As Ametrasu approached their lord’s home, a scream and a commotion was heard from the near edge of town, by the Elder Forest.<br/><br/>A girl raced through the crowd, hurrying up to her.  Her face was pale and her breath fast, causing her generous bosom to heave.  Her kimono was torn at the shoulder and she held it up so her breast wouldn’t spill out.<br/><br/>“Holy one!” she gasped, “There’s a creature in the forest!   It was big as a house, with serpents growing from it’s shoulders!  If I’d been any slower it would have eaten me alive!  It’s teeth were so terrible!”  She gasped and sagged into Ametrasu’s arms, sobbing.<br/>