((If this topic doesn't die, Shadowcaster dies for good))

Shadowcaster was thought to be dead, but of course he'd been thought dead twice before and that hadn't stopped him, because you can't kill evil and that was exactly what Shadowcaster was made from, evil. He reformed above the ground littered with the dead, his eyes opened once again and he scanned his surrounding.
"Well now, let's see who's dead now shall we!" he laughed "but wait, how selfish of me"
He raised a smokey hand laughing.
"I can't be the only one to return from the grave now can I, and now. What an army I can create" he laughed "Control undead!" he yelled.
The bones beneath him began to shudder and move, several undead emerged, their eyes glowing in the darkness, subject to Shadowcaster's control.
"I do not need a body!" Shadowcaster laughed "like this, I am immortal!"

Shuyin had been traveling for a long time. He soon came to the land of dead, maybe from here he would finally find out if Lenne was dead or alive. But in the distance he seen a large group of Zombie coming up from the groud. And above them was someone Shuyin had heard about, it was Shadowcaster. Shuyin drew his Katana into his left hand and then his blade of balance into his right hand as he ran towards Shadowcaster.

Once getting close to him Shuyin yelled out "You... you have caused so much pain within this world... you need to be banished, unable to return...." He then tightened his grip upon his blades, Shuyin was not sure if the blades would work but on the other hand he had his demon form... and his spells if needed.

"You... you have caused so much pain within this world... you need to be banished, unable to return...."
Shadowcaster looked up and centered on the sound. He spied a man standing a short distance away wielding a katana and a blade of balance. The katana would be useless but the blade of balance Shadowcaster had never faced, he didn't know how powerful it was, he'd never got the oppertunity to test and he wasn't going to voulentier.
"Ah, seems there is always somebody there to attempt to wreck everything" he said "pity, such a waste of life, shall I add you to my infinatly long list of enemies? Or would you like me to kill you now?"
An evil snear crossed Shadowcaster's shadowy face, he lowered himself to ground level infront of the undead and formed two makeshift legs from his body, although he still hovered half an inch from the ground.
"And what makes you think you have a chance over everybody else who's tried to kill me?" he asked "I am evil in form, and you can never destroy evil, otherwise theres nothing to compare to good"
Shadowcaster laughed again.
"I could use some sport however" he said "kill him" he ordered then glided up into the air.

"Ah, seems there is always somebody there to attempt to wreck everything." These were the words from Shadowcaster. Shuyin then yelled out to him "You can place me on top of that list. And as for the killing... you can try, but you will never kill me." The eyes of Shuyin then slowly began to turn red as he looked at Shadowcaster, the being seemed to form legs. He then heard him say "And what makes you think you have a chance over everybody else who's tried to kill me?" Shuyins burning red eyes began to narrow again and he stepped forward, he then said to Shadowcaster in a much darker voice "I will destroy you... And in doing so... I will find the answers i seek. And the reason i know i can destroy you... Thats because deep within me... lays a beast of pure evil that will loves to tear you apart."

Thats when he seen shadowcaster raise into the air and his undead beings began to attack Shuyin. As this happened the skies turned pure black, sometimes some flashed were seen above as a thunder storm began to start. Shuyin then ran into the fight yelling out "Lightning" Giant bolts of lightning then began to smash into the ground and also destroy the undead beings before him. Those not killed by the lightning were soon cut in half from head to toe by either Shuyins blade of balance or his katana.

His eyes were now set upon Shadowcaster once more. Shuyin then said "Are you to afraid to face me yourself... you coward Shadowcaster."

