Tala: um I guess people know who the Necromancer is after all someone said it in a review *chuckles* Pink Devil: well at least you updated your two chapters Chibi Johnny: *trashes the audience chairs* WAAAH! Audience: awwww Pink Devil: I think he wants reviews . Tala: well to let you know folks I have the next future like eight chapters all WRITTEN down yes on a piece of paper Chibi Kai: YAAY

Tala: okay I don't own anything and it's the last time I'm putting it down cause it wastes space like.a lot .

A/N's: ((we have finally come up with a plan)) (I will be writing it yes the author Tala cause I'm quite fast) ((I give her ideas to write about but she has them pretty much thought out *sweatdrops* so I can work on my ficcy)) (((ENJOY!)))

Chapter Three
Battle Of Magic

Tala rushed along with his new friends well he couldn't really call them friends they were allies and that was possibly as far as they went. But Tala wanted more then allies he wanted friendship but with Kai and Johnny having such a bad temper between them, he wasn't waiting for a blessing or for cupid. He was going to make them get along even if he needed to do it alone but he knew he could count on Enrique to help, the fairy wasn't doing anything at the moment except hitch a ride.

"Almost there be prepared!" Kai yelled over his shoulder an icicle formed in front of the ice mage signaling an attack ready for release while Johnny did the same only creating a huge fireball trying to dwarf the icicle but it didn't quite work. Tala had nothing on him that could be used as a weapon therefore he felt almost like he was weighing down the team because he didn't have anything that could counter magic or arrows except maybe his scales. Even then though he wasn't much use, as a human he was worse he concluded as the last bush was pushed aside by a rushing Kai.

The sight that greeted the group was definitely not what the hybrid or magic users ever expected, the ground had holes all over it with skeletons by them where they seemed to rise from. Across from the skeletons new ones were rising just from the graves they were killed or rested it was indeed a gruesome sight to behold as the skeleton fingers raw and decayed beyond even the bone that managed to get them up, each had a weapon of some sort with them.

The red haired cursed teenager gagged at the sight. No wonder the others were worried this kind of magic was like the one he saw when he was running, several demons and other creatures came out of nowhere to stop him from running but he didn't pay them any mind until it was to late to even think about. He looked to Kai who was growling something clutching the icicle as hard as possible until it broke into several pieces.

Both Johnny and Tala were surprised at the ice mage's anger he never thought that Kai could get angry it just wasn't very possible to him and yet he was seeing it. The red head of the group took the time of surprise or silence by tossing his flame toward the enemy who seemed unfazed as it whizzed past all the enemies toward him at a very fast speed. The other figure didn't look much older than them in fact it was almost as if he was the same age but only more advanced into dark magic something Tala and the rest knew to be aware of. Zombies suddenly sprout forth from the ground and leaped at the flame each one taking the hit of the magic and falling down the earth incinerated serving their purpose to protect the mad man.

"You think you can defeat me? You better think again!" the purple haired teen shouted as he raised his finger and pointed at the trio before him "attack kill them all!" after the order rang out every single skeleton seemed to automatically heed the order and sprung at them with several different weapons, some to old to be called proper weapons. Kai and Johnny were finally able to pay off what they learned and threw several spells while Enrique used some support spells to ward off the undead.

"Ice of disaster freeze them all BLIZZARD!" the air around Kai grew colder and colder as a small blizzard wrapped around him and the enemies that surrounded him but the ice mage expected them to and allowed them to keep coming as the temperature grew just that much colder freezing them a few steps away from Kai himself. Turning his head the ice mage glared over at some of the monsters trying to penetrate the fairy's strong shield that seemed to be lasting pretty well considering who was casting it in the first place.

Johnny on the other hand was having little difficulty as he threw enormous fire spells at all the enemies but somehow in between them a sharp object slashed from behind him, confused he spun around and sent his fist flying into the skeletons face breaking it like he did with glass which was the prime thing he broke when he was mad. This was only a substitute. "Fire of the ages, calling of the ground, release from my hands, the rush of power of your might FIRAGA!" bigger than any other flames that Johnny had ever released in his life Firaga was the only one capable of really doing damage to enemies but he didn't cast it that much. Last time he did he endangered almost the whole Guild where he left.

Tala on the other hand wasn't ready for any kind of battle until Kai had broke one into tiny pieces with a single punch of his fist bending down quickly the stronger member of the group handed he chipped and rusted sword to the hybrid. After a few wasted seconds Kai began to get a bit mad "aren't you going to take it? We can't protect you and ourselves at the same time!" he barked out shoving the sword into Tala's hands and ran off throwing several spells all of his element. Tala grimaced at the weapon it was all rusty and didn't look all that useful the color didn't look great and the rags of it.

