Saiko not to. As the only thing she cared about was herself and those close to her. So, this was just another way to better their lives and perhaps spread her love for others if her power could further develop to the way it was on Earth. Since, while she was a much more quiet person, there was still a fondness for light and love that beat within her life in this time and led her towards the path of fighting for the side of order.

Thus, she took up their oath and enrolled quickly into the the first division of the then Gotei 13. It is here where she would take up the next phase of her life and bring all those around her for the ride so that they can see a new dawn.

Chapter Six: Adorning The Oath Of The Reaper [From 2269 to 2300

This era in Saiko's life was one filled with purpose and light. Though to her promise in power as a Shinigami, she had skipped the whole process of the Shino Academy and was placed into the ranks of the first division of the then Gotei Thirteen. The reason why she joined the first division was because she wanted to be there for the organization during their rebuilding process. This was because she believed that her ability to bare others pain would come in handy in trying times such as these.

And these were trying times for herself. They couldn't afford to live in the outside districts of the Seireitei. Things were becoming increasingly unstable, dangerous and downright dire. It was hard to lead them, raise them and help them become themselves again in an environment such as that. So Saiko took a personal sacrifice in joining the Gotei Thirteen so that she could properly provide for them in this new world as they provided for her in the old. Thus, Saiko decided to move both herself and her family into the first division barracks.

Once they established a new residence in this place, it is here where Saiko would extend her warmth and forge a following. As she became increasingly molded into the first division, her loyalty to her comrades was something that was insane. Even if it risked her life and limb, there were many wild stories that Saiko would do whatever it took to ensure all those who fight alongside her would be protected and make it back in one piece. And, if that couldn't be ensured, then at the very least they'd have a second chance at life even if they were maimed.

One such illustration of this event is when she was paired up with Kuro Ookami during his rise to power in the first division. While they were both tasked with taking out an unnamed demon lord attempting to break through the Seireitei, Kuro found himself in a position where his back was exposed and the demon was ready to go through with the kill.

However, Saiko scarified herself and took a direct energy blast to the stomach in order to ensure that his attack would be the one to finish off the weakened demon. Once he was able to arrange that, the trust between the two had been cemented and she was seen as someone highly reliable and respected in the first division because of her commitment to whatever cause she found herself apart of.

Therefore, news of her highly successful missions reached the higher-ups in the Gotei and they were impressed with her track record. All of those years fighting demons, monsters and the worse humanity had to offer were paying off. She could feel the bond between her demonic bond and Zanpakutô accelerating in development with every fight she engaged in.

While, her family and friends were finding their wings and becoming whole again as their old personas started to return; even if their memories were long gone. And, on top of all that, it seemed she had the trust and faith from her comrades with the amount of genuine and earnest love she gave this company to keep it together.

It all served to mold and push Saiko well beyond her limits and reach the threshold of captaincy without having even attained her bankai. She was turning into quite the polished weapon at a rather young age and these factors were all to thank for it. It is why she was then promoted to the Vice Captain of the first division because of these talents beginning to finally flourish and mold her into the proper champion of light that she was meant to be. Finally, she was beginning to find her place in the world and have a sense of balance in her life with all of these people at her side.

But could such a happiness last?

That was the ultimate question posed to this all. As the final days of her shinigamihood drew closer, there was something inside of Saiko that felt terrified of the future. It was a feeling of absolute dread as if she were about to die. She wasn't quite sure what it was, but something horrifying was on the horizon....

Chapter Seven: A Melancholic Betrayal [Fall of 2300]

One of the largest assignments of Saiko's life had been bestowed upon her in the fall of 2300. She was going to lead a team of some of the division one's finest members in order to take down and weaken some of the power that the Asthavon Family possessed. They were tasked with the mission of venturing to New York State, infiltrating a known Asthavon meeting and taking out as many members as they can. The reason for this is because they assumed that this family had most of the royal control over other demons. If they could disband them and throw them into array, then perhaps they could cut the snake's head and have the body die after the control they yielded crumbled from the inside.

Therefore, Saiko assembled many of her comrades, family and friends in order to carry out this huge mission. As, by this time, many of them were deemed capable and strong agents of the Gotei after having many years to restore themselves back to their peak fighting form. With all of this weight being thrown on the shoulders of Saiko, however, it was going to make or break her career in the Gotei. For the results of this mission success or failure could possibly even thrust her into the ranks of becoming a Captain for one of the other vacant squadrons.