When I wanted to travel this isn't what I had in mind
Hey don't take it out on me
I wasn't, you don't have to read my every though
You have no idea how boring it is in here, whenever you see a fight you hang back and don't get involved
I don't like fighting
But I do
Sakura had wandered into Dori'ba by accident and was now trying to find a way out. So far however she'd found none, and it was getting dark.
Where now
You could fly up and take a look
My wings are exausted though
Mine aren't
Yeah but I can only transform when fighting and that's not something I do
Typical
Sakura rubbed her eyes and walked on resting her staff over her shoulder, she walked on for another half an hour before she saw anything. She squinted at the sight of movement ahead of her, it seemed to be a black mist hanging over the ground.
"Great" she muttered "that's all I need. A fog"
But the fog wasn't spreading, instead it was taking shape.
"I'm...Seeing things?" Sakura muttered "am I dreaming?"
She pinched herself and found out that she wasn't dreaming, but this was way too steange, how could fog act of its own free will. The fog meanwhile had transformed fully into a human shape, Sakura gasped as two purple eyes opened and looked around.
"Oh, my god!"
Shadowcaster! RUN!
Raven took several steps backwards but tripped up \and landed hard on her backside. Somehow she couldn't take her eyes off the horrible thing ahead of her.
"Well now, let's see who's dead now shall we! but wait, how selfish of me" Shadowcaster laughed.
He raised a hand and the groudn trembled slightly, Sakura crawled backwards as undead started to rise from the ground.
"I do not need a body!" Shadowcaster laughed "like this, I am immortal!"
Sakura looked away and saw another person standing in the plain, she eyed him carefully, he had two blades out, one was n ordinary katana, and the other was a very pretty sword that Sakura didn't know.
"You... you have caused so much pain within this world... you need to be banished, unable to return...."
He's confident
Sakura felt too scared to move, the mass of undead and Shadowcaster were all turned to the man, Sakura looked down and noticed her staff lying a few feet away, then she looked back up at Shadowcaster.
"Ah, seems there is always somebody there to attempt to wreck everything" he said "pity, such a waste of life, shall I add you to my infinatly long list of enemies? Or would you like me to kill you now?"
Sakura balled up her courage and crawled forewards trying to keep out of sight of any of the zombies.
"I could use some sport however, kill him"
Sakura grabbed her staff and raised it, it glowed ice blue and an ice arrow shot out heading for Shadowcaster, Sakura then unfolded her wings and took off before the zombies could react.
What's that about not fighting?

Shadowcaster watched camly as the undead were dispatched with a simple light show.
"Impressive, but I've seen better. You are merely a pawn, there is only one bieng worthy to be at the top of my list" shadowcaster sneered "the one, who was once the darkest evil ever, now reduced to nothing but a man who hides his own past. If you want to fight me yourself, you'll have to match something far greater than him"
Shadowcaster lowered himself to the ground and raised his hand.
"you like lightning? Well then..." Shadowcaster sneered "Enerva...AH!"
Something Shadowcaster hadn't seen shot through his raised arm, it froze from the elbow and fell off smashing on the ground, Shadowcaster looked about as the ice arrow thudded into the ground a little way away from him.
"Interfierance!" he growled.
He turned about reforming his arm and looked up at a half angel flying into the sky.
"Why you little" he growled "Enervation!"
He fired a stream of black lightning at the angel and turned his attention back to the man infront of him.
"You won't get lucky again" he snarled "Medusa eyes!"
Both Shadowcaster's eyes seemed to glow as he cast his paralising spell.

As Shadowcaster tryed to cast his first spell upon him he seen he was attacked by a newcomer. Shuyin looked over at her and said "Good timing." He then smirked and looked up to Shadowcaster. Shuyins body then began to glow red as he said "Well now you meet a little friend of mine.... My true form..." With this said a pillar of flames covered the body of Shuyin as he began to transform within the flames. Soon the flames died down and Shuyin true from was seen. He had two large horns coming from his head, they pointed outwards a little but the main part of them ran down his back. His hands were now large sharp talons, He had another horn coming out of the back of his shoulders.

On his legs, arms and down his back Shuyin had red hair.. although it didnt stay like that for long, soon the hair erupted into large flames as the beast now known as Ifrit looked up towards Shadowcaster. He began to growl, this making some small flames to pour from his mouth. He had been lucky however as he had been within his flames transforming when Shadowcaster had used his second spell so it had missed Ifirt / Shuyin. He then narrowed his eyes and said in a very deep and dark voice "Face me now Shadowcaster... let me feast upon that soul of yours."

