The heavens ripped apart as twin auroras clashed—one foxfire blue, one dragon gold—painting the ruins in spectral hues. Payune rose first, her body crackling with unspent divinity, the very air around her:
Screaming as it became dragonfire
Bleeding where her footsteps fell
Remembering her true name
Hayuni met her in midair, nine tails weaving a tapestry of annihilation, each thread:
A stolen moment from Payune's life
A lie they'd told each other
A promise that could still be kept
Their first collision birthed a new constellation.
Sequence: Heavenly Fox's Wrath
Hayuni moved like liquid vengeance:
Tail-Slash - Space itself peeled back in nine perfect cuts
Kitsune-gaeshi - Counters each of Payune's memories with a brighter lie
Falling Petal Strike - Dives through temporal rifts to land three simultaneous blows
Effect: Payune's left arm petrifies, fingers crumbling to ash as foxfire toxins take hold.
Counter: Dragon's Apotheosis
Payune bit through time:
Fang of the End - Her teeth found Hayuni's shoulder, injecting dragon's breath directly into her spirit veins
Talon of Forgotten Kings - Scored four parallel wounds that bled forgotten histories
Wyrm's Coil - Her hair became living lightning, binding them together as their power feedback looped
Effect: The sisters' merged energy birthed a third entity—a shimmering afterimage of what they might have been together.
The battlefield reconfigured into:
A shattered palace floating atop inverted waterfalls
Twelve mirrors showing their possible futures
A single intact crib suspended over the void
Hayuni seized the advantage:
Shattered six mirrors to weaponize the glass
Drank from a waterfall to replenish her spirit
Kicked the crib toward Payune with enough force to collapse realities
Payune's desperation move:
Ate the remaining mirrors (gaining their potential futures)
Spit molten time at the approaching crib
Sang a lullaby in their mother's voice
The crib exploded, releasing:
The First Blade's true form (now twin swords)
Their father's final breath (still screaming)
Something older than gods
Hayuni's Last Secret:
"Kitsune-no-Shi" (Death of Nine Truths)
Each tail plunged into Payune's chest
Not to harm—to transfer
Delivering:
Her stolen childhood
The Eclipse's true name
Their mother's dying wish
Payune's Awakening:
"Ryū no Hanayome" (Dragon's Bride)
Caught Hayuni's wrists
Let their blood mingle in midair
Spoke the words carved on her bones:
"I choose you instead of victory."
The resulting explosion:
Turned the palace to glittering dust
Sent the waterfalls flowing upward
Unmade the Eclipse's final seal
In the newborn silence:
Hayuni missing two tails, her left eye dripping liquid time
Payune missing her dragonfang, her right arm transparent with exhaustion
Between them:
The Crib.
Open.
Empty.
And from the void beneath it came:
A familiar laugh
A scent of milk and blood
Four words that changed everything:
"My clever, clever girls."