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Raiyn Illander

The kick connected hard against his side causing him to stumbled sideways. He glowered at Talazar as the man fought to get some distance between them. However, Raiyn's eyes glinted with satisfaction as he noted the blood the man spat up and the torn up left portion of his chest. Another close encounter with him and another wave of wind blades would put the Shade at a serious disadvantage. Then Raiyn caught the sight of the elven woman who was throwing magic around like nothing. Her hair whipped around her face, lifted up completely off her neck as she stood there in the swirl of her own power. Symbols were etched on the ground beneath her feet as she stood there.

Across from the elf was another man whom Raiyn had never seen before, however, he caught the man's name and his eyes widened slightly. That was Kreon, the leader of the Shades. The one man who was the cause of his pain, the man who had essentially killed both the women he'd loved. His lips pulled back into a sneer as he glared at the man who was fighting the elven woman. Ignoring Talazar completely, he turned himself slightly and lowered Kirrah's blade. The earth shuddered under his feet, then it became a ripple of dirt that raced at Kreon with exceptional speed. Flicking his wrist forward, his sword came up and the wind expelled from it in five blades that followed the earthen attack.

He didn't have time to see if the attack hit his intended target or not as he felt a warm, yet much smaller body, collide with his. He fell to the ground with the blonde woman on top of him, her eyes fierce as she gazed down at him. She looked between a mixture of anger and fear. He glared up at her, irritated that she'd gotten between him and the one man that had started everything and deserved to die. Her hands took his face between them and forced him to look at her.

"Raiyn! Stop! We need to go!" She shouted at him in desperation. He could tell that it was the Jewel Princess talking through the girls body. The girl he knew wouldn't have possibly had enough courage to take him down or even suggest leaving.

"Get off of me," he growled back and tried to push her off, but she slapped his hands away and stayed where she was. Then the Princess did something he was not counting on. She leaned forward and pressed her lips against his causing him to stiffen under her. It took a moment, but he finally could feel himself relaxing and from the weary depths of his conscious he carefully put the killer aside and fell limp under her warmth.

The girl pulled away, her eyes shimmering in the dark, "We have to go," she whispered then looked around them and Raiyn followed her gaze. It was hard to focus as he'd lost all the power that he'd gained moments ago. His body burned from all of the damage he'd taken and he wasn't sure if he could get to his feet again. However, the Princess had a plan in mind already and took hold of her sword that was in his hands and used the air to pick them up off the ground. She held tightly to him as they were righted and the wind pushed them passed the fighting towards Kiriko and Krisiana.

Once they were set down on the ground, Raiyn collapsed, unable to stand any longer. He could hear the Princess' voice call for Kiriko to help her get him back to his feet and to leave. It was the last thing he heard before he was overcome by darkness.

Nira Ku

She expanded her shield, deflecting Kreon's attack as he launched blast after blast at her. All the while, her lips were pulled into a smile as she fought him. Did he really think that he could overcome her? After all, he was the one who had taught her all about magic and from there her own native magic had become more powerful than any elven mage could possibly hope to gain. Another wave of magic pulsed through the air and she batted it aside as if it were merely a fly. In her free hand she weaved another spell, much more complicated than what she'd been using as of late.

The symbols on the ground stretched and expanded allowing more magic to flood into her body. The black crackle of electricity filled the air as she lifted her fingers and exploded a shot of pure energy at the man across from her. It was then that she noted that many black forms were appearing out of the darkness. Her gaze flicked to them as they all came into view. Her lips curled into a crueler smile.

"You call upon the Shades to help you? How pitiful, Kreon. Why would they help a man such as yourself? You are weak and incompetent. It's time for something new," she spat at him. Her eyes flicked between all the other Shades, their pale color daring any man or woman to stand against her and Talazar. She would kill them with a single thought. Nira's arm rested against her side, the black magic crackling up and down the arm entirely, from shoulder to finger tip. Her eyes turned to Talazar who had stood up and was facing her slightly. However, what she saw made her lips pull into a growling frown as she quickly spotted the Princess and the boy leaving the fighting ground.

"You'll pay for what you've done boy!" She screamed into the darkness. For now he would be allowed to leave, she had something more pressing to deal with. That included the new Shades who had just appeared and her husband. She moved to Talazar and placed her hand against his bleeding chest. The wounds were deep and that alone was putting her into a highly enraged state. He wasn't supposed to be anything but in perfect shape, and what the boy had done to him was unacceptable. She would have killed him on the spot if he hadn't run with the Princess. Her magic extended to the large man, not so much to heal the wounds, but to cauterize them and stop the bleeding.

"I'll kill him," she told Talazar her voice growling each word, "Right after we kill this pathetic excuse for a Shade."