<strong>"No no no, we're going to be fine!"</strong>he shouted back to Anko as they ran, of course he wasn't so sure he could confidently back up his words.  Trying to compare the situation to the only thing he knew well, Kyudo, nothing was certain until the arrow hit the target.  Proper follow through was essential, from beginning to end.  One never knew how things would turn out the moment the<em>ya</em>left the yumi.  In the same respect, he and his hastily met companion weren't dead until there was only darkness.<br/><br/><strong>"Huueaah!"</strong>he said, nearly slipping to the floor on some unknown organs laying upon the ground.  Was it a kidney?  A liver?  Probably better to just not think about it, though now a portion of it's fatty tissue was lodged within the narrow grips of his shoes.  Righting himself, he heard the announcement over the speakers.  Whether it was a good idea or a bad idea, he didn't have the time to decide.  For right now it was a choice dangled right in front of him, and with nothing but adrenaline pumping through his body, keeping his body in motion, it was the only thing he had to go off of.<br/><br/><strong>"We're almost there!"</strong>Naoki said to Anko, it was the first piece of good news he had to recite since the screams began cascading through the reaches of the schools campus.  A turn, another turn, a few brushes with death and they were almost there.  Head whipping about, he came to a skidding stop as his eyes darted down a hallway.  There was the sight of a young girl, pulling a long stream of entrails from a hapless corpse.  That girl was the same underclassman he met just a while ago.  The last thing he remembered of her was how happy she was to have her yumi properly strung.<em>"I guess I won't be able to show you how to train in Kyudo..."</em>he thought.  She had a good spirit and plenty of energy, watching people like her become...like this made his heart sink.<em>"...but...now is not the time..."</em><br/><br/>Vaulting through the locker room door, he pulled Anko in as well.  Getting slightly stuck in the immediate narrow corridor, he realized that the entire time his hand had been frozen around his yumi, still dripping some liquid gore from its distal end.  Inside he noticed a few others.  Given by the fact they weren't missing any limbs, didn't have their organs showing, and were not trying to eat one another, he assumed at least some folks were on his side.  Catching his breath, he said heavily,<strong>"Hey...guess...we made it this far eh?"</strong>