Shuddering at the filth of the sword he handled it like he did with his sword at the thought his mouth dropped in a circle position as his eyes widened he wasn't totally defenseless yet. Reaching around on his back he ripped his sword from the sheath, only it didn't do exactly what he wanted it to do like other swordsman had it done, it flew out of his hands all the way sticking through one of the undead creatures walking towards him. "Oh shit," he muttered sheepishly as he forgot about his dragon powers and the increased strength that the curse brought.

Taking his chances the dragon hybrid lunged at one of the many undead creatures that were dieing and falling apart as they came from the other two fighters and smashed his fist into one. And with a sickening crack the composed dead rotten body fell to the ground while Tala smirked, he could get use to this. Soon all the undead were either being incinerated or already dead decomposing themselves once again with what was left on the bone and mutated zombies.

Bryan gritted his teeth he knew his monsters were pitiful but to be defeated by a bunch of new comers, which he could tell from the weak fighting skills and lack of magic, it just was inexcusable to him he knew his father and grandfather would be ashamed. Scowling at even thinking about his superiors he cracked his knuckles while stretching his fingers as they cracked even through the black gloves. Raising his hand he held out his palm at Kai then put it down to his side their was no defeat or win in cheating or attacking an unarmed person who is fighting someone else. He just didn't see it honorfull, which made him much different from his father the most hated man in existence.

He covered himself with his cape watching the last bit of the battle it was deadly obvious that the new comers may have had great training but the hybrid the cursed one that his father had instructed his grandfather, Boris, to ruin his life was much more powerful then he could imagine having some kind of ancient power. Snorting to himself he shook his head but grew deadly serious as the hybrid broke through each and everyone of the monsters he had rose from the dead.

Kai yelled out as he took the final one down with the most devastating combat attack of his people then turned to the figure who was the source of all the evil that was sprouting in the forest, an evil that seemed very familiar to Kai. Tala panted as he removed his fist from the zombies mid section grimacing as he did flicking off pieces of raw skin with maggots on it. Totally grossed out he couldn't help but try to wipe it off the ground while for the first time the Necromancer stood at the scene laughing alerting everyone that was in the area.

"Who are you?" Johnny asked getting sick of the situation kicking a head that seemed to have detached itself from a skeleton while keeping a trained eye on the enemy if it was one thing he had learned in the guild. It was never let your guard down or show your fear. Which was what he was doing over ride the fear with confidence in himself.

Coughing the necromancer before them mockingly bowed trying to show how rude he was about not introducing himself "My name is Bryan I come from a place not to far from here I did no harm" he smiled throwing his cap back tilting his head waiting to see their reaction. Johnny wasn't waiting for a sign that said 'throw something at me' he wanted to beat the guy real good and ignoring the protests of Tala he threw his fireball something the enemy was expecting as he jumped high into the air dodging it.

Landing on a high tree branch the necromancer waggled his finger "tsk, tsk you should be ashamed to call yourselves mages this is power" holding his arms up into the air Bryan closed his eyes concentrating then thrusted his palm forward at the bewildered group "meteo!" instantly a hail shower of miniature meteors came forth from the sky all aiming for different parts of the forest that was near the area of the group down below. Each one streaked across the sky and landed exploding into a powerful fire hole so it was inaccessible for people to leave. Even the red mage was in awe at the awesome power and Kai just down right hated it while Tala and Enrique were scared beyond belief at the power the one known as Bryan contained.

This is just what Bryan wanted smirking he knew he had victory but who was to go down first, he scanned the small group they weren't really that older than him or rather in fact younger which made him a bit curious on why they were out in the night time in a forest where evil could come. He was so lost in thought he didn't see the icicle that was thrown at him by the ice mage until it was a tad to late as it embedded itself into his arm not to deep but it still hurt all the same. Grunting he ripped it out wincing as black blood poured from the newly fresh wind, and melting the icicle he was going to make sure the ice mage would pay.

Leaping down from his branch he hit the ground his whole body gave off a dark aura that made Kai step back a bit as the warlock let loose a string of triangles that went in every direction but the one it was sent. Tala covered his face as the first one whizzed by him cutting his shoulder a bit then suing his wings he covered himself and Enrique as the rest bounced off his protective skin the others, however, were not fairing as well as the dragon hybrid was. The magic they were up against exceed themselves that was certain and it was powerful but dodging proved impossible to escape all the triangles that soon began to snap together to make a bigger triangle.