Hence, there was a high amount of anxiety and tension brewing within the soul of Saiko as she prepared to engage on the most dangerous mission of either her human or shinigami life. And, while Haniel gave her warnings not to engage on this task, she threw her warnings them carelessly aside because her latent desire for glory started to consume Saiko. As, once again, she found her ego and wanted to exercise a bit more by taking out these creatures. If she could do that, then she could serve as a symbol of hope for the Gotei and usher them into a new age.

With a whole army backing her, Saiko then dared to charge head first into peril! They were able to kill the first wave of Asthavon's and their followers with relative ease. The compound in which they were holding out in had been destroyed, many of their allies had scattered out and it seemed as if victory was going to be had on this day. However, something wasn't right. They were dying a bit -- too easily. It was unnerving for Saiko, but she merely played along with it as she was still being pumped and fueled by her growing ego. A mistake that the scattered consciousness of Haniel warned her not to repeat.

It was a mistake she'd rue for the reminder of her life.

In a storm of power, The Demon Queen herself arose from the shadows and promptly began dropping bodies as she identified her targets. One after one, the blood flowed all around Saiko and she could feel the walls of her new fond life crumbling. Even as she tried her damnedest to fight against the Demoness, her power was just too unreal to counter and she promptly found herself beaten near death. It was a horrifying feeling to experience and she could feel absolute terror fill her spine as she was losing what was precious to her once again -- and there was nothing she could do to stop it.

No.

In fact -- this was her fault.

All of it had been her fault. If she had just listened all the times she found herself in these circumstances, perhaps none of them would even be here. So as she lay in the crimson remains of her families essence, Saiko would be the lone survivor of The Demon Queen savage rampage. Her father was dead, mother dead, family dead, friends dead and all of her squad mates -- dead. Every last one of them was butchered, devoured and crushed by this monster.

And once again -- she was left with nothing.

She had failed them and her whole build-up had been for not. Why did she have to be so cocky? Why couldn't she attain that last boost of power needed like the heroes in her stories? Why was reality -- so cruel? Because of this grim world, she was now at the utter mercy of the devil herself and there was nothing left to do but accept her death. Despite all the dread in her heart, she knew there was nothing she could do against this entity and had given up entirely on finding a way out of this. Instead, she was prepared to go straight to hell with all those she led down the path of destruction.

Yet -- death would not come.

Instead, Mana offered her a deal. In exchange for ensuring that the souls of her "lovely" family would be tended to in hell and made to have their dreams come true, she would finish the transformation of turning Saiko into half-ling and she would serve her as one The Demon Queen's familiars in order to work under Shadow Fall. It was an act of mercy that the remaining influence of Haniel induced upon Mana.

Since Mana herself stated that if she was strong enough to endure her influence for this long, it would be a shame to waste that potential as she could grow into quite the fearsome hybrid. As, to her, Haniel was inducing thoughts of great ego into The Demon Queen as she hadn't much desire to destroy what was already marked as hers. Additionally, it would serve to beneficial to have someone who was so closely rooted to the Gotei 13 to divulge their secrets so that she may further her own agenda's and power.

So in exchange for betraying her comrades, she would give Saiko a second chance at life and her family the salvation they so desired.

Scared, beaten, alone and on the verge of death -- what other option did Saiko have? If she didn't, then she to would die and everyone would simply be tormented and agonized in hell. Therefore, in an act of cowardice, she compiled with the Demon Queen's request and transformed into a cross-species monster. With the marking of Mana Asthavon complete, her essence would be injected, infuse and forced into Saiko in order to override the gentleness of Haniel's touch and drown her in a world of instability and glum.

In this way, her last remaining drops of humanity would bled out and she'd forever be a spirit stuck in between worlds. Not was she a demon, nor was she a human; but a traitor who held no loyalties and had no place to call home. Therefore, after a terrifying shriek, she'd arise The Great Betrayer and seek to finalize their pact in blood. Since, as soon as the reinforcements came, Saiko promptly slaughtered them all with her new fond prowess, and left the likes of even Kuro Ookami staring in dismay at the potential wasted by this girl as she aligned herself with the demons they so rigidly fought against.

It would permanently label her as a criminal of the Soul Society and cement her allegiance to Shadow Fall for the rest of her days. And, for Saiko, the last shreds of hope for a life of happiness fizzled and faded into the abyss of hell. As all that she could do now was become a husk of herself and embrace the pain of life. For this was her new, bitter reality to accept.

Her life -- was over.

Chapter Eight: Embracing Two Worlds [From 2300 to 2410]

Kill, kill, kill, kill.

