Life After Death

All of Yuna's siblings died.

All of them were taken by Izanami.

Everybody knew. Everybody was told. 

When the souls returned and Matsue was populated once more, Izanami ripped up the sky again. A voice echoed like the chill of death. She did not appear in the form of death. She was beautiful with infinitely long silky hair and a red kimono that brightened with the advent of the white space behind her.

"ThE morTaL As KAZI HOSSAIN deFeAted Me and My SoN. But I ProMisEd. One ThousAnd SoulS. One ThouSanD I wiLl taKe for DaRinG tO Go AgaInSt ME."

Awe and fear turned to shrieks and screams. The selected one thousand turned to black smoke that flew into the palm of her hand. Izanami smiled and the Heavenly Tower closed the barrier between them one last time.