We meet again, Medusa.

~@Fuuma this time appeared right in the Lair. He sensed Medusa's wavelength, which was strange. He couldn't do so before, so he believed it to be a possible effect of Arachne's magic.@~

"Medusa~. Recognize me?"

~@He said with an insane undertone. He knew Medusa was dealing with a few other pests at the moment, and he hoped she would be impaired in some way, shape or form.@~

Mederei hissed, wondering how Tera got into her lair without Eruka or Crona noticing "... Geko... So, it's you again... Fuuma Tera. What is your purpose for being here...?" Medusa did not get up, nor did she take all of her attention off of the skirmish going on in the above level... For Eruka might need some of her magic if Crona is in trouble...

~@He chuckled insanity as Medusa asked her question.@~

"Silly Medusa. My purpose for being here,-"

~@Unexpectedly, Several shadowy spikes jutted out of Medusa's shadow at a high velocity, aiming right for her vitals. Fuuma stood there with a devious grin plastered on his face. Bubbles of dark energy were swirling around him, and they continued to come up from his shadow.@~

"Is to kill you~."

Medusa hissed, using Kaerei's powers to change herself into a spirit quite swiftly once she noticed the change in her shadow. "Geko... I cannot do two things at once... Kaerei. Take over. I will concentrate on Crona and Eruka and you handle the immediate threat..." Luckily, Medusa was harboring two souls at the moment, thus, both could do two different things simultaneously. Sharing the same body also meant sharing the same powers... And so, as Kaerei took over, she planned on using some of Medusa's powers for her own... "... Vector... Arrow..." That being said, numerous GIGANTIC Vector Arrows shot from the body, however they were now invisible... For they were spiritual Vector Arrows now. The snake flowing around Mederei's waste began to slowly enlarge itself, as well..

~@He continue to look at Mederei with the same expression as before while the vector arrows ravaged his body. He suddenly appeared behind Mederei in a burst of dark energy, tainting everything that was caught in this burst, including Mederi and/or her ectoplasm particles if she failed to efficiently avoid it. The body ravaged by shadows was Fuuma's technique absolute shadow, so his shadow acted like a dummy getting ripped to shreds. Once ripped apart, these bits of shadow became yellow eyed ravens, and they flew about frantically. Some flew onto Fuuma's arms, forming dark gauntlets while the rest went for Mederei. If she turned spiritual and let these ravens pass through her, they would infect the ectoplasm particles with darkness, allowing Fuuma to control them.@~

.. Seemed like Mederei was going to have to move about and use her full potential for this fight... Hmph. Mederei quickly disconnected the arrows, then leapt into the air, becoming solid again "Eruka... You are going to have to work by yourself for this one. Make sure Crona stays alive... I am... Dealing with another threat." As the Ravens came close, a needle of a syringe popped out of the ground, sucking them in before it destroyed itself. That was Kaerei's Needle Force, due to the fact that her weapon blood was of a Syringe... Mederei pointed her hands at Tera, and the snake creature around her waste began to attack. It was a being stuck between solid and spirit, also having magical properties within it, so hopefully Tera's shadow control thingy would not work on it. The snake hovered above the area and started to generate a sort of energy from itself down on the field... Mederei took that time to shoot numerous Vector Arrows in the forms of Kaerei's Poison Darts at Tera, making them not connected to Mederei's body, but able to be used and manipulated as if they were Vector Arrows, as well. They tried to pierce him and poison him, making him all... Poisoned.

~@Fuuma chuckled, seizing the movement of Mederei, the vector arrows, and the large snake overhead. When the snake hovered above the area, it unintentionally created a mild absence of light on the area by keeping some of the light from passing through (being part solid), thus creating a shadow. It wasn't a pitch black type shadow, but for Fuuma, it was all the same. All he did was connect his shadow to the large shadow of the snake, and by doing so he connected his shadow to everything within the shadow of the snake.@~

"Possession, complete."

