I get a pet rabbit.

The clouds darken the skies above the lands. Blackness encompassing the Sabejitochi brings an ominous hush over its inhabitants. This is the seventh day of darkness with nary a gap in the cloud cover and rain has yet to have touched the ground.

I wonder if this is a sign of something.. Whether it's good or bad, I can't tell.

Yesterday I grew bored of carving shapes into the large bones of my previous meals as I lay sprawled in the safety of my gigantic tree tower. Now that I think about it, the seemingly endless tree with it's thick trunk distinctly resembles that tree in the human world.

The only reason why I even know about that thing is because on a really nice night, a random woman with a long train of stark white hair poofed into existence right in front of my feet.

That encounter was weird because I haven't spoken to humans for so long. Of course I tried to go back to sleep and ignore her but the annoying woman proceeded to stand in front of my eye and just.. stareeeeed.

Hah I'm going to laugh here 'cause I was going to do whatever the heck I wanted. So the misplaced woman who didn't speak waited there for thirty or so minutes until I was satisfied with my cat nap.

Slanting my eyes open, I regarded her then stretched the sleep out of my stiff body.

"Woman. It's rude to trespass in other homes, especially when they are sleeping. What do you want?"

She frowned then gathered her arms into her billowing kimono sleeves. "Greetings great one. My name is Otsutsuki Kaguya, and I require your assistance in battle."

Hohoh interesting. This could be beneficial to me, well only beneficial in the way that entertainment keeps one from getting bored. One thing though.. I don't have a summon contract scroll or anything like the others in this place.

"Why should I, the Great Set, help you, a measly-" Before I finished my sentence, Otsutsuki-baka furrowed her brows. Her pupilless orbs angrily widened and a network of veins protruded around the orbits as she released a generous blast of her otherworldly chakra presence. The blanket of clouds surrounding the tree receded with her massive presence and a cacophony of voices from within the forest confusedly rose.

I only rolled my eyes and lay on my side as if ready to go back to sleep. From the moment she entered my senses, I could tell that this one was not a normal human or a human at all.

"-posturing idiot."

Although I could feel the pull on my chakra from outside forces, probably this woman's fault, the amount that escaped was miniscule to the amount that would normally flow out. Unbeknownst to the Otsutsuki before me, the form that I was in at the moment was not my full size and great portions of my chakra lay sealed away for the future.

Sighing in relief, the restraints within my very core loosened slightly. Having to keep this great amount of constantly generating power under wraps on a daily basis is a tiresome thing although I have grown used to it. A thick cloak of vivid purple chakra materialized from beneath my skin, through my preened plumage and flickered like flames illuminating the formerly dark room with an overpowering presence.

It was inaudible to the outside world but I could hear the frenzied shrieks of the wind, screaming for its release. Lightning itching to scrape the heavens and gore into the earth's core. Chakra to ravage the stars and destroy everything.

No, I thought. Not yet. Not this time.

The tendrils of wind that threatened to rend the woman broken in complete disrepair receded with a gentle flutter while she defiantly glared up at my massive form. Beads of sweat formed upon her dainty brow. My own pressure far surpassed her own and she appeared to remember the reason why she was here.

"What be your answer.. Set?" I scented her. Her anger seemed to have receded with the winds and with it.. I could taste her uncertainty and desperation buried beneath deep seated pride.

Honestly, I wouldn't mind talking with her more, or anyone intelligent for that matter. Nevertheless it's always fun to mess with people, especially when you have the opportunity to gain from that interaction.

"What do you offer to give up in return for my aid, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya?" She tilted her head and released her chakra output and the veins receded. Then in a blink of an eye she disappeared and reappeared in front of my paw. Hmm.. she's somewhat fast for someone who looks like they belong in the noble caste.

"Nothing, you beast." She derisively spat. Looking into her pale eyes I could only see diamond-like hardness reflected within those orbs, emotions undisplayed on the glassy surface.

"You will now answer to my commands and my commands only!" Her richly honeyed voice echoed in my head as if it were trying to find crevices in which it could seep into, like a parasite engorging itself with fresh meats.

This little imp dares to try take me over?! I haven't gone through my previous lives and this one only to succumb to another being enslaving my very being! Sure, my very job demands that I complete missions to the T and being sent to places not of my own volition. It might as well be enslavement with little to no benefits, but at least I have control over my own faculties!

Seething rage welled up behind my mind's eye, and with the internal emptiness of my soul, complete abandon reflected it back into her own mess of a mind. "You. Thought. WRONG!"

Her screams literally raped my sensitive ears but I ignored that in favor of subduing her. Exhaling lightning chakra from my hooked maw resulted in the air gaining static charge before it reached her hunched over form. Hopping up from the floor, I readied myself to pounce at her.

"Many might not know this, but I am actually a very merciful albeit sadistic being. Then again, many don't know that because I always end up eating them, hahaha~!"

