>Keep up the barrage just a little bit longer
>When Rin strikes, whether her attack staggers the demon, or merely forces it aside, immediately unleash Vermillion Lotus!
>As you keep Ice's attention focused upon you, Rin rises another few inches into the air, then brings her hands together in front of her, her two index fingers pointing up. "Eat this. White Retainer's Fire!" The tip of her joined fingers sparks a white flame, which jumps from her hands and explodes into a twisting lash of fire, spiralling in towards the demonic owl. At the same time, you sense another surge of magical energy, but there are two this time. One is the shrine maiden again, and you see a jet of water stream in to join Rin's attack. The other is a type you don't recognize, but it is an ugly energy, and paired with a glossy black and purple energy bolt that comes flying from the direction of Komachi and Lily.
>Faced with a three pronged assault, the sad-eyed demon ceases its barrage of white and blue orbs, allowing you to break off your attack as well. The lines under the owl's feathers surge in intensity, and an opaque block of ice encases the Ice Champion. The water stream and the shadow bolt expend themselves uselessly against the demon's icy shell, but Rin's flame has a more dramatic effect. The white fire strikes the pointed top of the ice block and spreads down the sides of the ice, but does not extinguish. It engulfs the ice, and it seems outwardly that Rin has set the ice on fire.
>Still, an opportunity if there ever was one, and with a twirl of your scepter, you call upon your new spell. A wave of warmth suffuces your whole body as light pours forth from the lotus upon your scepter, a glorious cascade of red and white light, wisps of energy licking out of its sides like tongues of flame. The comfort of the hearth, the warmth of the sunrise, the summer heat that banishes the cold of winter, given form by your power, shaped by your will.
>The cascade of energy washes over the flaming block of ice, and the icy prison immediately begins to deform, melting and chipping under the onslaught of Vermillion light. Before your assault can wear the ice block away completely, the ice shatters and the icy owl rockets upwards, surrounded by a cloud of glimmering snow and glistening ice. As it flies upwards, a long tail rolls out from the bottom of its back, a graceful feature that flutters in the breeze with gentle blue feathers.
>"Pretty..." you hear Lily breathe.
>The Ice champion twists its head to look up at Fire. The fox returns its fellow demon's gaze with a look carrying immense scorn. Something passes between them, but you can't tell what.
