here comes the sun

[brushy]

Who: falco grice (grice), shōyō hinata (asas) & amaterasu (brushy)
What: this is a catch-all for april! various closed prompts and one that's open for ammy (wonderkind), please refer to the character's specific top levels and headers! if you'd like to plot something out, hmu @ the plotting post or liberos!
When: april!
Where: throughout trench!
Content Warnings: violence, harm to an animal, will add more as they come (also see headers)

falco | shōyō | amaterasu

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[retsuden]

[ Sasuke throws up a water wall to protect himself from the fire, turning into steam before he lets the water lower again. There's an amused smirk at the response to his remark, though he doesn't let the conversation distract him from the danger of the fumes she throws around them.

He tries his best to avoid them, using his Sharingan to find the safest paths around the fumes. It doesn't stop him from feeling it seer against his skin when he only barely dodges one. Well, that'll probably hurt like a bitch when the adrenaline of battle wears off. ]

I don't submit myself to demons.

[ He uses a summoning jutsu at his wrist to make a handful of kunai appear in his fist. Infusing them with lightning, he uses the electricity field to send them in the direction of the ninetails with more speed than his usual throw could allow. ]

I only destroy them.

[brushy]

[ the ninetails guffaws so loudly that it sounds like thunder breaking through the clouds. she smacks the incoming kunai astray with her tails, plenty of which embed into the ground but a good portion do clip her fur. the fox snarls and throws her head from the discomfort caused by driving daggers that spark with electricity. ]

There is only one who has destroyed me. You are not That Which Illuminates the Heavens. You are no Amaterasu. You are a boy.

[ he's too fast, and ninetails grows impatient to take him; from her back, she retrieves the hilt of the sword Nine Strike between her teeth, and raises it up high to give it space and time to charge. in the meantime, sasuke has one more visitor, from behind him. an illuminating wolf as bright as the sun they lack. she does not attack him, but her flames scorch the air with color and ferocity as she looks beyond him: at the fox, and at his knives, sparking from where they've been thrown. ]

Your life ends here!

[ it does not; from fire to electricity, the wolf swaps her weaponry and dawns a wide blade edged with electricity. he had the right idea. he had the right timing now, too. ]

[retsuden]

[ Sasuke's grip on his sword had tightened at first at the sight of the wolf, but when she pays him no mind and switches her elements, he at least is able to grasp she isn't another enemy. He's at least not arrogant enough that he'd say no to help in a fight with an extremely large unknown enemy.

Between the way the Ninetails had reacted to his kunai and the way the wolf had swapped out her own electric blade, Sasuke gets the hint. He doesn't bother to use kunai this time, however, and instead there's a bright flash of light and a sound like dozens of chirping birds as he activates his Chidori mixed with the Amaterasu flames (yes he gets the irony after the taunt!!) around the samurai sword in his hand.

Using his Rinnegan, Sasuke all but flashes forward, going to strike at the Ninetails with the sword in the opening that he's been given. ]

[brushy]

[ the fox take the shot— and it brings her to a paralyzing jolt from top to the end of her tails. disoriented and forced to separate by the massive jolt from chidori, the ninetails . . . explodes?

nine glowing lights hover down toward the ground, that burst into nine little fox-masked warriors. amaterasu (the wolf) immediately gets to work, stroking a figure-eight of fire upon them— many scramble while they burn, are cut down by the sword the wolf wields, and others, others are trying to find an opening with the only weapon in their hands: fox rods. ]

[retsuden]

[ He shouldn't be surprised that it worked, but after all the gloating about taking him down, he'd expected it to be a little more difficult than just watching her explode. So when the wolf starts to attack the little balls of light, he realizes that it obviously is a little more complex, and he follows her lead.

He gives a small, muttered "Amaterasu" to use the black flames on their own as well, aiming for as many of the balls of the small warriors as possible in one go. A small trail of blood falls from his eye after, but he's clearly not concerned about it given that he pulls out a handful of kunai again, infusing them with elemental chakra and tossing them at the foxes the same way he did at the Ninetails before them. ]

[brushy]

[ one by one and with a second hand to aid her, they turn these tiny fox warriors into nothing but patches of purified flower blooms. even as the remaining lights quickly gather together into one spot, anaterasu gives chase. her ears prick high at the sound of her name, the scent of blood— but just as sasuke’s flames summon, the ones vibrantly upon her back flare like a wildfire. the ninetail’s voice booms as she reforms: ]

Cease!! Stop it!!