Kai in an instant began to shoot off spells like their was not tomorrow trying to break the dark energy spell after awhile Johnny began to do the same both trying to over load it so it would explode while Bryan eyes widened at what they were doing and how much damage the explosion would do. He knew his powers were great and yet he did a spell that he hadn't mastered and if he couldn't control it everyone would be in danger not just himself.

His cape flapped backwards as the triangle grew enormous it was called the 'Triangle of Death' in one of his fathers books back in the castle of course it was forbidden but his grandfather let him read it and he studied it day and night hoping to surpass his father and grandfather at the same time. The triangle in the book of pages was said to be a powerful warlock magic that absorbed magic attacks and after reaching a certain size and height filled with power it would blow sky high taking everything in a five mile radius more precise basically the whole forest with it.

Realizing his mistake he summoned the same book aware that his grandfather could find him now by tracking the book but taking that risk he shuffled through the pages quickly glancing at the spells every second flip until he came across the page, the counter curse for it was gone ripped out of the book. Everything seemed to slow down as he saw that the triangle was now reaching higher and higher what was the counter curse to stop it? Thinking hard he thought back to when he first took it out he had stared at the counter curse for almost five hours to make sure he would remember it but somehow he couldn't now.

Holding his face in his hands Bryan took some slow breaths their of course were other spells but if he sent one and it was absorbed good bye forest hello wasteland. Looking to the mages he blasted a advanced ice and fire spell at the two each heading for the weakness but it zoomed and went straight into the triangle, now he was almost at a panicking state there was nothing to stop it unless..

Quickly he stood in front of his creation and licked his lips white magic was the only other magic that wouldn't get absorbed but it would decrease it, behind him the two mages took a step back as Bryan grunted as he released any white magic spell he could possibly think off and due to him being a necromancer he couldn't use white magic or else it would have a side effect. Pain. A white hot pain that would travel throughout his body not stopping until he stopped the magic but looking at the triangle he feared for his life as he knew no one except perhaps the fairy knew how to cast it.

'Fairy?' he blinked and looked over to the small thing perched onto the hybrids head and thanked Nasamu that something was here that could cast it quickly he put on a serious face while staring hard at the boy Tala "I need your fairy friend to cast white magic my powers cannot control it alone and the only thing that I can do is cast white magic on it to shrink it if we don't" he flicked his eyes behind him at the two boys then back to Tala "we all die along with this entire forest".

A collected gasp rang from Tala's mouth as he sent a pleading look to Enrique who blowed a few bangs out of his face while stretching "fine but I want hazards pay for this" the fairy chuckled and zoomed over to Bryan staring wide eyed at the enormous power "it'll go kabloomy?" he asked the necromancer while the teenager nodded his earrings made a ringing noise as he did "it'll blow big time".

The purple haired teenager put both palms facing the destructive force he created and shot out a few beams of very simple basic white magic even before it left his finger tips he could feel the white hot pain boiling inside him ignoring it he focused on getting rid of it, next time he would try to do some spell he knew he could control. Enrique wasn't fairing to bad either as the triangle got smaller and smaller until Bryan was finally able to finish it off with a non elemental magic attack shattering it into black pieces that covered the small spot on the ground where it once stood a bit to proudly.

Kai was in amazement as the one who created it got rid of it and in doing so also saved their lives, clenching his fist he approached the necromancer and thrust his fist forward to connect against the teenagers skull but a barrier was cast upon him so his fist hit a bubble like surface. Growling he looked over to Enrique who was observing the teen giving Kai a disapproving glare.

Tala approached the teen that was keeling trying to regain the movement of his limbs and breathing right now he looked as defenseless as he had been almost three nights ago and for not attacking them when they were in battle it just showed that he had something the warlock that attacked him didn't. Honor or something close to a heart but Tala seemed to seriously doubt that. Nonetheless Tala helped the necromancer up but was pushed roughly to the side as an arrow struck the ground where he was once had been.

Everyone looked up to see Kevin re taking aim to fire on Bryan who had stood up taking steady walks or rather strides to get out of the area. No one else dared to move until the necromancer turned around looking like he was the grim reaper with the grim look on his face "I will be in Condora the city of the dead if you still have quarrels with me I will see you there" and with that finally said he fainted out of existence while Kevin muttered a curse jumping down next to the team.

