The Four stood in an eerie silence as the area changed around them, finding themselves standing in an empty meadow of some sort, courtesy of Faust. It was only after that, when Hazama chuckled lightly and hopped back past his teammates and stood a good Twenty feet away from them. He lowered himself so that his lone arm could touch the ground. Slowly, his body began emitting a small Green glow as he fed his ghostly chains into the ground. He looked up and if you looked carefully you would see more chains spreading quickly around the battlefield in a dome shape.

"Right then, I'll take Support" He smirked as he looked at his teammates. "Terumi, you take DPS and Faust, you take Tank" He called out his directions.

"Right!" Terumi grinned back as he hopped behind Faust and leaned into her ear. 'That means you try to keep her attention on you, no matter what.' Faust simply nodded before she flapped her wings and began flying. In an flash of Black Magic she summoned a sword at her side and charged. As she approached Izanami she swung the sword in a wide arc, releasing a wave of dark Purple Magic. Izanami raised a hand and batted the attack aside like water, she frowned as she raised a hand and charged up her Seither. In a flurry of movement Faust swung the sword again, however this time it faded slightly, before splitting into Two different swords. One shot forward while the other swung and launched another wave. Izanami didn't even flinch as the sword that lunged at her burrowed its way into her stomach. She stared stoically as she launched her own attack, her Yellow ball easily piercing through the Purple wave. Faust simply stared back at Izanami as the blast hit her square in the chest, exploding.

When the dust settled Faust sat there with barely a singe on her fur as she looked back at Izanami, her Two swords had multiplied again, leaving Four swords floating around the Alicorn Goddess. Suddenly Izanami dodged to the left as a Green chain zipped by her, she looked to her right and saw Terumi flying towards her with a maniacal grin on his face. She went to raise her hand again, intending on slapping him away like a fly, only to realize she couldn't. She glanced down and saw that her arm had somehow been wrapped up by another chain that followed the first. She looked on as the chains quickly wrapped themselves around her torso, locking her arms in place. She brought her gaze back up to Terumi, only to cock her head sideways in intrigue.

At Terumi's side, an Ouroboros chain slithered out his torn off sleeve, quickly followed by almost a dozen more, each swirling around the first like ropes. They split near the end and connected themselves Two by Two, creating a clawed hand. Terumi pulled back his new arm and laughed as he thrust it forward, the arm glowing a sickly Green. He looked on in glee as it punched clean through her stomach, making her spit up a bit of blood.

Izanami simply stared at Terumi as he withdrew his arm and began backpedaling away from her. She scoffed slightly, as she flared her power. It shattering the chains around her and her wounds healed instantly. Raising her hand, this time simply pointing at him. Instantly the Magatama on her back spun to action and began charging their crackling energy. The Magatama rushed around her and pointed themselves at Terumi. They quickly launched their charged attack at once and sent the conjoined beam careening towards Terumi's still grinning face.

Right in front of him a small hole opened up in the air. The beam went right in, but didn't come out the other side. Izanami had less than half a second to register the flash of Yellow in her peripheral vision. The attack sent her skidding back due to the force of it. She glanced over where it came from and noted the quickly dissipating hole in the air. Behind it was Hazama, still crouched at the sidelines. His smile brought a frown to her face, as her anger was slowly rising.

"Do you like it? I call it my Sakkaku Shihai, or Illusion Dominion if you prefer." Izanami wasted no time and sent another hastily formed ball of Yellow Seither at Hazama. She watched as her attack passed though another one of his portals as it reached some kind of wall. Her instincts took over as she jumped backwards to avoid the ball of Yellow from above. Even as the attack exploded she was already willing her Magatama outwards. Only now did she see the faint chains spread all around them in a dome of some kind. "Ah! I think you have more pressing matters to attend to at the moment!" Hazama called out.

Izanami glanced up, and sighed irritably. A wave of Purple Magic crashed into her, followed by another. Through the smoke she saw her Magatama get smacked down by the remaining Two floating swords. She went to jump out of the small cloud of dust, when she heard something land behind her. She looked over her shoulder at the smiling Terumi. A Green glow brought her attention to his chain arm, as it held a rather small ball of Green and Black Seither, only to watch Terumi flick it at her. It shot at her like a bullet and hit her shoulder. A veritable pillar of Green Seither erupted like a pillar as Terumi laughed hysterically.

