A treasure chest seemed to appear before Amaterasu.
Quite curious, she opened the treasure chest and inside was a new divine instrument, or weapon, the Devout beads.
The Devout beads were rather different than her reflector or mirror that she had.
Well, it shouldn't be too hard to get used to using this new weapon.
Well, first things first though, Amaterasu needed to explore the rejuvenated Agata forest to see what there was to do.
As she ran out from the cave to explore Agata forest, she stopped when she heard the sound of someone playing a flute.
"Hark, the call of the heavens, the earth, the sea, they summon me forth to defeat evil, Tao Master, Waka (わか) the gods' gift to all of man and living is here, Bonjour!"
"What's up with that guy?"
Issun seemed rather confused, he didn't know what to make of the situation at all.
"That Crimson shading of yours, you must certainly be a God, yet, you look kinda weird, but I reckon that you must certainly pack a punch, baby."
Things were starting to become weirder and weirder, even Amaterasu didn't even know what to think of what was happening.
"Hey, think your so special up there, huh, why don't you get down here and talk face to- hey wait a second, did he just say Crimson shading, wait, does that me he can see your true form Ammy!?"
Issun was rather confused with what was happening, but Amaterasu was struck with awe when she saw Waka using his hair, or something to float down from the tree, yet as he stoop upon water with a beautiful glow emitting from the water, Amaterasu was not only confused, yet shocked and amazed at this kind of power.
Could this Waka person be a God?
She was caught off guard but as Waka turned his flute into a sword, she was back on guard, ready for anything.
"Hey, did he just draw a sword?!"
"Oui, this is how I get my point across, pun intended, the moment the cursed zone started spreading all across Nippon, I saw a shadowy figure remove the sacred sword it self, Tsukuyomi, afterwards he fled into Kamiki village and sealed the entrance with a huge rock, perhaps you two might something about that?"
"This guy is really giving me the creeps, Ammy, you better keep your on eye on him, huh, wait, Ammy, you getting all worked up again?!"
"Magnifique, I wouldn't want to have it any other way, now then, you shall be getting an earful of my beloved sword, behold, pillow talk, let's rock now, baby!"
Waka pulled out two swords in a dance to prepare himself which left Amaterasu rather confused, but this was a battle, she had to stay on guard.
Waka fight ferociously against Amaterasu, but he was bested by her quick movement, even so, he didn't show any signs of pain or injury.
"It's been quite a while since I was able to taste your power, Amaterasu, anyways, that's enough for now."
"Too late now pretty boy, your the one who picked the fight in the first place!"
When Amaterasu looked at Waka though a bit closer, she looked up at him, trying to take in every last detail of him.
"Hey wait, you know this guy, Ammy?"
Amaterasu thought she might have known him, but she couldn't remember where exactly.
"Well, That was pretty tactless, excuse-moi, baby, you see, I was looking into that cursed that actually struck this area, the cursed zone itself consumed all that was in its path, even the own light of the sun, it's the curse of Orochi, the legendary 8 headed serpent!"
"O-Orochi?"
Issun was quite confused, but Amaterasu seemed to be able to understand every last word that Waka was saying.
"Do not utter that name without reason, the name alone could simply curse any with the weak of mind, Orochi was slain 100 years ago by the great Nagi and the legendary wolf, Shiranui, Orochi's evil spirit was sealed away in the moon cave which I always guarded, I'm sure you know of the cave in the middle of the lake over on the beautiful Shinshu field, but for some reason, someone has gone and freed the beast, Orochi, by removing the sword used to seal it, Tsukuyomi, now the beast's evil has caused a cursed zone to cover over these beautiful lands, I never thought though that the sacred sword itself could be removed ever so easily, it seems that whoever did this waited till I was back in the capital, things are now afoot that even I couldn't have thought of or even predicted, no less prophesied it either."
Waka seemed rather disappointed though as he looked back at Amaterasu who was in a deeply sleep from hearing Waka talk.
"We're way ahead of you pretty boy, we've pretty much been busy dispelling that curse left and right that Orochi is gonna be mincemeat though by the time we're through with it!"
"So then, you must be the ones who revived the trees in this area then, but a lot of time has passed since Orochi's return, it'd be best if you were to pick up the pace then, dear"
"What?!"
"I'm sorry to say this though, but our battle that we had just now was a big disappointment, your certainly not what you used to be Amaterasu, you may have been able to defeat Orochi long ago, however, one does not simply dwell on past glories, you have been weakened greatly during your 100 year slumber, Amaterasu."
"Ok now, that's enough, I've just about had it pretty boy, now tell this, what about that shadow figure that you saw fleeing to Kamiki, how do we even know that shadowy figure wasn't you!?"
"Relax, my little bouncing friend, oh yes, that reminds me how, I almost forgot, I have a little prophecy for you two, I can see into the future you know, I foresee a log and big thrills, you'll know what I'm talking about when the time comes, now then, I just be off, the work of a prophet is never truly done, Au revoir, baby."
"What a freak, who the heck does he even think he is, hey now, wake up Ammy, we got work to do now!"