Sora got a good view of what the voice -- who he now realized was Kurogane, standing on the other side of the monster from them -- was doing, and he realized that the man was trying to give them an opening to run. Not about to throw that in Kurogane's face, Sora turned with Tsubaki and started to run for the woods. His chest was burning from the fresh cut and he placed his free hand to the wound as he ran.

It didn't take him long to reach the woods -- he was used to running around like this, after all -- and once Sora was pretty sure he was safe, he paused and leaned himself against the trunk of a tree, forcing himself to catch his breath.

"So much for our plans, huh?" he said between breaths as he glanced over at Tsubaki. At least they were both armed now, but he hoped that Kurogane was able to make his way over here too. If not, they were going to have to run out there and get him.