Faust watched from above as she quickly sent more Magic to her horn. It glowed with a Black aura as her swords flew back to her, before splitting in Two again, leaving Eight swords floating lazily around her. Below her, in the crater left from Terumi's attack, Izanami stood, completely unfazed by the massive explosion. In fact, the aura around her was growing, the Yellow darkening and some Black seeping in from the ground she stood on. Faust watched as Izanami began floating, or walking, however you look at it. She was walking on her Magic circle into the air.

Suddenly a black and Purple aura lit up around Izanami, before she raised her hand towards Terumi. Around her, Purple ghost like faces formed from the aura, and swirled around her. Izanami pushed her hand back down, and the collected ghosts all rushed outwards like a swarm. As even more began pouring out like water. Faust spun her floating swords, like buzz saws, and launched them around her like a protective swarm of her own. The glowing Purple swords sliced cleanly through the smoke like ghosts and the dissipated soon enough, one by one they were taken down.

Terumi was on the ground, his own Green snake Seither constructs flitting around him, his eyes watching for any to make it through. The ones that did were met with a solid Seither powered punch that blasted them apart. However, he glanced up and grimaced. The sky was full of them, and he glanced up at Faust. The Alicorn Goddess was just sitting there in the middle of the sky, as her swords buzzed around her. His eyes lit up with an idea.

"Hey! The idiot has me covered, disperse this swarm!" He called out to Faust. She looked at him before nodding. Her horns glow switched from Black to Gold, before she pushed a fair bit of Magic into it. In a blinding flash of Gold, a Wave of White Magic surged outwards in a pulse. Each and every one of the ghosts vanished into Purple dust as it disappeared. Terumi began laughing, until he noticed that in all the confusion, he had lost sight of Izanami.

"You should never take your eyes off of your opponent. Nayuta: Āku Doraibu" Time froze, and her hand glowed a dark Purple. She plunged her hand into Terumi's chest.

Only for herself to cough up blood. She looked down at the impossibility. No one could escape her ability to Freeze Time. Yet she found her own hand plunged into her chest from a portal that appeared next to her arm. Time unfroze in a shatter affect and Terumi immediately jumped away as quickly as he could.

"And you should really stop hitting yourself. It's not a good hobby to have, ya know?" Hazama joked, as Izanami glared at him. His eyes glowed a Deep Purple.

"You!" Izanami seethed as she ripped her arm from the portal. "I will kill you, and you will not revive again." Izanami jumped towards Hazama's position and slammed her still glowing hand into the barrier in front of him. She almost snarled when her attack once again fazed through the chains and out a portal to her left. As she yanked her own hand from her shoulder, she took a few steps back. She let her wounds heal over by pulsing her power out.

"On no, keep trying, it's cute." Hazama smiled again. However, Izanami noticed him breathing rather heavily for somebody who hasn't moved an inch since the fight started. She blinked and a small smile flicked across her face.

"Your technique must be very taxing. I imagine warping Reality with Illusion and vise versa must be quite draining." She stated. She watched as Hazama cursed lightly under his breath before he smirked, looking behind her.

"Your fight is with me!" Faust roared from above., as a beam of Gold Magic burned through the air. Izanami jumped left, only to realize her mistake. Her mistake being Hazama's shit eating grin as he let the beam rip right through his portal as he opened up another right in above of her. She was forced downwards by the blast and another Green one from her right made her carve a trench with her own body.

She quickly stood up and floated out of the trench, as she pulsed her power to heal her injuries again. She glared at the Three with as much hate as she could muster. She relaxed as much as she could, and closed her eyes.

"Zekkai: Āku Fōsu" She Intoned as Seither wafted from her in vigor. Below she heard an indignant cry from Hazama, and a small scoff from Terumi.

"You what?!" Hazama growled.

"She's been whooping our asses.. And she hasn't been able to guard this whole time?" Terumi grumbled aloud.

"That's total bullshit!" Hazama sneered, before sighing. "This is why I hated fighting you in the game.." Hazama muttered.