"Looks like you did your job well and for that you are allowed to come and go through this forest as long as you please" the green elf gave a toothy smile as he held his bow in one hand the other held out to shake Tala's hand. While the little reunion was taking place Kai silently climbed the tree where the icicle hit before hoping to see what he thought he would see, sure enough there was a tiny bit of evidence of the black blood.

Conforming his suspicions the teen dropped back down, this was going to get very difficult very fast and real soon. ---------

"You uh sure I can come along?" the elf had been requested to come while the others (Kai and Johnny) didn't seem to give a damn about who came and who left (preferably all of them) but Tala seemed to think that if they had a bigger group they could do way more things since there was one white mage on their side, an ice and red mage in the arts of magic, and a practicing swordsman and now a archer.

Though the hybrid couldn't tell why in words he knew along his adventure he was going to meet a lot of friends, allies, and of course enemies, and the person that cursed him and somehow it seemed it was going to be more of an adventure of survival to find his cure.

"So you're cursed you weren't just you know a demon or anything?" Kevin stated as they finally left the forest by using a short cut that the elf knew about, that lead them right out in the area they needed to go. Immensely the disco looking teen found it a bit of fun to have the elf talking, and Enrique snoozing in his hair often ripping a hair or two but Tala didn't mind as he learned of things that some other people most likely never knew about the elves.

"Wow you're that old?" Tala had become fascinated with the elf's age while ahead of them Johnny and Kai were shooting silent glares at one another with scowls on there face, turning around at the same time they both shouted at them for being a slow poke and lagging behind. The three behind didn't paid them any attention as they continued to talk as even Kevin was a bit surprised at how human's lived almost like the elves in the forest depending on nature and things that helped them live, like wood, which was part of nature.

Now with five people trying to make it to where the waters were they continued onto their next destination Condora. ----------

Meanwhile in that very same town a man was leaning against his chair tipping it till it would fall but with his leg on the table that wasn't very likely he would fall. A group of amateur demons surrounded him one seemed to be the leader with his muscular arms that were bulky enough to almost shame the dragons nearby. The rest looked like flunkies of the head honcho, the chair however remained in that position while the man smiled with his eyes closed his hands behind his head giving off an expression of boredom.

"We want the money now you aren't getting away with it this time!" the deep voice commanded as his ears twitched in annoyance at the lack of attention he was receiving from the person before him. When he received nothing not even a nod the leader stopped the chair that was tipping back and forth creating a squeaky noise. The man was dangerous everyone knew that in the town of Condora even the most highest ranking demons feared him it was to be expected but since the ones that just came in not too long ago had not learned who they were messing with.

The man had bandanna that covered up his hair tied tightly in the back so it wouldn't come off somehow, he wore a nice red shirt that was short sleeved, a black vest was over it. On his hands he wore a pair of black leather gloves cut at the fingertips to allow his fingers to feel the nice coldness of the night breeze. He wore long baggy black pants his shoes were black, and red and currently he was chewing on a toothpick as he was in deep thought before the chair stopped.

Opening his eyes he looked at the group and sighed dramatically "what can I do for you?" he asked tilting his head to the leader who smashed his fist into the table breaking it in half "we want our money!"

The bar that they were in grew deadly silent the other folks all different in many ways looked toward the fool that dared to break he table. Some people excused themselves and ran outside not wanting to get caught in the fight that would soon erupt. Although the person sitting in the chair that had stopped squeaking and was being held to make sure it wouldn't he stared at his table then looked to the guys that surrounded him "you broke my table" he said softly while the others hit each other grinning as they thought it was going to be a piece of cake.

Now that special table was where the man sat everyday for the last many years he never sat any other place and people never sat in his place and so he had claimed it. He was in a mild shock over his table but getting off the chair he withdrew a sword from the shadows of the bar it was known throughout all the races as a royal demon's sword. Their were only a few intact even fewer that were still in use when the demons were being wiped out thousands of years ago until they got something to vanquish humans right back they still lost the war a thousand years ago.

But only demons of royal family or blood could hold it and few could unleash its power.

Instantly the bully's of the town that had come to make it theirs didn't seem so confident as the man stood up in his full height with the sword on his shoulder, on his face a smirk graced his lips as his eyes turned from normal black ones to a demonic black and red "my name is Jazz remember it well when death asks for who ended your miserable lives!"

A/N's: (triangle, triangle, triangle, triangle, triangle) ((O_O I think Tala is on a triangle rush)) (triangle, triangle) ((uh turn in for the next chapter isn't Jazz cool?)) (Jazz, Jazz, Jazz) ((-_-U) (((ENJOY!)))