Takami-Musubi

**Takami-Musubi** also known as **Takamimusubi-no-Kami** or **The High Creator**, is an ancient primordial goddess of rulership, and is the goddess of Shinto Pantheon. She is the High-Matron of the youkai and other benevolent spirits that phase between the line of Life and Death.

She is one of the ***Kotoamatsukami***, the collective name for the first Gods which came into existence at the time of the creation of the Takamagahara, and predates the entire Shinto Pantheon, excluding the other Kotoamatsukami and Amatsu-Mikaboshi.

She is one of the fourth oldest being in the Shinto Pantheon, alongside Amenominakanushi, Musubi and Kami-Musubi. She was one of the military commanders of the heavenly forces during the Creation Wars and after the Creator's blessings, she became one of the supreme rulers of all heavens and divinities.

She is the fourth-oldest daughter of Amatsu Mikaboshi, the August Star of Heaven, as well as the younger sister of Amenominakanushi and Kami-Musubi, and the older sister of Umashiashikabihikoji, Amenotokotachi, Shinigami and the older half-sister of Shishioka Yukine, the Black Dragon Empress.

## Overview

Takami-musubi, also known as Takamimusubi-no-Kami, is an ancient primordial deity of immense might, and is the High Creator of Shinto mythology.

She is one of the Kotoamatsukami (Heavenly Distinguished Deities) the collective name for the first Gods which came into existence at the time of the creation of the Universe, and predates the entire Shinto faction, excluding the other Kotoamatsukami and Amatsu-Mikaboshi.

She was also the creator and ascendant of all yokai, even the ones that were originally humans or objects.

## Appearance

As she and her fellow deities came into being alone and later hid themselves away, there is no hint or description of Takami-Musubi's true appearance. Izanami described her true visage as a force that is overwhelming enough to not only be fatal to mortals, but visually detrimental to anyone not a primordial entity.

Before hiding herself away along with her fellow Kami, she took the form of a young woman with long, white hair and purple eyes. She was dressed in a white attire, with a simple white frilled one underneath and a white overdress on top with a bow on the back that billowed out at the end and laced up the front with white string. On her arms were detachable sleeves that were also laced up at the top.

Currently, She has the appearance of a beautiful young woman with a well-endowed figure, she has short white hair with pointy fox ears and 9 tails. Her eyes are a blue color with extra red makeup similar to her older sister Kami-Musubi.

Attire wise she wears a black top with a black belt below her chest. She wears a blue mini skirt and knee-high tights. She also wears a long overcoat that has a white theme and blue trimmings. Often than not, she carries herself with an aura of menace and a wide smile that borders between freakish and comical. When excited, her blue eyes would glimmer.

In her divine form, Takami-Musubi becomes taller and bustier. She possesses characteristics similar to a kitsune and is surrounded by white-fiery aura. In her Alter Form, Takami-Musubi's appearance becomes an inverse of itself. Her hair, eyes and clothing turn pitch black and her skin becomes ghostly pale. She has an aura similar to Amatsu-Mikaboshi's.

## Personality

Takami-Musubi is described as Kami-Musubi's polar opposite and a 'defiant rival' of Amatsu-Mikaboshi's ideals. She's a nice and cool goddess that wants to be friendly with anyone she meets. However, unlike Benzaiten who completely disregards the notions of race and groups, Takami-Musubi also exudes immense distrust towards beings like the Greek Protogenoi, Demons and Old Ones. She's not above hurting and even killing those that provoke her or threaten the Japanese world and its monuments.

Takami-Musubi is generally mature and serious, in contrast to her free-spirited older sister, Kami-Musubi. Despite their personality differences, she and Kami-Musubi seem very close. Takami-Musubi is easily annoyed by others goofing off or drawing unneeded attention to themselves, such as when she leads a team of Youkai into Kuoh Academy.

Takami-Musubi is usually joked about by many of the other Shinto Gods in Takamagahara as well as by her enemies, she tolerates these jokes and goes on with her duties. Takami-Musubi has developed a cold attitude toward most people. Although she becomes angry towards jokes, she doesn't take action against whomever insulted her unless they are her enemies.

The only thing she cannot tolerate is not being addressed as "Goddess Takami," or an inappropriate use of her name, as she worked very hard for the title. She does not address any other discples with their title, only their last names. The only person that actually calls him by her given name is Issei, who she constantly reminded to address her properly, and Kami-Musubi, who is the only person allowed to get away with not addressing her properly.

