Two Sun Goddesses

Chapter 2: A Lot of Familiar Faces

“Twilight? What kind of name is Twilight? Also, what kind of name is Rainbow Dash?” Issun asked Rainbow Dash as they continued toward Twilight’s place.

“Hey, I could say the same for you! At least my name makes sense! Your name is just…” the Pegasus responded with a pause. “It’s just plain weird. Rainbow Dash is a really cool name and matches me perfectly!” Amaterasu then barked something urgently to Issun.

“Huh? What’s she trying to say?” Rainbow asked, looking at the poncle as the goddess continued to bark.

“She says that she can sense demons nearby. Mostly in this town but don’t worry, me and Ammy will take care of them for you guys.”

“No way! This is our town! I think we can handle our own problems, it would look so uncool if we needed help for something in our own town!” Rainbow argued, flying up high for a bit to look around. “How can she tell?”

“She’s the Sun Goddess and she’s fought demons before. She sort of has a sense of where to go or where there are large amounts of them.” Issun said.

Amaterasu barked in both agreement and annoyance. “Alright, I exaggerated that a bit. Really it’s kind of all guesswork for spotting demons. But anyway, she didn’t say there were demons, she was asking what’s with this Twilight? How can she help us?” Issun asked.

“Well, Twilight’s really just an egg head. So I figured since she likes reading and is the smartest pony I know, she might be able to find you a way home or whatever it is that you guys need to do.” she answered, flying by them. Rainbow looked at the library as they got closer. “Hey look, we’re almost there.”

Amaterasu looked around suddenly as a sudden familiar, yet eerie, tone was played out in the air. Suddenly, she pushed Rainbow Dash away and out of the air as a large yellow imp popped out of the ground under Rainbow and a two red imps suddenly jumped off a few of the nearby building’s rooftops right in front of them.

Amaterasu growled and jumped at them. As soon as she closed in on them, a barrier appeared around the area as they prepared to fight. Rainbow Dash recovered quickly and tried to fly into the battle but was unable to “What the hay? What is this?” she asked, confused. She continued to attempt to break in.

“Stay over there! Don’t try to get in, Ammy and I will make easy work of these guys!” Issun yelled at the Pegasus. “Aw what the hay!” Rainbow grumbled as she finally gave in.

The yellow imp then suddenly burrowed under the ground. Taking advantage of the missing enemy, Amaterasu used her reflector and attacked one of the red imps, dealing damage to it until it raised its lute in protection. Amaterasu then used her celestial brush technique, Power Slash, to cut the imp’s instrument, stunning the creature.

“W-What just happened to that guy’s instrument?” Rainbow asked herself as she watched the sun goddess finishing off the red imp. As the imp fell, there was a sudden slash and the whole imp burst into flowers, a few strange things dropping from it. “What the hay are those things?” Rainbow asked as she noticed them draw toward Amaterasu.

Amaterasu finished off the other red imp in the same manner when the yellow imp finally appeared behind her. “Watch out Amaterasu!” Rainbow called. Amatersu tried to dodge but was too slow. A barrier suddenly appeared around her broke, revealing another one of a different color.

After the sudden hit, Amaterasu quickly attacked the last imp and finished it off, making another cut through the fallen enemy causing it to bloom into flowers. Shortly after the battle finished, the large red barrier disappeared and Rainbow Dash flew over to them.

“Oh my gosh, that was so awesome! How did you do that? The cutting, the sudden slashing, even that shield!” she asked, clearly amazed at what she saw. “Hehe! Like I said earlier, Ammy’s a god. What you saw back there with the cut was her celestial brush! In that battle, she just drew a line over them and they got damaged! For that little shield, that was her godhood. Whenever Ammy attacks, she regains a little of it to protect herself!” Issun said bouncing up and down as he put the money and demon fangs in Amaterasu’s bag.

“You know, the two of you aren’t bad for a bug and a wolf.” Rainbow said with a smirk. “You guys may be able to fight well but you aren’t fast enough to race me” she said wanting to see how fast the sun goddess could go.

“Yeah, well, maybe.” Issun responded. “First of all, I’m not a bug!” Issun yelled at the flying Pegasus, the light around him turning red as he bounced furiously. Rainbow Dash laughed “Come on, can’t you take a joke?” she asked “Yeah I can but I just get really annoyed by that.” Issun said, his light returning to normal.

“Well anyway, thanks for saving me Amaterasu.” Rainbow Dash said to her. Amaterasu barked in reply, her tail wagging happily. Rainbow Dash smiled. “Hey, I think she really likes me.”

“Well sort of, she probably just likes you as a friend. After all, she has a happy-go-lucky spirit!” Issun said, remembering his little speech he had made back on the solar eclipse.