That was the only word which could describe this phase in Saiko's life. The remnants of her humanity were killed, the beauty of her inner world was killed, the lives of those she loved for were killed and last rays of happiness and light were killed within herself. All that was left following her transformation to a proper half-breed demon was the slaughtering of others. Therefore, as she was crown the Archduchess of the 5th Circle by Queen Mana's decree, Saiko was then issued to begin tackling many assignments which had her destroying the lives of others.

Day after day, she would skewer entire villages, take over numerous lands and lead constant scenes of destruction on the call and order of her superiors. All the while, her committed mind soaked up the needed training in order to become an efficient killing machine. With Mana's blood further breaking down the body of Saiko, the instabilities within her heart grew, but as to did her affinity for the magical arts and regeneration. For at one point, Saiko went an entire month without regenerating or healing form her injuries in order to further push the extents of her tolerance for abuse. As this was considered punishment to herself and a way to continue the evolution of her demonic build.

The bodies just kept adding up and it ate at the consciousness of Saiko as their blood further drowned out the person she used to be and crushed it deep within herself. There were many days were she was buried within an inescapable depression that clouded everything around her within shadows. It made Saiko feel as if she were dead, her body lacked the vital essence of life and as if she were utterly and totally defeated. That making anything alterations to this lifestyle was futile because of the actions that she committed. To change who she was now was a joke because of the consequences that came with her moment of weaknesses and cowardice.

Thus, instead, her deluded logic pushed her and guided Saiko towards staying on the side of beast and monsters. What other choice was there? She was already a wanted fugitive in the Gotei 13, she had no family to return to and she'd only live her days on the run if she were to disband now. Only, this time, she'd have both the forces of light and darkness seeking to kill her. So what point was there? Because of that lack of point, her suicidal urges grew and she began to see less and less value in her life as the years went on.

In the meantime, this internal pain caused for a great power to become awaken within herself. Since, as her anxieties and sorrows grew, as to did the extents of her strengths. After many sessions of internal meditations with her Zanpakutô spirit, Saiko even discovered that she was capable of unlocking a bankai at this point, but was far too terrified of it's applications and side effects to ever use it in her current state. It embodied the core of anxiety and it sought to change the very essence of whom she was. It -- wasn't worth it for now.

Instead, to not totally become consumed by melancholy and dread, Saiko put as much discipline and focus as she could into learning the magical arts, honing her body to inhuman limits and learning the depths of her Zanpakutô in order to submerge herself in a task that never ended. Since her powers ran deep, there was no end to how far she could develop them and she'd use this to continue her ascension towards being one of the most efficient and successful Shadow Fall operatives to date.

As, while she lacked the raw strength others possessed at the time, her operations were usually successful because of her precision, knowledge and ability to lead a coherent team and mission. Which, at the end of the day, helped played a major role in Shadow Fall gaining more power, control and land with her attributes being contributed to the cause. For at this point in her life, Saiko merely accepted the monster that she was and sought to be as good as one as she could be to properly represent her alignment.

Thus, the development of The Silent Killer had been finalized and her corruption was all but complete. It is why she then became quiet, secluded, paranoid, mistrustful and all things reserved because of these experiences which impacted her up until this point. There was no light in this world, no camaraderie and no sense of balance to hold herself on. The only thing she looked forward to at this point was the end-all of death when she could no longer perform her duties.

Chapter Nine: Present Day Events [2410 to 2416]

2410

This year was one where Saiko felt a change in the air. The reason being is because there was a lot of change in the way the world worked in this time. It was around this period where the then Sin Fall, Nuevo Espada, Kokuryuteshi and other smaller factions that were deemed "antagonistic" to the world teamed up and formed a super union. And due to their heightened activity at the time, Saiko took part in many operations which helped further Sin Fall's reach.

Nearly every week she took part in operations to further amass land in Europe in order to help Sin Fall extend their reach. She took over many small cities, townships and nations in order to start out small and build their way to the top. While, on other weeks, she was assigned duties to assassinate and kill other enemy targets from rivaling organizations and factions in order to keep their pull strong. This even went as far as murdering traitors within Sin Fall and was something Saiko herself found sickly amusing; considering the context of her joining Sin Fall to begin with.

All in all, it geared and moved towards them becoming a bigger face on the map of the world and she could feel that their efforts would not stop going into the year 2411. Since, from what she could sense from Mana Asthavon, that Devilish Parasite was undoubtedly up to something huge. With the massive push for Khalaism becoming more prevalent around this time, she could only see grave things for the next five years to come.