I wonder if experiencing her own attack will give her brain damage or something. Maybe it feels like a brain freeze coupled with a horrible migraine. I sure hope so.

Her right hand cradled her forehead as she let out pained groans. Uno reverse attack successful I guess. "Wait, let me explain!"

Um why? You literally did everything a guest isn't supposed to do and just tried to- ugh you know what? Whatever.

"I think I should just eat you." So, I pounced at the bewildered woman, engulfed her inside my beak, and scarfed her down. The end. Now I can go back to sleep!

Just kidding, I didn't do that haha.

The dunce herself recovered a shred of dignity and straightened up. "I apologize for my actions earlier, I was too hasty." No really?

I sat back on my haunches and stretched my wings, but let her continue. Let's see where this goes now. Bet you, she has a king or kingdom that wants her and her boyfriend dead. Something tragically Shakespearean like that wouldn't surprise me.

"My life has been full of commands from my clan that I am obligated to fulfill. Everything I do is in service to the clan." Huh, sounds familiar. "But for the past couple years, I have been feeling conflicted as to whether I want to live my life in service to someone else and never live for my own sake." The ice cold woman looked to the side, holding her other arm that shook.

"I don't know if I've found the answer to that, but what I do know right now is that although I know my love for the one who is father of my children is great, his love for me is exceeded by his own longing for peace." We locked eyes and I internally frowned. That is tragic indeed.. It's like an alternate universe version of Romeo and Juliet. But what am I supposed to do about that? I'm no marriage counselor.

"What's his name?" Otsutsuki-baka looked genuinely confused as to why I would want to know her lover's name but she acquiesced. "His name's Tenji, the emperor of So no kuni."

"Me and one other were attacked by a rival kingdom, Ka no kuni, who has been gaining traction in expanding their territories and I destroyed them. There is of course political backlash to my actions. My handmaiden and I are being hunted by Tenji's forces. That man, he is smart but also stupid at the same time." She gritted her teeth in a sad grimace.

I drew near to the frustrated young woman who awaited my response. "Are there no other options from which you can pick from? You have immense power within you. Is there nothing you can do?" She looked at me as if I were the dumb one here. I scanned the wall next to her and found what I was looking for. Aha!

I elongated my talons and swiped the wall, once, twice, three times then one last time. Alrighty, perfect. The ends of the rectangular scraping were easily peeled off the tree walls, at this point I was able to pluck it off and drop it on the floor between us. A little dust picked up upon the impact and Otsutsuki took a step back to save her flowing robes.

"Actually.. there is something that I can do to make everything right." I peered down at her then lowered my neck to level my gaze with hers.

"Is that so?"

Her reignited resolve shone brightly and she nodded. "I think that with it, I can not only bring peace to humankind, but bring the peace that all beings long for! An everlasting force of peace!"

That honestly sounds beautiful but it's just so unrealistic. But maybe that's a part of what makes it beautiful. Naive she may be, these ideals are usually found in the pragmatic souls who are either the antagonistic main character or the so-called heroic main character. I'm not yet sure which one she may turn out to be in the end.

"Well then, I don't exactly know how you're gonna go about that but good luck with that. I can tell that you really mean to achieve peace."

"I will still require your help as of right now and in the near future.. Will you allow me to call upon you in my time of need?" I thought silently. Accepting her request after her displays would probably be foolish but if I can make this into more of an alliance, it wouldn't be such a bad thing.

"Before you came before me, I never really thought of doing something like this, but using a similar technique to how you traveled to this dimension I can link you to me. This is a contract you will bind yourself to with your blood and chakra signature." I gestured to the smooth bark that had begun to curl at the sides like a scroll.

The deceptively delicate woman sniffed. "This is acceptable." It better be! I just hurt my poor tree!

She bit her thumb, crouched over the right side of the young white bark, and signed her name with graceful calligraphy. "Hmm, just in case can you give me all of your fingerprints too?" Otsutsuki nodded then touched her other four fingers to her bleeding thumb and imprinted her fingers.

"Alright, I think that's good for now. Whenever you want me to appear in the realm you occupy, you'll need to bite your finger like you did just now and channel chakra to that hand. I can sense that you have more than enough chakra to summon me, just make sure that you don't channel too little or else I won't appear."

"I see, thank you Set." She looked genuinely relieved at my admission.

"By the way before I send you back, I want you to know that in exchange for my help you wouldn't mind if I reverse summoned you whenever I require your presence right?"

"Ah-" I waved away her concerns. "Nah don't worry about it too much. One more thing before you go, my name is Setsuna but I prefer being called Set for short. So bye! I'll be seeing you soon I guess."

She merely nodded, folding her arms in those silky sleeves before she dissapeared. It wasn't long after her departure that the rumbling notes of snores filled the air once more and it was too short a time when I was summoned for the first time in my long life.