"Damn it...!" The steps were coming from all around now, but he clenched his teeth in frustration- the girl was right THERE, the target they'd come for, but they'd let themselves get too damn sidetracked.

"They're tryin' to funnel us away from the little girl! We gotta clear a path and keep it that way!" He roared, giving the gunblade a brace with one hand while the other lifted it. Kanji charged on ahead; couldn't lose the target...!

The Card Guards emerged through the foliage, wielding swords, maces and halberds. The pulse from his soul tightened, a 'pat' of sorts against that breath of uncertainty he felt as he fired. Ghosts were creepy as hell, but if they let themselves be scared to death they'd just die out here like god knows how many others that investigated the mazes.