~@Suddenly, the shadows in the area darkened as Fuuma began to feed dark energy into them. They masked the presence of the previous items he set in the room, as well as made his possession stronger.@~

"Now, Mederei,"

~@His voice was deeper, and it echoed through the room. Eyes began forming on these shadows as well as vicious linings of teeth for mouths. These newly formed mouths opened up, and from them fired dark energy daggers right for Mederei (since there dark energy and not shadow energy, even in the light they will exist). They blended in with the shadow background, making them impossible to see, and they held the same effects as the ravens from earlier. The other mouths began devouring the stilled vector arrows, sending them into their endless abyss for a stomach.@~

"Just give up~."

Mederei smiled "Oh, little boy, did you think this was over~?" in a flash, Mederei was out of the area, and on top of the snake, released from the possession because of the fact that she was in the light now. "Allow me to explain, silly little boy... This snake is one with my body. And using Kaerei's powers to instantaneously transmute herself through any one of her spirits, it is quite easy for me to pull off such a stunt~! It is far from over. You should pay attention to your enemies just a bit more..." The energy that was still being released from the snake... Twas some Voodoo magic. The snake became fully spiritual, as Mederei induced another one of Kaerei's abilities... The Glass Frog's Eye. Using the Glass Frog's Eye, one can see even the slightest of movements with a person, be it their body, their soul or their energies, and also made invisible things become visible. So long as this was active, Tera could not move without Mederei seeing, and there could be no sneak attacks without Mederei knowing. Last, but not least... "Vector..." Mederei pointed at the platform that Tera was standing on "PLATE!!" Many gigantic, high powered Vector Plates would then point downward, as the platformed opened into a pit of nothing but Vector arrows. Because of Kaerei, once again, Medusa didn't have to have her Vector Arrows connected to her body... And the Vector Arrows could already pass through solid objects and travel on surfaces as 2 dimensional things, so there was no problem about that. As the plates pointed down, trying to send Tera down with incredible force, the arrows shot up.

~@Unfortunately for Mederei, she fell right into Fuuma's palm. The moment she went atop of her snake in the air, a bombardment of explosions unexpectedly ensued, deconstructing everything in range. She was no doubt the center of this cataclysmic attack. The bubbles coming from Fuuma's shadow earlier continued to come and rise, like any bubble would. They floated all the way to the top of the room, waiting, and the moment Mederei went to the sky to avoid what was happening on the ground, they exploded. These bubbles were by the hundreds at this point, and the longer they exist without being popped, the stronger they get.@~

"You should take your own advice."

~@With the bubbles being made out of dark energy, but filled with sound, once they exploded, dark particles scattered around the area, tainting everything in site. Even if Mederei and her snake became intangible, much like the ravens previously, they would become tainted and infected by the dark energy, letting Fuuma control their actions. As for the Vector plate he stood on, it meant little to Fuuma. He simply chuckled, as a vector arrow protruded his shadow upward, and another would come out behind it in a seemingly endless cycle, forming a trail of vector arrows leading away from the ground, and up towards the chaotic sky. The vector arrows were the ones Tera's shadows engulfed not too long ago, becoming tainted with his dark energy and free for him to control.@~

"This is actually entertaining, isn't it, Medusa?

~@As the explosions ravaged the sky and Fuuma raced toward Medusa, he held his hand out, absorbing any sounds coming from the explosion that came in his direction, and there were thousands. He continued his way to Mederei, watching as she dealt with the horrific number of explosions, ready to change his path at any given moment.@~

Twas quite lucky for Mederei that she was at the bottom of her lair, in which there was technically no ceiling whatsoever here. Only the abysmal upwards that led to where the chaotic battle was going on. Thus, the bubbles would not be as close as Tera would think they were, and that would be enough for Mederei to counter with Kaerei's syringe, sucking in the large quantity of dark energy, then having the container shatter, taking the dark energy with it. "Entertaining? Always... You would be a great experiment for me..." Medusa already noticed that Tera had succumb to some sort of madness... It seemed as if it was induced by her sister, Arachne...