2411

The takeover of London. By far this was the biggest event of the 2410's because of the fact it cemented Sin Fall's regime and control over Europe. As, at this time, they had already expanded and invaded most European countries. So, Saiko recalls earnestly fighting against Captains and the protectors of the planet in order to ensure her makers goals were realized. The initial takeover was a success, but she was still engaged in heavy combat for roughly a month after they stabilized and Sin Fall was able to successfully claim these regions.

In the meantime, things got further compounded when Sin Fall merged with the Nuevo Espada in order to form Shadow Fall. This would prove to be a nightmare for the planet going forward into 2412 because of the fact it turned them into a super organization. Not many could hold a candle to the fire power they had at this point and Saiko felt as if she made the right decision joining among their ranks as she watched the bodies drop at alarmingly high rates. It was a time of great strife and war and reminded her much of the days of her own radicalized youth as a human. Expect, this time, she was on the side of the beast who once terrorized her.

Never the less, she did also play a role in amassing additional resources from Chaos Island in the summer of 2411 for Shadow Fall. As, around this time, there was a freak accident in the world where a chunk of Aether Energy crashed into the globe from the Iramashsa Faction. It was relevant to Shadow Fall's interest because of the fact that there were many sacred and ancient sources of power for them to abuse scattered on the island. So, Saiko was dispatched to kill as many as possible, take the objects and report back to the research department of Shadow Fall in order to further improve their defenses in the future.

Needless to say, no one could cease The Silent Killer and she succeeded in her mission without fail. Following that success, Saiko would resume her roll in constant conflict as the wars only seem to worsen in the globe

2412

2412

At this point, Shadow Fall was the most feared organization in the world. And Saiko couldn't care much about it. The reason being is because she had no attachments to the organization and it just served to give her further task to take her mind off things. Since, as the instabilities grew within her heart, Saiko needed to stay as busy as possible to prevent them from devouring her alive. As, around this time, Saiko could feel something attempting to consume her from the inside out. However, she stayed very much resistant to it and refused to give fully into it.

Towards the end of the year, the conflict in the world grew. Around the fall of 2412, there was an incident in Antarctica where the essence of madness was infused and made into a stone that devoured and consumed an entire city. It dared to spread to the whole of the world and threatened anyone that tried to take it away from it's roots in the metropolis. However, this was important to Shadow Fall because it held a core piece of Mana Asthavon's element. Granted, she never spoke a word of this verbally to anyone. The only reason why Saiko herself knew it is because of how bonded and close she became to her demonic extract by this time.

Henceforth, to assist her maker, she ensured that no one would stand in her way while she was busy with her operation. As Saiko was noted as slaying through hundreds of Vanguard, Gotei 13 and other local protagonist groups to prevent them from meddling with the battle. In the process, she further grew a name for herself as she was seen as one of the iron walls of Shadow Fall due to how difficult it was to bypass her killing blade.

After the catalytic battle ended with a brawl between two gods, the angel of Truth, and the essence of Mana Asthavon, Saiko assumed her master was finished with her conquest of this island. Therefore, with madness spreading throughout the globe, Saiko departed from the island felt her own instabilities growing stronger within. As, whatever effected Mana, also influenced Saiko as well.

However, going forward towards the start of the new year, Saiko ended and began it with a bang as she took part in Operation Blood: a major scale war that was intended to have Shadow Fall amass further control over Malaysia. In this combat, she helped secure many of the outlining cities and succeeded without fail in skewering much of the resistance that attempted to stop her. Though, it bought her no joy at this point. She only wanted them to stop since it was a futile effort, but many men great and small all came rushing to their deaths. It would spell a repetitive tale that spun in the world as Shadow Fall furthered their efforts going forward into the year 2413.

2413

This was another year where Saiko decided to recluse and hide herself. Due to the fact that her instabilities were growing worse from Madness City, Saiko decided to seek refuge in the outlands of Demon World in order to tame the monster inside of herself. As, prior to this point, her powers were acting of their own accord and killing many members of her own circle by accident. With The Demon Queen MIA during this time period at the start of the year, she saw it as the perfect time to do something of her own accord and attempt to mend the damage to herself.

In doing so, she began to realize that the depths of Haniel was still very much alive within herself. While she was weakened and more fractured than before, it was her light that kept Saiko's embodiment from entirely collapsing in on itself and destroying her on a physical, spiritual and mental level. Thus, when she was able to further contact and pull into that portion of herself, Haniel expressed that she did not want to see the angelic beauty of Saiko's true self permanently destroyed. For, even if she was a fallen angel, and a demon no less, her persona was what was important and she kept Saiko's sense of self in tact because of that capacity to love.

