Umichi noticed that Suki was trying to distract the Dire Werewolf, which she did, as it turned it's head, he charged in, with a [b]<<Sonic Leap>>[/b], before cutting past with a [b]<<Horizontal>>[/b]. However, it did not turn back to Umichi, instead it was already charging to Yui. [i]*Tsk* Couldn't get it's attention[/i] he thought, as he knew he wasn't going to be able to catch up to it on time. Seeing Yui fly back, the Dire Werewolf came charging to Umichi again. Seeing Yui start charging to Umichi. It seems she wanted to guard for him. He noticed the way the Dire Werewolf's next attack would work. A sweeping attack with it's claw, if he tried to dodge, Yui would be caught, he couldn't make it skim past. Jumping towards the left shoulder of the claw that was raised ready to sweep into where he was and into Yui, he stabbed into the beast, trying to use any and all momentum he had into forcing it back to make it miss Yui.

The damage the stab was doing was causing it to lose quite a bit of health. Umichi was able to force the beast to stumble back a bit. It's sweep flying right above and infront of Yui. "Don't try to guard for me Yui." he called out to her, jump kicking and back flipping off the Dire Werewolf. Suddenly the Dire Werewolf howled. It was a loud howl, hurting Umichi's ears, however, he didn't waver. It distorted his normal senses a little, but his [b]<<Detection>>[/b] skill allowed him to take notice of the 20 wolves coming to surround them. 

When the howl finished, he called out, "Wolves have come!" alerting the rest of his party that could still hear. The howl itself was lasting at least 10 seconds. It seems his abilities were off cool down again. Doing a backward cartwheel to avoid another attack, he dashed in right after the attack, as the Dire Werewolf exposed it's right side after trying to claw at Umichi. Using a [b]<<Slant>>[/b] into a [b]<<Horizontal Square>>[/b] Umichi's positioning was actually quite bad. Ending up in front of the Dire Werewolf as he was finishing the fourth and final cut of [b]<<Horizontal Square>>[/b] the beast was ready to charge forward. There was no time to dodge. Quickly after the cut, he placed the [b][u]Silver Boar Blade[/u][/b] between himself and the Dire Werewolf, guarding. It's charge was pushing Umichi back, chipping away at his health. Angling the blade and hiding his body behind the blade, the beast started to charge past him. Umichi lowered himself, cutting almost cleanly through the right leg of the werewolf.

The beast had lost balance and fell, it's momentum carrying it forward to in front of Paka. It's leg was still in tact, but it had taken significant damage, losing more than 45% of it's first bar of health.