The godsbloods advanced on me. They had not cut themselves, unlike any other members of Pahaӓӓni’s forces. I smiled. Easy. I thought to myself.

Do not be deceived, there must be a good reason that the members of Pahaӓӓni’s inner circle are these men, and there must be a good reason for them to have not used magic yet. I wouldn’t trust it.

Thanks, I thought as I readied for battle. Two of the men attacked simultaneously, one aiming for my legs and one aiming for my head. I jumped over the top of the lower aiming one and ducked under the top one in a way they always do in movies, where the sword passed just over my nose. I saw, just out of the corner of my eye, the rest of the men running over to Pahaӓӓni’s throne, and reaching under it, Curtis among them. I landed on my hands and used them to push myself back up. The two men that had attacked me initially had run off in my moment of distraction. The other godsbloods jumped me as I got back on my feet.

They had come prepared for battle with me. They were wearing fire retardant clothing, gloves and all. They had their swords out, standing with their nondominant hands out, looking at me threateningly. I blast out with heat, creating an explosion that I was not a part of. Apparently them and everything behind them wasn’t either. There was a small amount of white foam on the ground in front of them, but they had little more than broken a sweat. Now that I was looking, they had bulges on their backs that could easily be basically big fire extinguishers, with nozzles on their sleeves.

Damn, my natural enemy, fire retardant.

Oh, don’t be such a baby, just break the likely highly pressurized gas tanks on their backs, and they have nothing on you.

Would a punch work? Could you even-

YOU COULD STAB IT WITH ME YOU IMBECILE! I’M STILL A KNIFE YOU KNOW!

Oh. Well, I didn’t think of that. No need to shout. I thought as I got a sword slicing a small gash in my face. I had been able to dodge well enough, not much else, but Aurinko had distracted me and slowed my reaction time. The cut on my nose was already healing.

I caught the flat of a sword swinging down at me, wrenching it from his hand and stabbing him through with it. The highly pressurized tank on his back exploded, blowing chunks of who I’m calling Jimmy, all over the room.

One.

Three swords glanced off of my armor, doing little more than scratching the gold plates on my back and chest. I grabbed the flat of another blade, using it to pull the wielder closer. I grabbed Jimmy one by the throat and used him as a shield from his friends, who immediately punctured the gas tank on his back. Jimmy one fell in chunks, all of which melting into oblivion against my burning cloak. Jimmy two had been punctured in the chest with Jimmy ones shrapnel. It looked like he wasn’t going to make-

A blinding white light spread froth from the wounds on his chest, healing the wounds and forcing out the pieces of shrapnel. So they were like Link. All of them, likely.

Two.

I punched Jimmy two in the face, breaking his nose while he was still down, all of the other godsbloods swords melting on my burning cloak I had put up that same instant. I then ripped off Jimmy two’s head and destroyed the body with a heat coming from pure anger, ending him in the most brutal way I could, and enjoying that they would never infect Link with their devilish ways.

Careful, you can’t end up like the last one. . . he may have said more, but it was faint next to my hate for them.

I lost count of them and blasted the full force of my anger. What was left of their little group stood no chance. I brutally ended every one of them, one by one, killing and destroying the bodies with what I can only describe as endless precaution and destruction. They lasted a full thirty seconds under my rage.

Their bodies lasted forty.

I walked over to the door to follow Pahaӓӓni and realized that the walls had no such scorch marks, as they should do to all of the burning done by me and Aurinko. I was blind to Aurinko’s shouting in my mind, though he was getting louder and I could almost make out the words if I tried. I didn’t. Instead I tried to burn through the door. Instead of burning it like I had planned, I met a resistance I hadn’t planned on meeting. A blue shield.

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I activated the speed cloak like last time, and slammed head first into a wall I couldn’t penetrate. I snapped my nose back into place before it healed wrong.

BEATRICE!

I finally came back to reality, where not all that is is hate. What! I’m fine! Leave me alone. I need to get to Pahaӓӓni and kill him, before he ruins anything else. I told him.

Beatrice, you need to calm down. I can’t let rage consume you, and several worlds. Not now. I don’t have time to train anyone else, we’re out or time. Suku’s coming back. He has beat us, every time we’ve tried to stop him. It’s our last chance. He can kill our father soon, and take what’s left of his power. He grows in power as we do, and he started with more. We won’t stand a chance against him without you.

“Well, I guess we’re all fucked then, if I can’t be angry, and use that anger, then it’s not worth it.” I told him as I threw him to the ground. “I killed all his best men. Someone else can finish the deed. I don’t need you” I said as I threw one final glare at Aurinko. I felt the strength drain from me. Everything that I had learned while with Aurinko, gone. All that made me Amaterasu had left with Aurinko. I was back to basic Beatrice.