Izanami said nothing as she rushed at Terumi, as she began using her Seither enhanced limbs in close quarters. A swift kick to his midsection made Terumi back up. He threw a enhanced punch out, aiming at her shoulder, only for the smaller fighter to nimbly twist out of the way. She spun around him fully before aiming a rising kick at his head. He blocked by grabbing her foot, and let another fist fly towards her. In an instant a Yellow wall surrounded her and blocked Terumi's fist. It was so jarring that it made Terumi rebound slightly from the force of his own attack being stopped. Given enough room, she spun and lashed out with another kick, launching a wave of Yellow Seither at the still off balance Terumi. In an instant a portal wide enough to send the attack away appeared. Izanami pulled up her Seither shield to block it, as she extended it to a full dome.

She blinked as a smaller portal opened up in her bubble and a miniature Yellow wave flew in. Upon connecting with her face, it exploded, the blast being held inside the dome she had made. Only a slight charring of her cheek and clothes were the only indication that she had gotten hit.

"Oi! Will you knock it off with the kicks already?! Your wearing a skirt woman!" Hazama called out, his cheeks dusted a light Red.

"Hey now, if the girl wants to show off her underwear, that's fine." Terumi chuckled. Izanami subconsciously pulled down her skirt a bit at the remark. She gazed at Hazama, once again confused.

"Why do you care? Are we not enemies?" She asked, her curiosity ebbing into her monotone voice.

"It's common courtesy!" Hazama countered quickly.

"Bored now!" Terumi called out as he snapped his fingers. Multiple Green snake constructs popped out of the ground around Izanami and pounced. Each met with a wall of Yellow and were stopped cold by the dome of Seither. "Not gonna work!" Terumi called out, flipping into the air and lashing out with an axe kick. His leg alight with Green and Black flames as it collided with the barrier. With a glass like shatter, the wall crumbled from the force of the Five way attack. Each snake construct latched onto a limb, holding her in place.

She watched as Terumi held out his clawed hand. Green bolts of lightning jumped around his arm, as his aura spiked and his grin faded in concentration. The surged, and Terumi began laughing. He looked back up at Izanami, his grin back full force.

"I figured you wanted to see what I've been working on in my spare time, here!" He raised his hand, finger pointed at Izanami like a gun, as the lightning gathered at the tip of the finger. "Hōden: Jū!" In a flash of Green, a bolt of Lightning shot from Terumi's finger and nailed Izanami in the chest. The force of the attack made his constructs fade, as she was dropped to the ground with a burning hole near her shoulder. Terumi chuckled to himself as he aimed his finger again. "Or Discharge: Gun, if you feel like English works better. I've been working on this since our fight with Discord! Took ages to get the fucking Magic to do what I wanted. I understand why the idiot likes to use it so much though." He grinned as he jumped into the air and took aim with a crazed glint in his eyes.

Izanami jumped up from her spot as quickly as she could, as she checked the damage. The singed flesh slowly knit itself back in place as she pulsed her power. She looked up and with a snap her Magatama jumped from her back again, soaring about as she let her barrier form up again. Only this time it was instantly nailed with a Golden beam from above, the pure force sent her skidding back, yet lacked the power to break it. She turned her attention to the floating Alicorn, only to get slammed back by another beam. As she righted herself, she idly wondered what Hazama was doing, as he had clearly showed the ability to transport those beams of hers before. She found herself distracted, as Faust charged her next attack. This time, however, the color of her horn was a burning Orange.

The ground below Izanami erupted into flames as she quickly rounded off her barrier to a full sphere. The flames licked right through as if they were ethereal, as they began burning the bottoms of her feet, rather quickly burning through her plated boots. She jumped up and began to float. Above her, the swirling Black swords from earlier rushed downwards and began bashing into her barrier, keeping her rooted on the ground on top of the flames. Her feet were already charring from the intense heat, as she began calling upon her ghosts again. The Purple skulls spreading from the darkening spot under her, as she sent them into the ground to extinguish the flames.

Above her the swords stopped attacking and glowed a sickly Purple, as they moved together quickly. In a flash of Black Magic the Eighy swords were replaced by a single sword. This one didn't glow Purple, instead it had a deep Blue one. The blade looked more intricate than the previous ones, and it even moved with more grace than its predecessors. It swung up and flicked around slashing at her. The Blade fazed right through her barrier like the flames that had been snuffed out, and froze the barrier in ice in seconds. Izanami reached out and caught the blade not an inch from her neck, her hand freezing over instantly. She looked at the sword as it struggled to break out of her grasp. She idly wondered how many Spells the Alicorn Goddess could maintain at once.

