Silent assassin

After being run out of town, the Dawn Brigade met up with Sothe, and were walking down a well travelled road. Naruto was busy having a staring contest with Yune, who was perched on Micaiah's shoulder. Naruto's face inched closer and closer, determined not to give up.

Yune cheeped suddenly, and Naruto flinched. Yune ruffled her feathers happily.

"I swear that bird is mocking me..." Naruto growled, eye twitching.

A cleric intercepted the group. Panic was etched on her face.

"Our abbot is ill but the Begnion soldiers have all the medicine in the armoury please help the abbot!" It all came out in a cascade of words.

Everyone just looked at the girl and blinked. Micaiah processed what she had said first.

"Ok...calm down. What's your name, and I'm sure we can help the abbot." Micaiah said slowly.

"Thank you! My name's Laura." She had visibly calmed down.

"An armoury? As far as I can recall, there's only one near here, and I know the place fairly well. If someone can keep the guards distracted, I'm sure I can get the medicine." Sothe said simply.

Ok, maybe a little like Sasuke, but he's kind if you're on his 'good list'. Naruto rethought his opinion of Sothe.

"We'll all go. If Naruto fills in for you, the guards will think the Dawn Brigade are all on their front doorstep, and never suspect you." Micaiah suggested.

Sothe frowned angrily, but then his face took on a defeated look. "Alright Micaiah. This way."

Sothe lead the group towards the armoury.

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The guard was surprisingly ready for an attack.

The distraction began without a hitch, just attracting their attention, and drawing the guards closer to Micaiah and Leo, who picked them off. Laura healed anyone who got hurt.

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Sothe was close to the armoury's weaponry room. It was easily the biggest, and could easily serve as a treasure room.

Then he was spotted.

"Who are you? You aren't supposed to be here!" A guard shouted.

So much for sneaking in... Sothe thought. "We are the Dawn Brigade, we go where we please." Sothe dashed behind the man, and slashed his neck. With the alarm raised, an archer came into view, and was able to fire a shot at Sothe. Sothe deflected it with his knife, and threw his blade at the archer, and it dug into his neck. Sothe found himself surrounded, and pulled out the slightly larger spare dagger he possessed, which was better for close quarters anyway.

10...11. Sothe counted his enemies twice, missing one could cause death. They were in a rough circle around him, and then Sothe dashed towards one.

He cut him from the left shoulder down, vertically, then sliced open the man's right kidney, and kicked his back to increase his speed and shot out of the circle. Straight into a wall.

Sothe ran up the wall about 2 metres, and kicked off it, crashing into another soldier, which he used as a cushion, and stole his lance form him. Sothe threw the spear at a bowman just as he fired, which threw his aim off, and the arrow pierced another soldier's neck. He felt something really solid crash into his back, so he lifted his feet up, and tensed. The war hammer turned Sothe into a human cannonball, which crashed into a swordsman. Said swordsman now had crushed lungs, and soon died.

Sothe retrieved the man's blade, and flicked the weapons into the other hand. The knife was in a reverse grip in his left, and the sword in a normal one in his right. A sword was too long for his liking, but he knew how to use one.

Sothe heard footsteps. Reinforcements for the enemy were coming fast.

6 to go. 7, the spearman who Sothe jumped onto was getting back up, but had no weapon. He ran from the battlefield. Back to 6.

Sothe decided he needed to wrap this up quickly. He couldn't afford to be here when those reinforcement arrived. He charged towards the man with the hammer, and used the knife to make a slice at the base of his helmet. He felt no resistance on the blade, and glanced back at the man, who was clutching at his neck. Sothe had somehow missed the helmet.

Two spearmen came rushing at him at the same time, and he dropped to the floor, let his own weapons go, and grabbed both the spears. He decided that spears like meeting new faces.

Sothe retrieved his own weapons, and now only an axeman, a swordsman, and a heavily armoured axeman were left. He tried the same tactic of attacking the base of the helmet, but the knife glanced off this time. Sothe used his knife and sword to grab the axe, but he was thrown to the ground by the heavy man. Sothe's left hand flicked outwards, and the dagger hit the swordsman in the heart.

Sothe saw that the swordsman was close to the original archer he felled, so both of his knives were there. Sothe saw the unarmoured axeman charge forward, and threw the sword at him. The sword hit the axeman on the right wrist, causing him to drop the axe, as Sothe dashed for his 2 knives.

Sothe retrieved his original weapons, and attacked the heavy soldier once more. The first of his 2 knives was thin enough to fit through the visor, so he plunged the blade into the gap. The man collapsed with a metallic clunk, and Sothe saw the last man begin to run.

Oh no you don't! Sothe mentally shouted, and threw his other knife at the fleeing man. It hit him just below the neck, severing his spine. While normally he would have been a quadriplegic, his last step caused him to tip sideways as he ran past a door. His face smashed into the stone corner, and the blood told a different story. The footsteps were rounding the corner as Sothe was trying to pry the knife from the heavy man's visor...

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Updates may be slower for awhile, because I gave myself concussion two days ago, and my eye's acting funny. I'm not supposed to be looking at the computer until I'm better, so this could be the last update for a week or so. I've already made chapters 11-15, so it won't be writer's block or anything.

Senge.