"Damn" Shadowcaster snarled.
The transformation had cancalled out his spell. The man was engulfed in fire and seemd to mutate into something that looked alomost like a wolf but covered in hornes and had firey hair, it growled and fire drooled from its mouth.
"Face me now Shadowcaster... let me feast upon that soul of yours."
"Go ahead, if you can chew on air" Shadowcaster retorted "how about some more playmates for you?"
Shadowcaster smiled again adn cast illusion, creating an image of a giant stone demon infront of him bearing down on the demon and along with that several images of himself.
"Take your pick" they all said in unison "which me, is the real me?"

Seeing her ice arrow take effect Sakura smiled to herslef until a bolt of black lightning came at her. She panicked and riased her staff and the lightning vanished.
"Good timing." the man said.
Sakura nodded and turned her gaze back to Shadowcaster.
"You won't get lucky again"
"Well now you meet a little friend of mine.... My true form..."
Sakura gasped as a pillar of flames covered the man's body, he began to transform within the flames. Soon the flames died down and Shuyin true from was seen. He had two large horns coming from his head, they pointed outwards a little but the main part of them ran down his back. His hands were now large sharp talons, He had another horn coming out of the back of his shoulders. On his legs, arms and down his back he had red hair.. although it didnt stay like that for long, soon the hair erupted into large flames as the beast looked up towards Shadowcaster.
"Face me now Shadowcaster... let me feast upon that soul of yours."
He's a...Half demon?
Maybe you should transform too, you can't take on him by yourslef
Right
Sakura raised her staff and a purple flame ignited at the top, it spread down and began crawling up Sakura's arms and soon engulfed her whole body, she then bent her arms and legs in and released the energy as she transformed into the chaotic Raven, the differences bieng Raven had dark hair and eyes and black clothes. She dropped to the ground drawing her sword as Shadowcaster cast his illusion spell.
"Take your pick, which me, is the real me?" he laughed.
Raven stood up straight looking at the multiple figures, she raised her hand and it glowed ice blue.
"Lets find out shall we?" she said.
An ice missile fired from her hand heading for the Shadowcaster's, the real one would freeze.

Shuyin seen Raven start to transform as well as the voice of Shuyin said into the mind of Ifrit "Looks like we found another one like us my friend" The answer Shuyin got back made him laugh a little as Ifrit said "Yeah im fine with that.. as long as she keeps that ice away from me...." The the effect of Shadowcaster illusion set in. Ifrit now had a dark twisted smirk across his maw, he seen Raven casting her ice arrow spell so Ifrit said "Luckily for me... Shuyin is a Lighting weilder, so i also take those from him." Ifrit then jumped into the air and let out a loud howl. As he did so serveral giant bolts of lightning fell down from the sky striking at the illusions.

While still in the air Ifrit then looked over to the serveral illusion and his mouth began to glow with a dark red within it. A blast of powerfull magic energy shot from the mouth of Ifrit as he cast Magic Missile. The Missile headed towards the clones at great speed. The force of this blast send ifrit into a backflip back down onto the ground. Still he landed softly and looked up to see if any of his spells had helped out at all. Luckily for him Ifrit and shuyin had both learn the latent spell of Concentration so their spells were stronger than normal.

The clones were vanishing rapidly and there was an ice arrow on the way as well as a thunder storm and a magic missile, Shadowcaster was in a fix and he knew it. He waited till the last moment then cast dispell magic and all the spell suddenly blanked out including his own. He glared up at the demon then at Raven.
"You're beginning to get on my nerves" he growled "looks like I'll just have to kill you straight away"
He raised both hands towards the two biengs.
"Catch" he said "Bone missile"
Several laughing skulls loating in green mist flew from Shadowcaster's hands heading for Raven and Ifrit.

