Just a warning: This part wasn't checked for mistakes... So it may be filled with mistakes and such.
"Hmph," Noru crossed his arms. "To think that you were such a loyal servant to me not too long ago."
The vine whipped towards Soul, and wrapped around his throat. He was slightly lifted off the ground. He kicked, coughed and wiggled, struggling for air.
"Soul!" Sessu shouted, running to try to free him from Noru's grasp. As he got close, Noru turned his whole body around, and lifted his sword to intercept an attack from the boy.
"HAAAAAA!" Sentinus let out a battlecry, charging at Noru with his sword in hand. The Dark Wolf was flying slightly ahead of Sentinus, reading to claw Noru's face off.
The evil man slammed Soul into the ground, and smashed the Great Sword into Sessu's blade, causing the black haired male the stumble back a step. He followed this with a kick to Sessu's chest, which made him fly back a few feet.
As The Dark Wolf got close enough to claw at Noru, the man grabbed him by the jaw, picking him up andholding him back enough to where he couldn't claw at any places where Noru could be truly harmed. A few seconds later, Sentinus one handedly tried to swing his blade at his target.
Noru proved to be much quicker with his blade, as he swung his blade over the warrior's head, then brought it down upon his left shoulder. The blade sliced into Sentinus' arm, earning a scream of pain that satisfied the villain. Noru let go of his blade, allowing Sentinus to stumble and scurry away, the blade still imbedded into his shoulder.
"Sentinus!" Sessu yelled, kicking himself up. He held onto Sentinus, making sure the warrior and long-time friend of his didn't fall.
Sessu guided Sentinus to kneel on the ground when he felt they were out of Noru's range.
"Sessu!" Ammo called the boy to get his attention, pulling something out of his white vest. He tossed it towards Sessu. The boy caught it easily, then examined it. It was the fabric that they had used to help Reiko and Courtney after the Mental Challenge.
Sly rushed over to the two to, hopefully, help. "You put that cloth over his wound after I pull it out, aight?" Sly looked at Sessu. The male nodded.
Sly grabbed onto the hilt of the sword. "3. 2. 1." As the girl said the final number, she pulled out the sword. Sentinus grunted in pain as she did so, and Sessu covered the large wound with some of the fabric.
Noru smirked at Sentinus, who was now hyperventilating. Suddenly, he felt something digging into his arm. He looked, remembering that he still held The Dark Wolf in his grasp. The Dark Wolf glared as he tried to free himself, digging his claws into Noru's arm.
"Oh, I forgot about you," Noru shrugged. "I suppose I'll take care of you now."
Noru set the man back on his feet, and grabbed his shoulder with his free hand. He then forced The Dark Wolf's head to the side, quickly. The man's eyes widened alongside a snap being heard from the winged man's neck. Noru finally let The Dark Wolf go, only to let him fall to the ground.
"Dark Wolf!" Sly yelled in panic, hoping she'd get some sort of response from him. She did not receive one. "S***."
Sly pulled her arm back to throw Demonic at the dark lord again, but stopped when she heard Sentinus moan in pain.
The girl furrowed her brows, and Aidan walked up to her. "How long do you think he has?" He whispered, trying to make sure Sentinus didn't hear him. He may not be very bright, but he was certain that the blow Sentinus received was fatal.
"Not long. It looks like Noru cut through an artery or something," Sly whispered back. "At the rate he seems to be bleeding out at, I doubt he has any more than ten minutes. If he's lucky."
Sessu frowned, faintly hearing the words Sly spoke. Sentinus was his friend since the beginning of his journey, and he didn't want him to die like his mother and Sirra.
"Sessu," Sentinus spoke the boys name to get his attention.
"Yes?" Sessu turned his head to look at the warrior.
"If this is my final battle... Tell Serenity that I love her, and that I love my child." Sentinus huffed.
Sessu nodded sadly, knowing he would be unable to save Sentinus from his wounds. He lifted himself from the ground and walked between Aidan and Sly. Ammo ran over to them as Sly and Aidan leaned in to hear what the current leader had to say.
"We need to save Soul, if at all possible. The more of us there are, the better our chances of surviving are." Sessu informed them.
"And how will we do that, exactly?" Sly crossed her arms.
"Well... I'm still thinking on that..." Sessu rubbed his forehead. "But I think if Ammo fired an arrow at Noru, then Aidan ran up to attack, and then retreat from him, we could distract him long enough for one of us," Sessu pointed at Sly, then to himself, "To move in to attack. One of the four of us could possibly cut through the vine and free him. I haven't thought about who should, though... I suppose we just wing it from there." The boy shrugged.
"Sounds like it could work, if we do it right." Sly nodded, going over Sessu's plan in her head.
Ammo and Aidan nodded as well, agreeing with the girl.
"Give the command when you feel the moment is right," Sly walked a few feet away, gaining Noru's attention. Noru did nothing but keep his grasp on Soul, and follow Sly's movements with his eyes.
Ammo pulled an arrow out, and balanced it on the string. Aidan held up his shield and pulled back his sword. Noru's eyes shifted between Aidan and Sly, then to Ammo. Then, he finally eyed Sessu. And then he looked back at Soul. Then he repeated the chain over again.
Beads of sweat formed at Sessu's forehead. Would they be able to do this? Would another of them suffer the same fate as the others? Would they be able to save Soul?
Sessu looked behind him. There, on the ground, still lay Reiko's unconscious body.
... Will Reiko wake up soon?