An arrow whizzed from behind Arcane, hissing wetly through the curtain of rain, and passed within a hair's breadth of his invisible head. The mountain lion, having chosen a poor time to roar dominantly, was struck directly in it's open mouth. Blood spattered out of it's throat and it staggered back a few paces.<br/><br/>"The hell you'll come down here!" Kei shouted, nocking another arrow and waving her bow threateningly, the homemade feather fletching drawn to her cheek. "I'm not going to chase you off again. Now you're mine."<br/><br/>The mountain lion stumbled, falling onto it's side. Evidence of their previous struggles showed on it's skin, scars from arrows having just missed were raised up under it's wet fur. It gurgled scarlet onto the forest floor, eyes rolling wildly in it's massive head.<br/><br/>"Idiot," Kei said, walking right past the invisible boy to stand over the dying creature. "If you had stayed up high, you could have lived. I can't let you hurt anyone down here."<br/><br/>She looked almost sad as she fired her arrow point blank into the creature's temple. It stopped moving immediately and she closed her eyes, murmuring under her breath as if in some pagan prayer. She kneeled over it, yanking the bloodied arrow from deep in it's head and looking as if she were contemplating getting the other from out of it's throat. Rain mingled with the blood, diluting it into rivulets that ran freely downhill.<br/><br/>As if sensing someone was watching, the teenager's head snapped up abruptly and she looked around, eyes narrowing.