She's also a bit of an air-head who can get fooled fairly easily. Kami-Musubi jokingly remarks that she thinks more with her breasts than her head. She has a sibling-like relationship with the rest of the Kotoamtsukami, but is especially fond of Amenominakanushi, Kami-Musubi and Benzaiten. Takami-Musubi adores mortals and humans and she has fought with her mother many times over their fate, much like Amenominakanushi.

Kami-Musubi tends to call her "Takami-chan" and both she and Benzaiten occasionally use "Taka-chan" a nickname meaning "Hawk"  in reference to her hair — in both cases without any repercussion. In addition, Toujou Koneko and her friends call her by her first name and they are never given any rebukes for it.

## History

After Amatsu-Mikaboshi and Amenominakanushi came to be, Kami-Musubi and Takami-Musubi manifested as a duo - Yang and Yin, Fire and Water. They were followed by Umashiashikabihikoji and Amenotokotachi.

She assisted her fellow Kami in subduing their progenitor and constructing the foundations of the Shinto World. She helped in the creation of the primeval yokai around that time, as well.

After agreeing to join God's side during the Creation Wars, Takami-Musubi faced many horrors and cosmic beings that would leave an immense scar on her mind. She was blessed with eternal youth and great prowess by God after the wars.

Those primordial entities took residence at the Shinto Heavens (Takamagahara), from where they continued to create the Japanese world. Like the rest of the Kotoamtsukami, she hit her low-point in the aftermath of these conflicts, slowly losing her morale and becoming less stable.

Unfortunately, the three Shinto Kami fell into a state of monotony as they realized they no longer had a purpose in life. Due to this, Takami-Musubi and Kami-Musubi decided they'd need to go into hiding and leave the Shinto faction in the hands of their successors.

To do this, they summoned forth the Kamiyonanayo into existence, of whom the first to earn that title were Izanagi, Izanami and Kuninotokotachi. Eventually, the two managed to pressure their fellow Kami Amenominakanushi, into agreeing to their terms and everything after went according to their plan.

She was also tormented by Cthulhu during the Old One's conflict with her older brother and Kthanid. This led to her having many emotional outbursts. She would grow especially close to Kami-Musubi during these trying times. After being consulted by Benzaiten, she agreed to leave behind successors and rest in the far corners of Creation.

She would occasionally reappear, mostly in the Shinto Faction, to help benevolent yokai or assist Amaterasu in a divine endeavor. She once took a young Inari as her acolyte and taught her what she could.

## Powers and Abilities

**Immense Strength**: Takami-Musubi was able to inflict damage on her mother even when she was young. She was also able to go toe-to-toe with Outer Gods and other Primordial Entities during the Wars of Creation. Her physical strength is a bit insane as despite her size, she was able to toss the Gogmagog statue around like a toy. Her overall strength is said to be on par with Lucifer. For a time, she was greatly weakened after a fight with Xiwangmu and Yudi, which forced her to use her kitsune powers more. Even then, her power was far superior than any of the Seven Fortune Deities.

**Immense Divine Power**: Takami-Musubi spiritual power has the same effect as her Ninjato Blade, as it is an elemental representative of ice and fire. Her Divine Pressure is said to be very large and "fire and cold". Even before she became a Kotoamatsukami, her spiritual pressure was immense and uncontrollable, like Amenominakanushi, and caused people around her to freeze, namely her mother, who lived with her at the time. This fire and cold divine power of her reflects her attitude as well. She is able to hide her presence well; on several occasions she manages to surprise Kami-Musubi and Benzaiten with her sudden appearances, which leads them to complain about her "sneaking up" on them.

**Immense Durability**: A younger Takami-Musubi was able to easily endure heavy hits from Physis and Shub-Niggurath. She was completely uninjured during her fight with the Team DxD, with the exception of a few cuts from Arthur Pendragon and Xenovia Quarta and some burns from Rossweisse which healed instantly.

**Immense Speed**: Takami-Musubi is just as fast as Kami-Musubi. She has proven to possess remarkable speed, as she could appear behind Bikou and Toujou Kuroka without either of the Kotoamatsukami, Kami-Musubi, and the two Gatekeeper Guards noticing her leaving. Though, it is noted that Toujou Koneko wasn't at all paying that much attention to Takami-Musubi.

**Shinto Authority**: Takami-Musubi's authority over the Japanese world is near-absolute, only surpassed by her older brother. Like him, she is able to call upon the powers of all Shinto entities.