Next to her she watched as Terumi landed casually. Falling shortly after were her Magatama's, landing in a small heap in front of him. He looked on with a grin, his chain arm still crackling with Green electricity. Izanami felt something prick against her finger, and glanced down. She saw the quickly retreating Green Seither hand of Hazama pop back out the portal it had come in. She flicked her finger outwards as she pulsed her power to heal her wounds again, getting the feeling back into her feet and finger. Her eyes widened, as she looked past Terumi at Hazama.

He was still crouched outside the battlefield, but his glowing arm was furiously aflame, before it died down and he released a sigh of comfort.

"Every Support character need an ability to Regenerate Mana- Er, Magic!" Hazama explained, flexing his Green arm before letting it fall to the ground.

"Hōden: Taihō"" Terumi called out, bringing her attention crashing back to him. A cannonball sized ball of Lightning was careening towards her. Not wanting to get hit with it, she strengthened her barrier. Her eyes narrowed dangerously as the ball disappeared from her view, as another of Hazama's portals opened up in front of it. Not a second later the attack hit her square in the back, shocking her and blasting her forward into Terumi's grinning face. He grabbed her with his chains and threw her upwards.

"That was the Cannon, you wanna see the Sword?" He asked, jumping after her, letting the Lightning erupt from his hand.

Izanami recovered midair, and an ominous Black Aura began charging around her. Terumi drew his arm back, ready to slash her in half-

"Jintō no Koku " She intoned darkly, as everything took on a Blue hue. Terumi sat there mid-air, his grin plastered on his face as he float there unmoving in frozen Time. She glanced backwards and saw the Blue Blade coming at her from behind, and a giant ball of Burning fire sat frozen mid-air above her, poised to drop on her after getting diced up. This was their attempt at a finisher.

She narrowed her eyes at her actual target, his eyes glowed a deep Purple now, not a drop of Gold coloring left in them. Hazama flinched at the intensity behind her gaze as she began to walk forward in the air.

"This has gone far enough. Time will stay frozen for them until I kill them. You, I will enjoy." She dodged a burning fist as he launched his Seither arm at her through a portal. She grabbed it and with a swift tug, she tore it off. She watched him shudder in pain, as blood dribbled from his mouth. He probably bit his tongue to stop himself from frying out. Snapping her fingers she summoned her Magatama to her side again. She carefully took aim as she charged a massive amount of Seither into them. One pointed to Terumi, another pointed to the floating Alicorn, the third and fourth were both aimed at Hazama.

"I don't think you can make more than One portal, so choose carefully." She let the energy fly, each beam blasting through the air with ferocity. She watched as a portal opened up in front of Terumi absorbing the attack. Immediately the attack reappeared to her right, and she simply froze it mid-air, at the same time she watched another portal open up and take in the blast aimed at Faust. However as soon as it closed one opened up high above her. Or rather, the beam burst through the illusion not Five feet from Faust, just missing the Alicorn into the sky. In front of her Hazama's barrier of chains stood no chance against her attack, shattering it. It careened towards him, slamming into him and launching him backwards. He groaned as he lay on the floor.

"Do you have any last words? I'll be sure keep them treasured if their interesting. I might even tell your 'Luna' before she dies as well" She asked him as she walked over to him bending over him. A blob of blood flew onto her shirt, as he spit on her with a scowl on his face, his eyes burning with rage.

"Go F-fuck yourself!" He growled through the blood pooling in his mouth.

Izanami simply stood up, picking up Hazama by the collar. She thrust her hand straight through his chest, even as he seemed to look past her. With a heave, he called out.

"Sakkaku men'eki" His voice dying out even as his aura flared to life for a brief moment, and the Purple left his eyes as his arm fell to his side limply. She tossed him to the ground, waiting for him to revive himself. She knew he could, and waited for him to vanish.

A strange shattering noise brought her attention behind her.

"Hōden:- What?!" Terumi shouted, his target disappeared from his vision, and was forced to land quickly to avoid Faust's giant ball of fire.

"What?" She asked in confusion as well, before looking around for Izanami.

"How? How did you free yourselves?!" She growled angrily, tired of things not going her way. She watched the floating Alicorn Goddess gasp, catching the attention of Terumi. He looked over, past Izanami and saw Hazama laying in a pool of his own blood.