Too bad. I thought you would be the one. . . came the last thought of Aurinko as his presence left my mind. My armor was heavy and I couldn’t hold it up anymore, combined with the compounded hunger and thirst and overwhelming tiredness.

Someone walked in through the only door to the throne room. It wasn’t Pahaӓӓni. It was the woman from the plane, way at the beginning of my journey.

“K-Kristy? W-what the hell? Why are you here?” I was surprised and laying on the ground, trying to stay awake.

“I make really good sweet potatoes, but you. . . you killed these men didn’t you?” she asked as she approached me, leaning down and looking at my armor quizzically.

“I, well yes, but-”

“Good girl. They killed all four of my kids you know. That Curtis fellow. He needed to die. I hope it wasn’t too harsh though. He couldn’t control what he was. And being Pahaӓӓni’s right hand man is punishment enough for most people.” she shook her head and rubbed my armor. “Are you. . . you're not. . . you're the fire demon, aren’t you. . ?” she asked as she saw all of the suns on my armor.

“Not anymore. Wrath is the end of a hero, it seems. The seven deadly sins can be as much a tool as they can be a downfall. Me and my old partner had a disagreement on that. I am no longer Amaterasu. I am an average human being. I am not special, I am nothing more than your average introvert now.” I told her.

“The seven deadly sins can be a tool. But more than a mere hint of it in a personality will get you killed in an apocalypse like this. Wrath can blind you, and I think that your partner was scared that it would blind you to a greater danger waiting in the shadows for your concentration to lapse. I can only agree with your friend. Pahaӓӓni has yet to show his most powerful trick. I can feel it. He could kill this entire resistance himself. You might have stopped him, but, alas, you have different views on life, neither wrong, nor right. I miss my boys.” she said as she stood and walked away. Towards where I had thrown Aurinko.

“Wait no! Stop! It’ll kill you!” I warned her. She turned her green eyes on me and smiled.

“I can tell. It’s hard not to, with all the danger radiating from it.” she then firmly grasped Aurinko’s handle, and I was too slow to stop her. She went up in flames, like a bad anime, blasting up into her as she screamed and seizured, grasping the dark leather wrapped handle harder. The flame went out as the last dregs of life fled from her body, leaving nothing more than a charred husk.

“What the hell Aurinko! You knew her! You knew she was harmless!” I screamed at the dagger with no response. I reached for him and felt the heat burn my hand raw. I pulled back. “You aren’t a noble protector of the dimensions. You’re just a cold blooded killer, trying to justify your actions. You don’t deserve me. I went and sat on the vaguely chair-like remains of Pahaӓӓni’s throne. I sulked. I couldn’t get out. I could only stay here and wait to die.

I fell asleep. For ten hours. I then shook. I felt my weak body rebel against life. A day later I could feel as I died, my vision had gone already, and my body wouldn’t respond to my mind anymore, which was also barely active. I reflected on my fight with Aurinko. In hindsight I had been consumed with anger. I couldn’t even remember the back end of the battle with the godsbloods. My best, and longest lasting friend was right. I was being blind. I was stupid. I don’t even have a good reason as to why I was so angry that they had the same powers as Link. That didn’t mean that Link would turn out like them. Link. He’ll turn out better than the rest of the world combined. I love that kid like a brother. A brother that I trained to be the best killer in the world. I was rambling in my thoughts. I could tell but I couldn’t stop. As I fell asleep for the last time, I thought, I’m sorry. You were right. I don’t deserve. . . I felt it. It came back to me. Aurinko came back to me. You. My renewed strength let me stand, and I was no longer thirsty, hungry, or tired. I wasn’t dying anymore.

I cried. I picked up Aurinko and pressed my lips firmly on the warm steel of his blade, creating small nicks that healed instantly. I missed you. That was, surprisingly, Aurinko.

It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? I asked him.

Yah. Let's go kill a warlord. I sensed overwhelming joy coming through our bond at that statement.

I melted the spell circle that I had missed before, it was peeking in enough for me to destroy the meaning of the runes, breaking the spell. I walked out, feeling for all the world invincible. There was a bloody massacre just outside of those doors. The rebellion had been quelled. But there were only three surviving guards. I killed all of them with Aurinko to the throat. I was hit in the back of the head, hard enough to draw blood, even on me. I turned around and killed the woman with an ice coated blade.

So not invincible then.

I felt another attack. From sound, just like when I first found Aurinko. I jumped reflexively.