Raven's oce arrow vanished along with the magic missile and lightning strikes, and the illusions. Shadowcaster stood alone with nothing to protect him.
"You're beginning to get on my nerves, looks like I'll just have to kill you straight away"
Shadowcaster raised his hands and cast bone missile, as the skulls flew towards Raven she merely blinked once, the skulls vanished before they even got close to her. She smiled.
"You'll have to do better than that" she said "unable for physical contact you cannot wiled any weopons, and are therefore fully dependant on your magic, and what if that magic was to run out? Where would you be then, you need to cool off"
She spread her wings and launched herself at Shadowcaster, if she could get into contact with him she could freeze him completely and be done with it. For the moment she fired another ice arrow hoping to take him out there and then.

Ifrit quickly doged the Bone Missile sent towards him. He then ran towards Shadowcaster, Ifrit seen that Raven was going to try and freeze him, if she did that then ifrit could shatter the ice and be gone with Shadowcaster, or they could keep him trapped until one of them had learned how to rid the world of his soul.... or even better... if Raven would allow him. Shuyin could take the frozen Shadowcaster to Ita the Goddess of Chaos... and she could banish him for good. Ifrit then kicked off the ground into the air once again heading towards Shadowcaster.

This time is was not only his mouth that began to glow red but his hands also turned red. Ifrit blasted three power Magic Missile towards Shadowcaster, the three blasts began to spin with each other in the air and ended up merging into one huge Magic Missile attack. Shadowcaster seemed to be in trouble now....

Shadowcaster dispelled the arrow but couldn't stop Raven racing towards him, he noticed the demon leap into the air and then fire a large magic missile at him, he looked from one to the other. He was in a fix.
"Fine then, if that's what you want" he growled "Vampire touch!"
A long, misty arm flew from his body towards Ravens to suck the life out of her, Shadowcaster glided upwards, the missile skimmed the edge of his body and it dispersed but reformed quickley.
"I am immortal! Nothing can destroy me!"

The fire demon had launched 3 magic missiles at Shadowcaster, Raven smiled, he was toast. She hadn't noticed an arm fly towards her until she looked back at him, she pulled up and it passed through her leg and she felt her life drain out into it, she dropped down to the ground on her knees and dropped her staff and sword. She looked up at Shadowcaster snarling.
"Dont'...Do that...Again" she growled then got steadily to her feet picking up her sword.
She ran at Shadowcaster until he flew up into the air, she stopped short of the magic missile.
"Come down and take your medicine" she snarled "You've lived long enough"

The smirk across the maw of Ifrit grew larger as he cast two of the new spells he had learned. Two large fireballs appeared within each hand as Ifrit looked up to Shadowcaster. Ifrit then once again jumped into the air and said "Fly" He was now able to, for a few mintues, Fly in the air. Thats when Ifrit threw the Fireballs he had made towards Shadowcaster, the good thing about these fireballs is that they would follow the target a little if the tried to run away.

After this Ifrit said "Cloak of Flames" His entire body was engulfed in well.. a cloak of flames. Now coated in flames Ifrit flew right towards Shadowcaster with his eyes full or angry and a want for the destruction of this creature.

Shadowcaster turned about and was hit by two fireballs causing holes within him before the mist flowed in to fill them, he looked up snarling as the demon surrounded himself with fire and flew at him.
"Very well then" he said.
Black lightning crackled around his hands as his anger grew.
"Medusa eyes!" he yelled staring the beast in the face "and as a special offer,[COLOR=black, Enervation!"[/COLOR]
The black lightning fired at the demon, if he got to close then it would be point blank range and would blast him back down to the ground.

Ifirt was only hit by the black lightning spell, this sent him smashing into the ground but he soon got back to his feet. Still covered in flames Ifrit looked up to Shadowcaster and said "So you would attack me then.... You are still afraid to come down here and attack us." His eyes had turned into flames also as Ifrits body mass began to increase somewhat. Soon he was double the size he was before, this was his most powerfull form, well.. that anyone had ever seen anyway. His claws seemed to glimmer within the moonlight as he looked at the evil known as Shadowcaster.