"How? How did you get him? I didn't even see you move." She asked, her eyes burning in hatred. Around her an aura of Gold began forming.

"Even now.." She heard Terumi mutter, she glanced at him. He was holding a Purple glowing chain, as it seemed attached to his chest. A quick check confirmed that she had one as well. "Even now you do things that make no sense." He gripped the chain tightly. "Why the Fuck did you save me?!" He asked, a look of anger on his face. He let his head fall down, his chain arm shaking in fury.

"What's wrong Terumi? I thought you hated him? He was foolish and an idiot." Izanami asked. All she got was a low chuckle.

"I know you didn't wanna kill her.." He muttered lowly, as if talking to someone. "But I just can't stand here and fucking mock you!" Terumi called out angrily, his head shot up, locking eyes with Izanami as a strange Black aura began flaring up around him. "That idiot was my Brother!" The aura grew bigger, covering him in a Black cloud. "Kamigaeri: Orochizantō Reppūga! " The Black aura condensed on Terumi's form, coating him in a layer of darkness. Slowly his body bulked up, and his hair grew out until it touched the floor and his Green glowing eyes flashed. Lines of Green began glowing along his body.

"I'll destroy you so completely that you'll never be able to regenerate again!" Black and Green energy poured into the air.

"Terumi.." Faust muttered, her eyes wide and brimming with unshed tears. She tore her vision from him and looked back to Hazama with a determined look.

"Your a fool Terumi. Hakumen couldn't kill me with the real Susanoo unit, how will yours fair any better if it's but a ghost of what it could be?" Izanami asked, flaring her power to match what Terumi was putting out, the Two auras clashed and fought for dominance themselves.

Terumi said nothing, only disappeared from her view, slamming an armored fist into her stomach. She rocketed away due to the force behind it, bouncing off of the ground before righting herself mid-air. In a burst of speed, she matched Terumi and sent a spin kick towards his torso. Using his elbow, he knocked it downwards. With a grunt, he traded a few more bone shattering blows with her, before an attack broke through. Izanami's hand pierced right through his stomach as she ducked under a wild right hook.

Strangely enough, Terumi made no noise when it hit, instead he lowered down and did a lightning quick uppercut, catching her off guard. She was sent flying into the air again, only this time Terumi stopped her quickly mid-flight by grabbing her ankle. She let loose a few fierce kicks to his head, but it didn't seem to do any real damage. Struggle all she might, she couldn't break the grip he had on her. He quickly swung her around above his head and slammed her into the ground. Izanami blinked at the ferocious attack, before trying to get up.

An armored fist collided with her stomach before she could even move however, and was followed by a forceful kick in the same spot, digging her into a small hole in the process. Using her body as a springboard Terumi had jumped high into the air. His aura sprang to life as he began spinning, making himself a swirling vortex of Black and Green energy. Slamming into Izanami with full force the ground split open and Green fire erupted from the cracks, as a small pillar of Black shot into the air.

Once the area cleared of dust, Terumi was standing there, holding up Izanami by the throat.

"I wonder, how many times can you reattach your head?" He squeezed his grip, and a few pops were heard as Izanami squirmed in his grip, any attacks she tried died out with another squeeze. "Or will you just regenerate your head all over again? Oh I hope so, I want to make you watch yourself get beheaded!" Terumi growled as he squeezed, hearing a cracking noise.

Four Yellow beams nailed him in the back, making him drop her. He glanced over his shoulder to see her Magatama's floating there, charging their simple attacks. He turned his vision back to his opponent.

"How will you handle me and my weapons?" Izanami asked, standing normal as if nothing happened.. Again.

Terumi said nothing once more, opting to jump forward and slam his fist into the ground in front of her. The ground underneath them broke apart and spiked up from the force. Casually swiping at the rocks in front of her breaking them apart easily, she barely saw the fist slamming into her cheek. Flipping back, she sent a wave of Seither outwards, destroying the rocks and sending them shooting off at Terumi. Getting blasted in the back again, he grunted as he quickly honed in on the nearest Magatama and let loose a glowing kick, sending it careening into the ground. Ducking under another beam, he made to move on to the next one.

Yet was met with Izanami slamming a palm upwards on his chin, sending him sliding back as he shook his head. He offhandedly noted the Four spinning Magatama circling him again. He stood up straight, breaking his posture.

