"You can't have him."<br/><br/>Stepping forward, the heavy weapon Draiss gave her still in her hands, mostly expended, but still quite dangerous, Amaterasu, coldly, begins unloading it into Verdelet's back. Unfortunately, she's raised defenses, and the attacks bounce off, effortlessly, until Ama's weapon gives the frustrating click-click-click of an empty chamber.<br/><br/>Tossing the weapon aside, she draws her melee weapons, and charges in. "You cannot have him!" Verdelet spares her a contemptuous glance, easily holding off her assault with a single hand, clearly toying with her. "Daughter... there's nothing y--" Inari begins, but is cut off when Ama screams "No!" She redoubles her efforts, but Verdelet sends her flying back to the edge of the tower, with a flick of her tail. She staggers to her feet, trembling with rage. "Just fall back for now. We can consolidate our efforts, and--"<br/><br/>"YOU. CAN NOT. FUCKING HAVE HIM. YOU<em>BITCH.</em>" Her words end in an inarticulate scream, as her eyes blaze with light, a brilliant fire that seems to hold all the heat of a supernova. "I AM AMATERASU, GODDESS OF THE UNCONQUERED SUN, SCION OF THE KITSUNE, LIGHT OF THE HEAVENS, AND YOU! CAN'T! HAVE! HIM!"<br/><br/>The light in the surrounding area, very slowly, grows dimmer, as Amaterasu screams, until more light is radiating from the steadily growing portal, hovering in midair, above Draiss' broken body, than from the sun, high overhead. Only a foot wide, but growing steadily, it will soon be wide enough to admit the Beyonders to the Material planes, and spell the end of all things. As Ama finishes, someone standing atop that tower, able to see for miles around, would notice that the sun has actually been eclipsed, for a mile in all directions. With her last word ringing in the air, a solid beam of sunlight, less than a meter thick, streaks down from the sky, to smite the spot where Verdelet is standing.<br/><br/>When the dust settles, there's actually a melted hole in the floor of the tower, where her beam struck, and no immediate sign of Verdelet. The portal has even begun to close, slightly. "Did... did you..." Ama nearly doubles over, clearly exhausted from the effort... until a pair of arms grab her and Inari, from behind. "I was planning to make your end brief and relatively painless, once this was done, but now you've gone and<em>hurt me,</em>" Verdelet says, the left half of her face badly burned. "Now, I'm going to take my time, and make sure you<em>suffer.</em>"