Ifrit then said "I will never stop until you are gone from Arda... gone from existance." His claws then also erupted in flames thanks to the cloak of flames spell. He made two powerfull swipes towards Shadowcaster, but deep down within his mind Ifrit and Shuyin had a plan.... They were just hoping it would work out.

Shadowcaster's attack hit but the beast was still up and firey, more firey than before in fact.
"Now what?"
The beast seemed to grow and become fire itself, Shaodwcaster glared at it trying to hold back the impact of this beast upon him.
Who is this beast? he thought to himself gliding out of the way of two swipes.
He lowered himself to the ground, but as he was unable to draw a sword he had nothing but a few spells to hand.
"Very well, have it your way then" he said "Bone missile!"
More skulled fired at the beast laughing as they went.

Ifirt looked at the bone missile heading for him once more and swatted them away with one of his claws. The took some damage but Ifrit did not pay any attention to it. Instead he threw four more Fireballs at Shadowcaster then began to, with the help of his spell he had cast before, fly into the air. Soon Ifrit was within the dark clouds above, away from the battle. the sky then began to get darker and darker. Soon a set of six lighting bolts began to fall down from the skies above. They all seemed to be heading right towards shadowcaster.

The only thing is, as this happened Ifrit had become Shuyin again, holding his Katana and his Blade Of Balance. As the lighting had been sent down to the ground Shuyin had sneaked up behind the mightly Shadowcaster. Without a word the young Lightning Weilder made two powerfull strikes towards Shadowcaster with his blade, Shuyin knew the Katana would do nothin but was hoping that the Blade Of Balance would have some kind of effect upon Shadowcaster, after all, it was the most powerfull sword anyone within Arda (that was not a god) could weild in battle.

Umbra moved silently, she hoped her visions were true. That Shadowcaster was here. That he would be defeated. She hoped in her heart that it would be for the last time. She ducked in cover and moved her hand as if she was pulling a blanket over her and disappeared into the shadows by means of the cloak of dark power. She easily hid in the shadows and mists of Dori'ba. She continued on, not making a sound.

Suddenly she saw it. A figure she knew well. Her eyes moved to a strange figure "I will never stop until you are gone from Arda... gone from existance." said a strange being she had not seen before. She narrowed her eyes as he struck at Shadow caster. 'How to defeat him. I have come up against Shadowcaster more than once, how to defeat him! Oh please let us find a way. she thought in her mind as she drew her dagger. Shadowcaster would die. She got ready to move. As the man swung the Blade of balance she lept from her spot and jumped into the air, canceling out her spell she lept over at shadowcaster "Reis" she said thrusting her hands in front of her causing missles of magic to fly towards him.

She landed behind the stranger and turned, "NOW" she shouted and a lupine lept from the trees at shadowcaster. "As you wish" he said and blew fire at him. Shadowcaster was not going to get any pulled punches. Umbra was going full throttle on this one. No holding back, no mercy. Only attacks, and revenge for the life his brother took from Malisaro.

Shuyin seen another woman appear as he thought to himself "Did this just attack women or something..." He was still in mid swing with his blade of balance at this point. Not looking back to see what the attack had done to shadowcaster. Shuyin now stood next to Umbra and said "So, you wanna kill him to then. This day is turning out to be rather fun... " He then let out a small laugh as he placed his blades into the ground. Upon doing this Shuyins eyes seemed to be fixed upon the form of Shadowcaster.

Both his left and right hands began to glow red. He then said "Fireball, Magic Missile." In his left hand a large ball of fire appeared and in his left was the magic missile spell. Shuyin quickly fired both spells towards Shadowcaster then grabbed his blades once more. He began to quickly run up to the figure and strike at him again with his blade of balance wanting it to hurt him alot as he did so.