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“…Can you hear me Ammy? You’re not floundering about without me, are ya? You gotta pull yourself together! I finally chose my path. And I have the resolve to see it through! I’ve started to roam the land as your missionary. But you gotta take care of things on your end, too! Don’t look so sad. Just psyche yourself up like we always did, remember?

…  So, c’mon everybody! Let’s join together to call upon the great god. Let’s show Ammy that we truly believe! Put your hands together and pray. Let’s make our gratitude obvious! I mean, we shouldn’t just pray only when we want something. We should consider how the gods must feel once in a while.  We should even take on some of their burden.

If you pray with all your heart, maybe the sun will cheer up and show itself once again, lighting our world in it’s heavenly glow! After all, the best thing about the great god Amaterasu is that happy-go-lucky spirit! Right, Ammy? Answer if you can hear me ya big furball!”

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“Man, I know I already said this to you before Ammy but it sure feels good being a team again!” Issun said after the memory faded. Amaterasu barked, happily wagging her tail as they stopped in front of the tree house.

“Do the two of you have some sort of long history together or something? ‘cause that would be so awesome being friends with Ammy!” Rainbow said in awe.

“You have no idea,” Issun said, chuckling to himself as he thought of previous things they had fought through. “Yah know Rainbow? You’re not half bad! A little full of yourself but you really seem like the kind of person who would be loyal to your friends! Heck, you could’ve had the chance to run away when that fight started but you stayed and tried to help us!” Issun said.

“Yeah I guess” Rainbow said, scratching the back of her head with a hoof. “After all, I’m not the Element of Loyalty for nothing!” she continued with a smile “Now, let’s go see Twilight” she finished and went inside the library, Amaterasu and Issun following close behind.

As they walked in, they saw a purple dragon with green scales sorting out some books “Hi, welcome to the Ponyvil… Woah, what’s with the glowing bug and furry timber wolf?” he asked as he looked at them and shot over to them.

Issun bounced up and down furiously “I’m not a bug! I’m a poncle! The name is Issun, the wandering artist and Celestia Envoy!” he yelled furiously at the dragon as he introduced himself.

The dragon took a step, raising his hands up as if to protect himself. “Woah there, chill out man. Sorry for that, I don’t normally see your kind around. Anyway, my name’s Spike!”

“Hmph, it’s good to meet you kid. Anyway, we’re here to see Twilight.” Issun said as he calmed down. Amaterasu barked in agreement and looked up the stairs.

“Spike! Who’s at the door?” A female voice called out from what seemed to be an underground area in the library.

“It’s Rainbow and some new uh… guys in town! I think you want to come down and check it out!” Spike replied. “I’ll be up there soon!” the voice called back to them.

“It’s probably going to take a while, she caught this weird guy inside our library. He kept trying to attack with a gold colored wooden sword but Twilight took it from him.” he explained.

“Really? Can we go down and see them? I think I know who that guy is,” Issun asked.

“Sure, but you might want to be careful, this guy keeps threatening us.” Spike answered, “He reminds me a lot of Trixie” he whispered the last part to Rainbow who in turn, laughed a little.

“Oh yeah, I remember that loud mouth. She was really annoying and kept talking about how great she was” she commented. Spike smiled “Yeah, but anyway…uh… Issun, Twilight and the other guy are down there,” he said, pointing to a door leading underground.

“Alright, thanks kid! Okay Ammy, let’s go see who it is! I have a feeling I already know!” Issun said to Amaterasu who only barked in reply and went through the door. As they descended the stairs, Issun and Amaterasu heard a familiar snore that they never thought they’d find here.

When they reached the bottom, there was a laboratory with a purple unicorn studying a familiar human in purple clothing who was tied up, asleep.

“Spike! I told you I’ll be up there soon!” The purple unicorn said, still studying the human with her back against them.

“Uh, we’re not Spike” Issun said, after a moment of looking at the human. Amaterasu barked, wagging her tail as she saw the human before them. She rushed up to him excitedly.

“Gah!” the unicorn cried out in surprise and jumped back from the two of them. “Who are you? And what are you doing in my lab?” she demanded, taking a good look at her sudden visitors.

“Woah there lady!” Issun said quickly. “We’re just here to find out what ya got down here in this room!” he explained. “Oh, by the way, the name’s Issun! I’m a poncle, a wandering artist, and the celestial envoy for Furball here!” he said jumping over to the sleeping human. “But before you ask any questions, I have to ask you something, what the heck are you doing with Susano here?”

________________________________Author notes____________________________________

Before anyone says that this story sucks and looks like it was put together in one minute, I'm sorry. I'm still trying to find an editor but having no luck at all. When I do get one (hopefully soon) I will make a small note for it and it will hopefully improve. But for now, enjoy this chapter since today Okami HD comes out! Off to play that but seriously, I'm doing this by myself with no help and not much experience. This is really the best I can do so far (Hopefully I will improve). Enjoy your day!

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Thanks to The Grimm Reaper for helping me with this story!