Kouko groaned inwardly as the princess ran ahead. Dammit, girl! Even if you can handle yourself, don't go running off...! Kouko was gard-pressed to keep up with that kind of speed, but she would manage.Those were quite the curious animals that were attacking, however. With more of those troublesome beads, even! She didn't want to let Mizuki hand it yet again, but other methods had proven themselves less than effective. Now was not the time to be experimenting.

When she arrived on the scene someone else had already gone to Mizuki's aid. Good. Especially seeing as the Priestess was injured. "Miko-chan." The little woman jumps down from a rooftop nearby, drawing her sword slowly after she landed. "You shouldn't agitate a gash like that. Certainly not with the stress of archery. Do you think you could, instead... charge my sword?" She holds her dominant sword arm out, eyes watching the Ox and never leaving it. She hoped the Priestess would at least be able to power her sword the way she does her arrows...