Raven, you can't fight anymore
Shut...up
Let me take over, at least then I'll be at full streangh
Fine
Raven picked up the staff and a violet fire blossomed at the top spreading down, it engulfed Raven completely and she transformed back into Sakura, immediatly she looked back round at Shadowcaster and noticed that the demon had leapt further into the air and was letting out a barrage of lightning, then he turned back under the cover of the spelll and struck out with his swords. Sakura raised her staff, it glowed ice blue once more and fired out another ice arrow to comply with the barrage of spells, suddenly a Lupne leapt from the trees breathing fire of all things, also a magic missile was heading for Shadowcaster fired by Umbra.
"He can't survive all this surely" she muttered.
She unfolded her wings and took off incase of any stray fire, a mix of lightning, ice, fire, magic and the most powerful sword in Arda would surely be enough to destroy Shadowcaster. The man then fired another fireball and a magic missile at Shadowcaster, Sakura was all out of spells and she didn't want to get too close to Shadowcaster.

"Dispell amgic!" Shadowcaster yelled.
All this was way too much, the fire from the Lupine however did hit him and he temporarily dispersed but reformed quickley.
"Umbra! You have crossed me for the last time!" he snarled "I'll just have to take down you and your little friends one by one"
He felt a katana pass through him and he suddenly realised what was coming.
"Uh, oh"
The blade of balance went straight through him and a burning pain spread all around Shadowcaster's body, he hadn't felt pain on this level since his duel with Weithra which cost him his body, he collapsed on the ground and the black mist began to float off him and vanish.
"You...have...counfounded me, for the last time"
Shadowcaster suddenly lurched and his eyes turned red, his body began to expand and grow to tower above the 3 figures on the ground, he grew to the size of a good sized house and beagn to chage some more, he began to look less human and more like some kind of demon, his face became elongated and a pair of slitted pupils appeared in his eyes, horns gre all long his back and from his head and his hands began claws and his feet talons. He glared down at the figures on the ground as a spiked tail emerged from his back, he was still black mist but at the moment he was huge.
"Tell me" he said, his voice echoing "how does it feel to face defeat

Sakura cursed as the spells were cancalled but the fire breathing Lupine hit home, there was still a chance, and then Shadowcaster was struck with a blade of balance and that seemed to affect him, he was doubled up in pain. Sakura drew closer sheething her sword, she never used so she saw no need in having it out.
"Give up" she said "there's no way you can win now you know you can't avoid us forever, I don't want to fight you so just die"
The mist that made up Shadowcaster was beginning to fade away, he was growing weaker by the second but he still wasn't giving in.
"You...have...counfounded me, for the last time!" he yelled.
Sakura stepped backwards as his eyes turned red.
"What the? What going on?"
Now what's he doing?
Shadowcaster's body began to expand and grow to tower above the Sakura and the rest, he grew to the size of a good sized house and began to chage some more, he began to look less human and more like some kind of demon, his face became elongated and a pair of slitted pupils appeared in his eyes, horns gre all long his back and from his head and his hands began claws and his feet talons. He glared down at Umbra, Shuyin and Sakura as a spiked tail emerged from his back, he was still black mist but at the moment he was huge."Tell me, how does it feel to face defeat?"His voice seemed to echoe at them, now his was huge and a simple spell wasn't going to save them here.
"Now what do we do?" Sakura said "he's huge, we can't beat him like that"
You need a better variety of spells
Hey I didn't choose to lose my memory okay
Sakura unfolded her wings taking off into the air, they complained with massive ache in her shoulder blades but she ignored it, Raven had, had half her life drained from her and Sakura was next to usless in a fight, she hovered away from whatever that thing was called now, but she doubted it was called Shadowcaster anymore.[/COLOR]
How do we beat that thing?
Try the eyes, they're the weakest part of any bieng
Okay, I'll try
No, don't try, succeed. Trying never got anybody anywhere
Sakura swallowed and raised her staff.
"Say hi to hell for me" she said and fired an ice arrow at his eye.
She reajusted her aim and fired at the second eyes before he wings gave out completely, she landed back on the ground hard and felt her bones buckle under the impact.