* **1st Master Element: Amatsu-Mikaboshi**: In her Alter Form, Takami-Musubi displayed the ability to summon spheres of Amatsu-Mikaboshi's power, which siphooned any projectile attacks the Team DxD threw at her.
* **3rd Master Element: Musubi**: Takami-Musubi opens her hands, revealing the symbols of Yin and Yang on each, then closes them together. Pillars of fire and water erupt through the ground in near-uncountable amount.
* **9th Master Element: Tsukuyomi**: Takami-Musubi can project the entire moon and its divine properties as an energy bomb.

**Master Magician**: Takami-Musubi has been shown to be very skilled in combative and destructive forms of magic, mostly specify in wide-are bombarding attack spells with immense amounts of destructive force. She often uses her magic in tandem with her physical skills during combat, enhancing the damage caused by her attacks by multiple times. She is capable of creating new and intricate magic spells, capable of wide-area of mass destruction, within seconds with little efforts. She much like her older sister Kami-Musubi, which is on full display in her Alter Form.

* **Elemental Magic**: She notably excels in the use of ice, fire, water, lightning, wind, thunder, light, and explosive-based magic.

* **Magical Deconstruction**: She was able to deconstruct Le fay's magical spells to their most basic form.
* **Sealing Magic**: It's said that the Ancient Oni brothers Raijin and Fujin were sealed by her in the past.
* **Teleportation:** Takami-Musubi could instantaneously appear and disappear at will.
	+ **Apportation:** She could forcefully teleport anyone or anything away from her, as long as they aren't already blessed by a demonic being.

**Master Combatant:** Takami-Musubi could easily interpret and predict her enemies' attacks and react to the incoming attack, brush off, or avoid the incoming attacks even from a dead angle. Takami-Musubi is masterful at swordsmanship, capable of utilizing her size to effectively counter and outmaneuver her opponents. Her skill in swordsmanship is evident in the fact that she is the third oldest shinto deities.

* **Expert Hand-To-Hand Combatant**: Takami-Musubi possesses immense hand-to-hand combat skills. Takami-Musubi displayed impressive fighting skill against Arthur Pendragon and Toujou Koneko, being able to easily dodge and counter their attacks. In Takamagahara, she easily defeated Toujou Kuroka and Himejima Akeno in just a few simple moves.

* **Master Spearswoman:** She is a Master Spearman, possessing skills, techniques, and abilities unable to be replicated by any mortal beings. She possesses immense spearmanship skills, capable of wielding the spear to its utmost potential. She could easily use her spear-wielding skills to their utmost potential, and taking out numerous opponents with it.
* **Master Swordswoman:** She is a Master Swordsman, possessing skills, techniques, and abilities unable to be replicated by any mortal beings. She possesses immense swordsmanship skills, capable of wielding the sword to its utmost potential. She could easily use her sword-wielding skills to their utmost potential, and taking out numerous opponents with it.
* **Master Technician**: Takami-Musubi is a very skilled Technique-type fighter, having spent millennia perfecting her skills and abilities to the utmost perfection. Her techniques are said to be on par with several war deities themselves.

**Senjutsu and Youjutsu Master**: As the Matron of all Youkai, Takami-Musubi is considerably skilled in using Senjutsu and Youjutsu, being able to create mirage copies of herself and create illusions to distort reality and senses to throw her opponents off. She is capable of combining both her techniques to creating a blue-colored fire concentrated blasts of energy or imbued the energy into her sword to increase slashing power.

* **Space-Time Manipulation:** Aside from her senjutsu, youjutsu, and swordsmanship, Takami-Musubi has also shown to be the ability to perform space-time manipulation, though at this point she can only manipulate space.

**Genius-Level Intellect**: Perhaps the most astonishing trait of Takami-Musubi is her intellect and natural talent. She is the most gifted prodigy the Kotoamatsukami has had since Amenominakanushi, entering the Council of Godheads on her first try despite her young age and then becoming the oldest Kotoamatsukami to ever reach the rank of Elder Gods. She has been called many things due to this. Amenominakanushi and Gaia have called her a child genius, and Tartarus has called her the embodiment of the "heavenly white angel that blesses Takamagahara once a century". In terms of intellect, Takami-Musubi is equally impressive. She was the first to suspect Amenominakanushi of treason, and saw that there was more to C'thalpa's execution than what was being said.

