Umichi heard Suki and the fighting. He was actually already approaching in the direction of the fighting. Seeing Suki go off ahead, he reached out a bit, and tried to say "Wait", but then shook his head. It will be fine he thought, following her. As he followed, up ahead he could see that there was a person clad in a black robe, fighting a Little Nepent with a fruit. Suddenly, he could see the figure turn to Suki, and could barely hear them say "Shakuntala". Shakuntala, who is that? Is it Suki? But how would this person know that? A friend of hers or something from real life? he went to grab his Anneal Blade to go forth to kill the Nepent, but Fujiwara said that he would have it. Using his left hand, he grabbed a throwing knife, and used <<Single Shot>> in the shadow of Fujiwara's <<Tsujikaze>> charge, that hit just as Fujiwara's cut occurred. Helping him finish it off.
Umichi searched for the black figure, but he was gone. Drawing his blade, he called out "Well, it's not like we can't use the same formation, you two are pretty much in position, and I am almost there, Yumi is just behind me too. Just be careful about durability." As he was getting in position, a Little Nepent spawned in front of him, he slashed it, thinking it would be killed, however, it still lived, with about 20% of it's health. What the? he thought, quickly turning the blade to cut it again. "Tsk..." he muttered. "Don't know why, but these ones are stronger, be careful guys." he called out.
Yumi dashed into her position. The last of the Nepents had spawned. 25 in front of Umichi, less than before. Scanning around, there were about 30 of them. Much less than before, but harder than the ones before. His group was surprisingly well grouped into one area. Jumping into them with a <<Sonic Leap>> again, he decided to use the same combination as before. A <<Serration wave>> into a <<Horizontal Square>>, but quickly adjusting at the end, although a similar skill it wasn't on the same cooldown requirements, he used <<Vertical Square>>.
His footwork allowed him to increase the range and area of the cuts made, making sure most of the group had taken multiple hits. Just as the cuts made from <<Horizontal Square>> had finished spreading out, he was in the middle of the second <<Vertical Square>> cut. Finishing the move. There was three Nepents left, all with very low health. With the speed he adjusted, it almost seemed like one fluent 8 hit combo. The problem was, he actually twisted his wrist significantly activating the <<Vertical Square>>. Although it didn't actually hurt, it felt like his own movement became hindered a bit after it, possibly a game mechanic.
Umichi disposed of the three Nepents, using <<Triple shot>>, one into each of the Nepents, critically. They broke apart. He turned around to check the state his companions were in. Looking at his health bar, he saw he took some damage. He lost about 300 health, about one half decent hit and a lot of smaller hits.