"Let me show you." Terumi said, gripping the glowing Purple chain that stuck from his chest. "What happens when we finally work together!" Terumi grunted as he yanked off the chain, and a Purple energy began flowing around him. The energy shot into his right hand, leaving a baseball sized ball of condensed power. He grasped it with his other hand and pulled, stretching it out. With a yell, he let it go, and with a flourish and a spin, it was ready.

In his hand was a Dark Purple spear, covered in neon Green markings. It emitted a light Green glow, as he brandished the spear with a shaky breath. He began chuckling to himself, before laughing in a crazed state. He cocked his head to the side and pointed the spear at Izanami.

"This! This is his Emergency plan! Talking and Tiring you out only got him killed, so now it's my turn to show you what should have been first!" He jumped forwards, thrusting the spear though the first Magatama in front him, ignoring the blasts from the other Three. He stood there, as the Magatama evaporated into Yellow mist and dissipated into thin air. Terumi spun the spear, letting it sit on his shoulder. "Go ahead, bring it back." He told her, his voice stoic for the first time in the fight.

Izanami simply pulsed her power, recovering any damage done to her and her Magatama, not seeing what the point of this exercise. Her Three Magatama were back to normal, as if never damaged. Terumi seemed to be waiting for something, but shook his head when nothing happened.

"You have no idea what just happened do you?" He asked. She simply stood there, an annoyed expression adorning her face. The lull in the fight was boring her.

"You had Four Magatama, you watched me stab it." He stated calmly. Izanami immediately held her head, as flashes of her using her Magatama flashed though her head. She did indeed have Four, but-

"How?! What did you do?!" She asked in fear, for the first time in a long time.

"I've rewritten it. Simple as that. Although I guess I would explain more if I stated the name of this Spear. Sakkaku no yari: Kakinaoshi or Illusion Spear: Rewrite. This, is the combination of Hazama's Nox Nyctores: Sakkaku Kusari and my own abilities in this Black Susanoo form. The ability to make illusions into reality and reality into illusions, condensed and amplified. A combination that would never have been born if he was still here." Terumi explained, brandishing the spear again, pointing it at her again. He took a step forward and faltered, almost falling. With a growl of determination, he rose up to his full height, his Black armor chipping and falling away slowly. Wisps of Black energy poured from the cracks.

"Of course, I don't have a lot of time. As you can imagine, the drain of this Spear is insane, hell, I doubt you could hold it long. I'm still standing because I've accepted that I'm going to die. Are you ready to do the same?" He called out as he crouched down, the spear held behind him.

He dove forward and swung the spear in a wide arc. Knocking Two Magatama to the ground, and raising the spear above his head. With lightning quick reflexes he spun it around his back, deflecting a blast from the only remaining Magatama. In front of him stood Izanami, her barrier already forming and her hands outstretched, pulling a massive amount of Seither into a small crackling ball. With a yell, she launched the attack, just as her barrier finished. The ball flew from her hands and expanded Twenty times what it started as. The massive attack was moving fast, as Terumi brought the spear up. Rearing back, he charged his Seither, the Dark Green running over his body like fire, as the Black armor chipped more from the strain. Taking careful aim, he threw the spear with as much force as he could. With a roar, the spear left his hand and soared through the air.

The Two attacks collided.

The ball cleaved right in half like hot iron through butter. The spear shot through at blinding spear and met her barrier. Upon contact with the barrier, both began cracking. With an eerie Purple shine, the spear pushed through, the barrier without breaking it. It pierced into and through her torso, a few inches underneath her heart as it rammed into the ground, keeping her impaled. Terumi collapsed onto his knee's, his Black Susanoo armor shattering and falling to the ground before evaporating.

"W-what?" Terumi asked, confused. "How did I.. Miss?" Terumi collapsed fully on the ground, his breathing ragged.

"Jesus Christ man, next time, can you not go for a suicide finisher? They're a bit overrated if you ask me." Hazama's voice called out from next to him, having crouched down to his level.

"H-How?" Terumi asked, a silent rage burned in his eyes. His answer began as a hand on his shoulder, as Hazama fed Terumi some of his power.

"Stay awake and you'll get your answer." Hazama stood up. As Faust landed next to him, and sighed. He horn lit up Pink and a similar glow began covering Terumi.