* **Expert Strategist**: Despite her age, Takami-Musubi has great instinct and intuition in battle. She is generally aware of everything in her presence, and is also able to see through most deceptions. For example, she discerned that Amenominakanushi was more than he seemed, although she was not yet sharp enough to realize it was all part of Kyoya's plot. She is also a keen analyst, able to deduce the basic mechanics behind an opponent's attacks, and quickly figuring out its strength and weakness to better counter it. As a Elder Gods, she is a capable leader. For example, Takami-Musubi led the team sent by Takamagahara that reinforced Issei's group against the Outer Gods. In battle, she has great instincts against incoming danger, such as from her reaction to Shub-Niggurath's initial attack after releasing.
* **Master Teacher:** In the past, Takami-Musubi was well-known for her habit of teaching mankind all knowledge about weaponry and disguise, often under the form of cosmetics.
* **Adaptation:** Takami-Musubi could easily adapt to the conditions and environments around her, allowing her to virtually fight in any possible situations.

**Spiritual Authority**: Takami-Musubi's authority over the spirits of Japan is near-absolute. Toujou Kuroka and Koneko dropped unconscious after being ordered to 'sleep' by Takami-Musubi.

**Power of the High Creator**: Takami-Musubi is the High Creator of Takamagahara, making her one of the most powerful beings of the Shinto Pantheon. She is the matron goddess to the youkai species and is a highly respected divinity. She has great authority over Takamagahara, rivaling Amenominakanushi and Benzaiten. She is only equated by her siblings, while being surpassed by Amenominakanushi and Benzaiten.

**Immortality**: Like the rest of the Kotoamatsukami, Kami-Musubi became eternally immortal after being blessed by God. She cannot age nor can she be overcome by anything below the Primordial Entities. She will heal from any injure no matter how grave it may be, for as long as the other Kotoamatsukami are still alive.

**Enhanced Senses:** Her most notable trait is her five senses: smell, hearing, eye, taste, and touch, which Takami-Musubi has trained to Primordial Entites levels as a result of her supersmell. This lets her fight in an effective manner as if she could see his opponents by feeling the slightest vibrations by feeling the vibrations in the air and on the ground using a combination of her supergod hearing and touch.

**Reality Warping**: Takami-Musubi can distort reality in an area of her choosing.

**Master Stealth:** Takami-Musubi is capable of hiding her presence to the point it completely undetectable by gods, Angels, Fallen Angels, and Demons alike.

**Flight**: Takami-Musubi possess the ability to fly without wings like her fellow Kami.

## Equipment

**Death Staircase**: Takami-Musubi has a very minor authority over the 'Death Staircase'. She's able to traverse it freely and guide souls to Maveth, but no more than that.

**Hi-Yami-Hokono-Kami**: A Ninjato blade and a large fan which Takami-Musubi requested personally from God. Though He agreed to her requests, God decided to humble Takami by making her weapons nearly useless if she doesn't treat them as part of her soul. The two weapons are vastly powerful when utilized to their best, being able to cut through Archangels, Archdemons, Dragon Gods and even Primordial Entities. The sword allows Takami to unleash and manipulate massive amounts of ice, Takami to control water and ice. Her slashes create an immense amount of spiritual power which overflows from the tip of the blade, creating a flow of ice shaped like a Chinese dragon. The dragon flies towards opponents and instantly freezes anything it touches. The fan allows her to absorb any/all water-themed attacks, including ice, water, freezing, etc.

* **Tensō Jūrin** (天相従臨, *Subjugation of the Heavens*): One of Hi-Yami-Hokono-Kami's basic powers, as well as its strongest. It allows him to control the weather in the immediate vicinity, or more specifically, the water in the surrounding atmosphere. The ability is usable in both Active and Inactive. However, Takami states that this aspect of her powers is not fully mature, and that she doesn't like to use it in Active mode, as she is unsure of whether or not she could keep it from killing everyone in the vicinity.
* **Ryōjin Hyōheki** (綾陣氷壁, *Woven-Ice Wall*): Takami-Musubi generates a protective wall of ice by finely weaving threads of ice together.
* **Rokui Hyōketsujin** (六衣氷結陣, *Six-Clothed Ice Binding-Array*): Takami-Musubi can lay down a trap by placing five snowflake-shaped ice crystals on the ground in a pentagonal formation. When an opponent steps into the trap, each snowflake sends a line of ice towards them. The space within the pentagon is then encased in a large pillar of ice, trapping the opponent.
* **Zanhyō Ningyō** (残氷人形, *Lingering Ice Puppet/Doll*): Upon activating her Active Mode, Takami-Musubi is able to create and shape a large amount of ice into her exact likeness. It is very life-like, as it can appear to bleed. She stated that he can usually only trick an opponent once with it, so she usually saves it for towards the end of a battle.

