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At last Hizashi caught sight of Edge, a tiny speck of bright colour drifting against the dark mass of Sin. He powered through the water with quick, strong strokes, propelling himself closer to Edge even as his every instinct was screaming at him to head in the opposite direction, away from the hulking shape of Sin. Upon reaching Edge, he grabbed the summoner with his free hand and started to swim away, but Sin's body was surrounded by swirling currents of water that buffeted him this way and that, sending the pair of them spiralling off course, sucking them back in.

Hizashi knew that it was useless to fight the current for the moment, so he saved his strength and let the flow pull them away. As Sin's bulk rushed to meet them, Hizashi carefully watched the distance, ready to kick off Sin's body and use the momentum to escape, but when his foot made contact, a stabbing pain tore into his leg. He glanced down and saw in horror that one of the sinspawn on Sin's body had latched onto him. He drew his sword and sliced at it, forcing it to retreat. Grabbing Edge and using all his strength, he swam away from Sin fought his way back to the ship.

Dragging Edge on board, he carefully arranged the unconscious summoner on the deck.

"Edge!" he said, taking the summoner by the shoulders and shaking him urgently. "Wake up!"