Shuyin did not seem to ever flinch at the new form of Shadowcaster. Instead he stood and just looked on as the spirit began to change. A small smirk now upon the lips of Shuyin ashe knew that the blade of balance could hurt him. He then seen Raven raising into the air and fireing two ice arrows towards the eyes of this new beast. But that was also when Raven began to fall down to the ground, Shuyin ran over to herbut was to late as her body hit the floor. Shuyin crouched down next to Raven and said "Thank you for your help, try and rest for now ok, regain your energy we will hold him back until then Miss." He then smiled to Raven and stood back heading right for the new beast with a plan.

Shuyin began to increase his pace as he said "Now Shadowcaster, this shall be your final moments upon this world. Cloak of Flames, Fly." The body of Shuyin was then covered in think powerfull flames and he also began to fly into the air. He flew under Shadowcaster with a smirk and said to Ifrit within him "The bigger they are, the easier the fight, now their is more to hit." He then tightened the grip upon his blade of balance as Shuyin once again became Ifrit.

Now in his pure demon form Ifrit headed into the body of Shadowcaster with the blade of balance in hand. Once inside the beast he began to fly towards the mouth of shadowcaster new form. Shuyin / Ifrit was sure this would cause pain as now the blade of balance was within Shadowcaster and was running through his new body at almost sixty mph.

"Umbra! You have crossed me for the last time! I'll just have to take down you and your little friends one by one" He snarlled but she simply turnd and narrowed her eyes at him. "Shadowcaster! I am not afraid of you. You and that...Brother of yours have caused Malisaro misery for the last time. I intend to take you down!" she said. Suddenly shadowcaster transformed and she only grew angrier. As she watched her blood began to boil. "So, you wanna kill him to then. This day is turning out to be rather fun... " said the man she was fighting with. She growled, "You can have fun, I am serious." she said.

She was so angry she did not notice the tickling down her spine that directed itself into her hand that clenched her dagger. Migan landed next to Umbra. "Umbra! Stay focused, we have to fight Shadowcaster! he said. She looked at him and the feeling left, she held her dagger tightly. "Shadowcaster, why try a different form when you will be defeated in that form as well? I won't let Malisaro's curse come true! Malisoring will not come and you will be defeated! Malisaro may not belive what you said but I know it is true!" she said her dagger surging with electricity from the lightning hammer spell. She lept at him swiping with her dagger.

Shadowcaster raised his hand and the two ice arrow impacted causing small frozen patches which tumbled to the ground and smashed.
"I'm, afraid you'll have to do better than that little girl" he mocked "perhaps I should drain your life too, not that there'll be much left after I'm done with you"
He looked down and noticed the man run at him reforming into his demon form, Shadowcaster considered lashing at him with his tail, but as that was made from mist too there wasn't much point.
"The bigger they are, the easier the fight, now their is more to hit."
"Come on in" laughed Shadowcaster "I'll enjoy absorbing your power"
"Shadowcaster, why try a different form when you will be defeated in that form as well? I won't let Malisaro's curse come true! Malisoring will not come and you will be defeated! Malisaro may not belive what you said but I know it is true!"
"Foolish child, you should know better, you have seen me die once before, and yet here I am"
Shadowcaster looked at each half demon charging at him. He waited until the last moment the his body dispersed completely and swirled around flying past Shuyin at high speed and raforming behind them.
"Come now, won't you walk into my parlour?" he laughed.

"Thank you for your help, try and rest for now ok, regain your energy we will hold him back until then Miss."
"Sure" Sakura muttered.
Nuts, it didn't do anything
Want me to take over?
Are you up for that?
I am now
Okay
Sakura stood up raising her staff, the purple flame engulfed her again and she turned back into the chaotic Raven, Raven smiled as her streangh rushed back into her.
"I think I'm getting a new wind" she muttered "let's see what the giant gas ball has to offer against a true warrior"
Raven flew upwards heading towards Shadowcaster just as Umbra and Ifrit were. Shadowcaster dispersed and Raven flew straight through where he had been and stopped.
"Damn" she cursed to herself.
She saw Shadowcaster reform, however big that thing was it didn't scare Raven at all. A smile crept across her face and she propelled herself forewards at top speed straight for Shadowcaster.
"Let's see what you can do against my ice grip" she said.
Her staff began to glow ice blue again and she shot at Shadowcaster like a bullet aiming for where the heart should be.

