The elf causes the bough to dip, and at the sound of a rustling in the tree above her.  Kyosera released the knocked arrow into his chest from point blank range before he had a chance to cleave her skull in two like he no doubt planned.  Ears twitched and she scowled at him, drawing her sword in her right paw and holding it up towards the elf's throat.  "Kyosera does not like surprise."  She hissed, tail twitching.<br/><br/>There was a noise earlier, she had been trying to pinpoint it when he fell, and now she lost it.  She spit in his general direction, glaring.  She snarled at the arrow stuck in his mail, and snatched it back, replacing it in her quiver.  "If the elf wishes to run, the elf can run.  Kyosera will see this through."<br/><br/>She growled, loosening her sword in her scabbard, and narrowing her eyes.  Her tail twitching hesitantly.  She glanced past him, wary of the hunters.  "Well?"  An ear twitched, as she looks at the Elf.  "What will the elf do?"