The heavens were not what most mortals thought they were vastly different from how they imagined them. It wasn't so much that they were not breathtaking or fantastic, but that deities often got bored and wished to interfere with the mortal realm. The heavens were hierarchical like any place in the mortal realms at the top was the Pantheon of gods that certain nations worshiped. Most nations worshiped a similar set of gods so there wasn’t much room for minor gods or even unpopular gods a chance to become part of the major gods. At the bottom were gods that had few followers or the 'evil' gods that many people shunned.
Vasu-Jin was one such god that was shunned by the common folk and nobility alike. In the end, he didn't mind though not at least enough to make him bitter. Since he could first remember people were fearful of serpents and being a serpent god was not going to attract a whole lot of followers. That was why he felt so connected to the young girl who approached his small run-down shrine that was long forgotten; she reminded him of a tribe of blue-eyed people who long ago worshiped him along with several other gods who were part of the serpent class of deities.
It had been many thousands of years since he and his small pantheon of gods were considered even mildly popular and many deities had forgotten they even existed as part of their pantheon of deities. The blue-eyed people were long ago believed to be wiped out of this world, but to his surprise, a descendent of these people survived though their genes were rare and occasionally would pop up in Kuro their tribe as far as he was aware were gone forever. To his shame he couldn't remember what made them so unique; their blue eyes meant something, but Vasu-Jin didn’t care what was important was that he had a follower again or perhaps more accurately a direct follower.
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At this point, he made a habit of staying on the young girl's ki island. It was comfortable and he could keep a closer eye on her from here. There were too many forces that would seek to stop the rise of his influence again and he was not going to allow his first member of his very own familia to die on him. He successfully hid in the heavens for all these years and even managed to influence someone to make a makeshift shrine for him. That was the extent of his power. The commoner fellow was an insane old man and his usefulness was used up. So naturally his avatar devoured him in the back alleys of Ei'en. The reward for the old man was that he personally marked him for a better life in the next life.
Observing Mei was interesting; she didn't react to things normal people would. Mostly due to her being shunned so long. He was most anxious to reveal not just himself to the world but with this young one. He would gain followers once again and the rest of the heavens would acknowledge him once more. His only regret was that his fellow brethren who were once worshiped by those forgotten blue-eyed people would not have this same opportunity perhaps for many generations more than himself. Especially since most of them were exiled from the heavens.
Vasu-Jin was already most pleased that his name had returned to the list of deities with a familia that the most popular gods kept track of. When his name appeared the shock was worth a thousand words! He would be allowed to have a voice in the council of deities again even if it was just a small voice at least he could have some good fun being a contrarian at all their meetings most of the deities were such bores anyway and would throw a fit with him being there. Especially since they were under the impression he was long ago exiled from the heavens.
Vasu-Jin laughed to himself as he thought about the upcoming council meeting that took place the same day as the Kuro empire's little showcase for the new talent. A smile flickered across his face as he thought of what he would say to them the first time at the council meeting.