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Jay felt the energy leave his leg as he tripped and rolled on the ground, stirring up dust. As the dust settled, Jay could be seen forming a handful of holy mana in his palm. His eyes were narrowed at the gun. He'd seen nothing like it before, but wouldn't take chances on it's power. He slowly rose up and began to back away, not saying a word. He needed to get to Aes's, but this could be the one who all but killed ultima. "Were you the one who injured my friend?" He asked calmly, those pale green eyes now narrowing at the figure's eyes.

Jay scoffed "How is helping another living soul blasphemy?" He asked as he studied the weapon carefully, watching the way the figure was holding its finger on something. As soon as it moved that finger he made sure he either dodged or tried to block whatever came out of that thing. He tried to buy time, feeling the life returning in his leg. He stood at his full height and looked down at the stranger, resisting the urge to strike him/her down on the spot.

Jay was fixed on the first gun, but having no knowledge of the item...he merely took evasive action and dove behind a tree in the opposite direction the first gun was pointed. The second gun narrowly missed the shoulder area, and ended up piercing his cloak. Swallowing as he looked to his cloak, he then scratched his head "That thing must be...some kind of advanced crossbow" He would quickly kneel down and shoot a blast of holy energy at his opponent, wanting to see how his opponent fared against a little magic.

"Damn...nothing" He said as he sighed to himself, wondering what skills he could fall back on besides his holy energy. He lept back from behind the tree, escaping into the brush now. He made sure he wasn't going to be followed for a few seconds by extending out both hands and shooting another blast of holy mana, this one radiating brilliantly so the woman would be blinded for just a second or two: all he needed to get away and think of what he could use to combat this foe.

The solution came down to wind power. He had a very mild expertise in the field, simply because his sister had taught him some techniques. He had enough to fight back with, but not enough to really do any crippling damage. Still, it was a start. He leapt into one tree, standing behind the trunk as he removed his cloak.

Jay looked at the fires now. He wondered where they were stationed, but could only see the bullets splintering the tree he had taken refuge behind. Bringing his scarf up over his mouth, he sat patiently and began to look at the increasing flames. He could make a jump for it and try to head to the lake, but the flames had too broad a range. He could also try to jump out from behind the tree and hope to dodge the bullets, but that too was hopeless. He would look down, seeing the open lane he had to freedom. Dare he run the gauntlet? He asked himself. Seeing that he had no choice, he quickly uttered a prayer and dropped down, rushing his way down the lane with no flame present.

Jay began the mad dash down the gauntlet line, seeing and hearing the chaos around him. He'd put up a holy shield around himself, using all the mana he had in his body to sustain it. He began to run a bit slower since he withdrew mana from his legs, and when he thought he had made it, he felt the searing pain of what felt like three or four pieces of metal sinking into the back of his upper shoulders and downward to the lower back. None of which connected with the spine, however. Jay closed his eyes tightly and sped off, making sure none would follow by heading towards the sea and to double back around to get to Aes's house.

Jacob sat there in shook watching as miss Sakura started to lose conscious. Watching the single tear roll down her cheek as she gazed towards him. His shaking had stopped and he had gone still merely watching as Miss Sakura and slipped away into unconsious. His breathing fast and hard the wind making his hair whip around in front of his eyes.