Shadowcaster looke down at the fireball engulfing Raven.
"You annoying little brat!" he yelled.
The girl's chaotic form appeared and launched at Shadowcaster drawing her staff and charged a spell.
"Let's see what you can do against my ice grip"
"You fool, I am immortal!"
But Raven continued to head for Shadowcaster and in this form he would e able to simply glide out of the way.
"You! I'll destroy you!"
The girl shot throug him before he could do anything, a patch of ice blossomed in his cheast and began spreading across his body.
"Damn you!" he yelled "you'll go down with me!"
Shadowcaster whipped about and closed his fist around Raven just as it closed trapping her inside, the ice began to spread across his face freezing it too. Soon enough there was a perfect ice sculpture standing where Shadowcaster had once been.
I can't die by the hands of a teenage girl

Shuyin seen the woman change again and charge in battle. Atleast she was ok then. Thanks to his fly spell Shuyin was still in the air. For quicker movement he turned back to normal and also got a better grip of his blades. As he began to once again fly towards Shadowcaster he smiled once more. The clouds began to darken again and Shuyin said in a low voice "Lightning" More giant bolts of lightning began to rip down from the air towards shadowcaster. At the same time the hands of Shuyin began to be covered in Lightning as well as his Static Touch took effect.

He then continued towards the beast known as Shadowcaster, Shuyin avoiding his own lightning bolts that were heading to Sadowcaster. He then smiled as he got right next to shadowcaster, Shuyin then pushed his left hand forward towards his with the lighting from his static shock spell still covering his hands.

Shuyin had cast yet more lightning as Raven flew through Shadowcaster freezing every bit she could reach. It was an interesting sight freezing a kst while flying through it, whisps of smoke suddenly began to form frost like some kind of flower and then turn into blades of ice, Raven suddenly realised that if she sat here watching the sight unfold then she'd probably be frozen in, and the lightning outside would smash the ice to smitherines, and her. She belted out just avoiding being trapped by a single whisp in her way, she ducked it as it became solid and burst out of the other end of Shadowcaster taking breath, she relaxed as the great beast before her froze completely becoming a gigantic ice statute.
""you'll go down with me!"
"Oh boy"
Raven turned and darted away but not before Shadowcaster moved his hand in her path and grabbed her just as it froze, sealing Raven in with it.
"Crap" she muttered "now what"
Oh great, now what do we do?

"I'm, afraid you'll have to do better than that little girl perhaps I should drain your life too, not that there'll be much left after I'm done with you" he said. Umbra gritted her teeth, Shadowcaster was getting on her nerves."Go ahead and try Shadowcaster. I am not afraid of you! You want me come and get me!" She charged her dagger with electricity but before she could move Sakura was freezing him. He grabbed her and she froze with him.

"Great, how are we going to stop him now? He has Sakura and if we bust him open to save her he might return." she said. She decided to go on chance, "Hold still" she ordered and kicked as hard as she could, shattering most of the ice sculpture and freeing Sakura. She then recharged her blade waiting for if Shadowcaster would reform. Shadowcaster is not going down without a fight. And I don't know how much longer I can keep up with him. Knowing him he will kill me easily, but I am never giving up. she whispered under her breath to no one.

Inside Shadowcaster it was freezing, Raven could see her breath in front of her whenever she breathed out, as far as she knew this was air tight and on her part she couldn't move. Suddenly she heard Umbra shout from outside.
"Hold still"
"I can't do much else" she muttered.
There was a loud smashing sound and the ice around her cracked open allowing her out at last, she shot into the air and hovered there panting.
"That was too close" she muttered "so what do we do with him now? He's way too big to move and if we smash him her might reform again"
She floated back to the ground still shaking slightly and transformed back into Sakura, she coughed a bit then stood up straight still with aching wings and knees.
"Cool, a Shadowcicle" she said trying to ignore the aches.
She sat down and folded her wings behind her looking up at the frozen thing infront of her.
"What now? Smash him?"