Aidan pushed himself off of the ground, and dashed faster than he ever thought he could dash to Courtney's side.

The vine wall infront of Sly and Ammo fell back down into the ground, and the vines attaching themselves to the other heroes' wrists loosened and pulled back. Despite being free once again, no one moved from where they were. They were all stuck in dazes of shock and sadness at the loss. Even Sly was saddened by this as she felt a ping of sorrow within her.

They just witnessed the proof for the first time; Noru would spare no one, and would give no one an easy or painless death, not even the innocent or kind.

The male elf held his female lover, his tears of sorrow spilling over his eyes and onto her face. He slowly laid her back down, and grabbed onto his sword with his left hand. He pushed himself up, then wiped his tears from his face with the sleeve of his shirt.

"You've gone... far enough, Noru," Aidan spoke, sounding harsher and more threatening than anyone had ever imagined he'd be able to sound.

"Oh? And I suppose YOU'LL try to stop me?" Noru chuckled, taking a few steps towards the elf.

"EXACTLY that." Aidan ran at Noru, holding his sword and shield in rage. Noru took another step forward, lifting both of his blades.

Aidan crashed his sword into Noru's, and held up Courage when he swung the Great Sword. He managed to block the next three attacks by the hideous man, then swung his sword, hitting it against Noru's.

The evil man chuckled. "That's right, show me the peak of your strength," Noru blocked another of Aidan's attacks, "It makes it all the more satisfying when I see your hopes of overthrowing me crushed!"

Rather than blocking Aidan's next attack, he jumped back. The blade Aidan held missed him by mere inches. He lifted up both of his blades, then swung them downwards at Aidan. The blonde lifted his shield just in time to intercept the weapons. Noru continued pounding his blades on Aidan's shield, not allowing the elf a chance at attacking.

Sly grabbed Demonic tightly, and rushed in to assist the elf. Normally, she would not assist the egotistical elf. But this evil bastard just murdered her best friend, and the only elf she ever truly liked. For that, Sly was willing to help Aidan just once.

And with the brunette girl's decision, Ammo decided to help as well, though from distance. Sly threw Demonic at Noru, to which he narrowly blocked, finally taking his attention off of pounding Aidan's shield.

Sly unsheathed her sword for the first time in what seemed like forever, and caught Demonic. Noru clashed his sword against Sly's, and clashed the Great Sword against Demonic. Noru smiled that cheeky smirk of his at Sly, who in return glared venom at the purple man.

Noru started to push his weight against the clashed weapons, causing Sly to walk backwards a bit. Finally, he pushed all of his weight into one push, knocking the girl's balance, and causing her to slip and fall.

The villain tossed his weapon in the air, and grabbed it back-handedly. He lifted it up above Sly, ready to end her life.

But he was stopped as something smashed into his face, knocking him aside. He grunted with pain, and looked to his side. There, Aidan stood with Courage, smirking as he had just smashed the dark lord's face in.

Ammo grinned, firing the arrow he was aiming. Aidan had managed to knock Noru right into his current aim! The arrow pierced Noru's arm, flying clean through. Noru panted, then glared at the black-haired archer.

Sly had kicked herself up, and tried to attack Noru again, while he was distracted by her childhood friend. Alas, she did not get the chance to attack when Noru jumped off of the side of the tower.

"Dammit!" Sly cursed, looking over the edge of the tower. Noru was nowhere to be seen.

Sessu noticed the girl's frustration at Noru's disappearance, then realized something: The man could be trying to sneak up on any one of them.

"Everyone, stay away from the edges!" Sessu shouted, then continued, "He could be attempting to pull a sneak attack on any of us! Keep your guard up!"

The look-a-likes walked away from their edge, as did The Dark Wolf and Soul. Sly rushed to the center of the tower's top, and Aidan followed her.

Ammo walked away, concentrating on looking at the ground beneath his feet. Suddenly, Noru soared up into the air behind him, using the vine attached to his back. Ammo, however, didn't notice since he had his back turned.

"Ammo, look out!" Sentinus, Soul and The Dark Wolf all shouted. Ammo looked at them, then looked behind him. He gasped as he saw Noru descending towards him, holding the two blades he possessed infront of him, intent on cutting the boy in half.

... I don't really like this part as much... I don't think it's as well written. :|

TGL Fact of the Day: Reiko was originally 15. Her age has been increased since the older parts were originally written.