Abaddon usually didn't like creator gods.
The reason why? It was likely their personalities.
Not all of them were incredibly kind and benevolent like their depictions.
They could be haughty. Unruly. Condescending. There really was no end to the list of ways they could ruin his day just by opening their mouths.
They could act holier than thou all they wanted. Just not with him.
So what if they made everything?
As the Cosmos he is the one who holds it all up. As Oblivion he is the one who will consume it.
If there was one person they shouldn't have been trying to play the supremacy card with, it was him.
"Izanagi... After all of this time, you're still so unattached to your tongue. There are easier ways to see it removed, you know?"
The creator god's icy expression nearly cracked for just a moment. Nothing but contempt and ire could be seen underneath his metaphorical 'mask'.
"Begone from this place, Tathamet. I've no idea what your interest in that evil woman is, but I will not turn her over to you."
Amaterasu braced herself for things to get ugly, but to her surprise Abaddon smiled and relaxed his posture.
"Do you really think I need to ask for permission?"
"What..?"
Abaddon smirked. "Taking her is within my jurisdiction I'll have you know. If she is as big a threat as you say she is, then Izanami should be held in Tehom."
Izanagi scoffed.
"Don't joke with me. You have no right to take a threat that's already been neutralized and move it's prison."
"I do though? And I would hardly say that it's been neutralized... Japan's death rate is higher than it should be ordinarily.
Her influence still touches the land. Not really surprising, since she did help make it after all. As much as you like to pretend she did not."
Izanagi clenched his jaw so hard that he nearly cracked all of his teeth.
Abaddon smiled slyly as he stepped around him. He also gave Amaterasu a small wink that said: 'See? I was capable of being diplomatic all along.'
Amaterasu stared back with a blank look that said : 'It's a complete and utter miracle.'
"..." He didn't know why she seemed to have such little faith in him.
"...Charming." Bash said sarcastically.
Ayaana flicked him in the forehead.
Stepping forward, Abaddon sighed as he shrugged off his robe.
He placed his hand over the barrier and applied a bit of force.
His relatively small gesture caused the entire barrier to crack- freeing the insane goddess within.
Izanami attacked Abaddon because he was the closest.
Her nails raked against his skin harmlessly- producing showers of sparks as if metal were striking against metal.
If his hair were still long, she would have given him the cut of his life.
As gently as he could, he grabbed Izanami by the wrist to stop her from trying to attack him further.
But at the very moment he touched her, the both of them winced and went down with headaches.
In his mind, he saw a much more well kept than than she did right now.
He saw her sitting amongst his smallest children and telling them a long story that ended with all of them falling asleep.
He could see her at family events were he was persistently trying to beak her out of her shell. She would mush him in the face and push him aside.
Though she would secretly do so with a smile on her face that was gone in the time it took him to blink.
He saw it all. As did she.
A certain light returned to her eyes, though it was still marred by great confusion.
Though there was one thing that she knew for sure.
"I want... to go home.." she asked in a small voice.
"...I figured that you would. Here."
Abaddon draped his cloak over Izanami's shoulders like a blanket.
Once she was a bit more covered, he turned around and gestured for her to crawl aboard.
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Though she did hesitate at first, she eventually crawled onto his broad back and wrapped her arms around his neck.
Once she was secure, he stood up while holding her in place and together the group headed home to a family that- one by one, was being pieced back together.