The Sacrifice
Pairing: CultLeader!Toji Zenin x GN!Reader
Summary: Toji has found the perfect virgin to be sacrificed to his God.
Warning tags: 18+, HORROR, DARK FIC, GORE, TORTURE, blood, Zenin are a cult and worship Kynda (random god's name), some yandere!behaviour, cult! behavior
Author's Notes: honestly, i couldn't leave toji with just Megumi's imaginary friend. i had to focus and do a better job for him cause my man deserves it. enjoy!!
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Some people are born for greatness, such as Toji Zenin. Determined to be the Zenin leader since his birth, eagerly expected by the rest of the members of the Zenin clan, Toji has been prepared to fulfill his destiny: to guide his people into a better world.
Everything started when Toji's great-great-grandfather received a message from Kynda, their god. Kynda told Toji's ancestor when the right time came, Kynda would save them from all calamity and despair to a better world. The Zenins had always been unique, and no one was more worthy of salvation than them.
Kynda instructed Toji's ancestor to create a new society, with Their rules, away from the perverted and modern one. The Zenins quickly found a spot in the middle of the mountains, further from the city, and constructed their sanctuary there.
Kynda's rules were pretty simple:
Kynda sees everything. Kynda knows everything. You are always under Their supervision.
Everyone was equal under Their observant eye.
To fail was expected, and you could fail many times. Kynda wouldn't judge you.
No matter the crime, no matter the wrongdoing, Kynda always forgives.
There was, nonetheless, the most significant rule. The one that no Zenin should ever break: "To love Kynda above everything and everyone else. You should never place a human, an object of desire; nothing should come above Kynda in your heart." If a Zenin devoted their heart and soul to Kynda, they would be blessed to lay in Kynda's arms for eternity after their passing.
Toji's duty has been predestined. Passed down from generation to generation, waiting for a signal from Kynda. The access to get out of Earth: "The sacrifice of a virgin would take them to eternal paradise."
After long years of waiting, the Zenins finally had their answer when their prominent priest received a message directly from Kynda, declaring it was time and the weight of that task was on the shoulders of their Leader and Chosen One, Toji Zenin.
May Kynda bless him.
Your screams can be heard begging for clemency when two cloaked members bring you from the dungeon you have been kept for the last two weeks. Two weeks without the sunlight, two weeks without knowing what happened to you. Asked repeatedly if you were a virgin, just a poor hitchhiker kidnapped by one of the members who allegedly swore on his life that Kynda demanded it had to be you.
When Toji laid his eyes on your frightened form when you were first brought before him, he knew you were perfect. He didn't know the reason; maybe Kynda speaking inside of him, but looking inside your terrified eyes confirmed you could just have been chosen by Kynda.
Your eyes wander across the enclosed space filled with browned, cloaked people. No one lands you a helping hand or cares about you, simply watching you being taken away until a sacrifice altar. Standing behind it, the man who you recognize as the leader of this cult, the only one you had seen the face before, his eyes glowing with the light of the torches.
As you are placed down on the altar and strained with ropes in your legs and wrists, Toji starts chanting for Kynda with his deep voice, and he is soon followed by the rest of their members. You had never heard such horrible sounds, sounds that shouldn't belong to this Earth.
"Please, don't do this! PLEASE!" You scream, the fear of dying palpable in your voice.
"The moment has finally arrived: the time for our ascending into Holy Kynda's blessed lands! We will finally join our ancestors, waiting for us in Eternal paradise!" Toji announces, his loud voice echoing through the cave.
There is a low murmur in agreement, and you start crying. Toji's green eyes cross with yours for a moment, not showing any empathy or sign of pity. This man will kill you, there is no doubt about that! You try to fight against the ropes, to no avail, screaming louder for them not to do this, but Toji's mouth silences you.
"We offer you this human as a sacrifice, Kynda."
Toji takes the sharp dagger from the table's corner, and your eyes widen. You try to squirm more and more, but with the ropes and Toji's firm grip on your lips, you can do nothing. He doesn't see you as a human, just an obstacle to his objective.