"W-what?" Izanami's weak voice interrupted. Hazama turned and looked the crazed woman up and down. "I killed you!" She spoke though gritted teeth as blood began pouring from her mouth, the gaping hole in her stomach was the cause.

"Yup. And then you proceeded to leave me with the One being capable of breathing life into Anything. Not a smart idea." He walked over to her, crouching again to get on her eye level. He watched her shake, and tears began falling from her eyes.

"You know, I've been watching you this entire fight. For someone who seems to think herself to omnipotent to feel human emotions, you sure have shown a few of them." He said, gently wiping the tears from her eyes. "What exactly happened? Why do you hate humans so much?" He asked.

"Humans die, I've told you that." She spoke softly. Hazama frowned.

"But there has to be more than that to the story. And I'm going to help you!" he stated happily, as he summoned his chain. Gently pushing it to her head, she blinked at the sudden Purple light in her eyes.

She stood, in some dark void. Just nothing in any way she looked.

"Whoo! Its a smidge empty right now.." Hazama's voice cut in from her right. She jumped, and sidestepped as she put up her guard. He simply smiled and put up his hands in surrender. "Easy girl, were in your head. I'm here to help." He said.

"Help with what?" She scoffed as she turned around. She heard him chuckle.

"Easy, we start from the beginning." He snapped his fingers, and the world around them faded, and a new one loaded in. In it, was a small girl with Purple hair barely Three years old, playing with some home made dolls with an older woman with Blue hair. Both were laughing and just having fun.

"What do you think you're doing?" Izanami asked, her eyes glued to the woman in front of her.

"We're going through your memories." He stated simply. "So that's your mom? She's pretty." He told the girl. The scene in front of them changed to what looked to be a few years later. A Six year old Izanami sat on a swing, as an young man with Dark Red hair smiled and cheered her on as he pushed her. This was her dad. Izanami's eyes were glued to man with no real readable emotion in them. The scene shifted again, a few more moments when the Two parents were playing with the smaller Izanami. The next major memory was one where Izanami was standing next to a boy her age, roughly Sixteen maybe Fourteen? The Two looked happy, and her parents were congratulating them. They looked to have just been married.

Hazama idly asked himself how old Izanami really was.

The scenes went on to show the Two having a kid and begin raising it, until it flashes forward again. The memory of her getting her abilities and powers were hidden, and the next scene was her showing off her powers to her husband, and him looking happy for her, as they began playing with their child again.

"Why? Why are you making me relive this?" She asked, her eyes tearing up as she looked at her previous husbands face. Hazama didn't answer, and only pushed forward from there. Things quickly began to go downhill.

The next few scenes were still happy but something seemed.. Off. Everybody was happy, even Izanami was smiling in the memory, but her smile seemed more forced. Soon enough, they watched as Izanami watched her parents age, and herself unable to help, as they died. Hazama skipped over the memory of their funeral as quickly as he could. She soon began outliving her husband, and even her own child.

Hazama's eyes glazed over as he watched it happen in front of him. A terrifying thought passed into his head, and imbedded inside it like a knife. He shook his head, and focused on his current task.

He watched as Izanami isolated herself from others, and watched as everybody around her died, while she stayed the same. Some lifetime being caught and called a witch, others tested on for her invulnerability. After a while, he watched her snap, deciding that humanity should die, just like everything did.

"I think I understand." Hazama said softly, still staring into the distance, even as the images faded.

"Oh you do?!" Izanami turned on him and yelled, her eyes burning with rage. "Explain it to me then." She grit her teeth. Hazama turned to look at her, his face devoid of his smirk.

"You gained your powers, and in the process, you had to watch as everyone you loved aged and died. You feel like the world, and humanity has betrayed you, even though you too, were destined to die before you got your powers. You feel as if the universe was against you, and it should pay for the pain it made you suffer. And in trying to do so, you've had to wait so long, that you began to get bored. Boredom is the worst for you, because it's always in your horizon. Eventually, you'll do everything, see everything. Then the only thing left would be to kill everything, and see what happens." He explained, as he knelt down again.

"I've seen things that no one should ever see. In my boredom I've-" She began.