[ she hisses wildly, roars with every bit of her lungs, but something is missing— for one, she only has one tail, about to retrieve her other— when amaterasu cuts it down with power slash, the fox’s appearance, or at least, it’s illusionary appearance of something high and mighty, disappears.

she is nothing but a large, battle worn fox. ]

Stop speaking her name! You blasphemous, dirty—!

[ she is unguarded. she is vulnerable. she is ready to attack just as the wolf defies her cries with a rising snarl and teeth bared. the fox smells blood, and throws her sword at sasuke. the good news was that after the lunge, she has no power, no ability; she must rest to pant wildly. she is at her limit. ]

[retsuden]

[ It's clear from the look on his face that Sasuke has no idea whose name he's just spoken, with the word only being attached to the inherited family flames back in Konoha. He tilts his head at the difference in her appearance, watches as it further changes when the wolf attacks.

The handful of jutsus he's used, combined with the way corruption drains his chakra in this place, makes Sasuke's movements slightly slower as the fight has gone on, and while he manages to avoid being killed by the sword, he hisses as he jumps out of the way when the blade manages to slice his arm just above his stump. It's not deep enough to worry him, but fuck if it doesn't sting.

His grip on his own sword tightens, before he goes to rush at the fox, swinging the blade in a final attack. ]

[brushy]

[ she is at her deathbed— but amaterasu keeps a close eye on the man she can smell . . . it’s not human blood, it’s another blood, the sparkling kind that looks like a child’s paper cherry bomb full of dark, shimmering confetti. he can hold his own, strike the last needed to bring the ninetails (now one-tail) down for good.

to make sure that’s plausible and speaking of cherry bombs— amaterasu fabricates one, a round colorful ball with its fuse lit short just underneath the fox’s belly. on impact, it erupts, bright and festive, and with sasuke’s final strike imminent . . .

when he hits, the fox is thrown to the ground, its ugly cries reverberate into a mass of flowing darkness— and then, it is nothing but a purified patch of flowers in its wake. ]

[retsuden]

[ Sasuke watches at the fox becomes a patch of flowers, catching his breath after a fairly draining fight. His chakra levels are lower than he'd like them to be and he's sure he's going to get an earful about it when he gets home to Sakura. It means the wound on his arm isn't closing up as fast as he'd like it, but it's not the first time he's been left bleeding after a fight, and won't be the last. Even if the glittery blood is... weird still.

He goes to dig into his bag, pulling out a cloth bandage. It'll be hard to wrap with only one hand, but he's at least gotten some practice in. There's a pause before he even tries to start, though, where he looks up to the wolf who had rushed in to his aid. He doesn't know if she's one of those animals that can speak or not, but she wouldn't be the first one he'd run into. He should probably be polite, right? ]

... Thank you for your assistance.

[brushy]

[ he was harmed in the brawl, wasn't he? sadly, amaterasu wasn't a healer of human skin. she does, at least, gently pad up to the young man as he did his work, with no aggression in sight.

she's awfully curious about him— what, with having a spell of some sort named after her. nice touch, sir, and a very nice homage. the sway of her tail this way and that might be enough of an answer: a you're most welcome and friendliness, all the same. in fact, she should be thanking you, too!

woof! she barks. no words, but she's understood! ]

[retsuden]

[ Sasuke ties off the bandage using his teeth to help tug it tight. There's almost a faint smile at the bark, like he gets the thankfulness from her as well. Even if she was clearly somehow supernatural or divine (no normal wolf fights like that and her chakra presence is gigantic), Sasuke's simply always had an easier time feeling comfortable around animals than he ever has around people. ]

Uchiha Sasuke.

[ He pulls himself up onto his feet as he introduces himself and goes to give her the smallest of bows. He'll... figure out her name somehow. Maybe. Eventually. ]

If you need help again sometime, I'm easy to find. [ ... Usually. ]

[brushy]

[ when you smell like sasuke uchiha, it's difficult not to find him! for good measure, the wolf pads closer to brush her snout against his pants legs, giving them a good, constant sniffsniffsniff to brand it into her memory.

you shall be, young man.

she regards him a moment more before being on her way. over sasuke's head falls the blossom of a wildflower, pink and lively. no trees seem to be in sight, but its energy has a familiar source, if he were to track anything. it's from the wolf, an extra thanks, or perhaps an agreement. ]