Symphony of Destruction, And you thought it was going to end...

[Jake Delfeir]

"LIKE HELL!" Tristan spread his wings and resisted as much of the launch as he could before diving straight down, magic forming around him not in orbs but in waves. He picked up incredible speed, and then unleashed the magic all around Ariana... but never directly at her.

Then his falling saw him there, grabbing his twin and wrenching her free of the shadow even as it writhed and tried to strike through his wall of magic, without success. In moments the pair was flying away, Tristan weaving amidst the blight towards Aly, firing off rapid magic spells to dispel as much of the blight around them all as he could.

Gotcha, he murmured amidst all this in the quiet of their minds.

The blight began to give them a little space as they reached Aly... now it was starting to form barriers and walls around them as if boxing them in. One path was left right open, however - the direction Kaynin was coming from.

By now, Jake was almost spent... but his determination forced him awake and active. "Somebody... you have... to... kill me!"

[Ryuujin Black]

Aly was still kicking as she forced off more blight.

"This is ridiculous..." She said softly as she faced down the Celestial racing towards them.

From the earlier wreakage came a single voice. "Blood Limit: BLACK WRATH!" The energy was massive as the smashed up Ryu, sped from his position. He was battered, even more of his bones were broken, but his now glazed silver eyes showed no pain.

With his speed, he attempted to ram the rampaging celestial, to buy more time for everyone else to do something.

Aly glanced around. Her energy now peaking once more. She gave a growl as her energy poured from her attempting to turn the blight and cause it to disapear into her shadows, hoping to clear the path.

[Puppet Girl]

Ariana looked at her now freed legs and then up at Tristan. Why? You could've gotten away.. Nonetheless, the twin pushed away from Tristan and spread her wings to fly with him. I feel a little useless.. My physical combat can't do anything against this..

Kaynin looked over to see a charging Ryuujin. "Perfect.." The mother's massive wings disappeared in an instant and in her tracks she stopped moving. Kaynin threw a closed fist in the air and with a smirk on her face she swung her arm as hard as she could toward the ground. Boom. In a split second a cloud of dust, rock and debris formed around not only Kaynin but the charging Ryuujin as well, blinding them.

Ariana looked straight ahead and noticed the explosion of rock. How did she get so close so fast? We couldn't even see her before.. and her power level, it's enormous.. Tristan what's going on?

[Jake Delfeir]

((Took me a while to think of how to do this... and the end result is going to be messy.))

You know why. It's just something you refused to believe for years and years. Nothing and no-one is going to take my twin away, and I'm never going to go away either. Tristan formed up with Aly and Ariana, glancing between the two before looking in the direction of the dust cloud. Get ready... focus on surviving more than anything else...

Before the dust could clear, however, the blight disappeared... and reformed around the prone bodies of Jake and Bunder. Drakmor stood there, his eyes changing colours rapidly and his laughter returning.

"Well now," he said, "Time to do what we always really dreamed of... what we've been waiting to do for oh so long. I'd say nothing personal... but it really is."

The Lumina Celestial stared up weakly, barely able to move. And then Drakmor thrust his claw forward into his chest, tearing him open in one swift move and ripping apart his heart.

Jake didn't even have a moment to blink before he was gone from the world of the living.

Tristan gaped. No way... it couldn't have just happened... "DAD! NO!" Worse, still, was that he knew that the same thing was about to befall Kaynin...

[Puppet Girl]

"DAD!" Ariana yelled and also too, realized what was about to happen.

Snap. The dust cleared and laying face first on the ground was Kaynin, lifeless. Her giant wings spread out to her side began to vanish into nothing and in that one swift instant she too, had left the world of the living along with Jake.

Ariana's feet touched the ground, her face in completely shocked. "Mom... dad.." Tears began to swell up in her eyes. "MOM! DAD!!!"

The God and Goddess of Lumina were no more.

[Ryuujin Black]

Ryu emerged from the dust even more battered. He glanced at Kaynin then at Drakmor with his brothers. Ryu made another step towards the three before his left leg gave out. He toppled to the ground face first, horribly injured.

Aly looked at all the fallen, her anger rose until her shadows enveloped her, encasing her in energy. Her celestial essence was resonating with her shadow.

[Jake Delfeir]

Drakmor glanced at the three fighters still standing, and despite lacking a face, it almost seemed like he was grinning.

"Oh, sorry, did they belong to you? Perhaps I should have asked your permission before I did anything permanent... hmm. Too late, I guess." With that, he sank into the ground once more... and with him went Jake and Kaynin's fallen bodies.

For a moment, there was absolute stillness. Then the blight began to spread again, striking up with more force and speed than previously, now forming crude claws and maws to tear them apart entirely.

"...how dare you..." Tristan closed his eyes, and his shield of magic orbs reformed around him. Drawing his sword, he dove down towards the blight, looking more hardened than ever before.