I stood up along with Pluto. We just stood there waiting for Sanemi and Blu to come down from the trees.
One minute
Two minutes
"Dammit what the hell are they doing up there?" I thought to myself aloud.
Then a kunai flew towards Pluto but I caught it. His body jerked back in fear and shock, but I was looking towards where that knife came from.
"You'll get to see them again soon." A familiar voice rang out from behind me. I panicked understanding I had made a fatal mistake in letting my guard down.
Swish
The sound of air being sliced apart entered my ears and I understood that It was now or never.
I did a back kick planting my foot deep into his chest. Then after the kick I pushed off his chest to propel myself forward and away from danger.
I turned and looked at him quickly. I didn't recognize him, but I had a pretty god idea of who he was, he was one of Armani's personal guard.
"Here, feast your eyes upon this!!!!" Someone yelled cackling evilly.
*plop* *plop*
I looked towards the sound that entered my ears and I saw it. Sanemi and Blu had been thrust from the trees. Their bodies laying among the same dirt Tara was just laying on.
They looked, dead.
"Sanemi..? Blu?? Cmon say something, if this shit a joke it aint nearly as funny as you thought it'd be in your head." I started trying to psyche myself out, I didn't want to believe that they were dead.
But the truth was right in front of me.
They were just laying there motionless. The wind rustling their clothes under the moonlight.
The cold breeze didn't help the moment as I looked at them.
"If it's any reconciliation, they fought to the bitter end. But they weren't strong enough I've already poisoned them. " The man who tried to assassinate me said.
"YOU BASTARD!" I stopped thinking and rushed towards him. If they're Armani's guards then there are only four of them.
"I would have just killed them, but you probably would've noticed. We had no idea you two were down here at first. However, Armani always makes us do things in a certain manner to be safe. As you can see it's worked perfectly so far." He grinned at me, he grinned at me.
I didn't bother to respond.
I killed them all before, I'll just do it again.
I ran towards the man with my dagger in hand but Pluto grabbed my arm and pulled me back.
"What the fuck are you.." I stopped yelling and felt a cold chill go down the back of my neck.
It all happened so fast.
A knife flew right past where my face just was, barely missing the bridge of my nose as I stood there in shock.
I immediately began checking my surroundings for anything else I missed.
The first thing I noticed was a bear-trap that was placed right underneath where I had just been getting ready to place my right foot. I could just barely see the tips of its teeth poking out the grass.
The man whom I ran towards was quickly swinging a short sword in my direction. But thanks to Pluto's interference it just split the air in front of me. I was left completely unharmed.
It was a three-pronged attack. So in that brief moment when I couldn't control my emotions, I almost got caught up in it.
"Thanks Pluto." I said smiling sheepishly. I felt bad for almost yelling at him, but I truly did appreciate him saving me again.
"Just focus Kamelio, we're all we've got. None of us will survive if we lose our strongest fighter. Besides they're only playing mind-games. Look! Both of their chests are still rising up and down signifying they're breathing." He said with a serious look in his eyes.
I took a step back sizing up the man standing before me. Last time we fought we were all students.
Now we're all damn near thirty, I'm gonna have to be more careful if I want to defeat them all again.
I walked around the bear trap eyeing the man before me with a smile. I would enjoy fighting him.
Pluto was right beside me. We were outnumbered, but we weren't outclassed.
I threw a kunai forward as he threw his causing our knives to knock eachother off course.
As I advanced on him he also advanced towards me, refusing to shy away from a challenge.
He did a roundhouse kick but I expected it and blocked it.
Then grabbing his leg I took a step forward and pushed him to the ground.
I raised my dagger aiming to slide it into his heart but his friend deflected my attack.
"You won't kill him that easy! Not as long as I'm around!" The second man advanced and I began fighting both of them simultaneously.
I punched at the first man but the second man blocked it and the first man struck me instead.
Their fighting style was well coordinated, I had to give them that at least.
"What are your names?" I asked curious to who I was even fighting. Even as I asked this they continued to attack me viciously.
"My name is Zala the sword! I will kill you" Zala said stabbing at me quickly. However even as he thrust his weapon at my abdomen repeatedly, I managed to evade every strike.
"My name is Kala the knight!! I will protect them from you!" Kala said putting his blades in a blocking formation.
"My name is Carpen the cloaked." Carpen said before concealing his presence in the darkness.
"My name is Grishen the grizzly." The taller man said with a bear icon on his chest.
"Remember the names of the ones who will kill you! We are Armoni's four limbs!!" They said in unison before making moves to end our lives individually.
However, I still had to check on Sanemi and Blu.
"I would love to fight you guys in a fair fight, but just die already." I immediately began using all strength as a demon-assassin in an attempt to end the fight quickly.
I now had to save Brax, Sanemi, and, Blu. This fight had been an uphill battle so far.
I grabbed Zalas wrist as he thrust his short sword again. I twisted it until i heard a cracking noise and then I let it go.
"AHHHHHHH!!!" Zala screamed in pain dropping his short swkr
Kala ran forward to stop me but I slipped behind him using my speed and snapped his neck.
I looked to my right and saw Pluto on the ground with Carpen standing over him. I was glad he was visible because his concealment ability had thrown me for a loop.
I grabbed the short sword and threw it at Carpen aiming for his heart. It went right through him causing him to cough and spit up blood on Pluto's face. Nonetheless Pluto would live because I had saved him back.
Now only Grishen was left, however he was just standing there.
"I was told if we were to lose three people it was better to run from you. But I think its much to late for that." Grishen grinned at me and swapped out his daggers for axes.
"I'm not your traditional assassin." He ran at me in a barbaric fashion, hacking and slashing randomly.
Before he could make it all the way to me, however, Pluto had pushed his sword through Grishen's back.
"Nice work. Grab Blu I'll get Sanemi. We've gotta run them back to the house for now. After that, I'll leave you to watch them while I go in alone." I said quickly as we picked up Sanemi and Blu.
We dropped them off at the house and I went back to the wooded area where we left off.
I knew we wouldn't have come across so many of them unless they were guarding something.
I looked around the area and saw I was right. A tree that looked just a little to inconspicuous was in the middle of the woods.
It had a small tree stump by it with a stick on it broken in half and being held up by the pieces.
There was a elevator inside the tree.
So naturally, I entered inside the elevator, so I could save Brax.