I don't mind you making a new character and we go from there

What I suggest, to allow for continuity, is your new character joins the fight, and then the fight finishes after my next post with the Nepents. When that happens firelord and the others leave (never to be seen again, hue hue hue) and then it's only YukiHana and your new character left, and continue from there.

(PS: That's good to hear chukkle. Looks like you have to wait for invariant? I think ....)