When the knife finally penetrates your skin straight into your stomach, you barely feel it. It doesn't hurt at first until Toji pulls out. Toji raises and stabs you again, this time in your chest. You scream in his hand, the tears coming down your face. You hear the silence from people watching this, your eyes and mind trying to find a way, any miracle way, for you to live.
But there is none.
Toji watches as you die. He observes as you take your last breath, closing your eyes. Toji thanks Kynda for the opportunity and closes his eyes in respect, followed by the rest of the members praying for a moment in Kynda's name.
Nothing happens when Toji opens his eyes. There is no sign of Kynda, no light coming above his head, no sudden appearance, nothing. The Zenins are still in the same place Kynda indicated long ago where to make the sacrifice: no sound of heavenly music and no mystical door opening to Eternal paradise.
The first thing Toji notices is the black liquid coming out from your body. Your semi-open mouth, your ears, the cuts in your skin. A black viscose and thick liquid start dripping down the altar, flowing down the floor where the rest of his clan stands, the dagger still in your chest. Toji realizes he can't move: an invisible force keeps Toji strained, watching as your head slowly turns in his direction.
This has got to be a test. Some sort of nightmare. Some sort of...
You open your eyes, but they aren't human anymore: they are dark as the night sky with no stars. A victorious grin appears on your lips as you stare into Toji's soul: a chill he had never felt before in his entire life makes his skin crawl. His attention is momentarily taken away from you by the screams of his members, raising his eyesight to a horrible scene.
The rest of the Zenins are exploding. Every single one of them. Exploding in the same black viscose liquid that comes out of your body. Some try to run away, but when the liquid penetrates their skin, it leaves them screaming on the floor in pain until their body explodes. Toji can't look anymore as his whole entire family gets killed. He looks down, watching you pull the dagger from your chest, slowly raising yourself from the altar.
"Oh, Toji. You really forgot Kynda sees everything." You whisper, walking toward Toji's immobile form. The size difference so clear before, with you fragile and weak, doesn't mean anything anymore: you are in control now.
"I don't, I don't—"
"You didn't think I would have discovered your other family, didn't you?" You reply, sarcastic, playing with the dagger in your hand, the word "other" carried with disgust.
No. Oh, no.
With uttermost horror, his wife and son's faces come to mind. Toji didn't think much when he met that fierce woman and married her, having a child with her. Toji convinced himself he would never love them as much as he loved Kynda; Toji kept them a secret, away from all this, because deep down, he wanted to ensure their safety. When he realized he started loving them more than he loved Kynda, he ran away. Came back to the Zenins, hoping Kynda would forgive him.
Kynda sees with disgust those who betray Their trust and their love.
"You knew the rule: never love anyone more than me. And you failed me. You failed the most important job you had in your entire miserable and pathetic life." You gesture to the tragedy behind you before turning back to him. No one is alive anymore as the liquid returns to your body. "But now, it's over. And you will be mine for the rest of eternity."
You stab Toji in his gut, making him fall to his knees, crouching in pain. He doesn't make a noise to which you are thankful. But you aren't killing him, oh no. That would be a waste.
You spit a bit of the black liquid in your hands, forcing Toji to open his mouth and swallow. He has no chance. If he had been lucky enough, you could have killed him.
No one ever betrays Kynda without consequences. Toji had ruined his entire clan and destroyed his whole bloodline. His destiny. His last thoughts before passing out were on Megumi and his wife. Toji is glad he never brought them into this mess.
There is one thing Toji forgot or didn't want to consider: Kynda sees it all. Kynda knows it all.
You come out of the Zenin's cave, humming. Behind you, Toji Zenin followed you, whatever was left of him: a puppet, ready to be used by you as you desire. His eyes have no life.
You stop by the entrance cave, watching the big city lights. You tap Toji on the shoulder, asking in a happy tone.
"So...should we go find your other family now?"
Toji Zenin had yet to learn this lesson. Maybe you should give his body momentary consciousness when you arrive at the doorsteps of his wife and son's house and hand Toji the same dagger he used to kill you earlier. Watch if he will beg for their life or finally prove he loves you, Kynda, above everything else.
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