* **Flash-Freezing**: Takami can flash-freeze extremely large objects at a distance with a simple hand gesture; this also extends to objects that her sword cuts. Additionally, anything that she freezes will have all of its functions and abilities negated. If anyone touches Takami while she is in this form, they will be flash-frozen as well.
* **Ryūsenka** (竜霰花, *Dragon Hail Flower*): When Takami-Musubi stabs her opponents, a huge burst of ice erupts from the point of contact between Hi-Yami-Hokono-Kamiand the opponents, encasing and freezing them. Takami-Musubi then proceeds to shatter the ice, and her opponent with it.
* **Sennen Hyōrō** (千年氷牢, *Thousand Years' Ice Prison*): Takami-Musubi creates many ice pillars, which encircle her and her enemy. At her command (when she turns her sword 90 degrees counter-clockwise), these pillars then move towards the enemy, enveloping and crushing them. Though this technique is very powerful, Takami-Musubi infers that it takes a considerable amount of time to prepare, and therefore the distraction of his enemy is crucial in successfully completing this attack.
* **Hyōten Hyakkasō** (氷天百華葬, *Frozen Heaven Hundred Flower Funeral*): This ability is an extension of Hi-Yami-Hokono-Kami's Tensō Jūrin power. However, because Takami dislikes using Tensō Jūrin while her ninjato blade is active, he rarely uses it. The ability opens up a huge hole in the clouds, through which a large amount of snow floats down onto her opponent. As the snow comes into contact with the opponent, ice flowers sprout all over their body, instantly trapping them in a pillar of ice. Takami-Musubi claimed that when the last of the 100 petals falls, the life of the one who touched it will be over.
* **Guncho Tsurara** (群鳥氷柱, *Icicle Flock*): Takami-Musubi freezes water into ice and then swings her Ninjato Blade in an arc, firing an array of ice daggers at her target.
* **Hyōryū Senbi** (氷竜旋尾, *Ice Dragon Swirling Tail*): With this technique, Takami-Musubi swings his sword in a linear direction and creates overflowing ice from her blade in the form of a crescent.
* **Zekku** (絶空, *Void Sever*): This ability allows Takami-Musubi to control his Hyōryū Senbi technique and send it up into the air.

## Quotes

* *"W-Why would you denigrate and humiliate me like this?!"* - Takami-Musubi during the Creation Wars.
* "*If you make Onee-sama shed even one drop of blood... I'll kill you.*" - Takami-Musubi to Amenominakanushi.​

* "*Onee-sama! How many times do I have to tell you? It's not "Taka-chan". It's "Takami-Musubi". -* Takami-Musubi to Kami-Musubi.
* *"You're being too lenient with an opponent you've only hit once. Haven't you ever heard of following through?"* - Takami-Musubi to Himejima Akeno.
* "*Since you were kind enough to lecture me, allow me to tell you something. You are in the greatest danger when you execute a flawless strategy. That, too, is the way of battle.*" - Takami-Musubi to Rossweisse.
* "*Wielding one's blade out of duty alone is what it means to be a Kami. Wielding one's blade out of hatred is nothing more than petty violence. That is not what we would consider battle.*" Takami-Musubi to Nezha.
* "*You've got it exactly right, Xinwangmu. I wield this blade out of hatred. I didn't come here to do battle. I'm here to slice you to pieces as a sheer act of violence!*" Takami-Musubi to Xinwangmu.
* *"Ahh.. It been too long since I been let loose. \*Chuckling before manically laughing\* It is time for my long awaited introduction. Now, let us enjoy ourselves, mortals."* - Takami-Musubi after awakening into her alternate personality.

## Gallery

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## Trivia

* While Takami-Musubi in the Shinto lore is often depicted as male, this version of the deity is female, due to the lore also stating that the Kotoamatsukami came into being alone, and are genderless.
* In Shinto Mythology, she and Kami-Musubi, are sometimes depicted as the male and female manifestations of Amenominakanushi, which isn't the case here.
* The color of her forehead-flame reflects her mood. Blue - passive; Red - agitated; Black - murderous; Green - disgusted; Purple - Scared; Pink - horny.
* Her appearance is based on Kaga from ***Azur Lane***.
* Her measurements are B93-W56-H87.
* Her body height is [168cm] and weight is [53kg].
* Takami-Musubi is considered one of the best swordsmen in the multiverse:
	+ She is ranked as the 10th swordsman in the multiverse.
* Takami's role as a supporting character is similar to *Toshiro Hitsugaya.*
* Takami is one of Antydeth's least favourite characters.