God Yet Lives

Astarte jumped on Keter's back and dug in her claws, also wrapping her wings around Keter's. She shrieked as she released as much lightning into her as she could.

"What if I said I would kill you?!" He pointed a flame sword at her.

*Chesed answers by pressing a button on her phone. It sends a bolt of electricity to the Senkaimon. Shortly thereafter, her body is broken down into pixels & beamed along that bolt of electricity, & she is gone. Kyoraku has a burn on his left shoulder.*

Kyoraku<Tough break, Mr. Arrancar. But then again, maybe it's karma for burning through all of my clothes.>
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Switch battle themes!

*Keter's wings, being made of Reitsu, begin to burn Astarte's. She then fires a Cero out of her back. While her hands are temporarily occupied, Euryale forms a longsword that is cobbled together out of bone & slices down on her head, pumping Bringer Light into it. She gasps when it only undoes her hair & causes a thin line of blood to go down her face.*

Binah<I can heal.>

*Binah is walking towards them, from the direction they came.*

Noctis felt sheer terror for a second as Keter walked towards her, but came over it quickly when Lilith was attacked and Euryale was put into danger. Noct created three balista lanzas, firing them all at Keter.

Mortal looked over at Binah, tightening her fists, "Damn it, I thought you were supposed to be incapacitated."

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Sab felt the explosion of energy that was Keter's release. The sheer force of Keter's being weighed down on Sab. She felt awed, and terrified. Frightened, Sab took Aroma's hand into her own.

*Aroma puts an arm around Sab, nervously watching in the direction of the battle.*
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*The explosion of the lanzas chip away much of Keter's Hollowfication. In retaliation, she looks at Noctis, Euryale, & Lilith, who then feel the liquids on their skin begin to boil.*

Binah<Leave my daughter alone, you psychotic bitch!>

*Binah erects a Severing Void, & the girls feel the effect dissipate.*

Keter<You dare defy your-->

Binah<Shut up. This arrangement was only so my daughter would be safe. You broke your end of the deal.>

Keter<There is no deal, insect. I cannot be defeated. You do as I command, or you die.>

Binah<Then we'll just put a few more scars in your precious face before we die.>

Noct tried the balista lanza again, she also created shadow fans to cool her down.

Mortal shot a cero at Keter, "I agree with Binah. I should pay you back for the scar you gave me."

*Keter disappears in a flash of light again. Shortly thereafter, the whole of Hell is consumed by darkness, making Noctis the only person who can see a damn thing.*

Noct looks around trying to find something.

Mortal rips out her wing, turning it into a sword, then lights the sword on fire with an Aliento de fuego. Using it as a torch, Mortal tries to look around.

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Sab holds Aroma tight to herself, "What happened?"

*Mortal finds that she cannot see the fire from the torch. She only knows it's there because of the heat. Something, invisible even to Noctis, makes a footprint in the sand behind her.*
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A"I don't know, I don't know anything about Keter's powers!"

*Aroma is panicked.*

Noct jumps and launches four shadow knives at the general area of the footstep, "Who is there?!"

Mortal furrowed her brow, "What the hell is going on?"

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Sab wraps her arms around Aroma, and held her close, "Everything is going to be okay, Aroma. It'll be alright."

S"She turned off the lights."

*The air starts bleeding. Keter's invisibility Kido fades, revealing that she now has a deep gash on her arm. Enraged, she slashes at Noctis. Now that her Kido has failed, everyone can sense her Reitsu, though she manages to keep it dim. Binah approaches Lilith, & begins healing her throat.*

Noct tries to parry the slash with a lanza, then sparta kicks Keter in the chest with a shadow spiked foot.

*After being kicked, she lets go of one of her swords, which hovers around her, & grabs Noctis's foot. When she readies to stab Noctis, Euryale generates two katars & begins punching at her, forcing her to let go & use both blades to block. The strain causes some lights to shine through the curtain of darkness. Enraged, Keter releases a Soren Sokatsui at the two girls, as a blast of energy so large it blows the top off of one of the distant plateaus. Euryale creates a dome of steel to protect them, & insulates the inside with thick glass.*

Astarte was lying on the ground at this point, wondering whether she was dead. She could see nothing, but she could tell that the unavoidable Cero had given her severe burns all across her torso.
She lifted her head and squinted, realizing that she was very much alive and the fight was not over.
She forced herself up to her feet and lifted her palms in front of her chest, generating a crackling ball of lightning so that she could see more clearly.

"I don't care," Enkidu snorted. "She was doing absolutely nothing, anyway. I think she would have fled if attacked by any of you, too."
He threw the flame sword at Kyoraku and ran after it, preparing for another strike with his axe.

*Kyoraku sidesteps the sword & throws his Haori into the air, raising one of his weapons to guard.*
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*The electrical orb seems to shimmer in & out. Hell is an equally strange sight, with shadows giving way to beams of light at odd angles and for no reason. Occasionally, Astarte catches a glimpse of Keter fighting Euryale.*

Astarte raised an eyebrow and began searching for Senthose or Mortal. She doubted that the human could hold her own for much longer.

Enkidu slashed his axe in front of Kyoraku, but instead of a roaring blast of fire, several dozen candle flames shot towards him.

*Kyoraku shoots up, regaining his Haori & taking aim at Enkidu's head again.*

<White.>
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*Senthose was busy combining 2 Cero Oscuras.*

Astarte turned back to Keter and watched her fight with Euryale. Her mouth began to glow red.

Enkidu's eyes bulged and he let out a yell, knocking Kyoraku away before spitting another ball of fire at him.

*Keter can tell that people are about to shoot her, and reappears behind Astarte.*
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*Kyoraku dives towards the ground.*

Astarte spun on her heel and released the ball of lightning at Keter, closely followed by her Cero.

Enkidu fired candle flames at Kyoraku as he dived, lifting his axe above his head and charging an attack at the same time.

*Kyoraku disappears into his own shadow.*
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*Keter takes a step back, her torso armor was previously almost entirely destroyed, so the stomach of her cloak is ripped away, & replaced by minor burns. Other than that, she largely weathers the attacks. She swings one of her blades, releasing an Alabaster Cero at Astarte.*

Astarte attempted to fly up into the air and out of the way of the Cero, but her legs were caught and she cartwheeled away through the air with burned legs.

Enkidu held his attack and sprayed some more candle flames onto his shadow.

*The underside of his foot is stabbed again before Kyoraku emerges at the base of a nearby building.*

Kyoraku<You know, she doesn't like it when you try to break the rules.>
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*Keter fires dozens of lasers out of her wings that arc towards Astarte. It's rather like being stabbed by a bunch of hot needles.*

Mortal sonido'd her slow ass to Keter, and swung an Alento rugir del fuego del gran lagarto cero at her back.

Noct used another balista lanza.

*The lights are back on. Keter blocks Mortal's strike & tanks the shot from Noctis. She tries to block Senthose's Cero Oscuras with an Alabaster Cero, but part of the blast still gets through, so she tanks that as well. Euryale also fires a Cero at her. By this point, some of the "feathers" of her wings are starting to fall off & disappear.*

Astarte saw these coming at the last moment and intercepted some with erratic lightning strikes from her wingtips and fingers, but was still perforated by many lasers.
She landed on the ground a moment later in a crumpled heap, again not sure if she was going to survive. Lines of blood were now coursing all the way down her body from her brow to her ankles.

Enkidu swore and swung his axe at Kyoraku again, launching an arc of fire large enough to completely demolish the building he was standing on.