Prologue: Rise of Darkness
~Celestial Plain~

500 Years has passed on the Celestial Plain since the fall of Yami at the Ark of Yamato. The Sun Goddess Amaterasu as well as one of her two children, Chibiterasu, has been living on the plain, watching over their world. Amaterasu's second child was a young girl named Saphira. Amaterasu hoped that when Saphira grew older she could inherit all of her brush skills and live in Nippon to keep the Sun Goddess' faith in the mortals.

"Mom! When can my little sister play with me?" Chibi whined.
"You two will be able to play when she gets older, okay Chibi? Be patient.." The Sun Goddess replied to her child.
"Ugh fine!" Chibi whined. "I want something to do already, it's so boring!"

Amaterasu looked at her second child, which resembled her wolf form but only just a pup. A petal symbol was also on one of her legs. "Someday you shall be as powerful as I, Saphira... For now, you're just a young cub with an interesting life ahead of you..." The Sun Goddess murmured, petting her second child. Amaterasu reminisced about her past and how much she helped the mortals back when the dreaded 8-headed serpent attacked the peaceful Nippon. Sighing contently with a slight smile on her face, she thought about how nice it was to see the world at peace again. As Amaterasu reminisced, the day went by rather uneventfully, eventually day passed into night, and it was time to rest.

That Night...

The black sky was clear with stars twinkling in the darkness, unaware of the approaching dangers that will be the fall of the Celestial Plain. Looming closer was an army of darkness with the objective to destroy the peaceful atmosphere. A cold breeze filled the air as troves of imps fell from the sky to wreck havoc on the land. In a flash the Sun Goddess sensed the danger and woke up, familiar with the evil in the air. The rest of the Brush spirits that Amaterasu possessed rouse from their slumber to defend their home. Chibiterasu and Saphira were left inside the temple that served as their home under the protection from Gekigami, the God of Thunder. The Great Tiger God patrolled around the two children looking out for any danger. Amaterasu and the 12 remaining brush spirits looked to be successful in fending off the imps with no trouble... but as the battle went on the Gods noticed that no matter how many imps they slew, more and more came, eventually all the Gods were backed up to the temple, nowhere else to go but closer to it.

"Mother Amaterasu, you seem weaker then usual..." Yomigami, the God of Restoration commented.
"Yes... I have noticed too, you are aware I recently gave birth to a second child right?" Amaterasu replied.
"We all are aware, Mother." He replied.
"Then you know that we cannot hold off the enemy onslaught for much longer." She said.

"Then you must know what we need to do right?" Yomigami replied.
"...Yes, I need to send my daughter and son to safety in the mortal realm." Amaterasu agreed. The Sun Goddess then entered the temple, intent on sending her two children to safety. The 12 Brush spirits continued holding off the Imp army while she began the ritual to send her children to safety. "Please hurry Mother Amaterasu." Gekigami nodded at Amaterasu as he left the temple to help the Brush spirits buy her time. Eventually Chibiterasu was safely sent to the Mortal Realm, and just as she was in the middle of the same ritual for Saphira, a few imps broke into the temple, giving the young Wolf Cub many deadly wounds and causing the ritual to be incomplete... Less then a second after it was interrupted, Saphira disappeared in a brilliant flash of light. The teleportation to the mortal realm was apparently successful, but the destination and state of her was unknown. "N-no! MY DAUGHTER!" Amaterasu cried, before quickly disposing of the imps that broke into the temple, mourning for her daughter...