"You lost sight of what's most important." Hazama interrupted, grabbing her shoulders. "You forgot what it felt like to live. All those memories? They happened. And they live on in your head. The love you felt for your family, your husband.. Your child? All of that stays with you in your heart, even if you drown it in fear and anger, it's still there. Waiting for you to find it again. And you can feel it, can't you? You remember the feeling of their love for you. Even when they knew you were going out live them, they loved you." Hazama smiled as Izanami smiled her first genuine smile in many years, as her eyes closed. Hazama grew serious.

"So why? Why are you trying to eliminate those memories from everyone else? Is nobody allowed to feel love? To love someone else? To start a family?" He asked her, his words cut deep.

"Let me help you. I know I won't be able to bring back what you felt all those years ago, but the least you can do, is let me have a chance to try to give you a reason to Live again. I may not be great at it, hell I know I suck at a lot of things, but I can promise you, you won't be bored. Not with me around, of course." He grinned.

Izanami thought about it. All of it. She was bored of how she lived now. A change would be good, and.. The man in front of her had got her to smile.. Smile! She hadn't done that since her husband was still alive. She stood tall, and looked at him. She walked up to him, and wrapped her arms around him, holding him tightly.

"You have a silver tongue, Hazama. It will be fun to listen to you explain why I'm still alive to everybody." She smirked. Hazama chuckled.

"You know what? I think I've actually had to do worse!" He laughed. Izanami blinked and cocked her head in confusion. Shaking it of, she looked at him in her usual stoic way.

"Now, Get out of my head." She told him. He chuckled as he started fading out.

"Huh, that went full circle huh?" His voice echoed as he vanished.

Back in Faust's world.

Izanami opened her eyes, to Hazama's smiling face again. She watched him reach down and flick the spear that was still in her torso. It shattered at his touch, and instantly the hole disappeared, and she felt back to normal. She stood up and looked down at the still crouched Hazama, she nodded.

"Alright!" Hazama exclaimed happily as he stood up.

*Bam*

"The fuck do you mean, 'Alright'?!" Terumi growled, as he stood there, Hazama holding his stomach. "The fuck was all that?! She healed me in like, a minute, tops! Where the fuck were you?!" Terumi snarled, his eyes flashing in anger. Hazama stood up.

"Well, you were doing your 'vengeance' thing.. I wanted you to have your moment. And I've always wanted to see you use Black Susanoo." He grumbled the last bit. He was grabbed by Terumi, as he spoke through grit teeth.

"I fucking hate you." He said as he vanished into Purple mist, fusing back into Hazama.

"Ah, finally. Normalcy."

"Care to explain to those not in on your plans?" Faust spoke, her eyes darting from him to Izanami. Said Purple haired woman was standing right behind him, chuckling at everything. Hazama pouted slightly.

"Ugh, but I don't want to explain this twice!" A proverbial lightbulb lit up above his head. "Can you open up a portal to my Equis real quick?" He asked her. She nodded, the portal opening up, and on the other side, was every pony he cared about, in the library..

"Cool, come on Izanami!" He beckoned her to the portal and promptly pushed her through.

"Huh?" Came the voice of Tia.

"You!" Came the voice of Luna.

Hopping through the portal, he saw a lot of Magic being readied.

"Woah there! Calm down!" He called out, his hands up to diffuse the situation.

"Hazama? What's going on?" Luna asked. Behind Hazama, the portal began to close.

"Oh no you don't!" He step halfway into the portal, stopping it.

"H-Hazama, you can't!"

"Your the one who wanted answers! Come on!" He called out, and with a grunt he yanked something through the portal. Soon enough Faust was standing in the room, everyponies eyes on her.

"Alright then! Pinkie, we need snacks and drinks, this one's gonna be a doozy!" Hazama called out to the party pony. She stood up and saluted him.

"Yessirooni!" And with that she zipped away.

"Mother?" Tia asked softly. Faust turned her head to her and smiled.

"Hello Celestia, my bright little Sun. And Luna my shining little Moon." Faust answered. The three hugged, as Hazama ran for the door.

"Pinkie! I need a glass of water, stat! Spit-take emergency Code Red!" He called out. A glass of water slid rapidly down the hallway into his waiting hand, and he took a few large gulps. He coughed, and spit some out onto the floor in a spray.

"What?!" He asked loudly.

This was going to be one hell of a talk.

Author's Note

I think this came out okay, let me know what you think!