"This is my domain... I know it better than you could ever know." Mederei did notice that Eruka and Crona were in a bit of a bind... So while Mederei had the time, she would say to Eruka "... If you get into a situation you cannot get out of... Call out our new recruit... Akazuki Law. And also, call out Free and trap them with his Spacial Cube..." Mederei and the snake would then have to get rid of the dark energy around even more... She would create more syringes, which would suck in the majority of the Dark energy around, shatter the container once again, and then Mederei would finally call upon a clone of herself... Though it looked quite... odd in some ways... The clone would fly at Tera as if it were not afraid of any of his attacks. Mederei giggled "I would suggest you move, Tera..." Then again, the Vector Plates were still forcing him downward Even if he wasn't going down, he couldn't go upward, either. As that happened, Mederei would summon the Violet Clown, which was a floating head looking thing...



This Violet Clown had a special ability which allowed it to cancel out or intensify the madness of any one thing that it was around.. And Tera was within the vicinity of this thing, thus, his insanity should become so fucked up that it would become debilitating to him, leaving him unable to think straight, or even attack... That was Mederei's hopes, that is.

~@The bubbles may have missed their mark, but they weren't without purpose. These explosions shook the very foundation of the hideout, quickly turning it to ruins. They were extremely loud, forming a screeching noise that would devastate and deafen anyone other than Tera. Crevices appeared on the walls and floor while the fissures made them spread The walls fell inward, threatening to crush everything in its path. The Mederei clone would miss Tera, for he had already dodged it. His speed was as superb as always.@~

"Looks like this place is coming down."

~@The sound from all this destruction was quickly building up Fuuma's power as he made sure to dodge the debris falling his way. He continued to vector plate himself upward while he was being vector plated downward, keeping himself at one level in the air.@~

"Gofuu Juuu."

~@Using his synchronization technique, Fuuma began successfully evading each and every vector plate coming down and up at him as well as avoiding the falling debris. The violet clown came as no immediate threat, but Fuuma could feel himself slipping deeper into the madness. This caused his natural chakra aura to become darker, and his movements began to stop. He stood there for a bit, with a blank expression on his face. His aura was automatically deflecting and parrying all coming his way while began surging with energy. He seemed to be storing up energy, becoming stronger by the second which caused his aura to grow. Something was about to happen.@~

Medusa hissed. It wasn't over for her that easily... Using Kaerei's ability to summon the spirits of the natural area (I reeeaaally don't feel like going to look at what it's called right now...), Mederei would call upon the spirits of the earth and use them to keep the hideout under control. She looked at Tera, then spoke to Kaerei a bit "You have that... Sage Mode, am I correct? Now would be a good time for us to utilize it..."

Mederei giggled at the seemingly crestfallen Tera, warning him of what was about to happen "It seems as though the rest of my followers have dealt with the threat on the upper level... Now you will have to deal with them, as well. They will all be down here at any minute... Crona, Free, Mizune, Eruka and Law... Plus myself... All here to eliminate you in one fell swoop. Dare you stay and find out your fate... Geko~?" Mederei now started to utilize Sage Mode. Granted, she had to stay completely still for her to muster up enough power for this... But that's if she were alone. There were two souls in this body and numerous spirits under her control. They would gather power for her. "Geko.. Sage mode..." In a burst of unnatural energy, Mederei gained an indescribable amount of power. This energy could not be seen by Tera's eyes, but it was indeed there... The unnatural energies that would allow her this exceptional power... And the clone of Mederei drawing power, as was Kaerei's soul, and as were some spirits. The unnatural energies engulfed the entire area, erasing the darkness and replacing it with pure Vector Magic.

"Say goodbye, Tera... This is your end... Hmhmhmhm..." It was as if Mederei's voice wasn't even coming from her body anymore... In fact, it wasn't...

~@Tera's blank expression worsened, causing his skin to become very pale. His analytical awareness picked up the unnatural energy flooding the field, but he didn't even flinch.@~

"Shut the hell up."

~@He said quite irritated. It wasn't very loud, but a purge of soft sound rummaged through the area. His attitude was getting worse by the second until it finally caused him to grab his head in pain.@~

"Your madness, is fucking annoying. The only madness I want, is Arachne's..."

~@He waved his hand in the air, calling forth a black portal. The energy to sustain it was coming from his aura, which would also drag Fuuma's body right into the portal.@~

"........."

~@He left without a word. The portal closed once he entered it, sending him back to Arachne's mansion.@~