Upon realizing this, something triggered within Saiko and she felt semblances of her former self beginning to return to her. As, following that incident, she started to seek out more mercy on her opponents. Many would often note that she had no interest in killing those who would run away, flee and cease fighting with her. Only when she had no other choice would she slay and skewer those determined to face their end. For that sense of empathy and compassion was beginning to come back to her; even as her soul and body remained shackled and chained by the bonds of her demonic roots.

So while the world was further turn towards the seas of chaos by the likes of the Australian war, Saiko herself found great inner peace and decided not to enlist in that war. The reason being is because it served no purpose to Shadow Fall and she could sense that her maker had something far more nefarious up her sleeve. Therefore, she merely took the roll as a bystander and watched the planet become further consumed by the flames of chaos.

2414

Perhaps one of the most horrifying missions that Saiko had been apart of during her time with Shadow Fall, Demonic Incursion served as a shock to the senses as she enrolled on a suicidal mission to invade and destroy the Soul Society. Weeks leading up to the mission, there was word that Khala Asthavon was ready to wage total holy war among those who claimed the mantle of the spiritual realm's protectors. She wished to destroy it, break it and mold everyone into a unified substance within hell to crush this shattered reality into a happy oblivion.

It was a nightmare of an operation to take, but what choice did she have? She didn't care whether she was killed or not, yet it still filled her soul with terror to think of returning to the place she betrayed in cold blood. That aspect of it instilled more terror in her heart than any of the satanic miracles that Khala preached. Her own personal hell awaited in that battlefield and that scared Saiko above all else. To see their faces, to feel their hate and to see the dismayed legacy she left behind was something she could not cope with all too well.

Therefore, even as she tried to shoulder the fear and uneasiness in her comrades souls, the anxiety building up within Saiko's was enough to drown an entire ocean. It is why she tried to think back, revert her mind and act as the child who was able to consume the burden of others. As, even if she was a monster now, that feeling still came around time and time again and helped to soothe herself before this mass war. For Khala was calling for total and complete blood, and there was no telling if she was going to come back. Thus, she had to make peace with her own inner demons while she could and march forward to what she assumed would be her total demise.

After having a brief exchange with Styn to wish him the best of luck on his conquest, Saiko was assigned to handle the Western District of the Rukongai. By the time she arrived, however, the war was well under way. Many millions of bodies were piling up in the Seireitei and other districts, while huge mounds of destruction and larger than life-battles had been taking place all around her.

At this point, she half-wondered if the realm could handle such a damning load. It was then that she learned the frightening depths of what her demonic blood was capable of. As she knew Khala herself was associated with the Asthavon family, but held a portion of The Demon God's heart within herself. So perhaps she to could become so lost and engrossed in her own power that she loses her entire self. Something which caused Saiko to fear Khala in that moment -- because she to could end up the same way.

As when the bodies started piling up following her commencement of this operation, the dread in Saiko's embodiment was beginning to consume and devour her. Even as Haniel fought to keep her soul stable, the trauma associated with her memories of this place proved to be too much and she was having to rely heavily on Kanashimi to move for her. For when she encountered the core of division one members, she was met with much hate, malice and scorn for the traitorous actions she caused.

And worse than anything else? There was nothing she could do to stop it because they were on the right side of this fight. No matter if she begged and pleaded for them to stop or to cease moving towards their deaths, they had all the right motive in the world to loathe her very existence. Each breath she took as an assault to those she killed, the trust they possessed within her and the hole she so wedged deeply in their hearts. So it hurt to slay and claim each of their souls because of this sentimental bond she held to each of her former allies, brothers and sisters in arms.

As she found herself engaged with the Vice Captain of the division one, Hiroshi Saito, Captain Kyouhai Suzumori of the Seven Division and The Angel of Truth known as Carter; she could only see nothing more than ruin awaiting these men as they attempted to stop their satanic progress through the lands. While the battle was intensive and rough to endure, the end result of it was the fact that this Silent Killer would finish her crazed mission successfully. Even as The Angel tried to save the fallen wings of Saiko, she knew there was nothing more he could do and promptly stopped him in his tracks because of it.

Once all obstacles had been defeated, the barely stable Saiko called for her reinforcements to seize the lands and to finalize the take over of this portion of the Soul Society for Shadow Fall's gain. After which, she would slither back into the murky depths of Demon World for a lengthy period of time in order to regain her psyche and keep herself from collapsing inward on her powers. Since, from this battle, she could feel her grip slipping and she was going to need a long time to repair it in order to ever be right again.